Sketches of public characters. Drawn from the living and the dead. With notices of other matters

Samuel L. (Samuel Lorenzo) Knapp

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I OF DRA%VN FROM THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. WITH NOTICES OF OTHER MATTERS. BY IGNATIUS LOYOIiA ROBERTSON, IL,, Ijo e. A RESIDENT OF THE UNITEO STATESr • " He that wsritesj Or makes a feast, more certainly invites Misjudges than his friends; there's notaguestj 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, Here Jet the biird, whose dastard tongue. Leaves public arguments unsung, Bid public praise farewell ; Let him to fitter climes remove. Far from the hero's and the patriot's iove, And lull mysterious monks to slumber in their celL*' NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY E. BLISS. AND SOLD BY G. C. & H. CARVILL W. B. GILLEY, AND C. J FRANCIS. BOSTON, HiLLtARD, GRAY,& CO. AND CAR- TER HENDEK.& PHILADELPHIA, JOHN GRIGQ, AND CAREY & HART. G. L. Austin, &Co. Printerso ; .V Southern District JVew-York, ss.of BE IT RE- MEMBERED, That ontlie eleventh day of Jtuip, A. D. 1S30, in the 55lh year nf the Iiuiepeiuience oithe Uniled Slates of America, El;iiii Biis.=, of the said liatlj depo.-ited^AR Sir, I DEDICATE this little work to you, re- membering, and gratitude, yourwith pleasure kindness in rendering me every facility in grati- fying my curiosity, onmy first visit to Washing- inton, while you held a seat Congress.

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

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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IOF
DRA%VN FROM
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.
WITH
NOTICES OF OTHER MATTERS.
BY
IGNATIUS LOYOIiA ROBERTSON, IL,, Ijo e.
A RESIDENT OF THE UNITEO STATESr
• " He that wsritesj
Or makes a feast, more certainly invites
Misjudges than his friends; there's notaguestj
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,
Here Jet the biird, whose dastard tongue.
Leaves public arguments unsung,
Bid public praise farewell
;
Let him to fitter climes remove.
Far from the hero's and the patriot's iove,
And lull mysterious monks to slumber in their celL*'
NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY E. BLISS.
AND SOLD BY G. C. & H. CARVILL W. B. GILLEY, AND C.
J
FRANCIS. BOSTON, HiLLtARD, GRAY,& CO. AND CAR-
TER HENDEK.& PHILADELPHIA, JOHN GRIGQ,
AND CAREY & HART.
G. L. Austin, &Co. Printerso;
.V
Southern District JVew-York, ss.of
BE IT RE-
MEMBERED, That ontlie eleventh day of Jtuip, A. D. 1S30,
in the 55lh year nf the Iiuiepeiuience oithe Uniled Slates of
America, El;iiii Biis.=, of the said liatlj depo.-ited<!islrict,
ill tills office tlie title of a hook, tlie risbt wliereof he claims
as proprietoi-, in tlie words following, to wit.
"Sketches of Piihiic Chnracfers. Drawn from the living
nnd the dead, with notices ofother matter.^, hy Ignatius Loyo-
la Robinson, L. L. UnitedD. a resident ofthe Slates.
" He that writes,
"Or makes a feast, more certainly invites
"Hi? judges than his friends; there is not a gnest;
" Bui will iind soineiliing wanting, or ill drest."
" But here, where freedom's equal throne
"To all lier valiant sons is known
;
" Where all are conscious of her cares,
" An(\ each the power that rides him shares,
" Here let the hard, wjiose dastard tongue
" Leaves public arguments unsung,
"Bid pid)lic praise farewell
" (dimes remove,Let hiin to filter
"Far from the hero's and the patriot's ioye,
"And lull myc-terious monks to.slumber in their cell."
In conformity to the act ofthe Congress of the Uniled States,
" for the encouragen)ent of learning by se-intituled, An act
the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the autJiorscuring
therein|)roprietors.<jfsuch copies, during the times men-and
lo act entitled, " Ah act supplementarytioned;" and also the
entitled, "An act for the cjicouragement of learn-to an act,
cimrls, and books, to theby securing the copies ofmaps,ing,
of sncdi copies during the timesthere-autliors and proprietors
to theand extending the benefits thereof Artsin mentioned,"
historical and other<lesigning, engraving, and etchingof
prints."^
FRED. J. BETTS,
Southern District ofJ^Tew-York.Clerk ofthe, / J"'*
<j'
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LETTER L
Webster
LETTER IL
Calhoun « • « . 30
LETTER IIL
Everett « • 33
LETTER IV.
Livingston . 31
LETTER V,
Jones • • 41
LETTER VI.
Kandolph 47
LETTER VIL
Johnson . 53
LETTER VIII,
Dwight « « 57
LETTER IX.
The Presidents . 63V
LETTER X.
City of Washington 82y
LETTER XL
yf The ornamentsCapitol—its'
COISh TENTS.
LETTER XII.
The President's HouseY . . , HO
LETTER XIII.
Library of Congress—Columbian Institute—Lit-
^ erature of Washington—Periodicals . 117
LETTER XIV.
Colonizalion Society—The Clergy—Medical
'^^ Scliool-Orphan Asylum—-Tyber Creek—Man-
ners and Customs—College—Convent of Vis- ,-
itation . . „ . . .132
LETTER XV.
New- York—Poets . . . .157
LETTER XVI.
Basil Hall—Owen . . . ,
LETTER XVII.
PaintQrs . . . . .194
LETTER XVIII.
•
Dr.. MJtcbel'l . . .
. 205
LETTER XIX.
Boston . . . .212
LETTER XX.
Bartiet • • • -219.
XXI.LETTER
Gen., Brown-—Tador—Judge Washington , 241
XXII.LETTER
Paler, . . . . . 253t Office