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Hyde Park, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
ort. He said he should rather sit to be scraped by a barber ten times than to have his portrait taken. He, however, seemed to consent to the operation. Mrs. William Kent, whom I afterwards saw at Ballston Springs, informed me that an artist in New York—I think it was Inman—had taken two portraits, one of which was for her, and the other the artist now had on hand, perhaps for sale; and she suggested whether it would not be agreeable to us to purchase that. I intended to have stopped at Hyde Park on my way up North River, to see Miss Johnston and Miss Allen; but it would have detained me a day, so I passed on, admiring the beautiful situation of some of the houses of the village on the banks of the river. While in Albany, I saw Judge Spencer, who received me kindly because he understood I was Judge Story's friend; also Johnson, the reporter, who is one of the most agreeable and gentlemanly men I ever met. Indeed, I have had reason to think of Judge Story, and to be grateful to him
Alton (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
yceums were didactic only, such as any professor might read from his chair. Young men no older than himself had already won favor on the platform. Hillard had spoken at Faneuil Hall, and delivered, in 1835, the customary oration before the city authorities on the Fourth of July, and an address at a commencement of Dartmouth College. Wendell Phillips was already a favorite public speaker; and, in Dec., 1837, made his famous reply to James T. Austin, in Faneuil Hall, on Lovejoy's murder at Alton. Unlike most young lawyers, Sumner took no part in politics. His letters written in 1836 make no reference to the political canvass of that year, which ended in Van Buren's election. Young men of similar education—as Robert C. Winthrop and Hillard—were elected to the Legislature, then much larger than now, soon after they entered on manly life; Winthrop was elected to the Legislature in Nov., 1834. Hillard and John O. Sargent, a classmate of Sumner, were elected to the same body in No
Waterloo, Seneca County, New York (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
to volunteer in her cause. I think your argument completely successful. Your volume, entitled The Stranger in America, I finished yesterday, having read it with deep interest. I followed you anxiously over every inch of the fields of Ligny, Waterloo, and Namur, and through all the perils that ensued, from hospital to hospital, till the joyous close of this cycle of misfortunes in the love of your fair nurse. Oh, human nature! war did not choke the delicate sensibilities which glow in either sex, or alter the nature of man, which indeed is indestructible. I think the Peace Society could do nothing better than to reprint your chapter on Waterloo as a tract, or at least as an article in one of their journals. It gives the most vivid sketch I ever read of the horrors of war, because it embodies them in the experience of one individual, without resorting to any of the declamatory generalities which are generally used with that view. Most truly your friend, Chas. Sumner. To C
West Indies (search for this): chapter 8
ere topics of correspondence between them. Sumner furnished historical illustrations for the Political Ethics, was the first friend to whose critical eye the manuscript was submitted, and was by the direction of the author, who sailed for the West Indies in the summer of 1836, to take charge of it in case of the latter's death. The careful revision of the work, before it was given to the public, was however performed by Hillard. Lieber wrote to Sumner, Aug., 1835, I want you to give me all tf; and I congratulate you and your wife, ex imo pectore, upon your deliverance from the perils of the sea. . . . I congratulate you, and wish I could take you by the hand and tell you my joy. Dr. Lieber had just returned from a visit to the West Indies. All your friends here are well. Dr. Palfrey is well; and Judge Story as ever is in an overflow of spirits. He is now on his circuit in Rhode Island, and will not return for several days. The second volume of his work on Equity Jurispru
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
. . . . Judge Story's Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence have gone to press. He thinks more highly of them than of either of his former works. I think that they will establish a new epoch in the study of chancery in our country. How much more of an honor to the office than to Judge Story would it be, were he made Chief-Justice of the United States! Chief-Justice Marshall, who was appointed by President John Adams in 1801, died July 6, 1835, and was succeeded by Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, who held the office till his death, in 1864. Indeed, posterity will notice his absence from that elevation more than they would his presence there, as the Roman people observed the absence of the favorite statues of Brutus and Cassius in the imperial procession more than they would have noted their appearance. Tacitus tells the story in his pregnant way somewhere, does he not? Judge Story has consented to deliver a eulogy on the late Chief. He will, of course, select his own time, whic
Fort Niagara (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
e of English men of letters, made him an interesting companion for Sumner. They corresponded from this time, and afterwards met in London and Scotland. Brown died in Jan., 1873. At Quebec Sumner dined with Chief-Justice Sewall, now well advanced in years, and at Portland enjoyed an opportunity of meeting his much-valued friend, Charles S. Daveis. This journey is in scenery and association, perhaps, the most attractive which the continent affords,—the Hudson River, the falls at Trenton, Niagara, and Montmorency, Lake Champlain, which Sumner had traversed in school-boy days, the St. Lawrence, Montreal, and Quebec, both cities of ancient and foreign aspect, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He reached Boston, after five weeks absence, full of spirits, health, and satisfaction with his journey. Sumner took at this time a thoughtful interest in the slavery question. This appears particularly in his correspondence with Dr. Lieber. Post, p. 173. To Miss Martineau, who was
Merrimack (United States) (search for this): chapter 8
g the question, whether an agreement to procure a certain location for a railway-station is void as against public policy, and suggested the point on which the case was decided. Fuller v. Dame, 18 Pickering's Reports, p. 472. Sumner's name does not appear in the report of the case. Among his papers is an elaborate opinion, written in 1835, which reviews at length the authorities on a question arising under the law of watercourses,—whether the proprietors of mills at Lowell on the Merrimac River, which is fed by the waters of Lake Winnipiseogee, have a right of action against parties who divert for mill-uses the waters of Merrymeeting Pond, which flow into the Lake. In June, 1835, he was appointed by Judge Story a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States, Office resigned by letter, Dec. 9, 1853, but vacated by law on his acceptance of the office of Senator, in 1851. and a year later was admitted to practice in that court. Sumner, at this period, succeeded
Maine (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
reenleaf in preparing the General Digest of his Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Maine, which is a part of Vol. IX. of the series. In 1835-36, he prepared the indexes to the two vol for cases in point. Among these were Mr. Daveis, Mr. Appleton, of Bangor, now Chief-Justice of Maine, Mr. Parsons, and his classmate Browne. Sumner's time was much occupied, in 1835-36, in revisSumner, and took a great interest in his career. John Appleton, The present Chief-Justice of Maine. In a letter of May 18, 1837, Sumner wrote: Mr. Appleton is a writer of great nerve, boldness, yours, C. S. To George S. Hillard, Portland, Maine. Hillard was then passing a vacation in Maine. 4 Court St., Saturday, July, 1837. my dear George,—Yours came to hand last evening, and I sortions of each day. We talked of you, and he thought that seeing you was seeing a large part of Maine. Yours as ever, Chas. S. To Professor Mittermaier. Boston (United States of America), Nov
Geneva, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
much to my disappointment. I longed to see them. Timothy Walker Of Cincinnati, author of Elements of Geometry and of Introduction to American Law. He died, in 1856, at the age of fifty-three. left there an hour or two before I arrived. I saw his open, smiling visage in the stage as I was within a mile of the falls. I met D. F. Webster, Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Webster, from whose name the first Christian name was afterwards dropped. for one minute, while changing horses at Geneva, in the centre of New York. It was a most agreeable rencontre. You may send this letter to my sister. A storm is rising and the rapids are raging. With my love to all my friends, believe me affectionately Yours, Chas. S. To Professor Simon Greenleaf. Clifton House, Canada, Niagara Falls, Aug. 30, 1836. my dear Mr. Greenleaf,—Here am I in the dominions of Mariner Bill, with a new government clasping me, and a new tone of manners, I fancy, about me. I have just established mys
Lowell (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
ner's name does not appear in the report of the case. Among his papers is an elaborate opinion, written in 1835, which reviews at length the authorities on a question arising under the law of watercourses,—whether the proprietors of mills at Lowell on the Merrimac River, which is fed by the waters of Lake Winnipiseogee, have a right of action against parties who divert for mill-uses the waters of Merrymeeting Pond, which flow into the Lake. In June, 1835, he was appointed by Judge Story l. The two lectures are a simple statement of the rules of law pertinent to each topic, with familiar illustrations from business life. He received an invitation, in Jan., 1836, which he does not appear to have accepted, to deliver a lecture at Lowell, before the Moral Lyceum. He read, Feb. 28, 1837, a lecture on The Constitution of the United States in the Smith Schoolhouse, Belknap Street, before the Adelphic Union Society,—a literary association of colored people. Hillard delivered the in
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