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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 314 0 Browse Search
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union 192 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 108 12 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 68 16 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 46 0 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 42 0 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 37 1 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 36 0 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 27 1 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4 24 0 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 6: end of the Liberator.—1865. (search)
, the Rebellion, Slavery, etc. The remainder of June and the whole of July he spent quietly at Rockledge, At the end of August, 1864, the Garrison family left the house in Dix Place which they had occupied for eleven years, and removed to Roxbury, where a pleasant frame house, situated on high ground near the old Roxbury fort of Revolutionary days, was purchased. A picturesque ledge of rocks adjoined the estate, which consisted of nearly half an acre of ground, and the whole region was Roxbury fort of Revolutionary days, was purchased. A picturesque ledge of rocks adjoined the estate, which consisted of nearly half an acre of ground, and the whole region was one of much natural beauty. The house, which was soon christened Rockledge, was elevated by terraces thirty feet above Highland street, and had abundance of air and sunlight, which the surrounding foliage in no wise interrupted, while the upper windows commanded extensive views of the harbor and country. The change from city life was beneficial not on sanitary grounds alone. The distance from town (a half-hour's ride by horse-car) was sufficient to check the constant stream of callers and vi
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 7: the National Testimonial.—1866. (search)
in regard to any record of ourselves. Time makes mockery of fame. Enough that the Right has triumphed, that Slavery is overthrown, and that God is glorified. During the spring and summer months of 1866, Mr. Garrison tried various treatments and remedies for his torturing pains, but time alone brought him relief or cure. Whist became a favorite diversion to him, and he spent many an evening playing the game with his children and with George Thompson, who had now become a neighbor in Roxbury and was almost daily interchanging calls with his old comrade. More than ever Mr. Garrison devoted himself to his wife, who, though sadly crippled, found much solace in reading and in correspondence with her absent children. The domestic event of the year was the birth June 14. at Rockledge of their first grandchild, whose advent gave Agnes Garrison. them unspeakable delight, and whom Mr. Garrison never wearied of carrying in his arms, lulling to sleep, or entertaining with song or pian
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 9: Journalist at large.—1868-1876. (search)
rrespondent who had appealed for his aid in a movement for industrial reform: W. L. Garrison to W. G. H. Smart. Roxbury, August 18, 1875. Boston Globe, Sept., 1875. You ask me to consider the evils that now oppress society, especially tiven his antislavery library to Cornell University, Mr. Garrison wrote as follows: W. L. Garrison to S. J. May. Roxbury, Feb. 9, 1871. Ms. my Dearly beloved friend: I heartily thank you for your letter, enclosing a very interesting and s he had lacked a home of his own for many years, in which of three or four places that were suggested—Newbury, Danvers, Roxbury, Providence—the burial should be made. Temporarily, the body was placed in the receiving tomb at Swan Point Cemetery, bart of the cemetery. In the following letter two more instances are recorded: W. L. Garrison to Oliver Johnson. Roxbury, Dec. 28, 1873. Ms. Last Friday, I attended the funeral of our old anti-slavery Dec. 26. co-laborer, Charles Lenox
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 10: death of Mrs. Garrison.—final visit to England.—1876, 1877. (search)
for no more than a bare acknowledgment of your valued gift, and assurance of sympathy under the pain of your bereavement. What a woman she was! I am thankful to have been in Boston at the crisis which proved that she was worthy of the Ante, 2.27, 28. honor of being your wife. I can say no more. My departure is evidently near, and I hold the pen with difficulty. Accept the sympathy and reverent blessing of your old friend, Harriet Martineau. W. L. Garrison to Maria W. Chapman. Roxbury, Jan. 18, 1877. Ms. dear Mrs. Chapman: I have forwarded by the Weymouth Express, to-day, H. M.'s Autobiography and your supplemental Harriet Martineau. volume, hoping I have not put you to any inconvenience by not returning them at an earlier date, and proffering you many thanks for so kindly allowing me to peruse them in advance of their publication. The result is a higher appreciation, if possible, of the intellectual strength, solid understanding, conscientious integrity, fearle
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 11: last years.—1877-79. (search)
a Benj. F. Butler. candidate for the gubernatorial chair of Massachusetts. W. L. Garrison to Wendell Phillips. Roxbury, Oct. 30, 1878. Ms. copy. my dear Phillips: . . . Thanks for your tract on the money question — a question which I dt, and a cheerful readiness for the inevitable change, whenever it might come. W. L. Garrison to W. P. Garrison. Roxbury, Dec. 12, 1878. Ms. Thanks for your congratulatory letter, with its filial remembrance of the day, which certainly cng that he may be led to see and regret the great mistake of his public career. W. L. Garrison to his daughter. Roxbury, Feb. 20, 1879. Ms. Ever since Saturday I have been confined to the house by Feb. 15. the worst cold I have had sin, 1879. A post-mortem examination having been made on Monday, Mr. Garrison's remains were taken on the same night to Roxbury, where the funeral services were held on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 28. The spacious church of the First Religious