Word: hancock
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been uttered in even a feeble defense of me. And it must be obvious that there also is my side of the story. "When it is told in court, my judgment may be discredited, but certainly my honesty will be vindicated." The cutter bore the Insulls to Fort Hancock on the tip of Sandy Hook. They were motored under guard to Princeton Junction, N. J. and by 10 a. m. were aboard a westbound Pennsylvania train. Next day in Chicago, after being fingerprinted and suffering a slight heart attack, the Elder Insull was arraigned in Federal Court. Judge John...
David G. Lyon, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, Emeritus, and Honorary Curator of the Semitic Museum, was honored Saturday by the hanging of his portrait among the founders of the Museum. The painting, an anonymous gift from his former pupils and friends, was done by the well-known Boston artist, Theresa F. Bernstein...
Another interesting fact in the history of Harvard is that after the settlement of John Hancock's estate, that worthy gentleman, who graduated in 1754, and was a former treasurer of the corporation, still owed $526 to the college. According to Reverend Carroll Perry of Ipswich, who wrote an essay on Hancock, the latter was also very unsatisfactory in his administration of his alma mater's finances, and the result was that Hancock's reputation as patriot and statesman has suffered with many people. However, the Reverend Perry attributed this unsatisfactory administration to the fact that Hancock, during his stewardship...
...opportunity is offered to see in detail Lexington Green, where was "fired the shot heard round the world", after which the party goes through the Hancock-Clarke House where Samuel Adams and John Hancock were sleeping when aroused by Paul Revere. This house now contains the valuable collection of the Lexington Historical Society. On the road to Concord there is an opportunity to inspect the Wayside, the home of Hawthorne, and the Orchard House, the home of the Alcotts. After dinner at the Colonial Inn the party proceeds around Concord, visiting the Antiquarian Society, (where is housed the furniture from...
Even more remarkable was a protective committee formed last week with the following in its personnel: a vice president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., the treasurer of New York Life, vice presidents of John Hancock and Equitable, a representative of Halsey, Stuart & Co.. the president of Manhattan's Union Dime Savings Bank...