Boston's 1770 Massacre Trial and Patriots’ Courage
In a Boston Massacre context letter the author argues the 1770 killings were self defense and questions honoring victims with monuments. He cites the trial records, jurors, and counsel including John Adams, noting the not guilty verdicts for six defendants and manslaughter for two. The piece opposes racial memorials for Crispus Attucks and the Irish victim Patrick Carr, urging respect for historical truth over monuments.
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A Crucial Experiment by J P Quincy in June Magazine
In the Atlantic Monthly current number, A Crucial Experiment continues The Peckster Professorship with Professor Hargrave seeking to disprove materialism by proving the soul’s separate existence. His wife aids with spirit communication as the group debates after Ephraim Peckster’s nearing death, while Dr Bense remains skeptical. The issue also reviews Dr Holmes Hundred Days, Stratford reflections, and notes on travel sketches, poetry, and essays.
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Reading Glass: New Works and Marston Memoir Highlight Summer
The Lippincott reading season leans toward fiction as Charles Barnard presents The Whistling Buoy and Mrs Preston curates Some Records of Philip Bourke Marston. An excerpt reveals Marston’s Rossetti ties, admiration for Sharp and Caine, and praise for American writers including Paul Valéry.
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Mexican Arts and Civil War Reflections in Harper’s Magazine
The June Harper’s Magazine issue blends Charles Dudley Warner’s Mexican papers with archeology and history, including Mme Dieulafoy on Lusa and Howard Pyle’s Stephen Wycherlie. It revisits The Kentucky Pioneers, celebrates Attic prose, and features poems by T. B. Aldrich and Amelie Rives, while a long historical essay analyzes the Constitution and secession. It highlights the notion that the thirteen states formed a single nation under a constitutional law, not a treaty, and argues about secession’s legal and ethical status.
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A Few Words About Secession by John C. Ropes
Harvard Monthly May presents John C. Ropes essay examining secession from both Northern and Southern views. He details the Southern theory of state sovereignty under a compact among thirteen states and contrasts it with the united nation narrative from the Revolution through the Civil War era.
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Mansfield on Them- Incidents During a Run Play
In an interview Mr Mansfield discusses the demanding nature of his role, intense onstage energy, and nervousness before opening night in Boston. He recalls a dangerous onstage moment, audience reactions, and two amusing incidents amid a successful Boston run. He explains his Jekyll styling and hopes for New York reception, noting only partial similarity to Stevenson's description.
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Equitable Pays $20,000 Policy After Ward Death
The Equitable Life Assurance Society promptly settled a $20,000 policy on George Cabot Ward after receiving notice of his death on the 18th inst. Ward, a noted banker and New York representative of Baring Brothers, held the policy taken in January 1872. The total payout, including dividends, was about $26,000.
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Down East Latchstrings of a Boston & Maine Summer Book
The Boston and Maine railroad issues its most elaborate summer excursion volume by Ernest Ingersoll. A 256 page romance like travel narrative follows a couple and friend from Dashina Valley to Mt. Desert then through White Mountain scenes with vivid pen pictures. Bound copy costs 10 cents at the railroad office or 15 cents by mail.
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Dinners of Essex New England and Massachusetts Clubs
The Essex and Massachusetts Clubs and the Lumber Dealers' Association dined at Young's on Saturday. George B. Loring spoke on the political situation at the Essex Club dinner. Frank Allen and Moody of Haverhill also spoke. The Commercial Club met at Parker's for the last time this season with talks by George O. Shattuck and others including Samuel Aldrich R. M. Smith and A. W. Beard.
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Harvard Defeats Princeton in Lacrosse on Jarvis Field
In a Saturday match at Jarvis field Harvard beat Princeton 3 to 0 in lacrosse. Also, Longwoods defeated Pawtucket cricket 87 to 61, and Harvard cricket beat Mystic Club Medford 67 to 29.
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Massachusetts Chess Association to hold first grand handicap tourney
The Massachusetts Chess Association invites players to a handicap tournament on May 30 at Boston Chess Club 38 Pemberton Square. Doors open 9 a m play begins 11 with four classes and escalating odds. Prizes include a chess table set and magazine subscription with top players from across the state expected.
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