Tag Archives: Edward Everett

“dignified address”

Posted on November 20, 2013 by SUMPTER

This is the first review I saw of November 19th’s Gettysburg cemetery dedication in the Richmond Dispatch. It focused on Lincoln’s and Seward’s responses to serenaders the evening before and the main speech by Edward Everett on the 19th. From … Continue reading →

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a word in edgewise

Posted on November 19, 2013 by SUMPTER

Edward Everett gave the longer speech at Gettysburg – by about two hours. President Lincoln’s remarks at the cemetery dedication made it on the front page of The New-York Times on November 20th next to three columns (and counting) of … Continue reading →

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Orator declines with just a paragraph

Posted on November 1, 2012 by SUMPTER

A laconic Edward Everett? From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 1, 1862: Edward Everett. –Edward Everett having been requested to accept the Republican nomination in the Third Congressional District of Massachusetts, has replied in the following letter: “Summer Street, Oct. … Continue reading →

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Bunker Hill Meeting for Union and Crittenden’s

Posted on February 2, 2011 by admin

From The New-York Times February 4, 1861: UNION MEETING IN CHARLESTOWN, MASS. BOSTON, Saturday, Feb. 2. A great and enthusiastic meeting was held last evening in the City Hall at Charlestown, over which Hon. B.R. THOMPSON presided. The speakers included … Continue reading →

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