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Read. by Oliver Wendell Bolman at Boston dinner 1879
A long fragment recounts Bolman’s humorous poem reading at a Boston dinner hosted for the Chicago Commercial Club in 1879. The piece shifts through remarks, wry lines about Chicago and Worcester, and a memory trail of college pranks, Greek room discipline, and a student named John Grey, concluding with Sumner’s political mocks and public life reflections.
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Oliver Wendell Bolman
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Chicago Commercial Club
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Worcester and
Webster
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Ada
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Ninoia
Michigan
John ‘Grey
Coventry
John James Grey
Cataogue
Lady Jane
Jane
Messrs
Northumberland & Co
Bodician Gallery
Oxford
John Grey
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Chesterfield
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Cheas
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Star-Chamber
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Jedententaal
Prex
Oheas
Grant Ps
Stillale
Speek
Sejenne
Aushcion
Querist
Vigilance Committee
Ehonts
Aod
Bsd
Tansorne
Seneca
Lang
Prat
Saratoga
John Greys
Sellegs
Prez
Grey
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Tom Tray
Memphis
Sellow Foyer
Sumner
Tevern
Ewearer
E.P. Whipple
Harper's Magazine
Socrates
Earth
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Timothy
St. Paul
Pan
You
God of Nature
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Uist
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Ova
Moat Sarnedy
United States
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Mississippi
Louisiana
New York
Maine
South
Caro Ua
Thia House
Republic
Wisconsin
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Iawa
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Scriou
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Avery
Tervice
North
Itia
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