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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 14 (search)
He died in 1863, at the age of seventy-four. a retired English soldier who had served under Wellington, and who had become intimate with French officers-Valliant, Cavaignac, and Lamoriciere— who were from time to time in garrison at Montpellier. With these two families, connected by the marriage of Gordon's son Richard to the daughter of Martins, Sumner was in daily association. With Captain Gordon he dined as often as twice a week; Captain Gordon's home was Maison Chaix, 5 Rue St. Croix. and they took walks together, conversing on English and continental affairs, in the Promenade du Peyrou and in the Place de la Canourgie,—the last named resort not then laid out with trees and flowers, as the visitor now finds it. Young Richard Gordon was often his companion. He was frequently at the house of Professor Martins in the Jardin des Plantes, dining with him from time to time, enjoying his daughter's playing on the piano, and listening to the band which played on Friday evenings