Portraits of Patriots in the Capitol Echoed in Massachusetts
The piece portrays General Varnum and Nathaniel P Banks as central to our national story, noting Varnum’s rise from Dracut to Speaker and Senator while Banks, born to humble means, ascended to the Speaker’s chair. It reflects on their service from Revolution to Civil War and the republic’s enduring ideals.
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General Varnum
Dracut
Mass
Massachusetts Bay
Coronel
Commonwealth of
State Militia
House of Representatives
Senate of Massachusetts
National House of Representatives
Henry Clay
United States
Massachusetts
Timothy Pickering
Senate
John Adams
Parker
Caleb Strong
Varnum
Rhode Island
New York
Sullivan
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Houston
Shays
Benjamin Lincoln
James M. Varnum
Jefferson
National Congress
Senate of
Massachusetts Tribute to Speaker Winthrop in a Civil War Era Speech
General P A Collins notes Massachusetts pride in Speaker Robert C Winthrop. He praises Winthrop as a skilled debater and orator, detailing his disciplined rise, role in expanding the postal system, and steady leadership during a stormy period. The tribute honors his lasting, peaceful public service.
Banks Speaker of the House in 1857 Election
The House elected Nathaniel Prentiss Banks of Massachusetts as Speaker on February 20 1857 after the 133rd ballot. Born January 30 1816 in Waltham Banks rose from mill work to local and state politics through self study and debating prowess. He advocated Van Buren in 1840 and later secured a Massachusetts House seat after repeated defeats.
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Edward D. Hayden
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks
Massachusetts
Mr. Banks
Waltham
Corporation
Martin van Buren
General Court
House of Rep
Honors to Winthrop and Massachusetts in historic House speech
The speech lauds Mr Winthrop and his era in the Thirtieth Congress. It recalls Lincoln’s presence on committee lists, Massachusetts leadership from 1855 to 1875, and Breckinridge’s praise amid a changing political era. The speaker expresses envy for future generations and invites rivalrous nobility for a brighter republic as the resolution is adopted.
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Henry C. Lodge
Winthrop
Congressional Globe
Committee On Post Offices and Post
Abraham Lincoln
Massachusetts Historical Society
Provident Association of Boston
Peabody Trustees
Yorktown
Washington Monument
Breckinridge
Democratic Party
Republic
Sedgwick
Varnum
Jefferson
Masachusetts
Adamses
Winthrops
Massachsetts
Nathaniel P. Banks
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Republic of America
Old Bay Commonwealth
America
The Hon F W Rockwell and Theodore Sedgwick Forefathers of Massachusets Leaders
Theodore Sedgwick, first Massachusetts Speaker, rose to prominence in state and federal politics. Educated at Yale, admitted to the bar, served in the Legislature and Revolutionary armies, and later a United States Senator and Supreme Court appointee. A life of usefulness crowned by honorable service and strong debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Rockwell
Theodore Sedgwick
Massachusetts
Congress
Congress of the
United States
Yale
Congress of the Confederation
Randall praises General Banks and portraits in House
The Hon. Samuel J. Randall lauds General Banks and the portraits of Sedgwick Varnum and Banks presented by Massachusetts. He reflects on public service, duty, and memory, noting the lineage of Speakers and the ongoing honor of preserving these distinguished leaders in the House.
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Samuel J. Randall
Randall
General Banks
Speaker
United States
Snow
Theodore Sedgwick
Joseph B. Varnun
Nathaniel P. Banks
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Linn Boyd
Breckinridge Seconds Resolution on Portrait Selection
Hon W C P Breckinridge of Kentucky seconded the resolution to accept the portraits. He said it is not improper that a Kentucky representative should second the measure and added that it is not unbecoming to say that in her...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Lippincotts February women’s number features Mrs Belva Lockwood piece
The February Lippincotts Magazine offers a women’s number with leading article My Efforts to Become a Lawyer by Mrs Belva A Lockwood. It notes her spirited account of her legal struggles and the impact on future women lawyers. Other pieces include Our Old Maids Life at a Workingwomen’s Home She Night Cometh and features on Miss Amelie Rives Miss Repplier Ella Wheeler Wilcox and a long discussion of modern word parsimony. The issue also presents a translated novel by E Werner via Mrs A L Wister and commentary on originality and plagiarism in writing.
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Lippincott’s
Belva A. Lockwood
Mrs. Pratt
Amélie Rives
Miss Rives
Miss Thomas
Lincoln
Emerson
Carlyle
Lowell
George Eliot
St. John Chrysostom
Novalis
Oliver Wendell Holmes
EK. Werner
A. L. Wister
E. Werner
Revue Bleue
M. Paul Desjardins
Dr. Holmes
America
Atlantic
Longfellow
Hawthorne
Mme, Jules Favre
Philosopher of Concord
Shakspere
Milo
Mathilde Pilotte
Blois
la Providence
Théatre Français
Ceasar
M. Jules Clarette
Comédie Française
Mme. Boucicaut
Society of Public Assistance
Bon Marché
M. Boucicaut
Belléme
Galignani
Temps
Paris Art Letters and the American Buyers Dilemma
Paris critics laud French painters while lamenting reluctance to sell to Americans. The piece recounts Edmond About’s statue, Boucicaut gifts, and a gallery plan at the Louvre. It notes Bonvin as example of artists living modestly and resisting American buyers, reflecting broader poverty and dedication in Paris’s art world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edmond
Parc la Chaise
France
Mathilde
M. de Nieuwerkerke
Napoleon III
Gayety
Baldry
French artists weigh American art via opinions in Paris
Theodor Stanton seeks views from prominent French artists on American art. Geréme urges more independence in Paris art students while Sargent paints Rodin in Boston. A Clesinger sale in Brussels shows mass production vs craft, Rodin’s seven years with Clesinger marks a notable career thread. A Troyon sale highlights the Joan of Arc theme’s pull for French painters and sculptors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodor Stanton
European Correspondence Company
Geréme
Paris
Sargent
Boston
Rodin
Clesinger
United States
Barge
Fremier
Brussels
Ie Troyon
Joan of Arc
English picture dealers discover Monticelli in art world
The piece notes a growing interest among English art dealers in Monticelli, tracing its U.S. exposure through Cottier of New York and Iom Robinson, with Boston dealers also involved. It hails Monticelli as the modern Tintoretto outside England, praising his color, scheme, expression, and fine detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticelli
United States
Cottier
New York
Iom Robinson
Boston
England
Recollections Mention Lincoln and Seward by Lyons Contemporaries
Fragmentary reminiscences recount the late Lord Lyons praising President Lincoln as a great statesman despite a coarse exterior. The same notes harshly criticize Secretary of State Seward. A Brentano's bookstore and newspaper branch recently opened in Paris aids American travelers and residents.
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Lord Lyons
Crawford
President Lincoln
Seward
Brentano
Paris
America
Fl. Barrierr
Fiction reception at Boston Y M C A sparks library growth
The Boston Y M C A hosted a book reception with music by the association male chorus directed by Professor H W Cole. Cable defended fiction as a vehicle of truth, urging generous library expansion after more than 600 volumes were added amid gifts and pledges.
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Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Association
W. Cole
Leslie M. Swett
Byron D. Noble
Woodworth
M! Cable
Association Library
Boston
George Wisable
Cable
Audient
Deficiency Bill Advances as Hawley Proposes Timber Lands Plan
In Washington the Senate debate centers on the deficiency appropriation bill. Hale reports few amendments and seeks passage next Monday. Hawley’s resolution seeks an interior plan to dispose of public timber lands to preserve forests near navigable rivers and aid settlers building homes. Executive nominations follow, including postmasters and bureau engineers, with adjournment after executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hale
Committee On Appropriations
Senate
Court of Claims
Pacific
Hawley
Secretary of the Interior
Hoar
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Ar. Bate
Secretary of the Treasury
Collectors of Customs
C. C
Hubbard
Hartford
Conn
W. M. Stark
New London
S. S. Mitchell
Saco
George W. Melville
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Wesley Merrett
Fifty-fifth Cavalry
Orlando Currier
Hallowell
C.O. Holcomb
New Hartford
A. Beattie
New Britain
G. Bissell
Naugatuck
H. P. Markham
Easthampton
J. H. Swarton
Stamford
G. G. Wickwire
Colchester
A. H. W. Carpenter
New Bedford
Mass
George L. W. Dike
Stoneham
S. A. Donoghue
Georgetown
L. W. Dower
H. I. Sarnum
Uxbridge
J. M. Freeman
Franklin
P. H. Jackson
Peabody
W. J. Johnson
Manchester
J. J. Love
Webster
J. M. Winslow
Nantucket
J. F. Arnold
Patriarchs Militant Ball Draws 700 Couples at Mechanics Hall
The first annual Patriarchs Militant ball unfolded at Mechanics Hall with a Salem Cadet Band concert and an exhibition drill by the Odd Fellows. Crowds of 700 couples joined a grand march led by Colonel I C Smith and Miss Helen Fraser, with guests from Lowell, Worcester, Lawrence and other cities. Attire ranged from nun’s veiling to pale pink moire and white satin gowns. notable outfits included Mrs F A Wyman in white satin with card poppies and Mrs Byrnes in cream satin with pearl passementerie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Hall
Salem
I. C. Smith
Helen Fraser
Alderman Fraser
Cambridge
Fraser
Yale
J. E. Palmer
Alan“? Spear
W. J. Joyce
C. J.pinkham
Cushman
J.C. Smith
Palmer
Lowell
Worcester
Lawrence
F. A. Wyman
Ankle Corps
Ki. Palmer
Boston
E. M. Bites Brisfield
C. B. Pratt
A. M. Coy
Wadsworth
Fitchburg
M. W. McClure
Somerville
A. — Cushman
G. Watkin
Lynn
D. A. Sanborn
B. Nealey
Fred Alford
E. Cove
J. Fred Bessom
S. E. Wel
A. W. Potter
William Gardner
Louis Wolf
Henry Card
Filibusterers' Work on One Cent Pension Scheme
Washinton Jan 19 Reportedly Representative Wilkins expects his bill to raise national bank circulation to pass by about forty five votes if a full House quorum can be secured. Weaver and Anderson control the filibuster tactics to force calls of the yeas and nays or to break the quorum. Friends of the bill may delay action and shift focus to other matters.
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Washinarton
Sprcrap
Wilkins
Weaver
Anderson
First skirmish in revenue reform in ways and means
Washington January 19 in the ways and means committee the tariff reformers won a minor victory as a motion to refer bills to subcommittees passed along party lines. McKinley sought to take up his tobacco tax repeal, while Breckinridge urged delaying it to address broader revenue. Pension figures show an $80,275,500 appropriation with a $4 million increase.
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Washingtton
D.C
McKinley
Ohio
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Black
Belmont
New York
Paris
Foran
Committee of
Wilkins
Anderson
Kansas
Weaver
Iowa
Brown
Indiana
Investment listed securities and notes from 1888 sale
On Saturday January 21 1888 two shares Canal National Bank Portland Maine. many bank stocks bonds and notes including Mass Natl Bank Fitchburg Rd pfd Merchants Natl Bank Arlington Mills Cocheco Mfg American Tack Union Metalblast Charlestown Gas American Loan Trust Bae Fire Ins 6s 1892 Madison Iowa Water Vermont Mass Kansas City St Joseph Council Bluffs 7s 1907 Chicago Burl Quincy 7s Cedar Rapids Mo River 7s Kansas City Southern Rd Rutland Rd Hopkinton note 1889 17 years Natl Exchange Bank Manchester Mills Busell Trimmer Portsmouth York Beach New Eng Mort Sec Co 5s 1896 Natl Car Co Lt 6s 1893 City of St Louis May 1888 Lamson Store Service Union Heel Trimmer Co and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natl. Bank
Portland
Dedham Water Co
Mass
Natl Bank
Milton
Fitchburg Rd
Merchants
First Natl. Bank
Barre
Council Bluffs
Chicago
Burl
Natl
Exchange Bank
Manchester Mills
Busell Trimmer Co
Portsmouth
York Beach
Eng. Mort. Sec
Car Co
City of St. Louis
M LL
McKay Metallic Fast
Lamson Store Service Co
Union Heel Trimmer Co
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
Commonwealth
Public Services of
P. A. Collins
Robert C. Winthrop
Virginia
Far West
Eden
Bouguereau
Bonnat
M. Pasteur
Mr. Vanderbilt
Rude
Rheims
M. Paul Dubois
Government School of Fine Arts
la Pucelle
Rochet
Bonvin
Sam
Guillaumet
Kng
Sparge
Millett
Courbet
Cable ON Fiction
Libr@ry
Patriarchs Militant
Wilkins National Bank
Francis Henshaw É
Merchants’ Exchange
First Fiocor
Hoorn
The
Boston Stock Exchange
New England Mig. Sec. Co. Au
Ahha Hares
Nashua & Lowell R. RB
Cambridge R. R
City Bank
Everett Mills
Arlington Mills
Hamilton Mig. Co
Lyman Mills
West End St. Ry. Co
Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers R. R
Nashua & Rochester RR
Detroit
Hillsdale & So
Western R. B
Burton Stock Car Co
Boston Gas Syndicate
Charlestown
Boston & Albany R. KR
Androscoggin Mills
Amory Mfg. Co
Armoskeag Mfg. Co
Boylston Fire and Marine Ins
Boston Cab Co
Chicopee Mfg. Co
Maverick Lana Co
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
Eagle N. Bk
Middlesex Co
Boston Marine Ins. Co
Mt. Wollaston N. Bk
Quincy
Kansas City
Topeneka & Western
Fall River RR
Little Rock
Ft. Smith Ry. Oe
Evansville & St. Lous RR
Concord RR
Pacific Mills
Fitchburg R.R
Caniton & Ontonagon Rh. Og
Lansing
No. R.R. Im
Little Rock & Pt. Smith Ry
Werip
Smith Ry
Serip
R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Elton
Main St
Cambrid, Ort
Bay State
South
Thursda
Bay State Ire
Corpor Don
S. R. Knights & Co
W‘ash- Ington Street
Tornton K. Lothroe Thornton K. Loov
Franklin Haven, Jr
Pepperell Mfg. Co
R. L. Day & Come
Brokers & al Praisers
State St
Merchants’ Exphane Building
Rock 8
Boston Lock E Xchange
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Valencia Oranges
Ex Steamships
Michigan
Albert Bowe & Co
Mahetstuet
Brighton
Hind
Vate
Warren Avenue
Bostes
Richards & CO
Reace St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
Whit St
Townsend & Montart
Leesard Street
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