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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 237 237 Browse Search
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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, VIII: Anthony Burns and the Underground railway (search)
that it is considered quite doubtful whether our cases are ever tried—even in the United States Court. Don't be frightened if you see in the paper that I have fled to parts unknown with other people's money in my pocket—for the Rev. Mr. Higgins of this city . . . has done so, and I don't doubt that distant newspapers will contrive to get the name wrong. Later he reported:— I was arrested on Saturday June 10, 1854, and bound over to appear before the Municipal Court in Boston in April—on charge of riot committed on that Friday evening. But I had been expecting it for a week—and even if I should be convicted of anything and imprisoned a month or two (which is improbable) it would do so much good to the community, that I could bear it very patiently. It was claimed that the early hour of this arrest at 6.30 A. M., a few minutes before the Boston train started, was chosen lest the Freedom Club of Worcester should interfere and prevent the arrest. When Mr. Higginson w
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XI: John Brown and the call to arms (search)
Howe and found that things had ended far better than I supposed. The Kansas committee had put some $500 in gold into his [Brown] hands and all the arms with only the understanding that he should go to Kansas and then be left to his own discretion. He went off in good spirits. In October, 1858, Sanborn wrote to the Worcester clergyman that Brown was anxious about future operations, and asked if Higginson could do anything for him before the following spring. In March, 1859, and again in April, Sanborn appealed to Higginson for more funds; and May 1, the latter wrote to Brown that he had drawn so largely for similar purposes in the past few years he could raise no more money. My own loss of confidence, he added, is also in the way—loss of confidence not in you, but in the others who are concerned in the measure. Those who were so easily disheartened last spring may be deterred now. . . . Did I follow only my own inclination, without thinking of other ties, I should join you in
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XII: the Black regiment (search)
the word pure is genuine old English. Meantime the chaplain of the regiment, who had been in the habit of varying his spiritual duties by daring forays into the enemy's country, was captured. The Colonel wrote, March 26, 1864:— We have just heard from our dear old Chaplain, Feb. 12, at Columbia Jail, as cheerily as usual-he says I find this a good place for study and have concluded to stay two years. I am doing excellent well and am satisfied. Think of that for a prisoner! In April, Colonel Higginson felt that he must leave the army. The bursting shell which caused his wound had shattered his digestion. He was obliged to live on rice and hominy and confided to his mother, I feel very weak in these days. General Saxton was unwilling to consider his resignation and wished to substitute a six months furlough. But the disabled officer was unconvinced, and wrote home:— My surgeon's certificate is sent in to the Surgical Board in Beaufort, who have to approve it,
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XIII: Oldport Days (search)
y happy. I do not think that anything except putting on uniform and going into camp has ever given me such a sense of new strange fascinating life, as the thought that I can actually construct a novel. It is as if I had learned to fly. In April he decided not to interrupt Malbone again, but to postpone Army Life if necessary, and adds:— Told Fields about Malbone—and he was very sympathetic and asked many questions and said must have it in Atlantic. Before the book appeared, thedesses and also to lecturing more and to my participation in Woman's Suffrage Movement, Grand Army affairs and (prospectively) Free Religious Convention . . . I like it—and especially in view of the diminished society around me in Newport. In April he felt rather tired of writing, and held back from his Army Life, adding, Shall I compel myself to it? However, he was soon hard at work on this collection of army papers, and on September 22, wrote:— Army Life in a Black regiment publi
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XVI: the crowning years (search)
nd recognized. However, these anxieties proved needless, as the next year saw him sufficiently recovered to embark for Europe. It pleased him to find that during the year in bed he had earned more by writing than in several previous years. In April of this year (1896) he made a list of books read in the previous six months—forty-two in all. He also noted that in seven years he had read four hundred and seventy-nine books. Giving away books was another source of pleasure, those given to difhe elect and more faith in the many. During the winter of 1911, strength gradually failed, though interest in the affairs of life never flagged. In February, he read a paper on Dickens, with all his old spirit, before the Round Table, and in April, he attended a meeting of the Authors' Club in Milton. His last thoughts and directions were for others, and his last days painless and serene. On the evening of May 9, while soft spring airs lifted the curtains of his windows, his visible pres