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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 31: the prison—discipline debates in Tremont Temple.—1846-1847. (search)
. Mr. Lothrop moved a recommitment, with instructions which included an examination of the whole subject. It was now nearly midnight, and the audience was retiring, when the public discussions were brought to a close in an unexpected way. Charles P. Curtis, a prominent member of the bar and relative of Stevenson, and like him drawn to the meeting by political antipathy to Sumner and Howe, C. F. Adams noted the underlying political feeling in the Boston Whig, July 10, 1847. He also remarkeypse Smythe, on being reminded that he was wearying the body by a long and tedious speech, answered that he was addressing, not this generation, but posterity, and drew the retort that if he kept on he would have his unborn audience before him. Mr. Curtis thought the movement in the hall indicated that the present generation was about to leave it. His motion was carried unanimously, and the Society adjourned sine die. Boston Atlas, June 25. The lateness of the hour, the physical weariness of
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, History of Mount Auburn. (search)
h Story, Daniel Webster, H. A. S. Dearborn, Charles Lowell, Samuel Appleton, Jacob Bigelow, Edward Everett, George W. Brimmer, George Bond, A. H. Everett, Abbott Lawrence, James T. Austin, Franklin Dexter, Joseph P. Bradlee, Charles Tappan, Charles P. Curtis, Zebedee Cook, Jr., John Pierpont, L. M. Sargent and George W. Pratt, Esquires. An elaborate Report, on the general objects of the meeting, was on this occasion offered by the previously appointed Committee. See Appendix to this Histothe Cemetery of Mount Auburn. section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Joseph Story, John Davis, Jacob Bigelow, Isaac Parker, George Bond, and Charles P. Curtis, together with such other persons as are Proprietors of Lots in the Cemetery at Mount Auburn, in the towns of Cambridge and Watertown, in the County of Middlesex, and who shall in writing signify their assent to this Act, their successors a
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, Appendix II: list of original subscribers. (search)
T. Austin, Zabdiel B. Adams, Benjamin Adams, Charles Frederic Adams, William Austin, Jesse Bird, Joshua Blake, George W. Brimmer, Silas Bullard, Charles Barnard, Ebenezer Bailey, Joseph P. Bradlee, Joseph Baker, Jonas B. Brown, John Brown, Charles Brown, Plymouth, Ma. Levi Brigham, George Bond, Jacob Bigelow, Charles Brown, Benjamin Bussey, Dennis Brigham, John Bryant, James Boyd, Joseph T. Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Zebedee Cook, Jr. George W. Coffin, Charles P. Curtis, Thomas B. Curtis, Alpheus Cary, Josiah Coolidge, Elizabeth Craigie, Elijah Cobb, George G. Channing, Samuel F. Coolidge, Joseph Coolidge, James Davis, Warren Dutton, Richard C. Derby, James A. Dickson, John Davis, Daniel Denny, H. A. S. Dearborn, George Darracott, David Eckley, Alexander H. Everett, Henry H. Fuller, Robert Farley, Benjamin Fiske, Samuel P. P. Fay, John Farrar, Ebenezer B. Foster, Charles Folsom, Richard Fletcher, Francis C. Gray, John C. Gr
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, Appendix V: Officers of the corporation. (search)
of the corporation. Joseph Story, President. George Bond, Treasurer, Office 9 Kilby Street. B. R. Curtis, Secretary, Office 16 Court Street. Trustees. Samuel T. Armstrong, Jacob Bigelow, George Bond, Martin Brimmer, Charles P. Curtis, Benjamin R. Curtis, Benjamin A. Gould, Isaac Parker, James Read, Joseph Story. Committee on lots. George Bond, Jacob Bigelow, Charles P. Curtis. Superintendent, James W. Russell. Terms of subscription. The price of Charles P. Curtis. Superintendent, James W. Russell. Terms of subscription. The price of a lot of 300 superficial feet is Eighty Dollars, and in proportion for a larger lot. Selections may be made on the following terms, and the person who first reports his selection to the Secretary, is entitled to a preference, to wit: 1. From any lots numbered 1 to 350 inclusive and unsold, (a choice from these having been offered by auction) at par. 2. From the remaining lots laid out and unsold, on payment of Ten Dollars. 3. From any other part of the Cemetery, on the payment of T
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, Monuments. (search)
bitants of this city and its vicinity for his talents and virtues, be committed to the Hon. J. Quincy, Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch, Hon. J. Story, Dr. J. Tuckerman, Dr. Follen, Professor Barber, Professor Beck, Dr. William Grigg, George Bond and Charles P. Curtis, Esqrs. Other committees, of equal respectability, were appointed, including one, consisting of Hon. J. Pickering and three other learned gentlemen, to whom all the papers and other property of the deceased were entrusted. On the 17th ty. If lie turn aside a short distance into the thin woods on his right,--a comparatively sequestered, but highly attractive part of the grounds,--he will soon find himself in Green-briar Path. Here stands a sarchophagus marked with the name of Curtis, and not far from this it is understood a memorial is about being erected over the remains of one, the late sudden termination of whose useful career demands from us something more than a passing notice. James Freeman Curtis was born in Boston
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
stablished under the Court House, Apr. 22, 1856 Registrar, Samuel H. Hewes, chosen, May 1, 1822 Francis L. Lincoln, chosen, May 17, 1845 Artemus Simonds, chosen, Mar. 24, 1851 Nicholas A. Appolonio, chosen, Feb. 13, 1854 Solicitor, Charles P. Curtis, chosen, May 18, 1827 Welch and Curtis, chosen, Feb. 18, 1828 John Pickering, chosen, June 9, 1831 Peleg W. Chandler, chosen May 4, 1846 George S. Hillard, chosen, Dec. 5, 1853 Ambrose A. Ranney, chosen, Aug. 6, 1855 Curtis, chosen, Feb. 18, 1828 John Pickering, chosen, June 9, 1831 Peleg W. Chandler, chosen May 4, 1846 George S. Hillard, chosen, Dec. 5, 1853 Ambrose A. Ranney, chosen, Aug. 6, 1855 John P. Healey, chosen, June 30, 1856 City Stables occupied on Haymarket square, 1825 On Haymarket square, removed, July, 1846 On Brown's Wharf, occupied, Sep., 1833 On Brown's Wharf, burned, Aug. 31, 1859 On Harrison avenue, occupied, Oct. 4, 1862 On North Charles street, occupied, Sep. 1, 1859 Treasurer, Turner Phillips, chosen, June 12, 1822 William McKay, chosen, July 8, 1822 Richard D. Harris, chosen, Feb. 6, 1832 James C. Dunn, chosen, May 17, 1847 Fre