Browsing named entities in Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1. You can also browse the collection for Berkshire County (Massachusetts, United States) or search for Berkshire County (Massachusetts, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 6: Law School.—September, 1831, to December, 1833.—Age, 20-22. (search)
tion, and delighting to talk of her with his friends. Browne wrote, April 18, You speak rapturously of the girl. Judge Story's enthusiasm for Miss Kemble quite equalled Sumner's. He was charmed with her acting, and addressed some verses to her:— Go! lovely woman, go! Enjoy thy fame! A second Kemble, with a deathless name. Life and Letters, Vol. II. pp. 114-117. He did not know her personally at this time, but greatly enjoyed her society some years afterwards, during a visit to Berkshire County. Sumner visited, while a student in the Law School, but few families. He was a welcome guest at the firesides of the two professors, and Mrs. Story and Mrs. Greenleaf took an interest in him almost equal to that of their husbands. His friendship with the family of President Quincy, which began at this period, remained unbroken through life; and from them, in all the vicissitudes of his career, he never failed to receive hearty sympathy and support. While he entered sympathetically