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...following men have been elected into the Phi Beta Kappa Society from the class of '83: Lloyd, Haskell, Jennison, Cummings, F. Nichols, Babbitt, Ranney, Marsh, Denniston, Wyman, Fay, Faxon, Sheffield, Lane, J. R. Coolidge, and Lowell. The first eight from '84 are Gates, Stewart, Jewett, Bunker, Johnson, J. Bridge, W. A. Gardner, and Hubbard...
...visited the library in the "forties." Business in their line seems to have been slack during the "calm" before the war. On June 19, 1843, in a faltering but plain hand, Robert Andrews of Bridgton, Me., 91 years old, records, "I was at the battle of Bunker Hill." On the same page John Tyler, Sr., Washington, has written his name with a firmness of hand and an amount of ink that insures it preservation "till the coming of time." With the same plainness of writing is the name of a now famous Western lawyer, J. Young Scammon, Chicago...
...Hong Kong. The King of China, having a great respect for our beloved George Washington, made him a present of the watch on the latter's twenty-first birthday [cheers from the Americans]. George, always rewarding the brave, gave the watch to me after, as you remember, I shinned Bunker Hill Monument, and tore down the British flag. I would not part with the watch for worlds, but I have nine small children and a hungry wife to feed, and must raise money for their support...
What thoughts were Jack's I do not know. I was filled with wonder and pity for the ignorance of the poor man ; and I confess I had visions of taking him to the top of Bunker Hill Monument that dark night, or over to South Boston. But as the car stopped, I was waked from my revery by Jack's whispering...
...South, the Old North, St. Paul's, Brimstone Corner, King's Chapel, and the Old State House still remain; while across the water, says G. W. Curtis in his "Eulogy on Sumner," "Lo! memorial of a battle lost and a cause won, the tall, gray, melancholy shaft on Bunker Hill rises; 'rises till it meets the sun in his coming, while the earliest light of morning gilds it, and parting day lingers and plays on its summit...