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The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn, Monuments. (search)
l illustration of his philosophy; his death of the triumph of his Faith. His pupils have reared this monument as an imperfect memorial of their grateful affection and respect. Passing, not far from this monument, one which bears the name of Thaxter, and another, on Indian Ridge Path, marked with that of Williams, we come in the same direction to Mr. Bond's, an obelisk distinguished at once by its elegance and its simplicity. No chisel has yet disturbed the marble's surface, else might onerespect for his elevated moral and religious character. He sleeps beneath the blue lone sea, He lies where pearls the deep. He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep. David Patterson. Webster. Clement Durgin. I Thaxter. Williams. Bond. Fairfield. Wadsworth. Greenleaf. Martin Brimmer. In looking back over this ramble among the monuments of Mount Auburn, we cannot but see how far our sketches must be, at the best, from conveying a complete co
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, Boston events. (search)
845 For Josiah Quincy, Jr., 5331; for all others, 2984, Dec. 8, 1845 For Josiah Quincy, Jr., 3852; for all others, 2189, Dec. 14, 1846 For Josiah Quincy, Jr., 4752; for Goodrich, 1655; for Parker, 1535, Dec. 13, 1847 For John P. Bigelow, 5133; for James, 1142; for Smith, 425, Dec. 11, 1848 For John P. Bigelow, 4660; for Hall, 700; Sumner, 347, Dec. 10, 1849 For John P. Bigelow, 5394; for Amory, 1146; Goodrich, 1126, Dec. 9, 1850 For Benj'n Seaver, 3990; for Smith, 2736; Thaxter, 1024, Dec. 14, 1851 Election City. For Mayor, Benjamin Seaver, 6,018; for Smith, 5,021; for Smith, 899, Dec. 13, 1852 No Mayor chosen in December this year , 1853 For J. V. C. Smith, 6,045; for John A. Wilkins, 3,171, Jan. 9, 1854 For J. V. C. Smith, 6,429; for George B. Upton, 4,405, Dec. 13, 1854 For Alex. H. Rice, 7,404; for Nath. B. Shurtleff, 539, Dec. 10, 1855 For Alex. H. Rice, 8,714; for Jona. Preston, 2,025, Dec. 8, 1856 For Fred. W Lincoln, Jr., 8,110;
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 28: (search)
o solemnity, he parted from his wife, saying, Take good care of the children, as though he had foreseen that his own death was near; and while she gazed after him with resignation, he led off his company to the scene of danger. Between nine and ten, the number of Americans on the rising ground above Concord bridge had increased to more than four hundred. Of these there were twenty-five minute men from Bedford, with Jonathan Wilson for their captain; others were from Westford, among them Thaxter, a preacher; others from Littleton, from Carlisle, and from Chelmsford. The Acton company came last, and formed on the right. The whole was a gathering not so much of officers and soldiers, as of brothers and equals; of whom every one was a man well known in his village, observed in the meeting-house on Sundays, familiar at town meetings, and respected as a freeholder or a freeholder's son. Near the base of the hill, Concord river flows languidly in a winding channel, and was approache