Sketches of public characters drawn from the living and the dead : with notices of other matters

Ignatius Loyola Robertson

Sujets

• Library of Congress
• Statesman
• Washington (District de Columbia)
• HIStory
• United States

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 72
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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THE LIBRARIESSKETCHES
OF
PUBLIC CHARACTERS.
DRAWN FROM
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.
WITH
NOTICES OF OTHER MATTERS.
BY
IGNATIUS LOYOLA ROBERTSON, L. L. D.
A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
" He that writes,
makes a feast, more certainly invitesOr
His judges than his friends there's not a guest,;
But will find something wanting or ill drest."
" But here, where Freedom's equal throne
To all her valiant sons is known
;
Where all are conscious of her cares.
And each the power that rules him shares,
bard, dastardHere let the whose tongue,
public arguments unsung,Leaves
Bid public praise farewell
j
fitter climes remove.Let him to
Far from the hero's and the patriot's love,
And lull mvsterious monks to slumber in their cell."
NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY E. BLISS.
SOLD G. C. Si, H. CARVILL,' B. GILLEY, AND C. S.AND B¥ W.
FRANCIS. BOSTON, MILLIARD, GRAY, & CO. AND CAR-
&- HENDEK. PHILADELPHIA, JOHN GRIGG,TER
CAREY & HART.AND
1830.
G. L. Austin, & Co. Printers,;
Southern District ofJVew-YorJc, ss.
BE IT RE-
ofJune,MEMBERED, That onti.eelevpntli day A. D. 1830,
in the 55ili yem- of ofllie United Slates ofilie ImlepeiKlriicc
Amencii, Elam Biis?, of ilie t^aid dislrict, lialli deposited
)[« tliis office tlie title of a hook, tlie li^l't whereof lie cluimi)
as proprietor, in liie words following, to wit.
"Sketches of Drawn from ihelivinnrPiiblio Clinracter?.
and thed(>ad, wiili notices ofother mailer:^, by lirnatins Loyo-
la Kobinson, L. L. resident of the United States.D. a
" writes,He that
"Or certainly invitesmalvesa feast, more
"Hisjudges than his friends; tliere is not a fjnest,
" But will find something wanting, or ill drest."^
" But here, where freedom's.oqual tlirone
"To all her valiant sons is known ;
" her cares,Where all are conscious of
" And each power that rules iiim shares,the
" Hero let the bard, whose da^tard tongue
" Leaves public arguments unsung,
" Bid ptd)lic praise farewell
" hiin climes remove,Let to fitter
" Far from iiero's and the patriot's love,the
"And lull mysterious monks to slumber in their cell."
Congress the United States,In conformity to the act oftlie of
encouragement of learning by se-intituled, "An act for the
of maps, charts, and books, to the authorscuring the copies
proprietors such copies, during the times therein ntea-and of
" supplementaryand also to the act entitled, An acttioned;"
for the encouragement of learn-an act, entitled, "An actto
copies ofmaps, ciiarls, and books, to theing, by securing the
timesproprietors ofsuch copies during the there-authors and
benefits thereof to the Artsand extending thein mentioned,"
historical and otherengraving, and etchingof designing,
prints."
FRED. J. BETTS,
the Southern District qfJVew-York.Clerk of
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fCONTENTS.J
CONTENTS.iv
LETTER XII.
The President's House . . .110
LETTER Xin.
Library of Congress—Columbian Institute—Lit-
erature of Washington—Periodicals . 117
LETTER XIV.
Colonization Society—The Clerg-y—Medical
Scliool—Orphan Asylum—Tyber —Creek Man-
ners and Customs—CoIIcg-e—Convent of Vis-
itation...... 132
LETTER XV.
New-York— . . .Poets .157
LETTER XVI.
Basil Hvill—Owen . . . .179
LETTER XVir.
Painters . . .. .194
LETTER XVIII.
•
.Dr. Mitchell . . .205
LETTER XIX...... 212Boston
LETTER XX.
. . . .219Bartlet . .
LETTER XXI.
Judge WashingtonGen. Brown—Tudor— . 241
LETTER XXII.
. .253Patent Office . . .