Life and Correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1902. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PREFACE My reason for giving the following history of my father's life is twofold. There is so much of historical and political interest in the many manuscripts found after his death, that it has seemed to his children a duty to place them before the public, in the hope that, while reading vivid accounts of the personal experience of an active Abolitionist in the great anti-slavery contest, some may possibly be brought into closer touch with the great events of our nation's history before the civil war. I have thought it well, moreover, co publish extracts from his private correspondence and journals, in order to give as far as possible the record of a life the true beauty of which could scarcely have been known except to the very nearest. To the friends who have aided me in the work, and especially for the wise and kindly counsel of Mr. Francis J. Garrison, I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude. If the book shall prove a help or an inspiration to those who did not know my father, I shall feel that the work done in the hours of rare leisure has not heen in vain. A long-cherished wish will then have been realized. V. Y. B. 506 Beacon Street, July 7,1902. LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS MM Henry Ingertoll Bowditch. (jEt. 85.) From a daguerreotype Frontispiece House in Essex Street next the " Old Witch House," in Salem, Mass., novo the home of Judge Osgood, and in which Henry I. Bowditch lived when a child, from 1811 to 1828 2 Old garden in the rear of the Essex Street house, showing the " Old North Church," Salem, Mass. 8 Henry I. Bowditch. (JSt. 25.) From a miniature painted by Daubigny in Paris in 183S 52 The house of Nathaniel Bowditch and afterwards of Henry I. Bowditch at 8 Otis Place (now Winthrop Square) in Boston, Mass. . 98 ...