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Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 17: (search)
hin long rifle-range of this anchorage. I have been expecting some such movement, and wondering why they did not try it from some point back from the beach so far that our guns (shell) could not reach them. It cannot be prevented by us. Very truly yours, J. F. Missroom. To Maj.-Gen. McClellan. April 11, 6 A. M. The enemy very busy last night between Yorktown and Gloucester Point. Schooners observed to be going continually. Enemy may have notice of intention to land troops at Severn and are fortifying its entrance. Ten schooners now in sight. J. F. Missroom. To Maj.-Gen. G. B. McClellan. headquarters, Army of Potomac, near Yorktown, April 8, 1862. My dear flag-officer: Your kind letter received. From the information received thus far I am inclined to think that the masked battery on the river-bank below Yorktown is not in existence, but that the gun fired upon Missroom was upon the advanced bastion of the place itself. Porter thinks that he has found a plac
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 10: trade. (search)
PrebleT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. EwellHenry OxnardBoston530 220 BrigAlfred TylerT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. EwellHenry OxnordBoston240 221 BrigHollanderT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. EwellBates & Co.Boston270 222 BarkFrederick WarrenJ. Stetson'sJ. StetsonNathaniel GoddardBoston383 223 ShipRajahJ. Stetson'sJ. StetsonBenjamin Rich & SonBoston555 2241837ShipDalmatia Repaired, at an expense equal to the value of one hundred tons.Sprague & James'sSprague & JamesP. SpragueBoston100 225 ShipSevernSprague & James'sSprague & JamesJ. MacyNew York578 226 ShipCherokeeGeorge Fuller'sGeorge FullerA. C. LombardBoston412 227 ShipStarJ. Stetson'sJ. Stetson------GloverNew York592 228 BarkMadonnaJ. Stetson'sJ. StetsonM. WisePhiladelphia258 229 ShipZenobiaJ. Stetson'sJ. StetsonD. P. ParkerBoston641 230 ShipColumbianaT. Magoun'sP. & J. O. CurtisA. C. LombardBoston650 231 ShipSidneyT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. EwellJohn RussellPlymouth458 232 ShipCharlotteT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. Ewell
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reminiscences of Jackson's infantry ( foot cavalry ). (search)
len hero should be called among them, and that the answer should come back from the ranks--Dead upon the field of glory. Oh, Mr. Chairman! Oh, God! if a solemn roll-call could be had this light of the regiment to which belonged the gallant boys of whom I have told you and of the many other regiments in which marched their comrades in peril and in trial, the answer would come back from the ranks in the great majority of cases, Dead upon the field of glory. One night there lay in the outer trenches, confronting a dark redan, brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde, and from the banks of Shannon, who sang of Annie Laurie. Next day they married immortality, and the music of their bridal march was the deep roar of the artillery and the sharp crash and rattle of the rifles and the musketry. These men illustrated for the thousandth time, Mr. Chairman, not more than the dear boys of whom I have told you, the precious truth that the bravest are the tenderest, the loving are the daring.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, (search)
Indians......1651 Commissioners proceed to Maryland and engage Governor Stone and the rest of Lord Baltimore's officers to submit themselves to the government of the Commonwealth of England ; thus taking the control from Lord Baltimore......March, 1652 By proclamation of the commissioners Governor Stone is reinstated as governor of Maryland, which he assumes until the pleasure of the state of England be known ......June 28, 1652 Treaty with the Susquehannock Indians at the river of Severn, ceding their lands from the Patuxent River to Palmer's Island on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay, and from Choptank River to the northeast branch, northward of Elke River, on the eastern side of the bay......July 5, 1652 Lord Baltimore issues instructions to Governor Stone for strictly enforcing the submission of all the inhabitants of the province of Maryland to his proprietary rights......Feb. 7, 1654 Governor Stone, by proclamation, declares that the province of Maryland is und
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), I. (search)
The ribs are covered with cast-iron plates, and the railing to the sides was of iron. Dimensions of some of the principal Cast-Iron Bridges. Date.Place.River.No. of Spans.Span. Feet.Rise. Feet.Weight. Tons.Architect. 1779CoalbrookdaleSevern1100.545378 5 English tons of 2,240 pounds.Darby & Wilkinson. 1795BuildwasSevern113027173.9 English tons of 2,240 pounds.Telford. 1796SunderlandWear.124030260 English tons of 2,240 pounds.Wilson. 1818Southwark c, Fig. 2701. Thames3240Severn113027173.9 English tons of 2,240 pounds.Telford. 1796SunderlandWear.124030260 English tons of 2,240 pounds.Wilson. 1818Southwark c, Fig. 2701. Thames3240 And two side arches of 210 feet span each.245,308 English tons of 2,240 pounds.Rennie. 1836 Carrousel Scine318715.5Poloncean. 1859TarasconRhone204 416.6 1854St. PetersburgNeva15013.8 New BlackfriarsThames5185 And four spans of 155, 175, 175, 155 feet; roadway and sidewalk, 75 feet wide.17 Georgetown Aqueduct Two cast-iron pipes having a water-way of 42 inches, arched in form, carrying the roadway and forming conduits for the water supply of Washington.Rock Creek120020Meigs.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter 2: the Worcester period (search)
Addison with a note to a friend to meet him at the Fountain Tavern; Pope, with a receipt for a subscription to the Iliad; Dickens, Tennyson, Scott, Washington, etc., each with an original note or manuscript below. An original drawing of Keats by Severn, his artist friend, in whose arms he died; given to Fields by Severn, as was also a lovely little oil painting of Ariel on the bat's back. Two superb photographs, of a wild, grand face, more like Professor Peirce than any one, with high, powerfuSevern, as was also a lovely little oil painting of Ariel on the bat's back. Two superb photographs, of a wild, grand face, more like Professor Peirce than any one, with high, powerful brow, long face, masses of tangled hair, and full black beard; they might be a gipsy or a wandering painter or Paganini, or anything weird — and they are Tennyson. The next letter refers to a rising young author in whom Mr. Higginson took great interest: Do you remember a Newburyport girl named Harriet Prescott [Mrs. Spofford] who writes me immense letters and whom I think a wonderful genius? She has just sent to the Atlantic a story, under an assumed name, which is so brilliant an
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 18: Stratford-on-avon.—Warwick.—London.—Characters of judges and lawyers.—authors.—society.—January, 1839, to March, 1839.—Age, 28. (search)
rdan you well know as the editor of the Literary Gazette. He is a tall, vulgar Scotchman, who annoyed me by proposing my health in a long rigmarole speech. He has a good deal of humor. Of the rest at table I have not time to write you. A diary has just been brought to light, kept by the vicar of the church at Stratford-on-Avon during the time of Shakspeare, and in which the name of Shakspeare is several times mentioned. What is said of him I do not know. One of our guests to-night was Dr. Severn, in whose hands the manuscript has been placed, and who will edit it. You will doubtless read the Edinburgh Review just published, and the brilliant article by Lord Brougham on Foreign Relations. Jan., 1839, Vol. LXVIII., pp. 495-537,—Foreign Relations of Great Britain. The epigram is given in a note to page 508, where it was first made public. Admire, I pray you, the epigram by Johnny Williams on Napoleon. After reading it, I took down the Greek Anthology, and compared it with th
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Jan. 27, 1839. (search)
rdan you well know as the editor of the Literary Gazette. He is a tall, vulgar Scotchman, who annoyed me by proposing my health in a long rigmarole speech. He has a good deal of humor. Of the rest at table I have not time to write you. A diary has just been brought to light, kept by the vicar of the church at Stratford-on-Avon during the time of Shakspeare, and in which the name of Shakspeare is several times mentioned. What is said of him I do not know. One of our guests to-night was Dr. Severn, in whose hands the manuscript has been placed, and who will edit it. You will doubtless read the Edinburgh Review just published, and the brilliant article by Lord Brougham on Foreign Relations. Jan., 1839, Vol. LXVIII., pp. 495-537,—Foreign Relations of Great Britain. The epigram is given in a note to page 508, where it was first made public. Admire, I pray you, the epigram by Johnny Williams on Napoleon. After reading it, I took down the Greek Anthology, and compared it with th
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 55: Fessenden's death.—the public debt.—reduction of postage.— Mrs. Lincoln's pension.—end of reconstruction.—race discriminations in naturalization.—the Chinese.—the senator's record.—the Cuban Civil War.—annexation of San Domingo.—the treaties.—their use of the navy.—interview with the presedent.—opposition to the annexation; its defeat.—Mr. Fish.—removal of Motley.—lecture on Franco-Prussian War.—1869-1870. (search)
rence to any which might come from Hayti. This formidable show of war-power was continued for many months. During 1870 twelve different ships of the navy—some of them monitors — were kept in the waters of San Domingo with positive orders to repel any attack from Hayti, or any other power, and to aid in suppressing any domestic revolt against Baez. The tenor of their commissions appears in the orders given by Secretary Robeson to Admiral Poor, Jan. 29, 1870:— Proceed at once with the Severn and Dictator to Port-au-Prince; communicate with our consul there, and inform the present Haytian authorities that this government is determined to protect the present Dominican government with all its power. You will then proceed to Dominica, and use your force to give the most ample protection to the Dominican government against any power attempting to interfere with it. Visit Samana. Bay and the capital, and see the United States power and authority secure there. There must be no failu<
James Russell Lowell, Among my books, Keats. (search)
ain, and it was decided that he should go to Italy. He was accompanied thither by his friend, Mr. Severn, an artist. After embarking, he wrote to his friend, Mr. Brown. We give a part of this lette was on the Piazza di Spagna, in the first house on the right hand in going up the Scalinata. Mr. Severn's Studio is said to have been in the Cancello over the garden gate of the Villa Negroni, pleasfety and love and rest. It is good to know that one of Keats's last pleasures was in hearing Severn read aloud from a volume of Jeremy Taylor. On first coming to Rome, he had bought a copy of Alfd il pianto è delitto, he laid down the book and opened it no more. On the 14th February, 1821, Severn speaks of a change that had taken place in him toward greater quietness and peace. He talked murt of it which is now disused and secluded from the rest. A short time before his death he told Severn that he thought his intensest pleasure in life had been to watch the growth of flowers; and once
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