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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 2: Parentage and Family.—the father. (search)
Chapter 2: Parentage and Family.—the father. Charles Pinckney Sumner, the son of Major Job Sumner, was born in Milton, a suburb of Boston. His name was at first Job, but was afterwards changed to Charles Pinckney by his father, who probably had friendly relations with the South Carolina statesman. Charles Pinckney Sumner contributed, with the signature of An Elderly Man, a sketch of Charles Pinckney to the Patriot and Mercantile Advertiser, March 4. 1823. The boy passed his early childCharles Pinckney to the Patriot and Mercantile Advertiser, March 4. 1823. The boy passed his early childhood on the farm of the parish sexton, working hard, and attending in winter the public school. On Aug. 15, 1829, he wrote, I had but little time to enjoy the society of anybody. I scarcely remember the time from my eighth to my twelfth year, when all the summer long I did not perform half the labor of a man in the field from sunrise to nearly sundown, in the long summer days, and after that go every night about a mile, all over the Milton Church land, for the cows. He then entered Phillips
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 3: birth and early Education.—1811-26. (search)
Chapter 3: birth and early Education.—1811-26. Charles and Matilda, the eldest and twin children of Charles Pinckney and Relief Sumner, were born in Boston, Jan. 6, 1811. Their birthplace was the frame-house on the south-east corner of Revere (then May) and Irving (then Buttolph) Streets, the site of which is now occupied by the rear part of the Bowdoin Schoolhouse. The neighbors, who took a kindly interest in the event, remember that they weighed, at the time of birth, only three and a half pounds each, and were not dressed for some days. At first, the tiny babes gave little promise of living many hours; but, surviving the first struggle for existence, they soon began to thrive. The boy was retained by his mother, and the girl was provided with another nurse. The parents rejoiced in their first-born. To the father, whose heart was full of gladness, it seemed as if the whole town knew his good fortune as soon as he knew it himself. Indeed, children, as they came one after
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 5: year after College.—September, 1830, to September, 1831.—Age, 19-20. (search)
nas? Persius, Sat. V. 66, 67; quoted with reference to Tower's remissness in correspondence. . . . Your method and application are to me an assurance that the studies of the law office will be fruitful; but excuse the impertinence of a friend. I fear that Blackstone and his train will usurp your mind too much, to the exclusion of all cultivation of polite letters. The more I think of this last point, the more important it seems to me in the education of a lawyer. Study law hard, said Pinckney, but study polite letters as hard. So also says Story. The fact is, I look upon a mere lawyer, a reader of cases and cases alone, as one of the veriest wretches in the world. Dry items and facts, argumentative reports, and details of pleadings must incrust the mind with somewhat of their own rust. A lawyer must be a man of polish, with an omnium gatherum of knowledge. There is no branch of study or thought but what he can betimes summon to his aid, if his resources allow it. What is th
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 15: the Circuits.—Visits in England and Scotland.—August to October, 1838.—age, 27. (search)
h regard to the best way of recovering the place in my profession which I have left. Lord Brougham said to me, ‘It is very strange that men in your profession in America can abandon their clients and go abroad, without entirely breaking down,—Mr. Pinckney did it.’ I added that Mr. Pinckney was a student of his profession when in Europe, and that I was myself. ‘That alters the case,’ said his Lordship; ‘and I doubt not you will go home better prepared than before.’ This is a case in point, certaand go abroad, without entirely breaking down,—Mr. Pinckney did it.’ I added that Mr. Pinckney was a student of his profession when in Europe, and that I was myself. ‘That alters the case,’ said his Lordship; ‘and I doubt not you will go home better prepared than before.’ This is a case in point, certainly a dictum, by an ex-chancellor of England. The court is about to commence its labors, and I leave this retreat to-morrow for Westminster Hall. As ever, affectionat