Statistics for occurrence #1 of “William Gaston” in chapter 19, page 340 of Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career.:
... meeting, held in Faneuil Hall (draped for the occasion) at noon on Saturday, when very eloquent and eulogistic speeches were made by Mayor S. C. Cobb, Richard H. Dana, jun., A. H. Rice, N. P. Banks, William Gaston , Rev. E. E. Hale, and J. B. Smith, a noble, warm-hearted, and intimate friend of Mr. Sumner.
In the course of his address, he with moving pathos said,--
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