 A devout man, strict in all religious observances, firm, almost rigid in the discipline of his family, he was cheerful, joyous, benignant, " given to hospitality," and never so happy as when making happy those around him. The young loved him, and the...  Lives of American Merchants - Page 369edited by - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1859 - 872 pages
...Aug., 1824, 1. 43, 465; Edward Everett'* Address to, 43, 44 ; his visit to Mount Vcrnon, in 1824, 44 ; present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill Monument, 17th Jane, 1825, 356; JQ Adams's Oration on, 1 830, 8vo. II. 1 38 ; " Story of the Life of, as told... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - United States - 1854 - 1012 pages
...had now spent a year in America. During that time, he had visited all the principal cities. -He was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill monument, where he listened to an eloquent address from the mouth of Daniel Webster. On his departure from Washington,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkland Lothrop - 1856 - 60 pages
...a trustee of Groton Academy, an institution which his sons have since munificently endowed. In the Shay's rebellion, and during all the troubles of 1786-87,...never entirely recovered. He died November 8, 1827, a g e( i seventy-three. Susanna Parker Lawrence was born in Groton, where her father, William Parker,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1856 - 768 pages
...a Trustee of Groton Academy, an institution which his sons have since munificently endowed. In the Shay's rebellion, and during all the troubles of 1786-87,...attack, from which he never entirely recovered. He died Nov. 8th, 1827, aged 73. Susan Parker Lawrence was born in Groton, where her father, William Parker,... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - Merchants - 1858 - 650 pages
...than forty years. He was one of the original founders, and for thirtythree years a trustee of Gfoton Academy, an institution which his sons have since...seventy-three. Susanna Parker Lawrence was born in Grotou, where her father, William Parker, cultivated a farm, now owned by the town. He subsequently... | |
 | Edward Warren - Medical - 1874 - 600 pages
...of the University of Cambridge, was appointed to superintend the publication. ' Those who witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument in 1825, one of the last great displays of Masonry, will recollect the figure of the venerable Dr. Harris, as... | |
 | Local history - 1917 - 564 pages
...served through the war and was one of the veterans present whom Webster addressed as "Venerable Men" at the laying of the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill monument in 1825. Walter H. Sanborn spent his boyhood and his youth in manual labor on the homestead farm, except when... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office, Frederick Cook - Indians of North America - 1887 - 638 pages
...the day. Well might the language of Daniel Webster, addressed to the band of revolutionary patriots present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill monument, be applied to these veterans and pioneers : — " Venerable men ! you have come down to us from a former... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - France - 1889 - 282 pages
...Commencement at Harvard College and visited the scenes connected with the Revolution. The next year he was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill Monument and heard the great oration of Daniel Webster. " Fortunate, fortunate man ! " exclaimed the orator... | |
 | Literature - 1900 - 460 pages
...1820, on the two hundredth anniversary of the lauding of the Pilgrims. He next delivered the address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill monument in 1825, on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle, and then that which commemorated in 1826 the fiftieth anniversary... | |
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