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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 5: (search)
principal cities, and every distinguished university and school, whether in a city or small town; Mr. Ticknor always making a minute study of them, and writing full descriptions of them in his journal. He devotes nearly a volume of it to Leipsic, Dresden, and Berlin, having given a fortnight to Dresden, a week each to Leipsic and Berlin, and the rest of the time to Wittenberg, Halle, Weimar, Jena, Gotha, etc. They returned to Gottingen, November 5. To Edward T. Channing. Leipsic, September, 17, 1816. . . . . Leipsic is a very remarkable place, and presents itself to everybody who comes with a judicious acquaintance with it, under three distinct forms,—a city associated with many famous recollections in early history, and the Marathon of our own times, where the inroads of a tumultuous barbarism were finally stopped; as a trading city, for its size the most important in Europe; and as a University, one of the largest, most respectable, and ancient in the world. The second is
was Pct. committeeman and assessor, 1785-86. 7. Stephen, s. of William (2), perhaps the private soldier of that name in the Revolutionary Army.—See Paige, 429. 8. William, s. of William (3), d. 11 June, 1838, a. 70. Unmarried. 9. Jonathan, s. of William (3), m. Sukey Whittemore, 21 Sept. 1806, and both o. c. 11 Oct. 1807. Had Thomas Whittemore, bap. 11 Oct. 1807; a child, d. 1 Dec. 1808; Sarah Ann, bap. 5 Apr. 1812; William Adrews, bap. 27 Mar. 1814; Susanna, bap. in private, 17 Sept. 1816, d. 19 Sept. 1816, a. 1 wk.; Jonathan, bap. 15 Mar. 1818. Jonathan the father d. 11 July, 1838, a. 59. Sukey, his wid., d. at Neponset, 1 Feb. 1855, a. 70. (See Locke Book, 162.) 10. Samuel, a son of Samuel (6), bap. 5 Apr. 1778, First Parish —m. Polly Downing of Lexington, 1 June, 1805. Samuel, Jr., and w. Polly O. C. 3 Aug. 1806. Had Samuel, bap. 3 Aug. 1806, d. 23 July, 1807, a. 16 mos.; Mary Ann, bap. 3 July, 1808, d. 23 Nov. 1821, a. 14; Samuel, bap. 14 Oct. 1810. Samuel th