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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 23: return to his profession.—1840-41.—Age, 29-30. (search)
three o'clock, when the office closed. The first day I dined with Samuel Ward, where we had an accidental, but very pleasant, reunion of several of our friends,—Lieber, Cogswell, Robert Walsh, Chevalier Nordine. On the next day I dined with the Misses Ward; last evening, with Mrs. Oakey; this morning I breakfasted with Sedgwick, to meet Bryant. I shall not get through my business till Monday: so, Tuesday morning, I shall leave for Hudson; then across the country to Boston, stopping at Stockbridge for a few hours,—perhaps at Springfield, where some of my witnesses reside; perhaps I may be obliged to go to Hartford and New Haven. I am determined to gain this friction-match case. It is very important to my clients. I understand the case now better than before. Our opponents will be foolish not to compromise; but we must prepare for action. New York is thronged and busy as ever. Love to all our friends. Ever and ever yours, C. S To Dr. Francis Lieber, Columbia, S. C. Hu
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 24: Slavery and the law of nations.—1842.—Age, 31. (search)
ositions of the law of nations. But where slavery occurs, then he falls like Lucifer! I note your programme for the North River; but I have been the length of that river three times, in the course of this summer, and my time is limited; so that I must see you in New York, in order to enjoy the last of you, and give you a parting God speed! Let me know when you sail. Do not fail to enjoy Catskill and West Point. They are both inexpressibly fine. I doubt if Theodore Sedgwick is at Stockbridge now. I wish you could see the hills of Berkshire, and the green shade which embowers the railroad between Pittsfield and Springfield; then the valley of the Connecticut,—at least, as far as Northampton, a lovely village. But Catskill and West Point are better worth seeing even than all these. Ever affectionately yours, Charles Sumner. To Lord Morpeth. Boston, Oct. 1, 1842. my dear Morpeth,—As long as I could, I observed you on the taffrail of the Great Western, and then moved
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, chapter 30 (search)
dscapes of Western Massachusetts. While at Lenox as the guest of Samuel G. Ward, he drove to Stockbridge and passed the day at Charles Sedgwick's, Charles Sedgwick was clerk of the courts of Berksixty-four. His father, Judge Sedgwick, who died in 1813, had three other sons,—Theodore, of Stockbridge, who died in 1839; Robert, of New York, who died in 1841; and Henry D., of New York, who diedCatherine, the author,—who died in 1867. The Judge's son Theodore, whose widow was living at Stockbridge in 1844, was the father of Theodore Sedgwick, who was the friend and correspondent of Sumner,where Mrs. Ward welcomes me, and Mrs. Butler promises to read to me and ride with me; then to Stockbridge, back to Lenox, then to Newport. Write me and send me letters to Lenox. Tell Felton to writrst Act of MacBETHeth, and sing a ballad. To-day, drove with Miss Sedgwick and Miss R. S. to Stockbridge, where I passed the day. To Dr. Howe he wrote from Newport, Sept. 30:— Most tardily I<
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 33: the national election of 1848.—the Free Soil Party.— 1848-1849. (search)
ities of New York, Brooklyn, Albany, and Philadelphia; but except a week in Maine, he confined himself to Massachusetts, speaking in the principal towns and cities, In Maine he spoke at Portland, Bath. Waterville, Augusta, Gardiner, and perhaps one or two other points in that State In Massachusetts he spoke at Central Hall, Boston, September 14, and at other dates at Plymouth, Roxbury, Somerville, Chelsea, Milford, Newburyport, Dorchester, Amherst, Pittsfield, Great Barrington, Adams, Stockbridge, Chicopee, Springfield, Lynn, Salem, Brookline, Nantucket, Fall River, Taunton, Lowell, Fitchburg, Dedham, Canton, Worcester, and Cambridge. and on October 31 at Faneuil Hall. The speech was not written out, and no report is preserved He wrote a summary of points on a single sheet, which is preserved, and he had always with him an anonymous political pamphlet, much referred to at the time. Entitled General Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso. This also is preserved, with the numerous mark
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1851. (search)
him to Illinois to spend a summer with a farmer who was a relative, and who then lived in a log-house. Here he learned and performed every kind of farm-work of which a boy of that age is capable, and confirmed a constitution originally excellent. His father believed that, without some personal knowledge and experience of labor, he could not have a proper sympathy with laboring men. He spend one year at a French school, and one in a boys' school taught by Rev. Samuel P. Parker, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and finished in Lenox his studies preparatory to admission into college. After leaving college, he spent one winter in a law-office; then went abroad and studied a portion of his profession at Heidelberg, Gottingen, and Breslau. He was abroad about seventeen months. After his return, he entered the Cambrdge Law School, where he remained a year, and then established himself as a lawyer in St. Louis, Missouri. It was his good fortune to grow up, through all his boyhood and th
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
his books, and fond of reading, especially of poetry and ballads. His memory was ready and retentive, and the cultivation it received in childhood made it quite remarkable in after years. He was fitted for college, together with his friend Caspar Crowninshield, by the Rev. Mr. Tenney, at Northfield, and entered in July, 1856. He remained at the University until January 19th, 1858, when he took up his connections and received an honorable discharge. He soon after studied some months at Stockbridge, with the Rev. S. P. Parker, having some intention of rejoining the University, which purpose he never carried out. At college he took no high standing, but imbibed a taste for historical, philosophical, and even theological reading which was somewhat remarkable for a youth of his years. He had some fondness for the classics, but little for mathematics and the more precise studies. He also excelled in physical exercises, and was a good boxer, rower, and walker. In 1860 he entered the l
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1862. (search)
versity made it necessary that for a while he should pursue his studies elsewhere, and he was sent for a few months to Stockbridge. At the outbreak of the Rebellion Temple was still studying there. The following letter shows that none came forward to maintain the integrity of the country with more promptness and with more zeal than he. Stockbridge, April 22, 1861. my dear——,—Your letter reached me this morning. I have been back here some days, but I have not studied at all. I fin quiet while our country is so sadly in need of all the help she can get. I think it was a mistake for me to return to Stockbridge at all. I ought to have stayed in Boston, ready to enlist immediately, if my application for a commission fails. I am. Temple was disappointed. The youngest captain in the army was as far from seeing active service as when studying at Stockbridge. He got no men at Biddeford, and naturally formed rather a low opinion of the patriotism of that town. When, some ti<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, chapter 37 (search)
erchant in Boston. He was also the lineal descendant of Governor Bradford, the first Plymouth governor. He was fitted for Harvard College at the private school of Mr. Thomas G. Bradford, in Boston, entered college in 1858, and graduated in 1862. When the war of the Rebellion broke out in 1861, his room-mate, James Ingersoll Grafton, soon enlisted in the military service, and he had a strong desire to do the same, but was dissuaded by his parents. After graduation he went on a visit to Stockbridge, and while there, in the midst of a gay circle of friends, heard the news of General Pope's defeat. He wrote at once to his father:— dear father,—The time has now come when it is necessary for me to go to the war. I think that every one who can go ought to go, and I do not wish to remain behind. I hope you will agree with me, and I think you will. No opportunity for a commission occurring, he enlisted as sergeant in the Forty-Fifth Massachusetts (Infantry), Colonel Codman. He
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 3 (search)
2, 1861. First Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Battery, Sept. 5, 1861. Promoted Captain, Nov. 28, 1861. Mustered out, Sept. 16, 1864. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mason, Herbert Cowpland. Second Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 25, 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant, July 8, 1862. Captain, Jan. 6, 1863. Discharged (disability resulting from wounds received in action), Mar. 23, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 24, 1884. Meacham, George A. Lieut. Colonel, 16th Mass. Infantry, July 13, 1861. Resigned, July 22, 1862. Merriam, Waldo. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 16th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Major, Sept. 30, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 28, 1862. Killed at Spotsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Merritt, Henry. Major, 23d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 25, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 24, 1861. Killed at New Berne, N. C., Mar. 14, 1862. Meserve, William N. First Sergeant, 35th
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 9 (search)
, afterward 33d U. S. Colored Infantry, Nov. 10, 1862. Resigned (disability resulting from wound received in action), Oct. 27, 1864. Hill, James Gilbert. Private and First Sergeant, 41st Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 14, 1862. First Lieutenant, 1st La. Engineers, Corps d'afrique, U. S. Volunteers, May 10, 1863. Captain, 3d La. Engineers, afterwards 97th U. S. Colored Infantry, Sept. 12, 1863. Mustered out, Apr. 6, 1866. Hinckley, Henry Lester. Born at Stockbridge, Mass., Feb. 10, 1841. Corporal, 110th N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1862. Discharged, Aug. 29, 1863. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 2d La. Engineers, Corps d'afrique, afterwards 96th U. S. Colored Infantry, Aug. 31, 1863. Captain, July 15, 1865. Mustered out, Jan. 29, 1866. Hodges, Thorndike Deland. Born at Salem, Mass., Dec. 19, 1836. Sergeant, 35th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 19, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1863. Captain, 35th U. S. Colored Infantry, May 30, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Vol
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