d to purchase musical instruments and to instruct and equip a band.
Besides subscriptions, certain sums of money were received from towns and cities of the State, for volunteers in the Fifty-fourth credited to their quota.
The members of the committee contributed liberally to the funds required, and the following is a partial list of those who aided the organization in various ways:—
George Putnam,
Charles G. Loring,
J. Huntington Wolcott,
Samuel G. Ward,
James M. Barnard,
William F. Weld,
J. Wiley Edmands,
William Endicott, Jr.,
Francis L. Lee,
Oakes Ames,
James L. Little,
Marshall S. Scudder,
George Higginson,
Thomas Russell,
Edward S. Philbrick,
Oliver Ellsworth,
Robert W. Hooper,
John H. Stevenson,
John H. Silsbee,
Manuel Fenollosa,
G. Mitchell,
John W. Brooks,
Samuel Cabot, Jr.,
John Lowell,
James T. Fields,
Henry Lee, Jr.,
George S. Hale,
William Dwight,
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John
le,
Marshall S. Scudder,
George Higginson,
Thomas Russell,
Edward S. Philbrick,
Oliver Ellsworth,
Robert W. Hooper,
John H. Stevenson,
John H. Silsbee,
Manuel Fenollosa,
G. Mitchell,
John W. Brooks,
Samuel Cabot, Jr.,
John Lowell,
James T. Fields,
Henry Lee, Jr.,
George S. Hale,
William Dwight,
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John J. May,
John Gardner,
Mrs. Chas. W. Sumner,
Albert G. Browne,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Browne, Jr.,
Mrs. S. R. Urbino,
Edward W. Kinsley,
Uriah and John Ritchie,
Pond & Duncklee,
John H. and Mary E. Cabot,
Mary P. Payson,
Manuel Emilio,
Henry W. Holland,
Miss Halliburton,
Frederick Tudor,
Samuel Johnson,
Mary E. Stearns,
Mrs. William J. Loring,
Mrs. Governor Andrew,
Mrs. Robert C. Waterston,
Wright & Potter,
James B. Dow,
William Cumston,
John A. Higginson,
Peter Smit
rth credited to their quota.
The members of the committee contributed liberally to the funds required, and the following is a partial list of those who aided the organization in various ways:—
George Putnam,
Charles G. Loring,
J. Huntington Wolcott,
Samuel G. Ward,
James M. Barnard,
William F. Weld,
J. Wiley Edmands,
William Endicott, Jr.,
Francis L. Lee,
Oakes Ames,
James L. Little,
Marshall S. Scudder,
George Higginson,
Thomas Russell,
Edward S. Philbrick,
Oliver Ellsworth,
Robert W. Hooper,
John H. Stevenson,
John H. Silsbee,
Manuel Fenollosa,
G. Mitchell,
John W. Brooks,
Samuel Cabot, Jr.,
John Lowell,
James T. Fields,
Henry Lee, Jr.,
George S. Hale,
William Dwight,
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John J. May,
John Gardner,
Mrs. Chas. W. Sumner,
Albert G. Browne,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Browne, Jr.,
Mrs. S.
n,
Manuel Emilio,
Henry W. Holland,
Miss Halliburton,
Frederick Tudor,
Samuel Johnson,
Mary E. Stearns,
Mrs. William J. Loring,
Mrs. Governor Andrew,
Mrs. Robert C. Waterston,
Wright & Potter,
James B. Dow,
William Cumston,
John A. Higginson,
Peter Smith,
Theodore Otis,
Avery Plummer,
James Savage,
Samuel May,
Mrs. Samuel May,
Josiah Quincy,
William Claflin,
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis,
George Bemis,
Edward Atkinson,
Professor Agassiz,
John G. Palfrey, besides several societies and fraternities.
Most of the papers connected with the labors of the committee were destroyed in the great Boston fire, so that it is difficult now to set forth properly in greater detail the work accomplished.
In the proclamation of outlawry issued by Jefferson Davis, Dec. 23, 1862, against Major-General Butler, was the following clause:—
Third.
That all negro slaves captured in arms be at once delivered over to the executive authorities of the r
, Jr.,
John Lowell,
James T. Fields,
Henry Lee, Jr.,
George S. Hale,
William Dwight,
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John J. May,
John Gardner,
Mrs. Chas. W. Sumner,
Albert G. Browne,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Browne, Jr.,
Mrs. S. R. Urbino,
Edward W. Kinsley,
Uriah and John Ritchie,
Pond & Duncklee,
John H. and Mary E. Cabot,
Mary P. Payson,
Manuel Emilio,
Henry W. Holland,
Miss Halliburton,
Frederick Tudor,
Samuel Johnson,
Mary E. Stearns,
Mrs. William J. Loring,
Mrs. Governor Andrew,
Mrs. Robert C. Waterston,
Wright & Potter,
James B. Dow,
William Cumston,
John A. Higginson,
Peter Smith,
Theodore Otis,
Avery Plummer,
James Savage,
Samuel May,
Mrs. Samuel May,
Josiah Quincy,
William Claflin,
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis,
George Bemis,
Edward Atkinson,
Professor Agassiz,
John G. Palfrey, b
Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Browne, Jr.,
Mrs. S. R. Urbino,
Edward W. Kinsley,
Uriah and John Ritchie,
Pond & Duncklee,
John H. and Mary E. Cabot,
Mary P. Payson,
Manuel Emilio,
Henry W. Holland,
Miss Halliburton,
Frederick Tudor,
Samuel Johnson,
Mary E. Stearns,
Mrs. William J. Loring,
Mrs. Governor Andrew,
Mrs. Robert C. Waterston,
Wright & Potter,
James B. Dow,
William Cumston,
John A. Higginson,
Peter Smith,
Theodore Otis,
Avery Plummer,
James Savage,
Samuel May,
Mrs. Samuel May,
Josiah Quincy,
William Claflin,
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis,
George Bemis,
Edward Atkinson,
Professor Agassiz,
John G. Palfrey, besides several societies and fraternities.
Most of the papers connected with the labors of the committee were destroyed in the great Boston fire, so that it is difficult now to set forth properly in greater detail the work accomplished.
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