Main entry:

Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on Sumner Memorial.

Title & Author:

A memorial of Charles Sumner ...

Publication:

Boston [Wright & Potters, Printers to the State] 1874.

Description:

316 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece (portrait) 25 cm

Notes:
Frontispiece is mounted photograph.
Printed by order of the legislature.
"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: p. [107]-176.
Legislative order -- Report of the committee -- Death of Charles Sumner -- Action of the executive and legislative departments -- The obsequies -- Commemorative observances, June 9, 1874 -- Poem : [Sumner] / by JohnGreenleaf Whittier -- Eulogy / by George William Curtis, June 9, 1874 -- Appendix: Eulogy / by Carl Schurz, April 29, 1874. Oration / by Robert B. Elliott, April 14, 1874. Sermon / by Henry W. Foote, March 22, 1874. Tablet.
A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site.
Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.

Summary:

"1 carbon print of a photographic portrait of Sumner by Allen and Rowell, Boston ... one of only a few that are identified by this firm."--Hanson Collection Catalogue, p. 49.

Subject:

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.

Form/genre:

Poetry.
Eulogies.
carbon prints.
photographs.
Photographs
Photographically illustrated books.
Orations.
Photographies.

Added entries:

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892.
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 78409
Call No.: ID E415.9 S9; ID:84-B491
Status: Available