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Julia (search for this): chapter 48
lia Peters. She was born of respectable parents, and was carefully tended in her early years. Her mother was a prudent, religious-minded woman; but she died when Julia was twelve years old. The father soon after took to drinking and gambling, and spent all the property he possessed. His daughter was thus brought into the midst manufactured. She tried to hide herself, but when he called her back in a gentle, but firm tone, she came immediately. He took her kindly by the hand, and said, Julia, what does all this mean? It is military costume, she replied. I am an officer of state. I am sorry thou art not more decently clad, said he. I intended to thy sincere friend, he replied; and I promise that I will never forget thee. I make the following extract from a letter, which he wrote to her soon after: Now, Julia, listen to me, and mind what I say; for thou knowest I am thy friend. I want thee, at all times, and upon all occasions, to be very careful of thy conduct. Never
Lucinda Wilmarth (search for this): chapter 48
housand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him; and that among these shall yet arise judges, as at the first, and counsellors, and lawgivers, as in the beginning. My soul longeth for the coming of that day, more than for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil. In the Spring of 1843, Friend Hopper visited Rhode Island, and Bucks County, in Pennsylvania, to address the people in behalf of the enslaved. He was accompanied by Lucinda Wilmarth, a very intelligent and kind-hearted young person, who sometimes spoke on the same subject. After she returned to her home in Massachusetts, she wrote as follows, to the venerable companion of her mission; Dear Father Hopper, I see by the papers that Samuel Johnson has gone home. I well remember our call upon him, on the second Sunday morning of our sojourn in that land of roses. I also remember his radiant and peaceful countenance, which told of a life well spent, and of calm
Hannah (search for this): chapter 48
tremely modest and reserved; and he took mischievous pleasure in telling strangers the story of their courtship in a way that made her blush. Dost thou know what Hannah answered, when I asked if she would marry me? said he. I will tell thee how it was. I was walking home with her one evening, soon after the death of her mother,ashions of the world. The long stockings, and small clothes buckled at the knee, were well adapted to his finely formed limbs; and certainly he and his lady-like Hannah, in their quaint garb of the olden time, formed a very agreeable picture. He had no peculiarities with regard to eating or drinking. He always followed the ol his meals, he asked to have two cups and plates brought to him, if it were not too much trouble; for he said it would seem pleasant, and like old times, to have Hannah's company. So his wife ate with him, as long as he was able to partake of food. A china bird, which a ransomed slave had given to his daughter, when she was a l
Ellis Gray Loring (search for this): chapter 48
ed bonnets, listening to his words so attentively, she often thought it would make as fine a picture as William Penn explaining his treaty to the Indians. Ellis Gray Loring in a letter to me, says: We greatly enjoyed Friend Hopper's visit. You cannot conceive how everybody was delighted with him; particularly all our gay young ussell Lowell, William W. Story, and the like. The old gentleman seemed very happy; receiving from all hands evidence of the true respect in which he is held. Mrs. Loring, writing to his son John, says: We have had a most delightful visit from your father. Our respect, wonder, and love for him increased daily. I am sure he mustctory in war, how transient political fame, when compared with the history of a long life spent in services rendered to the afflicted and the unfortunate! Ellis Gray Loring, of Boston, in a letter to John Hopper, says: We heard of your father's death while we were in Rome. I could not restrain a few tears, and yet God knows the
Westminster Abbey (search for this): chapter 48
Friend Hopper leaned on his cane, looked him full in the face, and answered very coolly, If thou dost, I hope thou wilt send it to my lodgings; for I shall have need of it this afternoon. I lodge at No. 35, Lower Crescent, Clifton. The place designated was about a mile from the Cathedral. The man stared at him, as if puzzled to decide whether he were talking to an insane person, or not. When the imperturbable Quaker had seen all he cared to see, he deliberately walked away. At Westminster Abbey he paid the customary fee of two shillings sixpence for admission. The doorkeeper followed him, saying, You must uncover yourself, sir. Uncover myself! exclaimed the Friend, with an affectation of ignorant simplicity. What dost thou mean? Must I take off my coat? Your coat! responded the man, smiling. No indeed. I mean your hat. And what should I take off my hat for? he inquired. Because you are in a church, sir, answered the door-keeper. I see no church here, re
O. S. Fowler (search for this): chapter 48
d, as usual, some were disposed to believe and others to ridicule. At last the disputants proposed to test the question by careful experiment. Friend Hopper was one of the party, and they asked him to have his head examined by the well-known O. S. Fowler. Having a good-natured willingness to gratify their curiosity, he consented. It was agreed that he should not speak during the operation, lest the tones of his voice might serve as an index of his character. It was further stipulated that no person in the room should give any indication by which the phrenologist might be enabled to judge whether he was supposed to be speaking correctly or not. The next day, Mr. Fowler was introduced blindfolded into a room, where Isaac T. Hopper was seated with the party of the preceding evening. Having passed his hands over the strongly developed head, he made the following statement, which was taken down by a rapid writer, as the words fell from his lips. The first and strongest manifestat
Jacob Lindley (search for this): chapter 48
equious manner, by the new servant; and great was her surprise and confusion, to recognize in him her own husband! Jacob Lindley, of Chester county, was another frequent visitor at Friend Hopper's house; and many were the lively conversations that with large metal buttons, which he had borrowed in consequence of a drenching rain! He seated himself opposite to Jacob Lindley, who was so much disturbed by the glittering buttons, that his meeting did him no good. When the congregation rose this short and pithy sermon, he seated himself, and resumed the offending hat with the utmost composure. Once, when Jacob Lindley was dining with Friend Hopper, the conversation turned upon his religious experiences, and he related a circumstance nocked out, and he was beaten till he was supposed to be dead. All this was done merely because they mistook him for Jacob Lindley, the Quaker preacher, who was well known as a friend to fugitives from slavery. In view of these, and other similar
Lucretia Mott (search for this): chapter 48
The Tabernacle was accepted. Judge Edmonds, who had been an efficient co-laborer, and for whom Friend Hopper had a strong personal affection, offered a feeling tribute to the virtues and abilities of his departed friend. He was followed by Lucretia Mott, a widely known and highly respected minister among Friends. In her appropriate and interesting communication, she dwelt principally upon his efforts in behalf of the colored people; for whose sake she also had encountered obloquy. The Sod to Greenwood Cemetery, followed only by the family, and a very few intimate friends. Thomas McClintock, a minister in the Society of Friends, addressed some words of consolation to the bereaved family, as they stood around the open grave. Lucretia Mott affectionately commended the widow to the care of the children. In the course of her remarks, she said, I have no unity with these costly monuments around me, by which the pride and vanity of man strive to extend themselves beyond the grave.
Edmund Quincy (search for this): chapter 48
daily. I am sure he must have received some pleasure, he bestowed so much. We feel his friendship to be a great acquisition. Samuel J. May wrote to me: I cannot tell you how much I was charmed by my interview with Friend Hopper. To me, it was worth more than all the Fair beside. Give my most affectionate respects to him. He very kindly invited me to make his house my home when I next come to New-York; and I am impatient for the time to arrive, that I may accept his invitation. Edmund Quincy, writing to Friend Hopper's daughter, Mrs. Gibbons, says: You cannot think how glad we were to see the dear old man. He spent a night with me, to my great contentment, and that of my wife; and to the no small edification of our little boy, to whom breeches and buckles were a great curiosity. My Irish gardener looked at them with reverence; having probably seen nothing so aristocratic, since he left the old country. I love those relics of past time. The Quakers were not so much out, w
Thomas Dobson (search for this): chapter 48
ls. From time to time, the humane inspector spoke soothing and encouraging words to them, and commended their good behavior. When the Board of Inspectors met, he proposed that the lads should be recommended to the governor for pardon. Not succeeding in this effort, he wrote an article on the impropriety of confining juvenile offenders with old hardened convicts. He published this in the daily papers, and it produced considerable effect. When the Board again met, Isaac T. Hopper and Thomas Dobson were appointed to wait on the governor, to obtain a pardon for the lads if possible. After considerable hesitation, the request was granted on condition that worthy men could be found, who would take them as apprentices. Friend Hopper agreed to find such persons; and he kept his word. One of them was bound to a tanner, the other to a carpenter. But their excellent friend did not lose sight of them. He reminded them that they were now going among strangers, and their success and happ
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