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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 7: the World's Convention.—1840. (search)
Britannia on October 1, fortified with credentials as an agent of the American Society, an address to the abolitionists of Great Britain prepared reluctantly by Charles Burleigh Ms. Sept. 26, 1840, to J. S. Gibbons. (who did not approve of the mission), and with letters, among others, from N. P. Rogers, who likewise Ms. Sept. 28, 1840, to F. Jackson. discountenanced the measure. On his part, Mr. Garrison yielded a cordial assent: W. L. Garrison to Elizabeth Pease. Boston, Sept. 30, 1840. Ms. As many thanks as there are waves in the Atlantic for the epistle received from you by the Britannia. You see what liberty I have taken with it, and some others brought me by our mutual friend George Bradburn, in the last number of the Lib. 10.155. Liberator. Thomas Clarkson's letter, repudiating the Colonization Lib. 10.154; ante, p. 388. Society, is of great value, and will make a salutary impression upon the public mind. I am overjoyed to think that the dear old man has
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 23: return to his profession.—1840-41.—Age, 29-30. (search)
t I feel, while I am engaged upon these things, that, though I earn my daily bread, I lay up none of the bread of life. My mind, soul, heart, are not improved or invigorated by the practice of my profession; by overhauling papers, old letters, and sifting accounts, in order to see if there be any thing on which to plant an action. The sigh will come for a canto of Dante, a rhapsody of Homer, a play of Schiller. But I shall do my devoir. To Horatio Greenough, Florence. Boston, Sept. 30, 1840. my dear Greenough,—I received yours of July 12, and was rejoiced to see your handwriting again. . . . Allston has inquired a great deal about you, and will be delighted to see you again. You know that he has unrolled his Belshazzar; it stretches across an entire end of his studio, but is covered with a curtain large as itself, which is the breakwater to our curiosity. He has recently painted a beautiful woman,—Amy Robsart, of Kenilworth, he has called her. She has golden hair, and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 8 (search)
, Sept. 6, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 40th Iowa Infantry, Sept. 16, 1862; mustered, Nov. 15, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1865. Corliss, Augustus W. Residence at Waltham, Mass., at time of enlistment. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 1st R. I. Cavalry. Major, 7th Squadron R. I. Cavalry, June 24, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 26, 1862. Major, 2d R. I. Cavalry, Dec. 24, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Jan. 15, 1863. Resigned, July 11, 1863. Corthell, Elmer Lawrence. Born at South Abington, Mass., Sept. 30, 1840. Private, 1st R. I. Light Artillery, May 6, 1861. Corporal. Sergeant, Oct. 31, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Oct. 11, 1862; mustered, Nov. 6, 1862. First Lieutenant, Nov. 6, 1863; mustered, Nov. 11, 1863. Captain, Oct. 21, 1864. Discharged, July 17, 1865. Cowdin, Robert J. Private, 1st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 13, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 31st N. Y. Infantry; commissioned, Dec. 2, 1861, to rank, Nov. 30, 1861. First Lieutenant, commissioned, Aug. 30, 1862, to rank, May 9, 1862. Captain