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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 72 (search)
n into Wilmington by the violence of the gale, and subsequently captured by the rebels. The tug Yankee reached Charleston bar a few hours after the Baltic had left with Major Anderson's command on board. The communications between New-York and Washington having been severed, I applied to Mr. Aspinwall to obtain for me a small steamer with arms and ammunition to enable me to reach the Chesapeake Bay, where I judged that armed steamers were very essential. This gentleman applied to Mr. William B. Astor, who very generously gave him a check for five thousand dollars. With this he procured the tug Yankee, and persuaded Commodore Breese, commandant of the New-York Navy-Yard, to arm and fit her out; and having received from that officer an appointment as Acting Lieutenant in the Navy, I left on the twenty-sixth for Hampton Roads, where I reported to Commodore Pendergrast, of the Cumberland. The services of the Yankee not being required at this point, I proceeded to Annapolis, and off
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Delano, Secretary of the Interior, resigns July 5; resignation accepted......Sept. 22, 1875 President Grant speaks against sectarian schools in Des Moines, Ia.......Sept. 29, 1875 Steamship Pacific founders between San Francisco and Portland; 200 lives lost......Nov. 4, 1875 Henry Wilson, Vice-President, born 1812, dies at Washington, D. C.......Nov. 22, 1875 Thomas W. Ferry, of Michigan, president pro tem. of the Senate, becomes acting Vice-President......Nov. 22, 1875 William B. Astor, born 1792, dies at New York......Nov. 24, 1875 Forty-fourth Congress, first session, meets......Dec. 6, 1875 Democratic majority in the House of Representatives for the first time in fifteen years; Michael C. Kerr chosen speaker by 173 to 106 for James G. Blaine......Dec. 6, 1875 Seventh annual message of President Grant advocates unsectarian and compulsory education......Dec. 7, 1875 Reverdy Johnson, born 1796, dies at Annapolis, Md.......Feb. 10, 1876 Congress appropri
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 21 (search)
their houses some agreeable companions and foreign notabilities, as when Mr. Bancroft entertained the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, passing under an assumed name, but still attended by a veteran maid, who took occasion to remind everybody that her Majesty was a Bourbon, with no amusing result except that one good lady and experienced traveler bent one knee for an instant in her salutation. The nearest contact of this circle with the unequivocally fashionable world was perhaps when Mrs. William B. Astor, the mother of the present representative of that name in England, and herself a lover of all things intellectual, came among us. It was in the midst of all this circle that the Town and country Club was formed, of which Mrs. Howe was president and I had the humbler functions of vice-president, and it was under its auspices that the festival indicated in the following programme took place, at the always attractive seaside house of the late Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bigelow, of New York
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 4: girlhood 1839-1843; aet. 20-23 (search)
ations, his was a name to conjure with: the soul of generosity, the essence of wit, the spirit of kindliness. No one ever looked in his face, ever met the kindling glance of his dark eyes, ever saw the sunshine break in his smile, without forgetting all else in love and admiration of one of the most enchanting personalities that ever brightened the world. Sam Ward returned from Europe in 1835, and took up his residence under his father's roof. In 1838 he married Emily, daughter of William B. Astor. The wedding was a grand one. Julia was first bridesmaid, and wore a dress of white moire, then a material of the newest fashion. Those were the days of the ferroniere, an ornament then so popular that evening dress was scarcely considered complete without it. Reminiscences, p. 65. Julia begged for one, and her father gave her a charming string of pearls, which she wore with great contentment at the wedding. The young couple took up their residence with the family at The corner,
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Index (search)
372. Armenia, I, 189, 190, 209, 215. Armenia, Friends of, II, 190, 191. Armstrong, S. C., II, 91. Army Register, I, 344. Arnold, Benedict, I, 5. Arnold, Matthew, II, 87. Arthur, Chester A., II, 101. Ascension Church, I, 70. Assiout, II, 36. Association for the Advancement of Women, I, 361, 373-76, 383, 384; II, 29, 58, 73, 84, 90, 91, 95, 97, 98, 131, 141, 152, 162, 178, 180, 183, 199, 200, 207, 209, 268. Astor, Emily, See Ward. Astor, John, I, 121. Astor, Wm. B., I, 57, 99. Athens, I, 273, 274, 275, 278, 287; II, 43, 243. Athens Museum, II, 43. Atherstone, I, 97, 280. Athol, I, 119. Atkinson, Edward, II, 62, 177. Atlanta, II, 207, 208. Atlantic, II, 75. Atlantic Monthly, I, 176, 188; II, 295. Augusta, Empress, II, 22. Austria, I, 94. Authors' Club, Boston, II, 270, 271, 320, 334, 340, 341, 354, 357. Avignon, I, 97. Babcock, Mrs. C. A., II, 215. Bacon, Gorham, II, 49. Baddeley, Mr., II, 246. Baez, B
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 2: (search)
untry, was attended with wretched discomforts, of which those who were born in an age of railroads can have no conception. He felt that he ought not to go abroad without seeing something more of his own country than he had yet done; and he also hoped, in the course of his journey, to fall in with persons who had been in Europe and could give him information as to its universities and means of study. In the course of his journey Mr. Ticknor met at dinner, and I believe sat next to, Mr. William B. Astor, who, having recently returned home after a long residence in Germany, could have given him most valuable information as to its universities and teachers. But, unluckily, Mr. Ticknor was not aware of the fact, and the conversation did not take such a turn as to open the subject; and so the opportunity passed by unimproved, to his great regret when he learned what he had lost. His letters during this journey form a natural sequel to the autobiography. They were all written to his par
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 8: (search)
, and knows a good deal about general history, and something about America, which he liked well to let me see. . . . . Mr. Ticknor in later years gave the following account of an interesting scene he witnessed in Rome at this time. It was written down immediately by one of those who heard it. The first time I ever saw Bunsen he was introduced to me at Gottingen, in 1816, by one of the professors, and I was told that he had been two years private tutor to one of my countrymen, Mr. William B. Astor. He was then on his way to Rome to be private secretary to Niebuhr. A year and a half afterwards, when I went to Rome, I found him there, a married man. I witnessed a very extraordinary scene there,—the celebration of the three-hundredth anniversary of Luther's burning the Papal bull, got up right under the nose of the Pope! It was very curious. It was in October, 1818. I had just arrived in Rome, coming from Germany, and was very much among the Germans,—with Niebuhr and Bunse
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
296, 412, 413. American Institute, G T. lectures before, 393. Amiens, Bishop of, 254. Amsterdam, visits, 69. Ancillon, J. P. F., 496, 497, 499-603. Ancona, visits, 167. Anderson, Dr., 274, 275, 280. Anglona, Prince of, 207. Anhalt-Dessau, Duchess of, 479 and note. Anthology Club, G. T. member of, 9. Aranjuez, 195, 220-222. Arconati, Madame, 450, 451. Arconati, Marquis, 450-452. Arnheim, Baroness von (Bettina), 500. Arrivabene, Count, Giovanni, 450, 451. Astor, W. B., 26, 178. Athenaeum, Boston, 8, 12, 370, 371, 379 and note. Atterson, Miss, 109. Auckland, Lord (First), 264. Austin, Mrs., Sarah, 411, 413, 500. Azzelini, 176. B Babbage, Charles, 407, 422. Bachi, Pietro, 368 note. Bagot, Sir Charles and Lady Mary, 295 and note. Baillie, Miss, Joanna, 413, 414, 479. Bainbridge, Commodore, 373. Baird, Sir, David, 412, 413. Balbo, Count, Cesare, 210, 212, 213, 306, 307; letters from, 307, 309. Balbo, Countess, 209. Balbo, Count
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 6: Samuel Ward and the Astors (search)
mand to study and to the composition of several lectures, which he delivered with some success. I have already spoken of his marriage with a daughter of Mr. William B. Astor. This union, a very happy one, was not of long duration. After a few years of married life, he was left a widower, with a daughter still in infancy, who reside with us. In their company I often visited the Astor mansion, which was made delightful by good taste, good manners, and hospitable entertainment. Mr. William B. Astor, the head of the family, was a rather shy and silent man. He had received the best education that a German university could offer. The Chevalier Bunsen ha this natural leading to advantage, had he not become his father's man of business, and thus been forced to devote much of his life to the management of the great Astor estate. At the time of which I speak, he resided on the unfashionable side of Broadway, not far below Canal Street. At this time I was often invited to the hou
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Index (search)
Argyll, Duchess of, declines to aid the woman's peace crusade plan, 338. Armstrong, General, John, father of Mrs. William B. Astor, 64. Association for the Advancement of Women, the, founded, 386; distribution of its congresses, 392. Asto on New Year's Day, 32; wedding gift of, to his granddaughter, 65; fondness for music, 74; anecdotes of, 75, 76. Astor, William B., his culture and education, 73. Astor, Mrs. William B. (Margaret Armstrong), her recollection of Mrs. Howe's motAstor, Mrs. William B. (Margaret Armstrong), her recollection of Mrs. Howe's mother, 5; describes a wedding, 31; gives a dinner: her good taste, 64. Atherstone, the Howes at, 136. Atlantic Monthly, The, 232, 236, 280; first published the Battle Hymn of the Republic, 275. Austin, Mrs., sings in New York, 15. Avignon,25. Dresel, Otto, musical critic and teacher, 438; tribute to his memory, 439. Dress, in the thirties, 30, 31; at Mrs. Astor's dinner, 64, 65; at Samuel Ward's wedding, 65; at Lansdowne House, 102, 103; at the ball at Almack's, 106. Dublin,
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