s says
In his letter of reminiscences, addressed to Mr. Hillard, already quoted. of the persons who gathered at these suppers:—
I recall the two Messrs. Prescott, father and son; Mr. Webster; the Rev. Dr. Channing; Dr. Bowditch, the eminent mathematician and translator of La Place; Dr. Walter Channing, a kind and genial family physician; Mr. John Pickering, a Greek scholar and a learned lawyer; his brother, Octavius Pickering, the Reporter of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts; Mr. Willard Phillips; and Mr. James Savage.
There were also many younger men, habitues of the house, whom I cannot recall.
The Rev. Dr. Channing came seldom, but it was there I first saw him, and there, also, I first saw Mr. Webster in private.
Prescott, the historian, not yet an author, was at that time in the full flush of his early manhood, running over with animal spirits, which his studies and self-discipline could not quench; talking with a joyous abandon, laughing at his own inconsequences, reco
Pepperell, 337, 385.
Perkins, Colonel T. H., 328, 370.
Perkins, James, 370.
Perkins, Mrs. S. G., 13, 49, 68, 260, 328, 331.
Perkins, S. G., 12, 13, 14, 49, 68.
Perkins, S. H., 68 and note, 121.
Peter, America Pinkney, 38.
Peter, Britannia Wellington, 38.
Peter, Columbia Washington, 38.
Peter, Mrs. See Custis.
Peter, Thomas, 38.
Petrarch, letter on, 341-344.
Philadelphia, visits, 15, 352.
Phillips, Professor J., 422, 437 and note.
Phillips, Thomas J., 443.
Phillips, Willard, 391.
Piacenza, visits, 162.
Pichon, Baron, 132, 261.
Pickering, John, 85, 391.
Pickering, Octavius, 391.
Pictet, Deodati, 153.
Pictet, Professor, 153, 155, 159.
Pillans, James, 280.
Pinkney, William, 39, 40, 41 and note.
Pittsfield, Mass., Elisha Ticknor head of school in, 2.
Pius VII., 173, 174.
Pizarro, Chev. Don L., 207, 208, 212.
Playfair, Professor, 276, 279.
Plymouth, visits, 327-331.
Poinsett, Joel R., 350 and note.
Pole, Mrs., 467, 471.
Polk, Mr.,
rkins, S. II., T. 68 and note, 121.
Pertz, Dr., II. 313 and note, 332, 358, 359, 365.
Pertz, Mrs., II. 359, 365.
Peter, America Pinkney, T. 38; Britannia Wellington, 38; Columbia Washington, 38; Thomas, 38.
Peter, Mrs. See Custis.
Peters, of Merton, II. 168.
Petrarch, letter on, I. 341-344.
Philadelphia, visits, T. 15, 352, II. 222.
Phillips, Jonathan, II. 300.
Phillips, Professor J., I. 422, 437 and note, II. 176.
Phillips, Thomas J., I. 443, II. 155.
Phillips, Willard, I. 391, II. 489.
Piacenza, visits (Placentia), I. 162, II. 338.
Picard, William, letter to, 11. 455.
Piccolomini, Monsignor, II. 67, 68.
Pichler, Caroline, 11. 12.
Pichon, Baron, I. 132, 261, II. 113, 114, 120.
Pickering, John, I. 85, 391, II. 251.
Pickering, Octavius, I. 391.
Pictet, Deodati, I. 153, II. 37.
Pictet, Professor, I. 153, 155, 159, II. 37.
Pierce, Professor B., II. 310.
Pillans, James, I. 280.
Piltz, Dr., II. 313.
Pinkney, William, I. 39,