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A memorial of Charles Sumner.

Title
A memorial of Charles Sumner.
Author
Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on Sumner Memorial, compiler.
Publication
Boston : [Wright & Potter, printers to the state], 1874.

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Additional Authors
  • Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
  • Curtis, George William, 1824-1892.
  • Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906.
  • Elliott, Robert Brown, 1842-1884.
  • Foote, Henry Wilder, 1838-1889.
  • Wright & Potter, publisher.
  • Allen & Rowell, photographer.
Description
316, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait; 26 cm
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Note
  • Frontispiece is mounted carbon photograph by Allen & Rowell.
  • "Printed by order of the legislature [of Massachusetts]"--verso of title page.
  • "Wright & Potter, printers to the state"--verso of title page.
  • "Prepared by the Joint Special Committee Appointed ... for the Delivery of an Oration upon ... Charles Sumner"--page [5].
  • "Sumner" a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier--pages 97-104.
  • "Eulogy by Carl Schurz, delivered by invitation of the city government of Boston, in the Boston Music Hall, April 29, 1874"--pages [179]-264.
  • "Eulogy by George William Curtis, delivered at the commemorative observances, June 9, 1874"--pages [107]-176.
  • "Oration by Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, delivered by invitation of the colored citizens of Boston, in Faneuil Hall, April 14, 1874"--pages [265]-287.
  • "Sermon by Henry W. Foote ... March 22, 1874"--pages [289]-316.
  • Last page blank.
Indexed In (note)
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
Legislative order -- Report of the Committee -- Death of Charles Sumner -- Action of the Executive and Legislative Departments: Message of the Governor ; Proceedings in the Senate ; Proceedings in the House of Representatives ; Proclamation by the Governor -- The obsequies -- Commemorative observances, June 9, 1874 -- Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier -- Eulogy by George William Curtis, June 9, 1874 -- Appendix: Eulogy by Carl Schurz, April 29, 1874 ; Oration by Robert B. Elliot, April 14, 1874 ; Sermon by Henry W. Foote, March 22, 1874 ; Tablet.
Call Number
Sc B-Sumner (Massachusetts. Memorial of Charles Sumner)
LCCN
13019834
OCLC
1473197
Author
Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on Sumner Memorial, compiler.
Title
A memorial of Charles Sumner.
Publisher
Boston : [Wright & Potter, printers to the state], 1874.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 1442
Provenance
Copy in Sc B-Sumner (accession no. B547516) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Added Author
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Sumner.
Curtis, George William, 1824-1892. Charles Sumner.
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906. Charles Sumner.
Elliott, Robert Brown, 1842-1884. Oration of Hon. Robert B. Elliott.
Foote, Henry Wilder, 1838-1889. In memory of Charles Sumner.
Wright & Potter, publisher.
Allen & Rowell, photographer.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc B-Sumner (Massachusetts. Memorial of Charles Sumner)
AN (Sumner) (Massachusetts. Joint special committee on Sumner memorial. Memorial of Charles Sumner)
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