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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
Erie Railroad completed; Piermont on the Hudson to Lake Erie......April 28-29, 1851 Hudson River Railroad opened......1851 James Fenimore Cooper, born in 1789, dies at Cooperstown, N. Y.......Sept. 14, 1851 Whig party disappears from State and national politics after......1852 Horatio Seymour, governor......Jan. 1, 1853 Second Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin sails from New York under Dr. Kane. Funds mostly furnished by Henry Grinnell, of New York, and George Peabody. Grinnell land discovered......May 30, 1853 New York clearing-house established......1853 District libraries of the State have 1,604,210 volumes......1853 [This number was reduced more than one-half through carelessness and loss up to 1890.] New York Central Railroad formed by the consolidation of the local railroads......1853 Continuous line of railway opened, New York to Chicago......1853 First train over a uniform gauge from Buffalo to Erie and Chicago......Feb. 1,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wallis, Severn Teackle 1816- (search)
Wallis, Severn Teackle 1816- Lawyer; born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 8, 1816; graduated at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, in 1832; admitted to the bar in 1837; special United States agent to Spain in 1849 to investigate the title to public lands in east Florida; elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1861; became chairman of the committee on federal relations; opposed the Civil War, and spoke openly against the national government; was arrested with others in September, 1861, and imprisoned for over fourteen months. On his release he resumed law practice in Baltimore. His publications include Glimpses of Spain; Discourse on the life and character of George Peabody, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Westminster Abbey. (search)
s an empty grave. In this respect the slab is unique. It marks the spot where lay, for a few days only, the mortal remains of the generous American citizen, George Peabody. The name of Mr. Peabody will be remembered for centuries to come in England, because it is perpetuated by the buildings for the residence of the poor which Mr. Peabody will be remembered for centuries to come in England, because it is perpetuated by the buildings for the residence of the poor which are due to his great bequest. It will be brought into yet more constant remembrance by this his temporary grave. His first American ancestor, says Colonel Chester, emigrated from Hertfordshire as a husbandman in 1635. With singular felicity Dean Stanley chose from Mr. Peabody's own diary a sentence to carve upon his tomb. It Mr. Peabody's own diary a sentence to carve upon his tomb. It is, I have prayed my Heavenly Father day by day that I might be enabled before I died to show my gratitude for the blessings which He has bestowed upon me by doing some great good to my fellow-men. Sentences like these have something more than a biographic interest. They are as morally instructive as those carved for the benefi
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 4: (search)
loosely, expanding after ignition of the powder, that a child can ram the shot home. Major Cobb can fire one hundred rounds from his battery in six minutes. Every thing—horses, wagons, and all—is ready for your call. I have the honor to be sir, your most respectful and obedient servant, Horace Binney Sargent, Aide-de-camp. June 10.—The Governor writes to Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, I have your letter of the 7th, inclosing duplicate letter of credit for £ 10,000 on George Peabody, which you state will be sent to Mr. Crowninshield. That gentleman has already received orders to execute your orders; and I trust that he will be able to do so. On the same day, the Governor gave written instructions to Colonel Ritchie, of his personal staff, to visit our regiments at the front, and confer with General Scott as regards future movements, and to report. The Governor writes to General Scott, asking the discharge of Captain Henry S. Briggs, of the Eighth Regiment, M. V
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 12: (search)
ion of the men of Harvard. Many of the young men who, three or four years before, had graduated, bore on their shoulders the insignia of generals and colonels. Among these were Barlow, Force, Devens, Payne, Hayes, Loring, Bartlett, Eustis, Sargent, Ames, Walcott, Stevens, Higginson, Savage, Palfrey, Crowninshield, and Russell. Some appeared with but one arm, others with but one leg. Then there were scrolls commemorative of those who had fallen, among whom were Wadsworth, Webster, Revere, Peabody, Willard, the Dwights, Lowell, Hopkinson, How, Shurtleff, and the two brothers Abbott, and many others, whose love of country closed but with their lives. The procession was formed at eleven o'clock, under the direction of Colonel Henry Lee, Jr., who acted as chief marshal, and it marched, to the music of Gilmore's Band, to the Unitarian Church, which was crowded to its utmost limit. Charles G. Loring presided, and the services began with the singing of Luther's Psalm, A mighty fortre
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 2: influence of Christian officers. (search)
hy, for I know the depth of their grief. That God may give you and them strength to bear this great affliction, is the earnest prayer of your early friend, R. E. Lee. Dr. Orlando Fairfax, Richmond. On the death of his personal friend, George Peabody, General Lee wrote the following to Mr. Peabody Russell: Lexington, Virginia, November 10, 1869. My Dear Mr. Russell: The announcement of the death of your uncle, Mr. George Peabody, has been received with the deepest regret wherever hMr. George Peabody, has been received with the deepest regret wherever his name and benevolence are known: and nowhere have his generous deeds, restricted to no country, section, or sect, elicited more heartfelt admiration than at the South. He stands alone in history for the benevolent use and judicious distribution of his great wealth, and his memory has become justly entwined in the affections of millions of his fellowcitizens in both hemispheres. I beg in my own behalf, and in behalf of the trustees and faculty of Washington College, Virginia, which has no
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life, Chapter 24: on the natural disapproval of wealth (search)
them with an ability which his neighbors cannot supply in his place. Corporations do not pay salaries of twenty thousand dollars because it amuses them, but because the man whom they pay is worth that to them. If not, he is dropped very rapidly. We have to deal with a world where certain men are born with a certain gift. It is, of course, nobler where a man consecrates that gift to the service of man or the glory of God; where he prefers to live concealed and do his work. Such men are around us all the time, but from the very nature of the case we do not hear much about them. Prominent usefulness soon attracts the reporters and the begging letters. On the other hand, a man may be grandly useful and yet have a petty desire to advertise himself, as it appears from the newly published memoirs of Louis Agassiz that George Peabody once offered to endow a great museum munificently if his own name could be attached to it, and withheld the gift when that proposal was declined. 1896
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 21: closing scenes, 1870-1889. (search)
ed me. The Lord bless and keep you. It grieves me to think you are dull and I not with you. By and by we will be together and stay together. Good-by dear. Your ever loving wife, H. B. S. November 24. I had a very pleasant reading in Peabody. While there visited the library and saw the picture of the Queen that she had painted expressly for George Peabody. It was about six inches square, enameled on gold, and set in a massive frame of solid gold and velvet. The effect is like paiGeorge Peabody. It was about six inches square, enameled on gold, and set in a massive frame of solid gold and velvet. The effect is like painting on ivory. At night the picture rolls back into a safe, and great doors, closed with a combination lock, defend it. It reminded me of some of the foreign wonders we have seen. Well, my course is almost done, and if I get through without any sickness, cold, or accident, how wonderful it will seem. I have never felt the near, kind presence of our Heavenly Father so much as in this. He giveth strength to the faint, and to them of no might He increaseth strength. I have found this true
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Index. (search)
it to, 241; second visit, 286. Park, Professor Edwards A., 186. Parker, Theodore, on the Bible and Jesus, 264. Paton, Bailie, host of Mrs. Stowe, 211. Peabody, pleasant reading in, 496; Queen Victoria's picture at, 496. Pearl of Orr's Island, the, 186, 187; first published, 327; Whittier's favorite, 327; date of, 490tour, 491; on his health and her enforced absence from him, 492; on reading, at Chelsea, 492; at Bangor and Portland, 493; at South Framingham and Haverhill, 495; Peabody, 496; fatigue at New London reading, 496; letters from to H. B. S. on visit to his relatives and description of home life, 440; to mother on reasons for leaving t U. Upham, Mrs., kindness to H. B. S., 133; visit to, 324. V. Venice, 304. Victoria, Queen, H. B. S.'s interview with, 270; gives her picture to Geo. Peabody, 496. Vizetelly, Henry, first London publisher of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 189, 191. W. Wakefield, reading at, 495. Walnut Hills, picture of, 65; and old
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Chapter 7: Whittier as a social reformer (search)
titude of Whittier toward reform agitations in general was never better shown than in his prompt response to the announcement of certain limitations placed by George Peabody on the church built largely by his money in Georgetown, Mass. The facts were first brought to light by the New York Independent on Jan. 16, 1868, by the following statement:-- A Marred Memorial. Mr. George Peabody, the banker, gave money for the erection of the Memorial Church in Georgetown, Mass., the town of his birth. The church was dedicated on the 8th of January, with interesting exercises, one of the striking features of which was the singing of the following hymn, writtenal Church, the poem would never have been written, and its author's name would never have been lent to the occasion. A correspondent of the Independent writes: Mr. Peabody says in his letter that the church shall never be used for any lectures, discussions of political subjects, or other matters inconsistent with the gospel. I do
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