ACCOUNT
OF THE
FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF EAST TENNESSEE;
WITH A
COMPLETE LIST OF THE CONTRIBUTORS.
BY
EDWARD EVERETT,
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE.
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.
1864.




Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of
Massachusetts.
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PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.




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THE condition of East Tennessee had, from the outbreak of the war, excited much interest in the loyal
States.   It has sometimes been called the Switzerland
of North America, and certainly no part of the continent had higher claims to the name of "the happy
valley." Its fame had crossed the Atlantic. More
than twenty years ago, an English gentleman, who
had lived several years in East Tennessee, published a
pamphlet in London, in which he expresses himself in
the following glowing terms: —
" To one who has resided some years in the valley of East Tennessee, breathing the pure air from its mountains, and drinking of its
crystal springs, enjoying the sunny smile of its temperature and the
cooling shade of its noble forests, delighting the eye and the heart with
its fields of fruitfulness, which at every turn present a new aspect, it
is not' England's laughing meads,' nor'her flowering orchard trees,'
nor yet Lomond and the Trosachs, with all their beauty and historical associations, and the magic thrown around them by the exuberant
imagination of the poet, that could tempt him again to quit the peaceful solitude, the clear blue sky, the song of the mocking-bird, the note
of the dove, the hum of the humming-bird, and the silence of nature
where all is echo." 1
1 A brief Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive Review of East Tennessee,
developing its immense Agricultural, Mining, and Manufacturing Advantages. By J. Gray Smith, a naturalized citizen of the United States. London, 1842.




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Some further description of the natural features of
this favored region will be found in the following
pages. It is sufficient to observe here, that it was
inhabited before the commencement of the war by a
substantial population of about 300,000, employed
chiefly in agriculture, and for the most part cultivating
farms of moderate size. Although surrounded on all
sides by slaveholding States, and conterminous with
those in which the slaves stand in the largest proportion to the free population, less than ten per cent. of
the entire population of East Tennessee are slaves. It
is no doubt in a considerable degree owing to this cause,
that the great majority of the people have adhered to
the Union, under circumstances of unexampled trial,
from the commencement of the war avowedly levied
by the South for the protection, perpetuation, and extension of slavery.
By their loyalty to the Constitution and Union, the
people of East Tennessee were immediately marked
out as the victims of the most cruel persecution, on
the part of the leaders of the Rebellion. Although
the oppression of the Southern minority by the Northern numerical majority had for many years been the
favorite topic of the agitators in the slaveholding
States, no respect was anywhere paid to the rights of
the loyal minority opposed to secession, although in
East Tennessee they amounted to six-sevenths of the
local population. Mr. Calhoun spent the last half of his
life in contriving organic arrangements, by which a
minority should possess a veto on the measures of the
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arms, the Unionists throughout the South became the
victims of unrelenting proscription. Mr. Senator Mason, of Virginia, in a letter addressed by him to the
editor of a public journal, declared that those who did
not choose to vote for the ordinance of Secession, -
obtained as it was in secret conclave by surprise, intimidation, and fraud, -must expatriate themselves;
and plainly intimated that troops had already been
sent from the Gulf States to compel them to do so.
This sentence of banishment, for refusing to commit
treason, was denounced against a third part of the
population of Virginia. A correspondence which took
place at the close of 1863, between Mr. Jefferson Davis
and the Governor of North Carolina, has been recently
brought to light, in which the Governor is rebuked
for even wishing to conciliate the Unionists of that
State, who are denounced as traitors by Mr. Davis,
and threatened with punishment as such. The friends
of the Union in all the Border States, constituting a
great majority of the people, instead of being left
undisturbed in their loyalty, or even permitted to
enjoy in peace their rights as a minority dissenting
from the policy of the slaveholding States, have been,
over and over again, invaded by the armies of the
South, their towns and cities sacked, their property
plundered and destroyed, and their young men forced
into the ranks of the enemy.
But nowhere have the rights of a dissenting minority been so flagrantly violated as in East Tennessee,
whose inhabitants, owing to the isolated position of the
valley, were for two long years beyond the reach of
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the protecting arm of the General Government. The
treatment to which they have been subjected will be
more fully set forth in the following pages. It is briefly
summed up in a memorial to Congress of their eloquent champion, Colonel N. G. Taylor: -
"I will not say," he observes, "that they are more loyal, but I do
declare that they have been more terribly and cruelly tested and
tried than any other of our people. In 1861, when the question
was presented, out of a vote of little more than 40,000, they gave
30,000 majority for the Union. Their arms and ammunition were
seized, before they could organize, by the rebel soldiers; and though
the Government, which owed them protection, did not protect them,
yet their hearts clung to the Government, and they prayed for the
Union. Five thousand of their men have seen the inside walls of
rebel prisons, and hundreds of them, covered with filth, devoured of
vermin, famished with hunger, have died martyrs to their country
there. Their property has been seized, confiscated; their houses
pillaged; their stock all driven off; their grain consumed, their substance wasted, their fences burned, their fields laid waste, their farms
devastated by friends as well as foes. The Rebels robbed them, the
Federals devoured them, for they had short supplies, and our women
broke their last biscuit and gave them the biggest half, out of the
mouths of hungry children. They gave up the last horse, mule, cow,
sheep, hog, everything they had, to the soldiers that needed them,
because they were Union soldiers, or were plundered of them by the
enemy. Their young men have been hunted like wild beasts, by
soldiers, by Indians, sometimes by bloodhounds, and, when caught,
tied two-and-two to long ropes, and driven before cavalry - thinclad, barefooted, and bleeding —over frozen roads and icy creeks
and rivers. Some have been beaten with ropes, with straps, with
clubs. Some have been butchered, others shot down, in their own
houses or yards, in the high road, or the field, or in the forest; others,
still, have been hung up by the neck to the limbs of trees, without
judge or jury. I have heard of no single neighborhood within the
bounds of East Tennessee, whose green sod has not drunk the blood
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Such was the respect paid by the leaders of the
Rebellion to the rights of their fellow-citizens who
chose to adhere to the Union. Even the liberating
army of the General Government did, at first, but
complete the exhaustion of the devoted region, for in
his haste to expel the enemy, General Burnside was
compelled to move in advance of his supplies. As soon
as a communication was open with the North, a cry
for relief went forth from our afflicted fellow-citizens
of East Tennessee. Colonel Taylor, of Carter County,
who had formerly represented them in Congress, -a
victim himself of the devastations he has so feelingly
described,- was deputed to visit the Northern cities,
where he was received with a sympathy due to his
patriotic and fervid efforts, and to the cause in which
he was engaged. A relief association was organized in
Philadelphia, and considerable sums promptly contributed. A like reception awaited him in Boston. An
opportunity was afforded him of addressing the legislature, and a resolution providing for an appropriation
of a hundred thousand dollars from the State treasury
was introduced. In aid of this movement, a public
meeting of the citizens of Boston was called in Fanueil
Hall, on the 10th February, 1864, of which the following account is extracted from the "Daily Advertiser"
of the next day:"Fanueil Hall was crowded yesterday afternoon with
a large audience called together by the announcement
that Colonel Taylor, of East Tennessee, would make
an address before the citizens of Boston, on the sufferings of the people of that region. A large number of
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"About a quarter past four Colonel Taylor entered
the hall, accompanied by His Excellency Governor Andrew, Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. J. E. Field, President
of the Senate, Hon. A. H. Bullock, Speaker of the
House, His Honor Mayor Lincoln, Collector Goodrich,
Judge Thomas Russell, Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, Hon.
C. G. Loring, Hon. J. Wiley Edmands, and several
other distinguished gentlemen. Their entrance was
the signal for enthusiastic applause by the audience.
"Honorable J. Wiley Edmands called the meeting to
order, and said that the committee, appointed for the
purpose of considering the best method of aiding the
people of East Tennessee, had called this meeting so
that the citizens of Boston might have an opportunity
of hearing about their brethren in that region. Mr.
Edmands stated that the committee had prepared the
following list to be nominated as officers for the meeting, and they were, on motion, elected.
"President, - Hon. Edward Everett.
"Vice-Presidents, —His Excellency Governor Andrew,
His Honor Mayor Lincoln, Hon. J. E. Field, Hon. A. H.
Bullock, Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, Hon. Charles G. Loring, William Clafflin, Esq., Patrick Donahoe, Esq., William B. Rogers, Esq., Charles B. Goodrich, Esq., James
Lawrence, Esq., Richard Frothingham, Esq., Julius
Rockwell, Esq., Charles L. Woodbury, Esq., John M.
Forbes, Esq.
"Secretaries,  Colonel F. L. Lee, and Samuel Frothingham, Jr.
"Honorable Edward Everett then stepped upon the
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SPEECH OF MR. EVERETT.
Fellow- Citizens:- We have come together for the
grateful purpose of tendering a most cordial welcome
to our honored guest, Colonel N. G. Taylor, of East
Tennessee, and the pleasing duty has devolved upon
me of introducing him to the Union-loving men of
Boston, assembled in Faneuil Hall. I bid him a hearty
welcome in your name. To introduce him, however, is
wholly superfluous. Many of you have already heard
him, and, as a matter of course, you desire to hear him
again; all of you have heard of him, and, as a matter
of course, you wish to hear from him. It is therefore
as unnecessary, as it would be unbecoming in his presence, to dwell upon his titles to your respectful attention; but in addition to all his personal claims upon
our sympathy, you will "hear him for his cause;" the
cause, not simply of the Union, to which we are all
devoted, but of faithful Union men, who, from the
outbreak of the Rebellion, have stood at the post of
danger; on whom the storm of war first broke; and
on whom, from that day to this, it has beat with its
wildest fury. At this distance from the seat of war,
we hear only the far-off roar of the tempest; but all
its waves and billows have gone over the devoted
region, for which our honored guest comes to plead.
And a more interesting region, or one better entitled
to our most active sympathy, is not to be found within
the limits of the United States. Forming a part of the
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State of itself, and not a small one either. It consists
of the broad valley of the magnificent river, which
traverses it from northeast to southwest, three hundred miles in length, and with a varying width of
from fifty to seventy-five miles, - and of the slopes of
the mountains, which separate it on the north from
Kentucky, on the southwest from Middle Tennessee,
and on the southeast from North Carolina and Georgia: - a beautiful valley, between beautiful enclosing
hills, fertile many of them to their summits; sparkling
with a hundred tributaries to the noble stream which
forms its principal feature.
That river, fellow-citizens, is in some respects one of
the most remarkable on the continent. Its northern
affluents rise in the State of Virginia, but, as if to read
a lesson of patriotism in the very face of the soil, as if
to prop the fabric of the Union by the eternal buttresses of the hills, instead of flowing to the Atlantic
like the other rivers of Virginia, it gathers up the
waters of its tributary streams, Holston and Clinch and
French Broad, and connecting Virginia and the Carolinas with East Tennessee, flows southward down to the
northwestern corner of Georgia. There, after kissing
the feet of the glorious hills of Chattanooga, instead of
flowing to the Gulf, its seeming natural direction, it
coquets with Northern Alabama, breaks into the Muscle Shoals, plants Decatur at their head, and Florence
at their feet, and then sweeping back to its native
North, traverses the entire width of Tennessee a second
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great distance, is rolling its floods southward, - enters
the State of Kentucky, and empties at last into the
Ohio, fifty miles above the junction of that river with
the Mississippi, thus binding seven States in its silver
circuit, and connecting them all with the great central basin of the continent. The soil of Eastern Tennessee is rich, the mountains are filled with coal and
almost every variety of ore; their slopes bubble with
mineral springs; the climate is temperate and healthful; the territory divided into farms of a moderate
size, for the most part tilled by frugal, industrious men,
who own the soil, which yields them its well-earned
abundance. In no part of the State are there so few
slaves; in none is there a more substantial population; in no part of the South is the slave-interest so
feeble. East Tennessee greatly resembles the lower
ranges and fertile valleys of the Alps, and it has been
often called the American Switzerland. It is divided
into thirty counties, and its population does not, I
think, fall short of 300,000 souls. My friend, Colonel
Taylor, nods assent.
But this grand valley, with the hills that enclose it,
possesses an interest for us far beyond that which
attaches to their geographical features, merely as such.
It is one of the most important links in that chain of
valley and mountain, which traverses the entire North
American continent, from northeast to southwest, separating the streams which flow into the Atlantic from
those which seek the St. Lawrence, the Ohio, and the
Mississippi. Forcing its way down into the heart of the
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of tobacco, cotton, rice and sugar, by slave labor, this
ridge of highlands, with the valleys embosomed in them,
from the time you leave the State of Pennsylvania,
begins to assume the highest political importance, in
reference to the present stupendous struggle. Extending to the southwest as far as Northern Alabama, this
noble mountain tract, and the valleys enclosed in its
parallel and transverse ridges, is, by the character of
its climate, soil, and natural productions, the natural
ally of the North. Here, if nowhere else, we may truly
say, with the German poet -
" Auf den Bergen ist Freiheit; der Hauch der Grifte
Steigt nicht hinauf, in die reinen Liifte."
That meansOn the mountains is Freedom; the breath of the vales
Rises not up to the pure mountain gales.
Overrun it may be by the armed forces of the Rebellion, but all the sympathies and attachments of this
region are with the loyal States. While the aristocracy of the southeastern counties of that State were
shouting " My Maryland," the farmers of the western
counties in Cumberland Valley, shouted back "No, it's
our Maryland."  Western Virginia, a portion of the
same grand chain of mountain and valley, is as loyal
as Massachusetts. Then comes Western North Carolina, and still more Eastern Tennessee, the home of
our honored guest, and of as true hearted, loyal, Unionloving a population as there is on the continent. As
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filled with Union sentiment. It was with the greatest
difficulty that it was engineered into secession. As to
East Tennessee, when an election was ordered by the
disloyal Governor of Tennessee in that dark winter of
February, 1861, to see if the State was willing to hold
a convention for the purpose of seceding, there were
7,500 votes for the convention and 34,000 (nearly five
to one) against it. This circumstance, when the treason
of the cotton-growing States was consummated, marked
out East Tennessee for the peculiar vengeance of the
leaders of the rebellion. I will not anticipate what will
be so much better stated by our honored guest; it is
enough to say, that in addition to all the sufferings of
regular warfare, the Union-loving inhabitants of East
Tennessee have been the victims of lawless outrages
and cruelties, of which the narrative curdles the blood.
Leaving all further detail to him, I will only recall to
your recollection the letter of Mr. Judah P. Benjamin,
at that time the rebel Secretary of War, of the 25th
November, 1861. It will be remembered that, at this
period of the war, the Government had been unable to
send any aid to the loyal men of East Tennessee. It
was before the glorious days of Grant at Chattanooga,
and Burnside at Knoxville. Thrown upon their own
resources, they naturally sought to save themselves
from being overrun, by destroying the bridges on the
chief lines of communication. One would suppose
that, under the usurped rule of men, who professed to
go to war for self-government and State-rights, the
people of Eastern Tennessee, if for any reason they
thought fit to do so, had a right to burn their own
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bridges, without asking leave of the rebel cabal at
Richmond.      But Mr. Jefferson       Davis, a   Mississippi
planter, and Mr. J. P. Benjamin, a lawyer of New Orleans, thought otherwise. They not only denied the
right of the farmers of East Tennessee to burn their
own bridges, but they undertook to outlaw the great
majority of the population of that region, five to one
faithful Union men, denouncing them          as traitors, because they refused to commit treason. To show you
how the friends and neighbors of our honored guest
have been treated, let me read you that letter of the
New Orleans lawyer, who was under oath himself to
support the Constitution of the United States: -
" WAR DEPARTMENT, RICHMOND, Nov. 25, 1861.
" Col. W. B. Wood: Sir, —Your report of the 20th instant is
received, and I now proceed to give you the desired instruction in
relation to the prisoners of war taken by you among the traitors
of East Tennessee.
"First. All such as can be identified in having been engaged in
bridge-burning are to be tried summarily by drum-head court-martial,
and, if found guilty, executed on the spot by hanging. It would
be well to leave their bodies hanging in the vicinity of the burned
bridges.
" Second. All such as have not been so engaged are to be treated
as prisoners of war, and sent, with an armed guard, to Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, there to be kept imprisoned at the depot selected by the
Government for prisoners of war.
" Wherever you can discover that arms are concentrated by these
traitors, you will send out detachments, search for and seize the arms.
In no case is one of the men known to have been up in arms against
the Government to be released on any pledge or oath of allegiance.
The time for such measures is past. They are all to be treated as
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Such as come in voluntarily, take the oath of allegiance, and surrender their arms, are sure to be treated with leniency.
"Your vigilant execution of these orders is earnestly urged by the
Government.
"Your obedient Servant,
" J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War.
"COL. W. B. WOOD, Knoxville, Tenn.
"P. S. Judge Patterson, [Gov. Johnson's son-in-law,] Colonel
Pickens, and other ringleaders of the same class, must be sent at
once to Tuscaloosa to jail as prisoners of war."
Such was the atrocious letter of the rebel Secretary
of War; such the treatment to which the Union men
of East Tennessee have been subjected.
But I am encroaching on the time that belongs to
our honored guest. I will only add, fellow-citizens,
that our brethren of East Tennessee are fighting our
battles as well as their own, on their blood-stained soil.
It is our cause as much as theirs in which they have
suffered the most cruel persecution; and however
largely, however promptly, your relief may be extended to them, it will come too late, I fear, to rescue
some of them from the horrors of starvation. This
must not be. If the Union means anything, it means
not merely political connection and commercial intercourse; but to bear each other's burdens and to share
each other's sacrifices; it means active sympathy and
efficient aid.
Colonel Taylor, on being introduced, was received
with loud applause and hearty cheers. He addressed
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SPEECH OF COLONEL TAYLOR.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies, Gentlemen, Fellow- Citizens:-It is
with feelings inexpressible that I appear before you today. It is with a gratification that I cannot find words
to express, that I see so many of Boston's fair daughters and Boston's brave men. I am gratified, sir, at
this assemblage and this presence, the more, when I remember that this assembly is convened, and that I am
here to address it, not in my own behalf, but in behalf
of my country, in behalf of my people in the mountains of East Tennessee; and I accept the presence of
this assemblage, and the compliment thus offered, as an
offering to my people of East Tennessee; for which, in
their name, permit me, fellow-citizens, ladies, and gentlemen, to return you my grateful acknowledgments.
I regret that I cannot come here to tell you that we
of East Tennessee are happy; that I cannot come here
and tell you that our people are now as prosperous as
they were wont to be; that in their quiet and peaceful
vales at the base of their mountains, they are pursuing
the avocations of domestic life, in the enjoyment of all
that the Constitution of the United States guarantees to
all its citizens. I regret that I cannot tell you to-day,
fellow-citizens of Boston, that this is the condition of my
country; but it is pot my happiness to give you this
sort of information. There is one thing, however, that
it renders me happy to be able to tell you, and that is,
though not blessed with the wealth that crowns you today, though not blessed with the prosperity that smiles
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heart that has ever, and still constantly and devotedly
and passionately, in every circumstance and condition
and trial of life, beats true to the flag of our country
and the Union of these States.
My distinguished friend who has just addressed you
has rendered it unnecessary for me, even if I could, to
give you a description, geographically, of the country
which I represent before you to-day; for he has painted
it with the pencil of an artist, as he is, in word-painting,
unexcelled within the limits of our broad country. While
he has drawn the outline of that beautiful, and lovely,
and loyal land, he has impressed his pictures with the
warmth, and beauty, and patriotism of his own devoted
heart. I come to you to-day, fellow-citizens, as the representative of East Tennessee, not to talk to you about
party politics, not to make arguments or appeals for
the support or the advancement of the interests of any
particular party or any particular man in these United
States; for I tell you, in all candor and truth, that such
has been our condition, for more than two years, that
we have had no party politics, as we used to understand
them. It is true we have parties there, but there are
only two. We once had a Democratic party, a Whig
party, an American party, and an anti-American party;
but these parties have all been merged in the great
questions that have divided us for the last four years,
- I might say, for the last eight years, and we are
divided into only two parties: the one known as the
Union party, and the other as the Secession or Rebel
party; and I am glad to tell you to-day, as my illustrious friend has told you in advance, that when the
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test was applied at the ballot-box, we stood, in the
thirty counties of East Tennessee, as thirty-four thousand to seven upon this question; thirty-four for the
preservation of the Union of these States, and seven
for the dissolution of this Government.
Neither do I come before you to-day, fellow-citizens,
as a beggar, although I present myself somewhat in
the semblance of one; nor do I represent a begging,
although a beggared people. She whose people were
too proud to bow the neck and receive the yoke of
King Cotton of the South, is too proud at heart to ask
alms at the hands of her sisters of the North. But I
come, as the representative of a suffering and loyal
people, reduced to extremity by reason of their devotion to our common country, to present some plain
facts to the loyal people of the North and of the West,
that they may have an opportunity for the extension
of that benevolence, which opens its hand always to
the suffering and the faithful everywhere.
It is true, fellow-citizens, that many of our kindred
of the South are very angry with the people of East
Tennessee, and they hate us with great bitterness, and
of late have done us great injury. Yet, while the remembrance of this fact is a source of great pain to the
people of East Tennessee, they are consoled by the re..
flection that this animosity and hatred have been engendered by her devotion to the union of these States,
by her adherence to the farewell advice of our glorious
Washington, the Father of our country; by her persistent refusal to take part or lot in any mad effort for
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ernment which has always protected its citizens, which
has never infringed a solitary right of an individual or
a State of this Union, from its beginning down, and
which our people believe it to be their religious duty
to hand down, as a priceless and inestimable heritage,
to their children and children's children.
But, fellow-citizens, it is not true that East Tennessee
has ever been unfaithful to the Southern people, either
in principle or in fact. We believed, and we declared,
that the interests and institutions, the happiness, prosperity, and rights of the people of the South were bound
up with and in the Union, and that they could never
be preserved outside of the Union. We declared this
upon the rostrum, and at the hustings, everywhere, from
Carter to Shelby, - from the eastern limit of the State
to its western boundary upon the Mississippi River.
History has been written, fellow-citizens, and its immutable verdict is, that our judgment was right and correct, and it has demonstrated that their's was false and
fallacious. Let the universal prosperity that swelled
every channel of our vitality - commercial, political,
industrial, and social - at the beginning of the war,
and within the Union, attest this fact; and let their
ruined commerce, their paralyzed industry, their bankrupt treasury, the dismembered families, the brokenhearted widows, the orphaned children, the desolated
homes and new-made graves, without the Union, attest
the unutterable folly of those who execrated the people of East Tennessee because they would not affiliate
with treason. Could those who made this war be made
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been well indeed. Then East Tennessee would have
escaped. But, alas! the concentrated fury of the war
has rolled over her innocent bosom, and she is in ruins
to-day, having nothing left her but pride, poverty, and
patriotism. Her people are the descendants of the
pioneer heroes of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, with here and there
an individual from other Northern and Southern States
of the United States; and, like their illustrious ancestry, they have never learned how to prove false to the
Constitution and Union of the country. The pioneer
heroes of East Tennessee left their daughters, their
wives and their old men, to defend their homes against
a savage foe, in the great war for Independence, while
they buckled on their armor, and struck upon the
sides of King's Mountain, under the lead of Shelby
and Campbell, for our infant nationality. In the war
of 1812, they fought gallantly on many a battle-field,
and triumphed under the immortal Jackson at New
Orleans. In 1832-33, when Nullification threatened
with the sword to cut the gordian knot of our beloved
Union, and when the illustrious Jackson appealed to the
Eternal to witness that the Federal Union must be preserved, a united Amen swelled in the hearts and broke
from the lips of the people of East Tennessee, as from
the lips of one man, and they were ready to sacrifice
their lives in defence of the integrity of our glorious
Government. Her stalwart sons were mingled in the
front ranks of the Mexican war, and they poured out
their blood freely with their fellow-citizens of other
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Buena Vista, at Chepultepec and Cherubusco, and helped
to swell the shout of victory as our gallant legions
marched in triumph into the Grand Plaza of Mexico.
Thus, fellow-citizens, in peace and in war, in the cabinet and in the field, at the hustings, at the bar, and in
the Senate, in public assemblies and private circles, in
the homes of the rich and the cabins of the poor, the
heart of East Tennessee beats time to the music of
the Union. Witness the sad history of the past three
years! This devotion is not a mere sentiment, it is a
passion; nay, more, it is a principle on fire, ever burning,
never consumed; it is a heritage of the blood, transmitted from sire to son, imbibed with mother's milk;
stereotyped upon the heart, and riveted in the soul.
The first test of the Union sentiment of East Tennessee, in reference to the existing difficulties, was applied, as has been remarked by my friend, the Chairman of the meeting, in February, 1861. The form of
the question then was, A Convention or No Convention,
and representatives or delegates to be elected by the
people to that Convention, in case it should receive a
majority in its favor at the pending election? The
true test in this election was the aggregate majority of
those who vindicated the Union cause during the contest. The questions before the people were amply discussed from the rostrum, and when the day for election
came, the State of Tennessee, casting a vote of 130,000
or 140,000, gave a solid majority of 64,000 opposed
to going out of the Union of these States; and of that
number, fellow-citizens, East Tennessee gave 34,000
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when the question was put in a different formRepresentation or No Representation?- East Tennessee again recorded her vote, by overwhelming majorities, against the great treason. Then came persuasions,
soft and sweet, and silent eloquence dropped like the
dews of Hermon into the ears of our people of the
mountains, and our young men were promised exemption from the battle-field if they would only acquiesce
and let the storm roll on. Well, fellow-citizens, the August election came, and the question was to elect a Governor, members of Congress, and representatives to the
State Legislature. By that time, the bristling bayonets
of the Southern Confederacy were found all over the
State of Tennessee. Our great men in the middle and
western portions of the State had felt the force of the
storm; among them, the man whom I was proud to
follow, in 1860, as the representative of the Union sentiment of our State, in conjunction with my illustrious
friend on my right - I mean, fellow-citizens, John Bell.
He, and the Ewings, Cave Johnson, Neal Brown, and a
host of men whose hearts had been true to the Union
until the storm rose, now felt their knees smite together and their hearts fail them, and the fury of the
tempest swept them all off into the Southern Confederacy. Our boys in the mountains saw the gathering
storm. Efforts were made to keep us from the ballotbox. We were told -" The State having now gone
out of the Union, if you dare to go and vote for the
men who are in favor of the old Union, we will see
that you are taken care of. We have places prepared
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know you will find yourselves under the gallows, or in
the loathsome dungeons of the Southern Confederacy."
The storm came up, from the west and south, and the
east of us,- dark, gloomy, gathering blackness with
every hour. We heard the muttering thunders in its
bosom, we saw the livid flashes, as they flashed upon
us in our isolated position. But, fellow-citizens, when
the election came, when the rest of the State was falling off and going into treason and the Southern Confederacy, East Tennessee, as far as she was concerned,
elected her candidate for Governor, her representatives
to the Congress of the United States, and her representatives to the legislature, by overwhelming majorities.
It was all sorts of an election. We had candidates for
various offices in the Confederacy, and candidates for
the same offices in the Union; and in my District, the
candidate for the Congress of the United States was
elected to that Congress, and he was also elected to the
Congress of the Confederate States.
Then came, my friends, the violence to individuals;
then came the cutting down and shooting down of
Union flags; but still, East Tennessee breasted the storm,
she still held out faithful; and by and by the Confederate Congress, when the war waxed hot and hotter, passed
a conscript law, and every man in the community, from
eighteen to thirty-five years of age, was enrolled by
officers in every neighborhood, appointed for that purpose, and notified to rally at a given time and at a
given point, to enter active service for the defence of
the rebel cause. Then the exodus, already begun,
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had resolved that they never, - no, never, - could be
persuaded or charmed by blandishments or flattery, or
forced by bayonets, to strike at the heart of the mother
that bore them. No, fellow-citizens, but they went to
their homes, kissed their mothers' lips and received
their blessing; they received the fond farewells of their
fathers, their sisters, their wives and their little ones,
and then went forth exiles from their own loved land,
and for no other reason than that they loved that land.
There was no promise of premiums or bounties to
them; there was no hope of wealth, happiness, and
prosperity in the distance; but they left their homes in
the darkness of the night, and ascended the rocky
sides of the mountains, one hundred and fifty or two
hundred miles from Kentucky, where they hoped to
find relief. Ragged and in tatters, with their feet unshod and bleeding, they took the pathless ridges of the
mountains, in the darkness of the night, aided by the
silvery rays of the moon or the dimmer light of the
stars; and, in the daytime, sought the deepest, darkest
gorges of the mountains, that they might find shelter
and rest until the coming shadows of another night
enabled them again to pursue their perilous way, that
they might find liberty and the flag of their country,
under its folds alone to fight, and, if need be, there
to die.
Regiments, companies, and squads of infantry and
cavalry were now distributed over the length and
breadth of the country, for the purpose of hunting down
and shooting the escaping conscripts. Everywhere they
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houses of the people, searching for arms and ammunition, and thus the people of the whole county were
robbed of their muskets and rifles, and left perfectly defenceless. Prominent citizens were arrested now, by
armed bands, frequently at midnight, in the bosom of
their families, without notice, and carried before some
provost marshal, or some upstart official, tried before a
military commission, hastily got together, ex parte, without evidence, and with scarcely the semblance of a
charge, sometimes with no charge at all, and then hurried off to the loathsome dungeons of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
or Madison, Ga., or Richmond, or Salisbury, or Knoxville, or Nashville, there to lie in the midst of unutterable filth and vermin, to pine away and famish upon
their scanty and miserable fare, and sometimes to die
in utter despair. I, myself, have known the facts of
which I speak. Men as reputable as any in East Tennessee have suffered in this way. I will mention one
case. Mr. Pickens, (whose name is mentioned in the
letter of the Confederate Secretary of State, which has
been read by my friend, the Chairman,) had been a
representative in the State Legislature. He was a man
of heart, a man of soul, a man of intelligence, a man
who was popular among all our people, a good citizen,
and true and loyal to his country; but he had been
ostracized, and in compliance with the order of which
I find a copy in the hands of my friend, he was seized,
without charges, carried South, and in the loathsome
dungeons of Tuscaloosa, Ala., he paid the forfeit of his
life, and became a martyr to the glorious cause of
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Sir, such instances are not rare in our community.
The prisons of the South have been filled with tie best
men of East Tennessee; and it is said by those who
know, that not less than five thousand- think of it,
fellow-citizens! - not less than five thousand of the
men of East Tennessee, because they were true to their
country, because they loved the flag that elnblematized
all that they held dearest on earth, because they would
not bow the knee to Baal, nor receive upon their necks
the yoke of the king of the South, have been snatched
from their homes by the hand of lawless power, and
borne away into captivity. The railroad bridge near
where I lived was burned, and the parties charged with
burning it were arrested, tried by a drum-head courtmartial, according to the order which you have heard
read, and hung; and, fellow-citizens, I speak the truth
when I tell you, that at least two of those gentlemen
- for they were gentlemen, honorable, high-minded,
intelligent, moral, upright citizens of the community in
which they lived - two, at least, I say, of those who
were thus ignominiously hung, and their bodies left
dangling in the air, knew not.that they were sentenced
until they were brought within sight of the gibbet
upon which they were to expiate with their lives that
offence which they had committed against the Southern
Confederacy, - of being true to their own Government!
Thus affairs moved on, fellow-citizens, and Terror
planted her black flag over all our country; and, to
make the reign of Terror still more fearful, a legion of
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earlier times, to tomahawk and scalp the citizens of
our section of the country, were brought from their
mountain regions, with their painted faces and wild,
unearthly whoops, and put upon the track of our remaining young men. But be it ever remembered, to
their credit, that these poor, half-civilized Cherokees
were less savage on the trail than their pale-faced companions in arms; and the people of my section of country, after the first terror had subsided, and they found
the kindness of heart that existed in the bosoms of
these people, preferred a thousand Cherokee Indians
among their homes to one captain's company of rebel
Southern soldiers.
Several regiments of citizens had now volunteered,
and hundreds more had been compelled by coercion
to enter the rebel lines, and to serve in the rebel
army; and about this time, August, 1863, Jeff: Davis
made another call, running up to forty-five years of
age; and at the same time, Governor Harris issued an
additional call, embracing all up to fifty-five years of
age; so you see that all our population from eighteen
years of age up to fifty-five were called for by these
several authorities. But simultaneously with these calls
came the advance of General Burnside's gallant and
glorious army across the Cumberland Mountains, for the
redemption and relief of our suffering people. The
army of General Bragg had been, just previous, compelled to evacuate Chattanooga, and thus General Rosecrans occupied that extremity of the State; and many of
our young men at once sprung from their hiding-places
and their coverts in the mountains, and rallied to the
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lant and glorious champions of the Union, and our
mothers, sisters, wives, and old men were left alone
to occupy our vacant homes. To-day, fellow-citizens,
more than 25,000 Tennesseeans wear the uniform and
bear the arms of your country and my country.
[Prolonged and enthusiastic applause.] While I would
not disparage any other portion of these United States
in its patriotism and devotion to country, I must say
for my section, that in the midst of all the sufferings
and trials, privations and perils incident to every hour
of their lives, they have furnished to the support of
your Government and my Government more men, in
proportion to their population - more than two to
one - than any other part of our common country.
As General Burnside, in September, marched with
his conquering hosts towards Upper Tennessee, the
rebel army retreated before him; but as they went,
thinking, perhaps, that they were seeing the last of
East Tennessee, they seized upon the property, the
live stock, especially of the Union farmers, all over
the country, where they could find it, and carried
it off with them. From that moment, the work of
devastation went on with accelerated momentum.
Four times have the Union and rebel armies traversed the whole length of East Tennessee, exhausting
the country all around for current supplies, and at
every movement, widening the track of ruin that they
left behind them. In the track of the armies came
robbers, who found convenient hiding-places and rallying points in the mountains that skirt our valleys,
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pass that our barns and stables, our cribs and dwellings, were entered and robbed, and our people left
utterly destitute. The very wearing apparel of our
women and children was seized by these ruffians and
carried out of our houses. Our blankets and bedclothing, everything of woollen that was calculated to
render the soldiers more comfortable, was seized by
the strong hand, and carried away. Our tanneries
shared the same fate. They had all been compelled,
in the reign of the rebels, to contribute sixty per cent.
of their leather to the Government for the shoeing of
their soldiers; but now, when they were retreating
from the State, they seized all the leather in the vats
and bore it away, leaving our old men and women and
children to meet the rigors of the passing winter barefooted, as well as almost naked.
Believe me, fellow-citizens, East Tennesse has drunk
the full cup of suffering, and nothing seems left her
now but to drain its bitterness to the very dregs. She
has sacrificed everything but loyalty and honor; she
has suffered everything but dishonor and death; and
now destitution and famine, followed by despair and
death, are trampling upon the thresholds of her sad
homes, are entering their very doors, ready to consummate the sacrifice and complete the suffering. But,
thank God, throughout her sufferings she has been
faithful. Persuasions, threats, insults, imprisonments,
wounds, stripes, privations, chains, confiscations, gibbets and military murders, the clash of arms, the terribleness of armies with banners, and all the combined
and concentrated horrors of internecine war marshalled
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upon her battle-torn bosom and hurling sorrow and
ruin into all her homes, have never corrupted her
loyalty, nor driven her a solitary line from her devotion to the Government of her fathers. Left unprotected, when she ought to have been protected by the
Government that she loved, interior and isolated, disarmed before she could organize, she was choked down
by tyranny, under a reign of terror black as the night of
the Robesperian dynasty, and her proud neck felt the
heel of a despotism more relentless and crushing than
the power of an autocracy. Her loyal people, because
they could not do otherwise, suffered the infliction of a
bondage which their inmost hearts abhorred - a bondage that fettered the soul and sealed the lips, and all
but closed the door of hope. We know, fellow-citizens,
what history means when it tells us of a "Reign of
Terror." Such a state of things is only to be felt; it
never can be told. It comes to me now, even here on
the free soil of Massachusetts, not as a reality in the retrospect, but like the memory of some horrid dream,
to disturb and haunt me along my pathway of life. God
grant that I may never feel the iron heel of such a
despotism in my soul again, nor see it in the bosom
of my fellow-citizens anywhere! We breathe but to
live; and live but to pray - " Oh, Lord, how long?"
But, thank God! the prayer of the loyalist, leaping up
from the heart, cannot be held by the hand of the
oppressor, and East Tennessee, in answer to our
prayers, is almost free, and the old banner waves once
more triumphantly, gloriously, over our mountain-girt
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With this history of the people of East Tennessee
before you, fellow-citizens, it is for you to determine
whether this brave and patriotic population shall be
suffered to fall and perish in their devotion to our
common country, by the blighting hand of famine, or
whether your philanthropy and benevolence shall interpose to shield and protect and guard and save them.
East Tennessee, my native East Tennessee, has sacrificed all she had for the country. Her horses, her
mules, her flocks and herds, her cattle upon a thousand
hills, have all been offered up; her corn and wheat are
all consumed; her young men- all who have not
perished in the camp or on the battle-field - are now
swelling the ranks of your victorious armies; and, sir,
our matrons and maidens, our old men and little children, our soldiers' widows and orphaned babes, are all
bound and upon the altar; already the sacrificial knife
is uplifted; it trembles in the hand of Famine; -may
God save my people, and avert the stroke, in this their
day of sorrow and trial!
While the scourges of this cruel war have thus
blighted and blasted, devastated and ruined East Tennessee, the home of the free, the home of the loyal and
the brave, they have scarcely been felt north of Mason
and Dixon's line. On the contrary, a degree of prosperity, such as you have never before experienced, has
poured into the lap of the people of the North and West
boundless wealth. The labors of your agriculturists
have been succeeded by the blessings of a gracious
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merchants have seen their trade prosper beyond all
parallel; your manufacturers have extended and enlarged their operations in every branch of industry;
and your mineral region is pouring forth, from the
bounties of the earth, uncounted wealth. Whether
you, fellow-citizens, will make this vast increase of
wealth a source of blessing to yourselves, your children, your country and the world, is a problem that is
left for you to solve. The desolations and ruin of this
unnatural and cruel war have opened a wide field for
your philanthropy and benevolence. Will you enter
it? - will you sow it? - will you cultivate it? If so,
an abundant crop of blessings will fall upon your basket
and upon your store, upon your homes and hearths,
and, above all, upon your hearts.
When starving Ireland was weeping over her famishing children, and as they were drooping and dying
in the remorseless grasp of famine, her wail of woe
was heard across the wide waste of waters, and America wept in sympathy with Ireland; but while she
lifted up, with one hand, their dying heads, with the
other she ministered nourishment and life to the perishing children of the Emerald Isle. A nobler example
of national magnanimity and Christian charity can
scarcely be produced from the annals of the world.
Yet these people were the subjects of a foreign Government, and were strangers beyond the sea. The cry
of suffering now comes to the American ear and falls
upon the American heart from the famishing lips of
our own people; and East Tennessee, from the summit
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to her rich and powerful and flourishing sisters of the
North, and with a bursting heart and tearful eye points
with the other to the desolation that hangs like a pall
of death over her forty thousand ruined homes in the
valleys below. Will those sisters prove again angels
of blessing and angels of mercy to bring peace and
happiness and hope to those desolate homes, or will
they leave their past munificence alone to illustrate
and glorify their future history? That you, fellowcitizens, do sympathize with my people, and that you
are ready to open your hands for their relief, I cannot
doubt; and especially when I remember that the appeal
of the suffering and the sorrowful, the afflicted and the
bereaved of earth has never been made in vain to
your magnanimous legislature, nor to your magnanimous and benevolent people. Sir, the question is
reduced to one of life or death. General Grant, as I
learn from General Robert Anderson, wrote to him the
other day, saying that there were three alternatives
for the people of East Tennessee: one was, to be carried out of their section to where they could find
something to eat; another was, that provisions should
be carried to them; and the last was, if neither of the
others was adopted, that the people of East Tennessee
must perish in the midst of their mountains. Sir, I do
not believe you intend that these people shall perish.
I will not believe it till I see their bones bleaching
among. their native hills. I believe you have hearts
that palpitate in unison with their hearts; I believe
you have hands that will open for their relief.
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is not all we must be relieved from. We must be
relieved from the weight of this crushing war. How
is that to be accomplished? Somebody is to be subjugated. Either the traitors who have aimed at the
life of this great nation must be conquered, or the
remnants of the people who have bared their bosoms
to the storm, who have seen their homes made desolate for their love of country, must feel again the heel
of the traitor on their necks. Sir, this war must be
ended; peace must come again; we cannot live in
this state; it is abnormal; it is opposed to all our
hopes and wishes. We all love peace and desire peace;
but those traitors who would not have peace at the
beginning are not ready now to embrace peace. A
voice comes up from their homes, -a voice comes up
from tens of thousands of new-made graves in the
sunny South, -a voice comes up from an ocean of
tears, spreading over the land, —a voice comes up
from tens of thousands of acres of waving cotton-fields
of the past, reminding them of the blessings of peace.
Their prosperous homes, their broad fields, their widespread sails of commerce, their open ports, their accumulated wealth, their growing importance and grandeur, are all so many voices pleading for peace with
that people; and yet they will not hear of peace.
And, sir, that is not all. The very God of heaven
says — Peace! Peace! Peace! But they will not
hearken; they will not hearken to the voice that
comes from the tombs of their dead; they will not
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out their land; they will not hearken to the cry of the
people that suffer here, nor to the warning that comes
from abroad, from those who love liberty, and pray
for peace. They have passed all this by, and now I
tell you there is only one way to obtain peace. And
what is that? By crying peace to them?- by talking moral suasion?-No, sir, no! I ask you, sir, can
we get peace, happy, lovely, glorious, lasting peace, by
quibbling over questions of constitutional law and
talking about violated rights, and the rights of traitors,
if they will come back into this Union, while they are
pointing their daggers at the very heart of our nationality itself? No, sir. The temple that contains the
treasures of a nation and the hopes of posterity in all
time to come is blazing; the smoke is flying upward
as incense to heaven; and what should you think of
the firemen who approached that temple to extinguish
the flames, and instead of sending the antagonistic
element to quell the fire, went to quarrelling as to
who should throw the water first? Sir, the ship is in
danger; on her port is Scylla, on her lee is Charybdis;
behind her is a reef, and breakers are before her; the
storm is spending its fury all around, and pirates
are on her track. Shall the crew of that noble vessel,
freighted with our wives and children and loved ones,
freighted with our hopes for all time to come, freighted
with the prospects of liberty and the hopes of freedom
of all earth's inhabitants that know or have heard of
us - shall her crew, in the midst of this storm, fall to
fighting as to who shall next command the ship? Oh,
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dark hour, to come and strengthen the heart of the
helmsman to stand at his post? [Enthusiastic and
prolonged applause.] And no matter what questions
may separate and divide that crew, is it not their duty
to stand in the midst of the storm, and say to the
helmsman -" Guide our bark safely through! Here
we are, at your back, and we will stand by you through
the storm!" [Renewed applause.] Sir, if we do this,
the vessel will soon pass between Scylla and Charybdis,
she will leap over the breakers and the reefs, and when
we get out upon a calm sea, and upon a prosperous
voyage, then, and not until then, can we settle the
questions that we may choose to raise.
Sir, I have said that we want peace, and must have
peace. But how shall we get it? There is but one
way, that I know of. Let it gleam upon the bristling
points of fifteen hundred thousand bayonets [tremendous and long-continued applause]; let it blaze upon
the glittering steel of five hundred thousand swords;
let it leap from the mouths of ten thousand cannon,
and the echo of that thunder will bring peace to every
home and house and heart throughout the length and
breadth of our reunited country. When the atmosphere is damp and filled with malaria, and death moves
in every breeze, then, sir, what do we want? We
want the keen flash of heaven's electricity, we want
the live thunder, rolling from mountain top to mountain top; and then all is purified, all is calm, all is
serene and healthful once more.
Sir, I trust the time is coming, and will soon be
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day is soon coming which is to prove but the dawn of
that prosperity which is in reservation for our glorious
country in the near and far-off future, when, reunited,
we shall sit under our own vine and fig-tree everywhere, and none shall make us afraid; when the voice
of the sentinels upon Liberty's watch-tower, as it is
uttered upon the coast of the Atlantic, shall be echoed
all along the line, until the last man hears and returns
the salutation from the shore of the far-off Pacific.
Sir, permit me, in conclusion, to say, in the language
of the illustrious statesman who now sleeps his last
sleep  at Marshfield, "Liberty      and   Union, one and
inseparable, now and forever!" [Loud and prolonged
applause, and three hearty cheers for Colonel Taylor.]
At the conclusion of Colonel Taylor's remarks,
George B. Upton, Esq. offered the following resolutions, which were adopted unanimously by the meeting: -
"Resolved, That the warmest sympathy of all loyal and humane
Americans is due to the suffering Unionists of East Tennessee, for
the steadfast fidelity with which they have maintained the cause of
our common country in the midst of peril and distress, for the
spirit with which the men have rallied to defend the flag, for the
devotion with which the women and children have sacrificed their
diminished resources to feed our armies.
"Resolved, That patriotism, sound policy, and humanity alike require that the extreme need of these our brethren and sisters should
be relieved from the overflowing abundance with which Providence
has blessed us, even in time of civil war.
" Resolved, That we call upon our Legislature to make a liberal
grant in aid of the loyal population of East Tennessee, and that it will
be a matter.of just pride that the name of our old Commonwealth
shall head the National subscription, which will carry hope and life
to those noble men and women."
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On motion of Mr. Upton the officers of the meeting
were appointed a Committee to present the subject of
the resolutions to the Legislature.
Repeated calls were made for Governor Andrew,
and, at the request of the Governor, Mr. Everett announced that the state of His Excellency's health was
such that he was compelled to ask the meeting to excuse him from making any remarks.
Honorable Robert C. Winthrop ascended the platform in response to repeated calls. He excused himself from speaking at length. He said that from first
to last in this terrible strife his heart had been with
the Border States. He had felt that the Border States
had been the hinge of the whole contest. With them
he had been willing to go wherever they led, and to
stop whenever they felt obliged to stop, whether upon
subjects relating to slavery or the Constitution. He
had felt that with them we might save this Government, without them we must inevitably lose it. He
trusted that nothing would be left undone for relieving the sufferings, and encouraging and rewarding the
loyalty, of the people of the Border States, and particlarly of East Tennessee, whether by individual contribution or legislative appropriation.
REMARKS BY JUDGE RUSSELL.
Judge Russell being called out by the audience,
spoke substantially as follows:Fellow-Citizens:- I hope "I dare do all that may
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address an audience that has been thrilled by elo.
quence such as we have heard to-day. It has seemed
to me that we listened, not to Colonel Taylor's voice
alone, but to the voice of Eastern Tennessee herself -
her loyalty, her fidelity, the courage of her men, the
patriotism, the suffering, the agony of her women and
her children. Colonel Taylor needs no indorsement,
but we know that he has for every word the full indorsement of the noble Burnside. Let me add, that
this testimony is confirmed by one of the Generals who
marched to relieve Burnside. General Blair has just
told me a touching story of the devotion of the women
who crowded to the line of his forced march to welcome the sight of our armies; to wave the flags which
in evil days they had hidden in the secret recesses
of their homes, even as they kept the love of Union
in their hearts; to bring the last piece of bacon, the
last handful of meal, to feed the advancing soldiers of
the Union cause. Often, he said, he forbade his men
to take the scanty gifts of the poor. As often, he
heard the reply: " Take it; I have a husband, a son
at Knoxville; take it all for the Union." These are
the people for whom our aid is sought.
A friend has just asked whether it is in the power
of the Legislature to make the proposed grant. I am
glad no one doubts that it is in their hearts. I know
nothing in our State Constitution which forbids an act
of'humanity and patriotism. It is for the "support
and defence of Government" to guard the outposts in
Tennessee; it is for the "preservation" of the people
here to preserve the loyal people there. Nor are prec



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edents wanting, if precedents are needed for an act of
generosity and of justice. Soon after the adoption of
our Constitution, the State passed a resolve, and incurred expense to aid the suffering inhabitants of South
Carolina. God hasten the day when the relations of
South Carolina. and Massachusetts shall again be such
that the cry of distress there shall meet a ready answer
in our own Commonwealth. We have made a State
grant to help build a monument to Washington, in the
capital. Can we vote supplies to honor the memory
even of the greatest among our deceased patriots, and
is it unconstitutional to keep alive the families of those
patriots who stand in arms for the flag? We have
helped to raise another monument to the signers of
the {Declaration. Can we do nothing to support that
people whose position, whose very existence to-day, is
the proudest testimonial to the love of Union, and the
strongest assurance that the Union shall be eternal? I
do not fear the legal question. I am only anxious that
what is done shall be done at once. Our friend has
spoken of America's gifts to Ireland, gifts so well
repaid by the devotion of Ireland's sons in the day of
our country's trial. Let me once more recall to your
minds the words of Mr. Everett, when he pleaded in
Fanueil Hall for the famine-stricken Irish. "Even
now," he said in closing that appeal, " even now, while
I have filled your ears with empty words, some of our
fellow-Christians have starved to death." And now,
while we are preparing to seek our comfortable homes,
some of our fellow - patriots are sinking in despair.
"Want, like an armed man," stalks among the deso



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lated homes of Eastern       Tennessee.    Famine    hardly
delays to strike, and pestilence, sure attendant of famine, glooms in the horizon. God help those faithful
hearts; and may He so move our hearts that our
hands may be open and our feet be swift to bear
deliverance to those of our brethren who are almost
ready to perish.
The following letter from General Frank Blair was
then read:
"BOSTON, February 9, 1864.
"Honorable J. Wiley Edmands:    Dear Sir, —I have received
your invitation to address a meeting to be held in behalf of the loyal
people of East Tennessee, at Faneuil Hall, on Wednesday evening
next. I regret that my engagements will not permit me to attend.
It has been my fortune recently to pass through that country, and to
witness the suffering and distress which have been inflicted upon that
people on account of their steadfast and devoted loyalty to their country. No people have been more faithful and none have had their
faith so tried. After the battle of Chattanooga I marched in command of the 15th Army Corps, under General Sherman, to the relief
of Burnside at Knoxville. We passed through a country which had
already been visited by both hostile armies, and pillaged with unrelenting cruelty by the rebels on account of the loyalty of the people.
Our troops were without rations or supplies of any kind, having been
ordered to give up the pursuit of Bragg's flying army and march to
the relief of Knoxville without an opportunity of obtaining anything
of the kind, and were compelled to forage on the country. The people on our approach came out to meet us, bringing with them their
scant supplies, and freely offered them to our soldiers. They cheered
us with kind words, and waved the old flag, which they had cherished
in secret, and implored us to hasten to the succor of their kindred,
who composed a part of the garrison of Knoxville.
" I trust that the people of Massachusetts will hearken to the
appeal of Colonel Taylor, and that their liberality, so well known and
so often felt in the remotest quarters of dur country, will be stimu4'




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lated by the remembrance of the kindness and devotion of the loyal
women of Tennessee who succored our toil-worn soldiers on their
march to the relief of their beleaguered brothers, many of whom
were sons of Massachusetts.
"I am, with great respect, your obedient servant,
"FRANK P. BLAIR."
The foregoing proceedings, as has been stated, appeared in the Boston journals of the next day, the llth
February. It will be observed that the only measure
of relief contemplated by the Resolutions was an appropriation from the treasury of the Commonwealth.
The Committee appointed had reference to that object,
and no arrangement was made for individual subscriptions, it having been doubtless considered that an energetic movement for that purpose might be regarded
by members of the two houses, as superseding the
necessity of legislative action.
But though no provision was made for receiving
private subscriptions, a chord had been touched by
Colonel Taylor, which drew a sympathetic response
from the heart of the community. On the same day
on which it was written I received the following letter,
apparently in a female hand, enclosing three dollars:" BOSTON, 11 February, 1864.
"Dear Sir: - Enclosed is a' mite' which I wish forwarded with
the thousands and tens of thousands of dollars that I hope will be
sent forward from this goo.dly city of Boston, to alleviate the unparalleled sufferings of our dearly beloved countrymen in East Tennessee.
"Such earnest, eloquent pleading as comes to us from our old'cradle of liberty' cannot be unheeded by any patriot or lover of
his race.
"TEACHER OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
"MR. EVERETT."




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Having no other means of acknowledging this
anonymous letter, I sent it for publication, the next
day, to the Editor of the "Daily Advertiser," with the
following note: —
"The accompanying letter was received by me to-day, with a three
dollar bill enclosed. I request its publication, not merely on account
of the pure spirit of patriotic and Christian charity which it discloses,
but in the hope that it may serve as an example to others. Small as
the sum is, I doubt not it is large for the means of the giver, and it
will sustain the life of one of our starving brethren in East Tennessee
for a fortnight. If a small portion only of our community would,
according to their ability, imitate this example, that desolated region
might again become'the happy valley' of the South."
On the same day on which this note appeared in the
"Daily Advertiser " (12th February), a letter was addressed to me by Mr. F. H. Peabody, of the bankinghouse of J. E. Thayer & Company, enclosing a check
for one hundred dollars, which was accompanied by a
donation of fifty dollars from his brother, Lieut.-Colonel Peabody. *In the hope of obtaining their consent
to mention their names, these liberal donations were
not announced on the 13th. To my great regret, these
young gentlemen insisted that their generous contributions should be announced anonymously.' It is only
for the purpose of this publication that they have
yielded to my request that their names should now
be mentioned. I also received on the 12th an anonymous line from a " Boston Boy," enclosing five dollars
as " another mite for the sufferers in East Tennessee."
The announcement of this donation in the "Daily
Advertiser" of the 13th was accompanied with the following remarks: —




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"In making this second announcement, I would express the hope
that the movements of public and private liberality will not interfere
with each other. One friend has said to me, with reference to the
proposed legislative appropriation, that the sympathy of individuals
was the proper dependence in cases of' this kind; while another
friend has suggested that the aggregate of suffering to be relieved is
too vast for anything but the public resources. This last view, I fear,
is nearer the truth, or rather the suffering is so general and so extreme, that after public and private liberality have both done their
best, much want will remain hopelessly unrelieved. In addition to
the cruel outrages inflicted upon the loyal people of East Tennessee,
for the two long years that the Government was unable to extend to
them any military protection, - outrages of which so shocking a picture was presented by Colonel Taylor, - this devoted region has latterly been the battle-field of two large, hostile armies, operating far
from their chief base of supplies. It is now utterly exhausted. The
rich, the people in moderate circumstances, and the poor have been
brought down to one common ghastly level of destitution, and are in
want of food and clothing. It is plain that nothing but ample appropriations from the large and prosperous States can effectually face
this great amount of suffering, and that there will still be enough of
want left to require all the aid that can be derived from private liberality."
On Monday, the 15th, the donations of the Messrs.
Peabody were announced, with an extract of the letter
of Mr. F. H. Peabody, in which he says, " The behavior
of the people of East Tennessee is something that every
American will be proud of for ages to come. Now
that Colonel Taylor has told us how to be useful in the
matter, I believe the people of Massachusetts will give
very substantial proof of their admiration for the most
splendid patriotism of the age." A donation of five
dollars from a lady in Yarmouth Port, transmitted in a
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the suffering East Tennesseeans" was acknowledged
also on the 15th.
Such was the commencement of the movement for
the three days which followed the meeting in Fanueil
Hall. I have thought it a matter of interest to narrate
it with some particularity. The daily record of donations announced at the time and now reproduced for
preservation will show the steady and rapid growth of
the fund. Liberal contributions steadily flowed in,
anonymously in many cases, although at my earnest
request, publicly expressed, and privately addressed to
donors when known to me, they sometimes consented
to the mention of their names. Letters of approval
and encouragement were also addressed to me by persons of influence. Among the earliest of these (15th
February) was C. P. Curtis, Esq., who accompanied his
liberal donation with the request that it should "be
remitted to the cruelly used people of East Tennessee."
On the same day, W. H. Gardiner, Esq., addressed a
letter to me, in which he remarked that "of the
almost innumerable calls for aid caused by this grievous war, I know none, after the care of our own soldiers, so unexceptionable or making so strong an
appeal to all who have anything to give, as that of
the loyal Tennesseeans. Yet we are moving very
slowly. Private citizens seem to be waiting for some
action of the Legislature. The Legislature seems to
be waiting to know how the people would like to see
their money given away; but while we ponder, East
Tennessee starves." This letter enclosed the generous
donation of two hundred dollars.




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Thus far, I had acted wholly as a volunteer in receiving and announcing donations, but evidently the
time had arrived for some organized movement. A
meeting was accordingly held at my house on the 17th
of February of the gentlemen named as officers of the
assembly of the 10th, in Fanueil Hall, and of a few
others who had been actively engaged in getting up
that meeting.  The members of the Legislature present at this meeting represented that the best feeling
with respect to the suffering East Tennesseeans prevailed at the State-House, and that the chief difficulty
in the way of the grant was the doubt entertained by
many members of the constitutional right of the Legislature to make such an appropriation. To aid in the
removal of this doubt a memorial affirming the constitutional power, drawn up by Hon. C. G. Loring, and
subscribed by Judge Curtis and other eminent jurists,
was signed by the persons present at the meeting and
ordered to be presented to the two houses. A Committee was also appointed, consisting of Mr. Edward
Everett, Hon. R. C. Winthrop, J. Wiley Edmands, Esq.,
Hon. Judge Russell, and Patrick Donahoe, Esq., to consider and report a plan of proceedings in order to a
general subscription. In the mean time it was deemed
expedient to suspend the daily announcement of donations which had hitherto been made in the columns of
the " Boston Daily Advertiser." No further announcements were accordingly made for some days.
It was soon apparent that this withdrawal of the
subject from the public eye would operate unfavorably
upon the progress of the fund, and at a meeting of the




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Sub-Committee on the 20th, it was voted to recommence the daily announcements, which from this time
forward were continued without intermission. But the
question of legislative aid being still undecided, it was
deemed expedient to postpone for the present a formal appeal to the public.
An inspection of the record of donations for the
second week will show with what strength the tide of
sympathy and munificence was rising. It would be
obviously improper to continue to single out individual
cases from the roll of beneficence, but I cannot forbear
to allude to the donation of two hundred and fifty dollars from the late venerable Mrs. Pratt, then in the
ninety-seventh year of her age, and the liberal contribution of Dr. James Jackson, who gave to the fund, at
this early stage, the sanction of his revered name. Mr.
William Gray's munificent donation of five hundred dollars was accompanied with a promise of another of the
same amount if the legislative grant should fail.
On the 25th, a letter was received from Mr. Speaker
Bullock, enclosing the generous donation of one hundred dollars, and announcing the failure of the proposed
legislative appropriation in the following terms: —
"COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Boston, 25th Feb. 1864.
" My Dear Sir:- You have already been apprised of the action of
the House of Representatives upon the Resolves relating to East
Tennessee. I desire that you and all our fellow-citizens should justly
appreciate the motives which have controlled the vote of members in
refusing the appropriation of $100,000. It is not to be supposed that
they are insensible to the sufferings of the people of Tennessee, nor




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that they have forgotten the pathetic appeal of Colonel Taylor, so
fully sustained by the simple and unadorned statement of General
Burnside. But, speaking as an impartial witness of the discussion, I
may properly say that the members of the House have undoubtedly
acted under the influence of grave doubts as to the constitutional propriety of making the appropriation from the State Treasury.
"I take it for granted that this action of the House will render
instantly imperative the private contributions of our people. I accordingly inclose to you my own."
The failure of the legislative appropriation gave a
new impulse to the individual subscriptions.    On Saturday, the 27th of February, they exceeded $2,100,
and on Monday, the 29th, donations to the amount of
more than $4,000 were announced. Among them
was the munificent sum of $1,000 contributed by a
unanimous vote of the Boston Stock and Exchange
Board.
The contributions thus far had been received principally, though not exclusively, from Boston and the
immediate vicinity. At a meeting of the Sub-Committee on the 29th of February, it was ordered that the
Chairman be requested to prepare the draft of an address to the citizens at large, to be submitted to the
General Committee. Accordingly, at a meeting of the
General Committee on the 2d of March, a draft of an
address was reported by the Chairman, which, with
amendments was accepted, as follows. It was thought
to indicate the only organization for the collection of
subscriptions which was necessary, under the favorable
predisposition of the public.




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TO THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
"THE undersigned were appointed a Committee of the citizens of
Boston, assembled in Faneuil Hall on the 10th of February, to present the subject of the destitution of our loyal brethren in East Tennessee to the consideration of the Legislature. In the discharge of
this duty, the Resolutions adopted by that meeting, with enthusiasm
and unanimity, were respectfully transmitted by the undersigned to
the House of Representatives. But the wide-spread interest which
has been manifested in the subject, by the community at large, and
the evident demand for some more organized and concerted action
than has yet taken place, have led the Committee to think they shall
render an acceptable service by addressing themselves directly to the
people.
" In doing this, however, they deem it wholly unnecessary to do
more than ask the attention of their fellow-citizens, throughout the
Commonwealth, to the statements and appeals which have been made
with such resistless power by Colonel N. G. Taylor of East Tennessee. Those who have had the privilege of knowing and hearing him,
will need no voucher for his character; to others it may not be superfluous to say, that he is fortified with credentials from Governor Johnson of Tennessee and from the President of the United States. Any
attempt to add force to his accounts of the distressed condition of his
fellow-citizens would be unavailing. The Committee desire only in
this Address to suggest to their fellow-citizens convenient methods of
giving effect to that warm interest, which they rejoice to believe has
been so universally excited in behalf of these noble sufferers.
" They would respectfully propose, therefore, that the municipal
authorities of the several cities and towns of the Commonwealth
should regard themselves as committees to receive donations from
their fellow-citizens; that the churches throughout the State, where
no particular reasons exist to the contrary, should take up special
collections for this purpose; and that corporate bodies, whose charters
allow it to be done and whose means admit, should also contribute to
the relief of our destitute brethren.
"Whatever sums may be thus raised may be remitted to the Chair5




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man of this Committee, and will, with the large amount already
received, be applied under the direction of the Committee, in the
most prompt and efficient manner. Contributions will also be most
willingly received by the Chairman of this Committee from liberal
minded individuals, who may wish to take part in this most meritorious and patriotic work, in places where no local committee is organized, or who may for any reason prefer to address themselves to him.
" The Committee trust that it will not be thought obtrusive, in a
case of this kind, if they look beyond the limits of Massachusetts, and
respectfully invite the cooperation of the liberal and patriotic men
and women of the other New England States, either as individuals
or through local committees. Their contributions, in either case, will
be most willingly received and promptly acknowledged by this Committee.
"The undersigned are happy to state, that, on the application of
the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Association for the
relief of East Tennessee, the Secretary of War has promised that the
supplies, which may be forwarded to Nashville, shall be transported
to East Tennessee by the Government trains, and that General Grant
shall be instructed to furnish all possible facilities for their safe conveyance. Articles of food can be most readily obtained in the Western markets; clothing and shoes can probably be procured to greater
advantage in this vicinity.  Donations of these last-named articles
will be most gratefully received, and will be forwarded to their destination by Mr. Samuel Hall, Jr., 8 Central Wharf, Boston. In the
expenditure of the fund committed to them, the undersigned pledge
their best exertions, that it shall be applied with the utmost possible
economy, promptness, and efficiency.
" In pleading the claims of a class of our fellow-citizens who have
suffered so long and so cruelly, whose patriotism has been so nobly
manifested under the greatest hardships and discouragements, and
whose destitution is now so extreme, the Committee deem it scarcely
becoming to allude to motives of expediency. But when expediency
runs in the same channel as patriotism, humanity, and conscience, it
may honestly be appealed to. It may not, therefore, be improper to
state, that in all the field of military operations, there is not a spot of
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trol of the Mississippi divides the States in rebellion East and West,
so the restoration of East Tennessee to its loyal inhabitants severs
one of the two remaining lines of communication between the North
and the South of the States confederated in this gigantic treason.
There is accordingly no object of greater importance than to maintain
this district, which will in all probability be one of the great battlegrounds of the approaching campaign. It hardly need be stated that
this circumstance will of necessity complete the exhaustion of the territory, and reduce, if possible, to a still lower depth, the destitution of
the entire non-combatant population.
" The Committee will only remark in conclusion, that the case now
presented to the public sympathy seems to them to stand alone, in
the strength of its appeal to our patriotic liberality. A loyal people,
equal in numbers to the entire free population of South Carolina,
nobly adhering to the Union by a majority of five to one, when South
Carolina took the lead in a treasonable war against it; selected for
this reason as an object of vindictive hostility; the vast majority of
her citizens denounced by a military Cabal at Richmond as traitors,
because they refused to commit treason; her prominent citizens too
old for military duty hurried off to perish in the prisons of the Gulf
States; her young men forced into the rebel army; Union men, active
in opposition to the tyrants who pretend to wage war for self-government and State rights while trampling on both, cruelly scourged and
in some instances shot and huag in the sight of their families, their
property given up to waste and plunder, their old men, women, and
children reduced to want, - these are some of the titles of the loyal
people of East Tennessee to our sympathy. And when we add that
a great majority of the young men, who during two and a half years
that their territory was occupied by the Confederate forces have been
able to escape conscription into the rebel army, are now battling for
the Union, the Committee feel that they present a case hardly to be
paralleled in the annals of patriotism. They are confident that in a
community like this, the aged parents, the wives, the sisters of brethren who, under circumstances like these, are sealing their fidelity to
the Union with their blood, will not be allowed to perish from want.
"EDWARD EVERETT, JOHN A. ANDREW, FREDERIC W. LINCOLN,
Jr., J. E. FIELD, A. H. BULLOCK, ROBERT C. WINTHROP, CHARLES




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G. LORING, WILLIAM CLAFLIN, PATRICK DONAHOE, W. B. ROGERS, CHARLES B. GOODRICH, JAMES LAWRENCE, RICHARD FROTHINGHAM, JOHN M. FORBES, THOMAS RUSSELL, A. A. LAWRENCE,
J. WILEY EDMANDS, J. Z. GOODRICH, F. L. LEE, SAMUEL FROTHINGHAM.
" Boston, March 2, 1864.
"P. S. The Press throughout the Commonwealth is respectfully
requested to give insertion to the foregoing Address."
When the Sub-Committee held their meeting on the
last day of February, the fund exceeded $19,000,
which had been contributed spontaneously and without solicitation, in the seventeen days which had
elapsed from the announcement of "the Teacher's"
modest donation. Steps had been taken, at the outset, to ascertain the most direct channel for the conveyance of supplies to East Tennessee. In order to
make a portion of the fund as promptly available as
possible, the Sub-Committee, having been clothed with
full powers as an Executive Committee, determined on
the 2d of March to remit $10,000 to Lloyd P. Smith,
Esq., of Philadelphia, who, in conjunction with Frederic Collins, Esq. was about to repair to Knoxville in
person, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Association for
the Relief of East Tennessee. These gentlemen readily
took charge of this sum, and it was joined with the
funds of the Pennsylvania Association, in the purchase
of large supplies of food at Cincinnati. These supplies
were as promptly conveyed to Knoxville, as the means
of transportation at Nashville allowed, almost the entire force of the railroad being required by General
Sherman's army, then on the advance into Georgia.




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A very interesting report of the visit of Messrs. Smith
and Collins to Knoxville has been published by those
gentlemen, and they are entitled to the cordial thanks
of the contributors in this part of the country, for their
fidelity and good judgment, in the application of the
funds remitted from Boston.
From this time forward the fund advanced with perhaps unexampled rapidity.       The sum    announced on
the 3d of March amounted to $6,349, which was the
largest sum in any one day. The sum of $4,829 was
reported on the 4th; of $3,456 on the 5th; of $5,024
on the 7th; and of $3,120 on the 8th, which included
the donation of $1,000 from the officers and men of
the 44th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. This
handsome donation was accompanied with the following letter:"BoSTON, March 5, 1864.
"Hon. Edward Everett: Dear Sir, - Through the liberality of
their fellow-citizens, the Regiment which I have the honor to command, received a Regimental Fund of $5,000. A portion of this
money has been applied to the use of the Regiment,- a portion I
retain for further need of the Regiment. Upon consultation with
William Gray, Esq., Treasurer of the fund, and with my fieldofficers, and feeling sure that it will meet the approval of the original donors, I have decided to devote $1,000 to the relief of the
suffering loyalists of East Tennessee, which please accept in behalf
of the men and officers of the 44th Regiment M. V. M.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
"FRANCIS L. LEE, Col. 44th Regt. M. V. M."
The contributions announced on the 9th of March
amounted to $6,220, in which was included the sum of
5*




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$4,773 collected in Franklin Street and its vicinity by
the active exertions of George H. Braman, Esq. In a
supplement to the "Boston Daily Advertiser" of the 9th
of March, a complete list was given of all the donations
up to the 8th, amounting in the aggregate to $52,120
received in less than a month from the date of the
meeting in Faneuil Hall.
On the 5th of March, Messrs. J. Ingersoll Bowditch,
Hon. A. A. Lawrence, and Samuel Hall, Jr., Esq., were
added to the Executive Committee. Mr. Hall kindly
took charge of the contributions of ready-made clothing, &c. and forwarded them from time to time to their
destination. His reports will be given in the sequel
and will show how much the cause is indebted to him
for his laborious and gratuitous services.
It having been intimated by Mrs. George Ticknor,
President of the Ladies' Sewing Circle, that the ladies of
that association would cheerfully make up into articles
of wearing apparel such materials as the Committee
would furnish for that purpose, it was voted on the
10th of March to place the sum of $2,000 at her disposal, to be expended in the purchase of materials. In
this way, the sum appropriated was, by the generous
cooperation of the Ladies' Sewing Circle, rendered
nearly twice as efficient as it would otherwise have
been. The articles of clothing made up were forwarded
from time to time by Mr. Hall. The extent of the
labor bestowed by the Ladies' Sewing Circle may be
seen in the following report of its results:" Dear Mr. Everett: —It is due to you, to the gentlemen who
consented to intrust us with $2,000, and to us who received the trust,




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that some report should be made of the mode in which we have used
the money given for the benefit of sufferers in Tennessee. We have
used it as discreetly and carefully as we could; — we sent last Monday our ninth package to Mr. Hall, the agent you designated, and
that exhausted the last dollar of our fund.
"The schedule of the packages is as follows: -
Whole number of articles sent..                   2,921
Whole number procured by $2,000.2,579
Donations, and socks knit from the yarn sent by Mr. Edmands  342
2,921
Of this number there were:For women and children...                  1,875
For men and boys...                          1,046
It has been a very interesting occupation, and we wish we could
do more for those who suffer so terribly and so faithfully.
"Hoping you will think that we have fulfilled our stewardship suitably, we are very truly yours,
"ANNA TICKNOR,
"Park Street, June 8, 1864."              "ISA E. LORING."
I subjoin a letter from Rev. Dr. Humes, Chairman of
the Knoxville East Tennessee Relief Association, containing a copy of a vote of thanks adopted at a regular
meeting of the Executive Committee, on the receipt of
the foregoing report.
"' KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 22, 1864.
" Dear Sir: - At the regular meeting of the Executive Committee
of the East Tennessee Relief Association, held to-day, it was unanimously
"' Resolved, That the Chairman be instructed to tender the thanks
of this Society to Mrs. Ticknor and Miss Loring, and to the Ladies of
the Sewing Circle of Boston, whom they represent, for their kind
sympathy and benevolent labors, on behalf of the destitute and suffering people of East Tennessee; and that this insufficient tribute to
their active patriotism and friendship be placed upon the records of
the Committee, in token, not only of gratitude, but also of our desire




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that the memory of their names and good deeds be cherished and perpetuated in our mountain homes, long after the garments, with which
they have clothed their needy countrymen, shall have perished.'
" I need scarcely say that it gives me peculiar pleasure to comply
with the directions of the Committee, and to communicate, as I beg
leave to do through you, to Mrs. Ticknor and Miss Loring, a copy of
the above resolution of thanks.
" With the assurance of my strong and sincere appreciation of their
practical good will, I am,
" Yours truly and respectfully,
"THOMAS W. HUIES,
"' Chairman Ex. Corn. E. T. R. A."
In thus placing on record the active cooperation of
the Ladies' Sewing Circle, I cannot forbear adverting
to the large share borne generally by the patriotic
women of the community in this meritorious work.
An inspection of the list of donations will show them
to have been among the earliest and most liberal contributors; and I am well persuaded that their active
sympathy, felt in every form of domestic influence,
has been one of the most efficient causes of the success
of the efforts for the relief of our suffering brethren in
East Tennessee. There were incidents and circumstances of the war, as it bore upon the women of that
devoted region, well calculated to touch the hearts of
their sisters in the loyal States. Husbands, brothers,
and sons were often torn from their homes, thrown
into prison, forced into the army, in some cases shot
or hung in sight of their families. The following
touching occurrence of a different character was
vouched for by Colonel Taylor, as within his own
knowledge.




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"INCIDENT OF THE WAR. — After the battle at Bean!Station,
East Tennessee, the rebels were guilty of all manner of indignity
toward the slain. They stripped their bodies, and shot all persons
who came near the battle-field to show any attention to the dead.
The body of a little drummer-boy was left naked and exposed. Near
by, in an humble house, there were two young girls, the eldest but sixteen, who resolved to give the body a decent burial. They took the
night for their task. With hammer and nails in hand, and boards on
their shoulders, they sought the place where the body of the dead
drummer-boy lay. From their own scanty wardrobe, they clothed
the body for the grave. With their own hands they made a rude
coffin, into which they reverently put the dead boy. They dug the
grave, and lowered the body into it and covered it over. The noise
of the hammer brought some of tie rebels to the spot. The sight
was too much for them. The stillness of the night - the story so
eloquently told by the heroic labors of the little girls. Not a word
was spoken; no one interfered, and when the sacred rites of burial
were performed, all separated; and the little drummer-boy sleeps
undisturbed in his grave on the battle-field."
The most judicious and efficient manner of disposing
of the fund was of course an object of early consideration with the Committee. They were aware that
strong objections to the employment of salaried agents,
for the disbursement of a fund of this kind, existed in
the community, although in some cases the duty cannot be so satisfactorily performed through any other
agency. To entertain individual applications for relief
coming from so great a distance was out of the question. Fortunately there already existed at Knoxville,
the capital of East Tennessee, an Association organized
for the purpose of relieving the distress of that devoted
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mittee of that Association were certified to us as persons of the highest respectability, and the Committee
conceived that they should best discharge their duty
to the generous contributors to the fund, by paying it
over in large instalments and as fast as it could be
advantageously invested, to the accredited agents of
the Knoxville Relief Association, who were duly authorized to receive it. These agents, at that time,
were Colonel N. G. Taylor, to the effect of whose
fervid appeals the formation of the fund was mainly
due, and Mr. G. M. Hazen of Knoxville. A letter having been received from Colonel Taylor, then in New
York, requesting that the funds on hand might be
remitted to him and Mr. Hazen, it was on the 17th of
March voted by the Executive Committee, that Mr. J.
Wiley Edmands, one of their number who was about to
visit New York, be requested to examine the credentials of Messrs. Taylor and Hazen. If in his judgment
they were found sufficient, the Chairman was authorized to accept their draft for a sum not exceeding
$40,000. Mr. Edmands found the gentlemen named
to be clothed with full authority to receive and invest
whatever funds might be contributed for relief of the
loyal people of East Tennessee. Accordingly on the
21st of March their draft at sight for $40,000 was paid.
Mr. Hazen repaired immediately to Cincinnati, the
nearest market to East Tennessee, at which provisions
1 This Committee consisted of Rev. Dr. Humes, (a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, possessing the entire confidence of the community,) Messrs.
William Heiskell, W. G. Brownlow, John Baxter, O. P. Temple, and John
M. Fleming.




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could be obtained, and invested the fund placed in his
hands by the Committee and a small sum which had
been collected by Colonel Taylor, in those articles
which were most needed for the relief of the existing
distress. On the arrival of this large amount of flour
and other bread-stuffs, bacon, and other articles of food
at Nashville, considerable delay arose from the limited
means of transportation, the railroad to Chattanooga
being the only route. The War Department, as has
been observed, had, at the instance of the Pennsylvania Committee, engaged to cooperate in the relief of
East Tennessee, and to allow supplies to go forward
by the Government trains. The exigencies of the
military service required at first the employment of
the entire force of the railroad, but before long the
agent of the Knoxville Relief Committee was allowed
to dispose of one merchandise car daily, or to that
average amount. In this way the supplies were conveyed to their destination as rapidly as they could be
advantageously received and distributed.
This distribution was effected in the most satisfactory manner. Under the superintendence of the Executive Committee at Knoxville, local committees were
organized in the different counties in East Tennessee
within the federal lines. It was, of course, impossible
to send supplies into those counties in the Northeastern part of the State, which were in the possession of
the enemy, and not entirely safe to do so, in the middle region, lying open to the ravages of armed bands
of ruffians under the name of guerrillas. But fugitives
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were relieved at that place. A small portion of the
supplies were sold at Knoxville and elsewhere to persons who had money, but owing to the destitution of
the markets, were unable to exchange it for food. The
Committee here did not recommend this measure, but
there seems to be no valid objection to it, as without
it persons having the means to purchase would in
some localities have been obliged to accept as a gift
what they would rather pay for. The proceeds of
these sales were of course added by the Knoxville
Committee to their funds.
On the 20th of April, the further sum of $20,000
was, on the draft of Colonel Taylor, remitted to Gilmore, Dunlap & Co., bankers of the Knoxville Relief
Association at Cincinnati. The funds intrusted to us
having been all contributed under the influence of the
eloquent appeals of Colonel Taylor, deputed by the
Knoxville Committee to procure relief for his fellowcitizens of East Tennessee, were evidently applicable
exclusively to that object, nor could they justly be
extended to sufferers in any other quarter, though
equally destitute and meritorious. Accordingly when
representations were made to us by letter of the great
distress among the loyal refugees at Murfreesborough,
and still more at Nashville and even at Cincinnati,
though principally at Nashville, knowing that these
refugees had fled not only from East Tennessee, but
from Western North Carolina and the Northern counties of the Gulf States, profoundly sympathizing as we
did with the sufferers at the places just named, and
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upon our fellow-citizens at Nashville, we yet felt it
beyond our power to adopt any general measure of
relief. We called the attention, however, of the Knoxville Committee to the subject, and suggested the
expediency of authorizing a reasonable distribution of
supplies at Murfreesborough for fugitives from East
Tennessee, and such relief as might be deemed practicable to the much larger number of the same class at
Nashville and Cincinnati. This recommendation was
promptly and liberally complied with by the Knoxville
Committee.
About the middle of April a communication was
addressed to the Secretary of War, setting forth that
the transportation of supplies, notwithstanding the
kind promise of the Department,was seriously delayed
at Nashville, and requesting that if this arose from any
undue strictness in construing the orders which gave
precedence to the Government work, the officer in
charge might be directed to interpret them more liberally. To this letter the following reply was received
from the Department:" WAR DEPARTMENT,      1
"WASHINGTON CITY, May 4, 1864.
"Sir: -I have the honor, by direction of the Secretary of War, to
acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 24th ultimo,
relating to the difficulty experienced in obtaining transportation for
the supplies furnished by citizens of Massachusetts, for the benefit of
suffering Unionists in East Tennessee.
"In reply, I am instructed to say that these difficulties arise solely
from the fact, that every available means of transportation has been,
and is still, needed by General Sherman, to transport supplies, of
food for his army, preparatory to the opening of the Spring Campaign.
In the mean time, Government rations have, whenever practicable,
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been issued in cases of special need, (230,000 rations have already
been issued in such cases in the department of the Tennessee,) and
you may rest assured that the facilities desired by you, will be furnished, whenever the interest and the necessities of the public service
will permit.
"I have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully,
"Your obedient servant,
[Signed]        ED. R. S. CANBY, Brigadier-General.
"HON. EDWARD EVERETT, Boston, Mass."
Meantime the fund continued to increase. The sympathy in which it had its origin pervaded all classes of
the community. Donations continued to be made,
from those of a thousand dollars and more from the
Stock and Exchange Board, the Corn Exchange, and
the ladies and gentlemen who took part in the musical
entertainments at Chickering's Hall, down to the literal
mite of the poor widow. Other dramatic exhibitions,
concerts, and exhibitions of tableaux contributed liberal
sums. Children's fairs were held in town and country,
the proceeds of two of which amounted to $1,000
each, and several churches took up large collections,
notwithstanding the liberal donations already made by
individual members. The principal amount received
was from Massachusetts, although some handsome
remittances were made from Providence, R. I., from
New Hampshire, from Maine, Vermont, and New York.
Among these it will not be thought improper for me
to mention the donations of $500 each from Mrs.
Deborah Powers of Lansingburg, N. Y., Miss Arabella
Rice of Portsmouth, N. H., and Hon. J. Goodwin of
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Rice of that place, and in presumed accordance with
what would have been her wishes.
In this way the fund which, when the aggregate
list was published on the 9th of March, amounted to
above $52,000, had by the end of that month swelled
to above $77,000. The end of April brought it up to
$91,500. One hundred thousand dollars, the amount
of the appropriation proposed in the Legislature, had
been assigned by public opinion as the sum which we
should endeavor to raise by private subscription, and
on the 4th of June that amount was reached. The
foundation was laid in the Teacher's donation of three
dollars on the 11th of February, the head-stone was
carried up by $1,000 received from a Children's Fair
at the house of Dr. T. I. Talbot on the 4th of June.
On the following morning the fact was announced in
the "Daily Advertiser," with the following remarks:" To the numerous individuals and societies whose unsolicited donations have resulted in this large contribution for the relief of our loyal
and destitute brethren in East Tennessee, on their behalf I return my
most grateful acknowledgments.
" In addition to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, thus contributed in money, articles of clothing valued in the aggregate at some
thousands have. been received and forwarded. Nor must the assiduous labor of the Ladies' Boston Sewing Circle, in making up two
thousand dollars worth of materials of clothing, and of other smaller
sewing circles, in town and country, be forgotten.
"Liberal as is the amount, which has thus far been raised, here
and elsewhere, much destitution and suffering will still remain unrelieved. I shall be most happy, on behalf of the Committee, whose
organ I have the honor to be, still to receive whatever may be contributed for this object, announcing the donations, however, less frequently than has hitherto been done.




64             ACCOUNT OF THE FUND FOR
" It is but an act of justice to the Editors of the " Daily Advertiser"
to return them the cordial thanks of'the Committee for the gratuitous
daily insertion of my announcements, at one time of great length, for
which the usage of the Press would have warranted the ordinary
advertising charge. The success of the subscription has, in no small
degree, been promoted by this liberality on their part.
" EDWARD EVERETT."
I am happy to state that more than two thousand
dollars have since been added to the fund.
The following reports from Mr. Hall will afford some
idea of the quantity of ready-made clothing which has
been forwarded by that gentleman. The pecuniary
value of the articles has been stated but in few instances, but is supposed to amount to several thousand
dollars. Sincere thanks are due to Mr. Hall for his
laborious and gratuitous services in forwarding them.
" Dear Sir:- The following packages, containing clothing, &c.,
have been received to this date, contributed for the sufferers in East
Tennessee, viz: -
1 box from Mrs. Ticknor, Park     1 bundle from John Gardner.
Street.                            1 do. from Prof. F. J. Child, Cam1 bundle from M. G. Chapman.    bridge.
1 do. from Mrs. H. F. Damon.      2 boxes from Melendy & Stewart.
1 do. from Mrs. Sherman.          3 barrels and 1 bundle from ladies
1 box, value $250, from Mrs. J. A. of West Medford, through Mrs. Eliza
Little, President of the Ladies' Union  H. Caret. 
of Arlington Street Church.        2 bundles from George F. Guild.
1 bundle from Mrs. Balch.        1 do. from Mr. Clark.
4 do. from Mrs. E. Atkins.        1 do. from Mrs. Frances Parkman.
1 do. from Mrs. Emory Washburn,   2 boxes from Mr. R. Pollard.
Cambridge..                   1 do. from J. C. Hoadly, New Bed2 do. from the Misses Ward.     ford.
1 do. from Dr. Winsor, Cambridge.  2 bundles from Mrs. Dr. Charles E.
1 do. from Mrs. Emerson.        Ware.
1 do. from Miss Wells, Cambridge.  12 do. from persons unknown.
1 do. from Mrs. Pickering.
"Respectfully yours,
" SAMUEL HALL, JR.
"BOSTON, March 24, 1864."




THE RELIEF OF EAST TENNESSEE.                       65
" Dear Sir: - The following contributions of clothing, &c. for the
sufferers in East Tennessee have been received since my last acknowledgment (March 24), and have been sent forward, viz: —
3 boxes and 2 bundles from Boston  1 bundle from Mrs. Sarah Johnson,
Sewing Circle, by Mrs. Ticknor.   value $33.
1 bundle from Mrs. McNeil, Rox-   2 boxes from Waltham   Soldiers'
bury.                             Aid Society, by Miss M. J. Miles,
1 do. Miss C. A. Brewer.        value $375.
1 do. Mrs. Thwing, Quincy.        1 basket and 1 bundle from Miss
1 do. S. Chapin, Gloucester.    Margaret C. Thompson.
1 do. B. F. Adams.                1 bundle from Mrs. C. E. Norton,
1 do. Mr. Bullard.              Cambridge.
2 do. L. A. Huntington.           2 boxes from J. H. Nichols, Salem.
1 do. William P. Thurston, Jamaica  2 bundles from  Mrs. Augustus
Plain, and 21 Dover street.       Flagg.
2 cases brogans from Col. Gordon  1 do. from "A New Bedford Lady."
McKay.                              2 boxes and 1 bundle from "Corner
1 bundle from Edward Page.      of Summer and Otis streets."
1 box and 1 bundle from the Indus-  2 bundles from Bishop Eastburn.
trial Society of St. Paul's Church.  2 do. from Rev. Mr. Foote.
1 do. from Miss I. E. Loring.     1 box from North Bridgewater.
3 bundles from Mr. Manning.       2 boxes and a bundle from Mr. Jo3 barrels and 2 boxes from John J. seph Willard.
May.
"Respectfully yours,
" SAMUEL HALL, JR.
"April 18, 1864."
"BOSTON, May 18, 1864.
" Dear Sir: - Since my last acknowledgment (April 18th), the
following contributions of clothing, &c., have been received, all of
which have been forwarded to the sufferers of East Tennessee,
viz -
3 cases from Boston Sewing Circle,  1 box from Greenfield, or Shelburne
by Mrs. Ticknor.                  Falls.
2 bundles from Mrs. Fletcher.     1 bundle from Mrs. Atkins.
1 bundle unknown.                 1 barrel, value $53.75, from Ladies'
1 box from New Bedford.         Benevolent Society, Amory Village,
1 bundle from Mrs. McKean.      Millbury, Mass.
1 case from ladies of Beverley, by  1 bundle, 80 pairs stockings, J. WiHannah C. Adams.                  ley Edmands.
2 bundles from Mrs. T. C. Hubbard,  1 do. from Miss Minot.
Newton.                             1 box from Salem.
1 bundle from R. H. Stearns.
"Respectfully yours,
"SAMUEL HALL, JR."
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"BOSTON, June 24, 1864.
"Dear Sir: - Since my last report (May 18), the following packages of clothing, &c., have been received, all of which have been forwarded to the East Tennessee Relief Association, viz: —
2 boxes from Boston Sewing Circle,  1 bundle, Moses P. Grant.
by Mrs. Ticknor.              1 do. Rev. Mr. Barnes, Malden.
1 box, New Church Sewing Circle,  1 do. Mr. Morrill.
Boston.                       1 do. Mrs. Curret, West Medford.
1 do. Brookfield, Mass.     1 do. H. Williams.
1 do. and 2 baskets, Louisburg  1 do. Mrs. Eastburn.
Square.
"Respectfully yours,
" SAMUEL HALL, JR."
In this connection it may be proper to mention that
Mr. Allen Cameron, agent of the Abbot Worsted Company, Graniteville, contributed one hundred pounds of
gray stocking yarn, worth one dollar and fifty cents
per pound, to be knit for the destitute in East Tennessee. A portion of this yarn was knit into eighty
pairs of stockings by the ladies of Rev. Edward E.
Hale's congregation.
After Mr. Hazen had invested at Cincinnati the sum
remitted to him and Colonel Taylor as above mentioned, he was relieved of his agency, and Thomas G.
Odiorne, Esq. of Cincinnati, was appointed by the Executive Committee at Knoxville, as their permanent
purchasing agent.   This gentleman's residence at Cincinnati, high character, disinterested zeal in the cause,
and experience as the agent of the Sanitary Commission eminently qualified him for the efficient discharge
of the trust, which he has executed to the entire satisfaction of the Committee in Boston and the Executive
Committee at Knoxville.




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It has already been stated, that, instead of employing paid agents of their own, the Committee deemed
it expedient, from time to time, to pay over the fund
intrusted to them to the accredited agents of the
Knoxville Relief Association.  By April the 23d,
$72,000 had been advanced in this way.l This sum,
with the liberal appropriation of the Philadelphia
Committee, and donations made directly to Colonel
Taylor, has kept the agent at Cincinnati amply supplied with funds for the purchase of all the supplies,
which could be sent forward by water to Nashville,
and has left a balance in his hands to be invested in
proportion as transportation can be obtained by the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
On the 28th of July, the fund intrusted to the Committee having reached an amount larger by about
$2,000 than the sum originally contemplated, a meeting was called to consider the expediency of closing the account, and it was decided that of the balance on hand, $28,000 should be remitted to the
bankers at Cincinnati, making $100,000 paid over, and
leaving the residue chargeable with the cost of transportation of the ready-made clothing, forwarded by
Mr. Hall, and some small contingent expenses. Before
the remittance could take place, a letter was received
from Dr. Humes, stating that the stock of supplies on
hand at Knoxville, and in charge of the local agents
would, with prudent management, suffice till larger
1 In this sum of $72,000 are included $10,000 paid to the Philadelphia
Committee, and $2,000 expended in materials of clothing made up by the
Ladies' Sewing Circle.




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means of transportation could be obtained; and that
as the number of refugees at Knoxville was increasing,
it was expedient to have in reserve the means of relief
for autumn and winter, when he fears, that the distress
will again become serious. For these reasons, he recommends that the Committee should retain, for the
present, the balance in their hands. In accordance
with this advice he has been informed that $28,000
will be held by the Committee subject to his draft at
sight, or that of the bankers at Cincinnati acting by
his direction.
It is but an act of justice to the Knoxville Committee to speak in terms of high commendation of the
manner in which they have effected the distribution of
the supplies,-a work beset with no inconsiderable
difficulties arising from the extent of territory to be
relieved, the want of those means of communication
which exist in most of the Atlantic States, and the
unsettled state of the country. By the aid of local
organizations and agencies, with the vigilant supervision of the Central Committee at Knoxville, it is
believed that the work has been judiciously and satisfactorily performed. Some losses have occurred, unavoidable it is presumed, on a line of communication so
extensive and circuitous, where delay and irregularity
in transportation were necessarily accompanied with
unexpected accumulation at particular points, and
where the channels of ultimate distribution are so
numerous. But the Committee have no reason to
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expected under the circumstances of the case, the
nature of the service, and the state of the country.
The Committee perform an agreeable duty in acknowledging their special obligations to the Rev. Dr.
Humes, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the East Tennessee Relief Association.  Too much
cannot be said in praise of the diligence, fulness, and
punctuality of his correspondence. The extracts from
it, which have accompanied the daily announcement
of donations, have served an important purpose in
keeping up the public interest in the cause. It has
afforded the contributors to the fund the satisfaction
of knowing that their active sympathy has taken
the desired effect; and that the supplies so liberally
furnished have been faithfully and judiciously distributed.
Dr. Humes' letters have not only furnished the
satisfactory information of suffering relieved, want'of
the most urgent kind supplied, and of life no doubt
in this way, in many cases preserved, but they have
contained assurances scarcely less gratifying that the
moral effect upon the minds of our fellow-citizens in
East Tennessee of this manifestation of active sympathy on the part of their Northern brethren has been
most auspicious. It has impressed them with feelings
toward their fellow-citizens of the North not soon to
be effaced. It has shown them that the love of the
Union with us is not a profession which satisfies itself
with words but a sentiment which warms the heart.
The following, with the omission of some personal
allusions, is extracted from the "Knoxville Whig" of
the 25th of June last: -




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" In a late letter from Mr. Everett to the President of the East Tennessee Relief Association, the'fact is announced that Massachusetts has
contributed ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS for the relief of the
suffering and destitute people of East Tennessee...  This
is one of the most remarkable and suggestive facts developed by this
strange war. Between Tennessee and Massachusetts there has never
been any common identity of habit or thought, and no close commercial or personal ties, which sometimes bind together the citizens of
neighboring States. Indeed, we have been taught for many years
(though we did not all believe) that the people of the North were
narrow-minded, selfish, cold, and avaricious. But no sooner do they
hear the tale of the destitution of a people fifteen hundred miles away,
than, with the instincts of a common humanity, a common religion,
and a common patriotism, they outstrip all others in the most generous race of charity."
After alluding to the cooperation of " all the leading
men and all the churches, charitable associations, public and private institutions, and of the women, the boys,
and the girls," the article proceeds: —
" No one seems to have felt that he had done his duty unless he
had contributed something. And all this was done from principle,
not from enthusiasm. They regarded it as a sacred duty. They ever
have been taught that charity and benevolence are duties which they
cannot neglect. The Southern gentleman, rolling in his wealth, will
live in the greatest elegance, and expend his money with princely
prodigality on himself and his own circle, but he has a dull ear to the
claims of charity outside of'his circle. He is most liberal to himself,
while the Northern man is more liberal to others. Herein is the difference between the two. Hence public enterprises have been fostered and patronized, and the cold and bleak North has prospered and
grown great; while the rich and productive South has stood comparatively still for want of that liberal public enterprise.
" We say, from the bottom of our heart, all honor to glorious old
Massachusetts. The people of that State are indeed our neighbors




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and our brethren. And that which is true of them is likewise trueo
possibly in a less degree, of all the people of the North. For, even
far-off Maine has generously contributed her thousands for the relief
of our suffering people.  And so of nearly every State. Let us
hold them in everlasting remembrance, and prove ourselves worthy
of their benefactions."
Respectfully submitted, by order of the Committee,
to the contributors to the fund, by
EDWARD EVERETT.
P. S.- Since the foregoing Report was prepared,
the further sum     of twenty thousand      five hundred
dollars ($20,500) was, on the 3d of October, remitted
to the Bankers of the Knoxville East Tennessee Relief
Association, and an order filled for shoes to the amount
of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500), to be
forwarded to Knoxville, making, with the sums above
reported, an aggregate of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).








LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.








LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
TO THE
FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF THE LOYAL AND SUFFERING EAST TENNESSEEANS.
Feb. 11, Teacher of a Public           Feb. 22, Brought up........$1588 00
School               $3 00      "    Children's Fair in Mt.
Feb. 12, F. H. Peabody...... 100 00              Vernon Street..... 100 00
"    Lt.-Col. Peabody.... 50 00       "     John Gardner....... 50 00
"    Boston Boy.........      5 00     "     William Everett..... 20 00
Feb. 13, Mrs. Sylvester Baker,             "    W. F. Weld......... 100 00
jr., Yarmouth Port     5 00     "    Dr. John Homans... 100 00
Feb. 15, James Gordon Clarke    50 00      "    Mrs. William Pratt.. 250 00
"    Mrs. S. Hooper...... 100 00       "     Mrs. G. H. Shaw... 250 00
"    A lady aged 83......     5 00     "    Anonymous, Jamaica
Feb. 16, Mrs. John Mackay... 100 00               Plain............. 50 00
"    Anonymous......... 20 00          "     Anonymous.........     5 00
"    Anonymous.........       5 00 Feb. 23, Sprague, Soule & Co. 500 00
"     Charles P. Curtis....  50 00     "     Anonymous......... 50 00
Feb. 17, A friend............   50 00     "     Anonymous........ 50 00
"     A Bank Clerk.......     3 00     "     Anonymous.........      5 00
"    For the destitute Ten-            "    Anonymous, Salem. 100 00
nesseans.......... 20 00        "    Edmund Munroe.... 50 00
"    Anonymous..........      5 00     "    Ladies of Needham
"    Augustus Lowell.... 100 00               Plain............ 52 00
"    E. A. Raymond..... 30 00          "     Lydia S. Gale...... 100 00
"    Dorchester 1791,dated             "     J. C. Hoadley, New
atNewton......... 200 00               Bedford.......... 48 00
"    W. H. Gardiner..... 200 00        "    Mrs. Henry Grew... 100 00
Feb. 18, Elisha T. Loring.... 100 00      "     C. S. F., Keene, N. H. 20 00
"     General James Dana,              "    Nathaniel Francis... 200 00
Charlestown......   50 00     "     A  Scotch woman...     10 00
Feb. 19, An old lady........   50 00 Feb. 24, Ignatius Sargent, Ma"    Anonymous.........       4 00            chias, Me., the con"    Mrs. E. Wigglesworth 100 00              tribution  of loyal
"     Octavius Pickering..   30 00            citizens........... 100 00
Feb. 20, A poor girl.........    1 00     "     Abbott Lawrence.... 200 00
"    Anonymous.........       2 00     "    James Parker....... 100 00
Feb. 21, Anonymous- a lady 100 00         "     Henry W. Pickering. 50 00
Feb. 22, Dr. James Jackson..    50 00     "     Miss Charlotte Harris 100 00
Carried up...... $1588 00              Carried over..... $4348 00




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Feb. 24, Brought over..... $4348 00 Feb. 26, Brought up........$8648 00
Miss Isa E. Loring.. 200 00       "     0.. S............. 20 00
"     Miss F. L. Gray.....   25 00      "    A Bostonian........     2 00
"  Miss A. G. Gray....    20 00 Feb. 27, Dr. John Ware......      50 00
"  William Gray....... 500 00        "    John Wooldredge... 100 00
George Howe....... 200 00           "    Boston Stock and ExAnnie..............      3 00              change Board, by
"     A child.............    1 00             unanimous vote... 1000 00
"     W. Yarmouth.......      1 00      "    A Friend...........     10 00
Feb. 25, Mrs. G. Lee........ 100 00       "     Charles E. Guild....   25 00
"     A  lady in Chestnut               "    Hon. Jacob Sleeper.. 100 00
Street............   25 00      "    Messrs. H. &L. Chase    50 00
"     James Sturgis....... 50 00        "    Matthew Howland,
P. C. Brooks........ 200 00                   New Bedford..... 50 00
"     Thomas J. Lee...... 50 00         "     Samuel Johnson..... 100 00
"     Master Reginald Gray    5 00      "    Mrs.Thomas G. Cary 100 00
(C      i"    Sam. S. Gray.   5 00      "    A lady.............    20 00
"     Win. T. Andrews... 100 00         "    B. C. Ward......... 100 00
Dr. Charles Mifflin.. 50 00         "     John J. Low, West
"     Miss Louisa M. God-                       Roxbury......... 25 00
dard.............. 50 00         "    Rev. Wm. Mountfort 50 00
"     C. G., a poor man's               "    A poor ex-Teacher..      2 00
offering..........    5 00     "     James M. Beebe..... 200 00
"     Hon. A. H. Bullock. 100 00       "    Joseph B. Glover.... 100 00
"     William S. Rogers..    50 00      "    Robert Waterston... 100 00
"  Mrs. Abby M. Wales     50 00      "    J. Huntington WolMiss Wales......... 300 00                cott.............. 200 00
Anonymous......... 50 00            "    Mrs. Wolcott........ 100 00
Anonymous......... 50 00            "    J.Randolph Coolidge     50 00
Anonymous......... 20 00            "    Hon. Stephen     Fair"  Friend X........... 100 00                banks............ 100 00
Feb. 26, Mrs. Sally Batchelder    5 00     "     Hon. C. G. Loring.. 100 00
W. W. Clapp, jr..... 25 00          "    The Misses Lowell,
Hon. George B. Upton 200 00               Roxbury......... 200 00
A Salem lady....... 100 00        "     Mrs. Mary B. ParkGeorge M. Wales.... 100 00                man.............. 25 00
Rev. Dr. Burroughs.      50 00      "    Geo................     5 00
"     Mrs. Dr. Hayward,                 "    Miss Eliza S. Quincy    50 00
Pemberton Square. 100 00        "     C. H. Gay.......... 25 00
Hon. Dwight Foster.      50 00      "     Martin L. Bradford..   50 00
"  Master Willie R. Rich-            "    R. C. Mackay....... 150 00
ards.............    10 00     "     W. Mackay......... 50 00
Charles Deane...... 100 00          "    Newton............ 20 00
Sam. Boyd, Marlboro' 100 00       "     W. from Newton....      5 00
JosephWhitney& Co. 100 00           "    James Hunnewell,
"  Jonathan Ellis & Co. 100 00               Charlestown...... 100 00
Mrs. B. D. Greene.. 200 00       "     Rebecca P. Allyn,
George Livermore,                           Cambridge....... 20 00
Cambridge........ 100 00        "     Carruth & Sweetser. 100 00
Sterne Morse....... 100 00         "     Col. Charles R. CodRev. Dr. N. L. Froth-                       man............. 50 00
ingham........... 50 00         "     G. L............... 35 00
Turner Sargent..... 100 00          "     Jacob   Stone, NewRichard Leeds......    50 00             buryport......... 20 00
Johnson & Thompson 100 00            "     Col. Theodore Lyman 100 00
A friend from Brook-                "    A. S. Stimpson..... 25 00
line.............. 50 00       "     Master Stimpson, a
J. C. Tyler & Co.... 100 00                 birthday offering..  2 00
C. D. Head & T. H.                  "     K Street...........    6 00
Perkins........... 100 00       "     Anonymous.......       15 00
Carried up....... 8648 00              Carried over.... $12,455 00




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                               77
Feb. 27, Brought over.....$12,455 00 Feb. 27, Brought up...... $15,543 00
"  Clara and Lucy Rog-              "     Sydney Bartlett..... 100 00
ers, twin sisters... 30 00      "    J. Appleton Burnham   100 00
"    Martin Brimmer.... 250 00         "    Chas. Hook Appleton 100 00
"    Master Edward Gray      8 00      "    Charles Amory...... 100 00
"  Mrs. Eliza Babcock..   20 00     "     Patrick Donahue.... 100 00
A lady in Greenfield,             "    S. P. H............. 25 00
Mass............. 10 00        "     Rev. C. T. Thayer.. 50 00
"  Mrs. Henry W. Pick-              "     Rice, Kendall & Co.. 100 00
ering...... 50 00      "     J. C. Howe & Co....1000 00
"  Harry Pickering....   10 00     "     A crumb for the hunThos. Wigglesworth. 100 00                 gry Tennesseeans.    1 00
"    Miss Mary Wiggles-                "    Jos. S. Fay......... 100 00
worth............ 100 00      "     H. P. Sturgis....... 100 00
H on. Charles Allen.. 25 00         "     Henry Lee.......... 100 00
"  Dr. R. W. Hooper... 100 00       "     Henry Lee, jr.......   50 00
"  Mrs. E. Hooper..... 100 00       "     Mrs. Henry Lee, jr... 50 00
"    Miss E. Hooper.....     50 00     "     W. H. Guild........ 50 00
"    Miss M. I. Hooper..    50 00     "    Three workwomen..        7 00
"    Miss Ellen S. Hooper    50 00     "    E. Mudge, Sawyer &
"    Marian Hooper...... 50 00                Co..............    500 00
"    J. H. Eastburn...... 100 00       "    Col. Samuel Swett... 40 00
"    Solomon Piper...... 100 00 Feb. 29, Benjamin S. Rotch.. 100 00
Jacob A. Dresser....   50 00      "    A    Cordial Sympa"    John Collamore.... 50 00                thizer............ 30 00
J. Wiley Edmands... 500 00         "    Mrs. C. G. Loring... 100 00
"    Mrs. E. R. Mudge...     50 00     "    Hon. J. C. Dodge,
"    From the Sec. Church                      Cambridge....... 50 00
in  Dorchester, of             "     Henry Upham...... 100 00
which   from   Mrs.             "    William Parsons.... 100 00
Walter Baker $100,             "     Rev. Henry W. Foote    30 00
and from the Misses             "    Albert   D. Bosson,
Oliver $50...... 325 00             Chelsea (aged 10)..   1 00
"    Mason G. Parker....     25 00     "    A Bostonian........ 25 00
George H. Tilton....     25 00     "     Josiah Quincy, jr.... 100 00
"     William  W. Tucker. 100 00       "    Prof. F. J. Child, Cam"    Field, Converse & Al-                    bridge............ 25 00
len.............. 100 00       "    W. S. Bullard....... 250 00
"    Miss Eliz'th S. Bangs  30 00      "     Hon. Artemas Hale,
"  An aged lady....... 30 00                Bridgewater...... 20 00
J. Eliot Cabot....... 50 00        "     Two ladies, do...... 15 00
Dresser, Stevens    &             "    Chas. Brewer & Co... 100 00
Co................ 50 00       "     Alexander Moseley.. 100 00
"  J. E. Thayer & Bro. 300 00       "     A  Boarder, 44 Sum" W. B. Spooner...... 200 00                  mer Street........     5 00
"     G. B. Cary.......... 50 00 March 1, Daniel Hammond... 50 00,"      Alfred Winsor & Son 100 00
Carried up......$15,543 00     "    A friend............ 30 00
The donation from the Second Church    "     G. W. Bond........    100 00
in Dorchester was accompanied with the    "     Dr. Charles E. Ware. 50 00
following note: -                         "     James O. Safford.... 100 00
" DORCHESTER, 29th Feb., 1864.      "    C. H.................   5 00
"DEAR SIR, - I have the pleasure of     "     G. A. R............. 10 00
transmitting to you $325, a contribution  "     Dr. Jacob Bigelow... 150 00
for the Patriots of East Tennessee from   "     William A. Grover.. 100 00
friends in the Second Church, Dorchester.  "    William S. Whitwell. 50 00
We observe a fourth Sabbath evening of          Twoi    ows.10 00
each month as a time for prayer for our         William Durant.      100 00
country, and last evening thought it fitting  "  Mrs. J. Augustus Peato act as well as pray.
" With much respect I am,                     body.............   50 00
"i Dear Sir, truly yours,
[Signed] "JAMES A. MEANS, Pastor."              Carried over....$20,272 00
7*




78                   LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
March 1, Brought over.....$20,272 00 March 1, Brought up....... $24,527 00
"  Mrs. C. Wm. Loring.    50 00     "     E. S................ 20 00
"     Thomas G. Apple-                 "    Milton Hill.........    10 00
ton........... 100 00         "     C. and J., two poor
"    Mrs. N. Fairbanks..     5 00            young men.......     4 00
"    Miss Ellen M. Ward. 100 00        "    Benjamin R. Gilbert.    50 00
"    Miss Julia E. Ward,. 100 00       "    Alexander Beal, Dor"    Harrison P. Page, Wa-                    chester.......... 25 00
tertown.......... 100 00      "     B. D. Emerson, Ja"    Dr. Chas. Beck, Cam-                     maica Plain...... 100 00
bridge............ 100 00       "    Ezra   Abbot,   Cam"    Mrs. Anna S. Moring     25 00            bridge...........     20 00
"    T. W. Wellington,                 "     A lady in Cambridge    20 00
Worcester........    50 00      "    John Bertram, Salem 200 00
"    From a lady, Salem.     50 00     "     Hon. R. H. I)ana, jr.. 30 00
"    From a merchant, Sa-              "     Geo. W. Wheelright 50 00
lem.............. 50 00        "    Forest Hill St., Rox"    Mrs. M. Lowell Put-                       bury.............    5 00
nam............. 100 00       "    Miss C. H. Wild.... 25 00
Mrs. S. A. Wright... 20 00         "     Weld    Farm, West
"     Seth Bemis, Newton.   60 00             Roxbury......... 80 00
"    Anonymous......... 100 00         "    Edward Atkinson... 50 00
"    A Poor New     Hamp-              "     D. W. Salisbury.... 100 00
shire Boy........    5 00      "    Burr Brothers & Co. 200 00
Anonymous, Middle-                "    Henry L. Pierce, Dorborough.......... 50 00               chester........... 100 00
"    Edward Cruft....... 50 00        "     Francis Cabot...... 25 00
"  Mrs. S. Cabot, Brook-            "     Arthur Searle....... 20 00
line.............. 100 00       "    C. K............... 10 00
Mrs. E. W. Forbush.    20 00      "    A. H...............     5 00
Dr. O. W. Holmes... 100 00        "    Messrs.Claflin,Saville
Dr. H. Richardson..    25 00             & Co.............. 100 00
Miss E. Richardson. 25 00         "     Eaton, Cumings & Co. 100 00
Wm. B. Bradford...      50 00     "     Cambridge.......... 50 00
Messrs. Faulkner,                  "     Francis Williams,
Kimball & Co...... 500 00              Quincy........... 100 00
Wellington Brothers,               "     Mrs. E. H. D........ 25 00
East Cambridge... 50 00     March 2, Henry Williams..... 25 00
"    Elisha Atkins....... 100 00       "    A school-girl's month"    Master Edwin F. At-                      lv allowance......    1 00
kins.............   10 00      "    Uncle Ben, Savin Hill 10 00
James L. Little...... 250 00       "     A friend in Cambridge  10 00
Wm. Munroe....... 200 00          "     Elbridge Torrey..... 10 00
"    Dr. Edward Reynolds    50 00      "    Mrs. James Lawrence 200 00
"    Miss Mason......... 50 00         "    Professor Asa Gray,
"  Miss S. L. Mason.... 25 00               Cambridge......... 20 00
"  Hon. P. Sprague....   30 00     "     L. Grozelier......... 10 00
Mrs. J. M........... 10 00          "     C. W. Clark........ 25 00
"  Samuel A. Way..... 100 00        "     E.................     3 00
J. S. Barstow....... 100 00         "     A friend in Roxbury.    6 00
George M. Soule.... 100 00         "     A friend............ 10 00
C. A. Cummings....        25 00     "     Anonymous, by the
"  C. F. Hovey & Co... 500 00               hands of J. I. BowWm. P. Mason...... 200 00                ditch............. 100 00
"    Mrs. Daniel Dennv.. 100 00        "    Mrs. N. I. Bowditch. 500 00
"    Dr. W. R. Lawrence. 100 00        "    J. Ingersoll Bowditch 200 00
"  Joseph H. Billings... 50 00      "     Mrs. J. I. Bowditch.. 100 00
"  Fees of referees..... 30 00      "     Wm. Claflin........ 200 00
"    Amherst,by the hands              "    Hon. Seth Ames....     50 00
of Col. W. S. Clark 250 00      "    S. C. Thwing....... 100 00
Carried up......$24,527 00             Carried over.... $27,631 00




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                                79
March 2, Brought over....$27,631 00     March 3, Brought up.......$31,269 00
"     Rev. Dr. Ellis & Mrs.             "    George D.Welles.... 50 00
Ellis, Charlestown. 100 00      "     Oliver Ditson....... 100 00
"     Mrs. H. B. Rogers... 100 00       "    E. B. Phillips....... 25 00
"     William Read & Son. 100 00        "    Mrs. R. G. Shaw... 200 00
"  Anonymous......... 50 00          "     Miss Louisa Shaw... 25 00
"    Master Jas. Lawrence,              "    Jona. French, Roxjr................     2 00      "      bury............. 100 00
"    Anonymous,in Mount                 "    Mrs. James Sturgis.. 50 00
Vernon Street.....   15 00      "     John G. Tappan..... 100 00
"    D. P. Ives.......... 100 00        "     Charles F. Bradford,
"  M. L. C............. 100 00               Roxbury.......... 50 00
I. E. Piper..........      5 00      "     Charles K. Cobb.... 50 00
"     Rev. Dr. Bartol..... 50 00        "     George J. Fiske..... 100 00
"    Leverett Saltonstall.. 100 00      "    Homer Bartlett.....     50 00
"     Ariel Low & Co..... 100 00        "     "Homo Sum......    8 00
"     H. H. Hunnewell.... 300 00        "    James W. Sever..... 50 00
"     Wm. Gray,jr........ 250 00        "    Hon. Edward Brooks 200 00
Mrs. S. P. Miles, Brat-             "     Francis Brooks.. 100 00
tleboro.......... 50 00        "     Joseph E. Worcester,
"     Rev. R. Ellis, second                    Cambridge....... 100 00
donation.......... 10 00        "     A  New England Sis"     A small boy........    1 00             ter to her brave and
"  Sam'l Frothingham.. 50 00                suffering young sis"  San'l Frothingham,                       ters in E.Tennessee    5 00
jr................    50 00     "     George Gardner..... 300 00
Dr. Henry Bartlett,                 "     E. M. and E. A. C...   10 00
Roxbury......... 50 00         "     Charles Heath......    50 00
"..................     5 00      "    Mrs. Charles Heath.. 50 00
"     S. G. Snelling....... 50 00       "    Miss E. Parsons.....    50 00
"     Lindsley, Shaw & Co. 100 00       "    The contents of a sav"     Henry Wainwright.. 100 00                ings-bank from two
"    From    one who has                       little boys......     2 00
very little  of this            "     S. Willard & Son.... 100 00
world's goods....      2 00     "     J. C. W............. 25 00
Howland, Hinckley &                 "    Larkin, Stackpole &
Co..............    50 00              Co................ 100 00
"  J. G. Kidder........ 100 00       "     A Book-keeper..... 10 00
"     John A. Blanchard.. 100 00        "    Edward S. Philbrick. 100 00
"    Naylor & Co........ 300 00'    Beacon Hill......... 15 00
"     Sewall, Day & Co... 100 00        "    Fishers & Chapin.... 100 00
"    J. Field.........    200 00      "    From R.............     1 00
Chas. H. Coffin, New-               "    From 509...........      5 00
buryport......... 100 00       "     Samuel May........ 200 00
"     Mrs. M.............    28 00      "    John J. May........ 100 00
F.................. 100 00             "    Nath'l Winsor & Son 100 00
"     Charles B. Poor....    25 00      "    William   S. Eaton... 50 00
"     " See Acts xx. 35 ".   10 00      "    Thomas Groom..... 50 00
"    J. W. Paige........ 100 00       "     Maguire & Campbell. 50 00
March 3, J. F. B. Marshall.... 50 00       "     L. A. Shattuck...... 50 00
"     Miss Harriet S. Hay-              "    Reuben A. Richards.     50 00
ward............. 100 00        "     Franklin King....... 50 00
"     Lemuel Shaw....... 50 00          "    From Minnie & Nelly     10 00
"    E.W. B............      500       "    T. E. M............      500
A. B. Almon, Salem.         30 00      "    Francis Bacon....... 100 00
"     George H. Gray and                "    William Ropes...... 100 00
Danforth......... 200 00       "     E. L................ 10 00
"  Hon. Albert Fearing. 100 00       "      W.H. H............    5 00
"     Hon. Rob't C. Win-                "    Isaac Thacher....... 100 00
throp............   50 00      "     Elizabeth J. Stone... 10 00
Carried up......$31,269 00           Carried over.... $ 34,590 00




80                   LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
March 3, Brought over.....$34,590 00 March 4, Brought up....... $37,095 00
"    David W. Hodgdon..     50 00      "    C. L. Mosely, WalD. A. Dwight & Co.. 100 00              tham.............     5 00
"    William Perkins.... 100 00        "    Jarvis Lewis, do.....   2 00
"    Robert S. Perkins... 50 00        "    Wm. E. Allen, do....    3 00
"  J.W. P. Abbott,West-             "    Federalist........... 30 00
ford.......... 25 00        "     Mrs. David Sears.... 100 00
"    William Raymond...     10 00      "    C. L. F. R......... 50 00
March 4, Otis Daniel......... 200 00      "    Dr. Wm. W. Morland     20 00
"    F. Snow & Co....... 100 00       "     In a blank envelope.. 20 00
"    Edward O. Banvard,                "    Chandler & Co....... 100 00
Calais, Maine..... 50 00       "    J. A. & W. Bird & Co. 50 00
"    The    Misses  Snow,             "     Seth  Turner, RanRoxbury......... 200 00               dolph............. 50 00
D. C., Calais, Maine.   5 00     "'63.................   1 00
M.................. 25 00       "     Walter Channing, M.
"  C. T................  5 00             D............... 100 00
"    Chief Justice Bigelow  50 00     "     Samuel B. Pierce...    50 00
"  Sidney Homer...... 100 00        "    A Webfoot.......... 10 00
"    Mrs. H. S........... 15 00       "     A Widow.......... 20 00
"  Hon. George Morey.    50 00      "    Benj. Thaxter....... 50 00
Mrs. Sarah Johnson.     50 00      "    Anonymous, by the
"    R. E. Robbins....... 250 00              hands of J. I. Bow"  A   Physician, who                      ditch............. 150 00
promises the same              "     W. S. Appleton..... 100 00
every Saturday for             "     Daniel N. Spooner... 100 00
five weeks........ 10 00       "     George F. Parkman. 200 00
"  Dane, Dana & Co.... 100 00       "    William Beals....... 100 00
"    Avon Place......... 30 00         "    Francis B. Hayes.... 100 00
Little, Brown & Co.. 200 00        "    N. B. Gibbs......... 100 00
"  Capt. Arthur H.Clark  20 00      "    Henry B. Rogers.... 500 00
Benjamin C. Clark.. 20 00          "    John A. Dodd & Co.. 100 00
"    Miss Donnison, Cam-              "     A friend............   5 00
bridge............ 50 00       "    J. W. Wheelwright..    50 00
"  Hon. James Savage.. 200 00       "    E. A. Boardman.... 30 00
Prof. W. B. Rogers.    25 00     "    Dr. G. C. Shattuck.. 100 00
"  William Sprague.... 100 00       "    C. C. Gilbert........  50 00
"    Thos. G. Bradford...   25 00     "     David W. Williams,
"    Mr. and Mrs. Joseph                      Roxbury......... 100 00
S. Beal, Kingston..  50 00     "    Charles Emery..... 20 00
George Draper, Hope-           March 5, Geo. C. Lord, Newton 100 00
dale, Mass........  50 00     "    Charles H. Lord, do.. 100 00
Rev. Dr. George Put-               "    Edward W. Lord, do. 28 00
nam, Roxbury..... 100 00       "    H. Williams, do..... 10 00
"  Jona. B. Bright, Wal-            "    Nash,Spaulding & Co. 300 00
tham............. 20 00        "    A. F.    Salem......    5 00
"    Andrew Warren, do..     5 00     "     F. H. MM............   5 00
0. W. Baker, do.....      5 00     "    Hon. Emory WashNewell Sherman, do..    5 00            burn.............. 50 00
"  Marghall Smith, do..   3 00      "    James Hayward..... 100 00
"    Daniel French, do....   5 00     "     From Longwood....      5 00
"  Dorus Clarke, do....   5 00      "    S. W. Rodman...... 50 00
Dr. R. S. Warren, do.    5 00'    Anonymous......... 10 00
"    Perez Smith, do.....    5 00     "     John Cormerais..... 25 00
"    Rufus Stickney, do..    1 00     "     Dr. John Dean...... 20 00
"  Cornelius Irish, do...  1 00     "    J. J. Dixwell........ 50 00
"    Phineas Upham, do..     5 00     "     Mrs. Anna Parker... 50 00
"    Wm. Jewell, do......    5 00     "     Grant, Warren & Co. 300 00
George Lawton, do.      10 00     "     George R. Russell... 200 00
John Roberts, do...    10 00     "    Mrs. F. C. Paine.... 25 00
Carried up.....$37,095 00'           Carried over....$40,994 00




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                              81
March 5, Brought over... $40,994 00 March 7, Brought up......$44,408 00
"      Gardner, Dexter &              "      Dana, Farrar & Hyde 200 00
Co............... 100 00      "     Crab Apple........     5 00
"     James Read........ 100 00       "      Foster & Taylor.... 200 00
Mrs. James Read... 100 00           "    Otis Norcross...... 100 00
Augustine Heard... 100 00         "      His Honor, F. W.
"      A little boy, 6 years                   Lincoln, Jr.,Mayor 50 00
old,his own money    1 00     "     Hon. J. Z. Goodrich 500 00
" Ellice............. 30 00          "     Bigelow, Brothers &
"      Charles W. Parker. 100 00               Kennard........ 100 00
"     Joshua Stetson..... 100 00      "      A lady............ 10 00
"     Hon. S.Williston, E.            "      Mrs. N. H. Emmons 100 00
Hampton........ 100 00       "     A   friend in Cam"     Anonymous, proc'ds                       bridge........... 20 00
of the sale of un-            "     G. M., Norfolk
necessary   silver                     County.......... 10 00
plate............  12 00 March 8, A     dictate of con"     E. F. Waters....... 25 00                science for the suf"     The Misses Newman 200 00                 fering Loyalists of
"  C.C. Perkins, Italy 100 00              East Tennessee... 200 00
"     Curtis & Co........ 100 00      "      A friend to the good
"     Lizzie Leland...... 20 00                cause............ 20 00
"     Edward Motley.... 50 00        "      Edward D. Peters &
(     From three friends. 85 00               Co............... 300 00
(     D. B. Flint.......   50 00     "      Samuel Atherton... 50 00
Charles L. Young.. 50 00        "     A. W. S........... 50 00
"     Waldo Maynard.... 50 00         "     Anonymous, from' Francis Bassett..... 100 00                 Worcester......      5 00
Mrs. W. C. Codman       50 00     "     Eben   C. Stanwood
Thomas Worcester. 100 00                & Co............ 100 00
"     Aunt Betsey.......     5 00     "     Brewster, Sweet &
D r.Le Baron Russell 50 00                  Co.............. 100 00
David     B. Sewall,              "     George N. Hastings,
Fryeburg, Me....    6 00             (12 years) E. CamSantuitRiver,Cotuit      5 00             bridge...........   1 00
March 7, A. A. Lawrence, jr.,             "     Walter H. Whitney,
Brookline......... 50 00               (10 years) E. Cam"      S. W. Vinson, clerk   5 00              bridge...........  1 00
T. Lee............ 1.00 00 
John H. Thorndike. 50 00                    Carried over.. $46,530 00
"     Mrs. E. Miller and
Charles E. Miller,
Quincy.......... 100 00 Regiment was accompanied by the folMrs. J. G. Howard,           lowing letter: -
South Braintree.. 10 00                "BosTON, March 5, 1864.
Samuel Gilbert, Bos-' HON. EDWARD EVERETTtonam l G  r, B....          "Dear Sir: Through the liberality of
Sam    l Gilbert,           their fellow-citizens, the Regiment which
amue   s l bert, jr.,      I have the honor to command, received a
Dorchester......    50 00 Regimental Fund of $5000. A portion of
"  George W. Harding,           this money has been applied to the use of
do............... 100 00 the Regiment,- a portion I retain for fur"      W. C. Harding, Rox-         ther need of the Regiment. Upon consulbury............ 100 00 tation with Wm. Gray, Esq., Treasurer of
A lady........... 10 00 the fund, and with my field officers, and
"    Officers and men of         feeling sure that it will meet the approval
the 44th Regiment          of the original donors, I have decided to
tMassachusettsVol-         devote $1000 to the relief of the suffering
aunteers sac... 1000 00 loyalists of East Tennessee, which please
unteers......100  00accept in behalf of the men and officers of
the 44th Regt. M. V. M.
Carried up......$44,408 00    "I am, sir, your obedient servant,
"FRANCIS L. LEE,
* The very liberal donation of the 44th           "Col. 44th Regt. M.V. M."




82                   LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
March 8, Brought over... $46,530 00 March 8, Brought up......$51,370 00
"      William Brigham...    50 00     "      C. Curry.......... 50 00
"     Robert B. Storer...   50 00     "     H. E. Wright & Co.. 50 00
"         " Somebody "....  50 00      "     F. A. Hawley & Co. 50 00
"      W. P. Pierce....... 200 00      "     Bliss,Whiting,Pierce
P. Anderson, Lowell 25 00                  & McKenna...... 50 00
"     Jas. W. Walworth.. 100 00        "     Clerks   at Jordan,
"     Isaac Livermore....    50 00             Marsh & Co...... 82 00
"  An old lady....... 50 00         "     Clerks at Ordway,
". H. Sampson..... 25 00                Tebbetts & Co.... 31 00
"      William A. Bangs.. 25 00        "     Whitney, Crain     &
"     J. Dixwell Thomp-                        Marr............ 25 00
son.............. 25 00       "      Gross, Daniels & Co. 25 00
The following most liberal contri-               Yohiten25 00
butions to the fund, to the amount of            Washburn, F     e &n 
$4,773, were obtained in Franklin St.              Co.Washburn.        25 00
and vicinity, through the energetic and          Sargent Brothers &
disinterested cooperation of Mr. George            Co............   25 00
H. Braman, of No. 51 Franklin St. -              Lewis Coleman & Co. 25 00
March 8, Jordan, Marsh & Co. 500 00       "      Geo. W. Simmons &
"     Friend of the Coun-                      Co.............. 25 00
try.............. 500 00      "      F. F. Wheelock &
Wilson, Hamilton &                         Co............... 20 00
Co............... 250 00      "      N. H. Clark........   20 00
"      J. C. Burrage & Co. 250 00      "     Devonshire Street.. 10 00
"      Hogg, Brown & Tay-              "     George Alden......     5 00
lor.............  250  00
Parker,Wilder & Co. 240 00
"     Denny, Rice & Co.. 300 00 March 9, No. 58 Milk Street.. 25 00
"     Washburn, Welch &                "      Thomas B. Wales.. 100 00
Carr............. 200 00      "      Levi Bartlett & Co.. 100 00
Haughton, Sawyer &                 "     Hon. Stephen SalisCo............... 200 00      "        bury, Worcester.. 300 00
"     Almy, Patterson &                "      George C. RichardCo............... 200 00      "        son.............. 200 00
"     Pierce, Bros. & Co.. 100 00      "     H................. 25 00
"      King, Goodridge &               "     J. P. Thorndike.... 100 00
Co............. 100 00       "      A   lady  in  Berk"(     Sweetzer, Swan    &                      shire............ 10 00
Blodget.......... 100 00      "      Edward N. Perkins,
"     Burrage, Bros. & Co. 100 00               Jamaica Plain...   50 00
George S. Winslow                  "     Keene............. 10 00
& Co........... 100 00       "      Edward S. Tobey... 200 00
Wilkinson, Lamb &                  "     Anonymous, by the
Co.............. 100 00                hand of E. S. To"     J. C. Converse & Co. 100 00              bey...........      25 00
"      Anderson, Heath &               "      Ex-Gov'nor Lincoln 100 00
Co............... 100 00      "      Gardner Brewer &
"      Hill, Danforth & Co. 100 00              Co............... 200 00
"      Ordway, Tebbetts &              "     Geo. P. Hayward &
Co...............  100  00             Co............  25  00
"      John C. Morse & Co. 50 00       "     J. C. B., Lexington.  25 00
"     Allen, Lane & Co... 50 00        "     William Dall....... 100 00
"      Mrs. Isaac Fenno...   50 00     "      Two ladies in Rox" Thayer, Badger &                             bury............ 20 00
Plimpton........ 50 00       "      Miss Henrietta Sar"      Stone, Wood & Co.. 50 00                gent............ 20 00
"      Woodman,     Horse-             "      Israel Whitney.... 25 00
well & Co........ 50 00       "      Nathan Matthews.. 100 00
Carried up.... $51,370 00             Carried over...$53,673 00




LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS.                            83
March 9, Brought over....$53,673 00           Brought up..... $56,249 00
Walter H. Whitney,         Francis B. Dean............. 60 00
second donation..   1 00 Joseph Dean................ 50 00
M. D............. 10 00 Artemas Briggs............. 50 00
"     Proceeds of Mr. Sid-        Sylvanus N. Staples......... 50 00
dons's reading.... 100 00 Allen Presbrey.............. 25 00
March 10, Mrs. E. D. H......  5 00 Charles R. Atwood.......... 25 00
"    Rev. Geo. M. Rice,          Charles Robinson........... 25 00
Westford........   5 00 Enoch Robinson........... 25 00
"    Anonymous........ 100 00 William Brewster........... 25 00
"    B.S., 29 Bowdoin St. 25 00 Le Baron B. Church......      25 00
"    Citizens of Hallow-        Jesse Hartshorn............. 20 00
ell, Me., per Justin     A. King Williams........... 20 00
E. Smith........ 203 00 James Henry Sproat........ 20 00
"    John H. Sturgis.... 50 00 Nathan A Skinner........... 20 00
"    J. P. Preston....... 100 00 Charles H. Brigham......... 20 00
"    William F. Matchett 25 00 Samuel 0. Dunbar......... 10 00
"    Lucretia A. R., Bal-       Henry C. Perry............ 10 00
timore, Md.......   5 00 Edwin Keith................ 10 00
"    Drop in the bucket.   5 00 C. W. Sproat and W. E. Fuller  7 00
"    Soldiers'Aid Soc'ty,       Billings T. Presbrey.........  5 00
Winthrop, by the         James P. Ellis...............  5 00
hand of Mrs. J. C.       Mrs. G. L. Macomber........    5 00
Hall, Treasurer.. 50 00 Wm. T. Crandell............   2 00
Samuel G. Ward... 100 00 Mrs. G. C. Converse........        1 00
"    Mrs. T. W. Ward.. 100 00
"    Benj. Abbott....... 25 00
W................     10 00 March 10, Mrs. J. W......... 25 00
Mrs. H........... 100 00      "     Chas. Hickling, Rox"    Mrs. Nathan Apple-                    bury............ 50 00
ton.............. 100 00      "    A  "mite-y man of
"    Hon.Richard Fletch-                   Salem "........ 10 00
er............... 100 00      "    Lawton............ 10 00
H. E. J............      5 00     "     Two ladies........ 22 00
Mrs. Judge Put-                  "    D. W. H........... 25 00
nam *.......... 30 00       "     Hartley, Lord & Co. 100 00
"    J. M. Forbes....... 250 00     "     George   T.  Rice,
"    Hon. James Arnold,                    Worcester....... 100 00
New Bedford..... 500 00 March 11, A Son of Massachu"    E. S. Dixwell...... 20 00             setts,Charlestown,
H" Hon. David Sears.. 150 00               N. H...........    5 00
"    A Teacher.........   2 00     "    F. Nickerson & Co.. 100 00
"    Rev. Dr. S. K. LothThe following sums were remitted             rop.............. 10 00
by Rev. C. H. Brigham, being, with 
the exception of the donation of Mr.           Carried over... $57,211 00
Baylies, contributed by the First Congregational Church in Taunton: t
Rev. Charles H. Brigham, from which,
Samuel B. King............ 100 00 without his permission, I venture to make
Theodore Dean.............. 100 00 an extract, for the sake of showing the
Edmund Baylies.......... 100 00 noble spirit that animates that commuMrs. Geore A. Crocker........... 50 00 nit   TTAUNTON, March 9th, 1864.
Timothy Gordon.............. 50 00   "DEAR SIR, - On Sundaylast, according to the suggestion of your circular adCarried up.....$56,249 00 dress, I called the attention of my people,
in a special sermon, to the sufferings of
* This venerable lady contributed by the Patriots in East Tennessee, and asked
her needle-work over a hundred dollars for their offerings. In two days I have reto the fair of the Sanitary Commission.  ceived $740, which will probably become
t The liberal contribution from the $800 or $900, as the smaller subscriptions
First Congregational Society in Taunton come in. This is from my own congregawas announced in a letter from its pastor, tion."




84                    LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
March 11, Brought over.... $57,211 00                Brought up....$59,434 00
M. W............     5 00  March 12, Mrs. J. M. Codman,
"     Citizens of Amherst,                      Brookline.......    50 00
N.   H.,   by  the               "    W. T..............     500
hands   of B. B.                "     First Church in TaunDavid........... 282 00                 ton, additional....  65 00
"     Master Henry Eliot            March 14, A...........     5 00
Babcock........        00       "    Rev. Dr. C. A. Bar"     James C. Ward, Nor-                       tol, a second donathampton........     25 00               tion of........... 50 00
"  P. Holmes, Kingston 100 00         "    Mrs. Nancy White..     50 00
Wm. S. Adams, do.. 100 00          "    A school-boy.......     1 00
"     Sabin & Page......    30 00       "     George Hews......      25 00
"  Mrs. D. C —, Lan-               "    C. Ellis, M. D...... 50 00
caster, Mass.... 10 00          "    E. H. Eldredge.... 100 00
"     Milton Railway....     2 00       "     Rolfe Eldredge.....    50 00
"     A friend...........    5 00       "     The venerable Presi"     Mrs. J. Gardner....   50 00               dent Quincy..... 100 00
"        "Brighton "....... 100 00       "    Anonymous.......      25 00
Wm. Knowlton, Up-                    "    Ditto............. 25 00
ton............ 100 00          "    Wm. M. Byrnes....      20 00
"     Franklin Haven.... 100 00         "     G. Rogers......... 20 00
"     Proprietors  of the                "    Isaac F Dobson.... 100 00
" Christian Exam-                "    Cash..............     20 00
iner ".............  20 00       "    J. W. B.........   50 00
"     George Allen......   50 00       "     S. E. P.............  50 00
"     Boston   Boy,-the                 "     R.D. R...........     50 00
same who gave the                "    F. C............... 50 00
donation on the 12th             "     W. T. G........... 50 00
Feb.............    10 00       "    P. S. C........... 25 00
"     Mrs. Abbott........   25 00       "     Cash.............. 20 00
"  Tremont...........    50 00       "    W. P., jr........... 25 00
"     Peter Smith, Ando-                "     Francis Peabody... 100 00
ver, Mass........ 100 00        "    Cash..............      5 00
"     Two sisters, M. & A.    5 00      "     W. Amory......... 100 00
March 12, Edwin Upton...... 50 00            "     Cash..............    25 00'     Francis Draper, Cam-              "     J. P. Gardner......    50 00
bridge...........    50 00       "    J. ). Bates.... 50 00
"  Alpheus Hardy     &                "    Cash.............. 25 00
Co............. 100 00          "    Ditto.............    25 00
"     Webster & Co...... 100 00         "     Ditto............. 100 00
"     Sampson Reed....     50 00       "     G. M. Barnard..... 100 00
"  A...............    20 00       "    T. Quincy Browne.      50 00
"  Reed, Cutler & Co. 100 00          "    Iasigi,Goddard &Co. 300 00
"     Anonymous.......     25 00       "     Miss M. G. Loring..    50 00
"     E.B. Welch.......     50 00       "     0................      2 00
"     The Centre Church                 "     Waldo Flint.......      0 00
in  Haverhill, by                "    A friend to the sufthe hand of Rev.                        fering...........    10 00
Mr. Munger..... 286 00          "    A little girl........  1 00
"     D. H. B...........    8 00       "     Anonymous....... 10 00
"  Anonymous....... 40 00             "    Mrs. Tyler Bigelow,
"     E. H.............  25 00              Watertown...... 100 00
"     Edward Warren, M.                 "     Mrs.Theodore Chase     50 00
D., Newton Lower            March 15, Anonymous.......       10 00
Falls............   25 00       "    A   lady of Bridge"     Physician's   second                      water............     5 00
week's donation..    10 00       "    A. Bummer, Cam"     Currier & Greeley.. 100 00                bridge..........     5 00
"     A friend...........   10 00       "     W. P. H., Cambridge     1 00
Carried up... $59,434 00               Carried over... $61,739 00




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                               85
Brought over... $61,739 00             Brought up.....$62,449 60
March 15, Mary Leary, Halifax,         Walter Clifford.............   2 00
N. S., now of West         G. Willis...................   2 00
Newton.........     2 00 R. Coggeshall...............    1 00
"    Dabney & Cunning-            Arthur Clifford..............    2 00
ham............    50 00 P. R. Almy.................     100
"    From a lady in New           B. R. Tucker...............     1 00
Hampshire...... 100 00    W. A. Bartlett..............    1 00
"    A friend.......... 25 00    G. F. Tucker.c.........         1 00
"     G. Race........... 10 00 A. G. Swift..................      2 00
"    A poor old Duster..    2 00 Horace Wood...............       100
J. R. H............ 100 00 E. C. Dubois...........             1 00
"    * Unitarian Society          E. D. Antony...............      1 00
at Watertown.... 415 60 E. F. Tucker...............       1 00
W. Almy..................      2 00
The following sums were contrib- C. Almy.......               1 00
uted by the pupils of Mr. T. Prentiss J. Stoddard................. 10 00
Allen's School, New Bedford t:-        E. Gordon.................     1 00
M. Morris Howland..........     2 00 H. Swift.................        2 00
A. Thornton................    2 00 F. wift......................    1 00
A. Thornton................  2 00
E. Allen..................     2 00 Morgan Rotch..                    2 00. n.................          John B. Gerrish...........      2 00
James H. Harris............           5 00
Carried up.....$62,449 60 W. M. Thomp..1........              00
H. B. Stone.................    2 00
T The contribution from the UnitarianHB     to    ***-J.-.-          2 00
Society at Watertown was accompanied J.   ap............
by the following letter from its Pastor:-  Charles Almy...............  1 00
Henry A. Delano...........      1 00
" WATERTOWN, 14th March, 1864.    D  L. Parker.........    1 00' DEAR SIR, - Please devote the en- J. Frank Perry..........   1 00
closed contribution from the Unitarian.       ft                  1 
Society in this place to the sufferers in. R  Pttr.............     3 00
East Tennessee.                        S.   Potter.                      00
" This society is the representative of the J. C. Tripp......      1 00
old territorial parish, which was founded Willard Nye, jr..............  1 00
in the summer of 1630, with Rev. George J. N. Faulkner..............   2 00
Phillips for Pastor. But the original ter- C. N. Swift................  1 00
ritory has shrunken to a little town, which The Master of the School....  8 00
was lately still further reduced by the
scission of that portion now called Belmont, and the population of Watertown March 15, Jona. Howland, New
is now shared by four other societies be-         Bedford..........   50 00
sides our own.                                  Capt. Latham  Croos,
" This contribution would have been             at. Latham C,
larger if several of my parishioners had          do.............    50 00
not already liberally subscribed at their  "    W. R. Austin, Dorplaces of business in Boston.                     chester..........  25 00
" But accept the offering made at the    "    From a boy, his own
close of service last Sunday, for brothers        money..........     4 00
who suffer for their dear country's cause  "    A little girl, L. S.   3 00
and glory.
"I am very respectfully yours,               Carried over.   $62,650 60
"lTS, ^gd^^ ^.T s.Carried over... $62,650 60
[Signed]         "J. WEISS."
t The subscription paper at Mr. Allen's ers and have a united interest in the prosschool had the following caption:M-    perity of our glorious country, we wish to
n-r —- ~    manifest to you our sympathy; and as we
The loyal boys of Massachusetts to have been prosperous while you have been
the loyal boys of Tennessee send greet- suffering, we wish to send you a trifle from
ing: Having heard through Col. Taylor our abundance. Accept then these conof the hardships and the privations that tributions from  our own private stores,
you have endured, while your fathers and and be assured we are happy to do our
our fathers have been struggling side by part toward relieving your wants and enside, for the support of the Union cause couraging you to hold out, until better
and in defence of liberty, and feeling that, days shall come, as we hope they will
although remotely situated, we are broth- soon come to you."
8




86                  LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
Brought over... $62,650 60              Brought up.... $64,965 02
March 15, Congregational Ch.           March 17, J.  Amory Davis,
in Shrewsb'y, from                     Dorchester...... 100 00
the Pastor, Rev.               "     Edward Russell, do   50 00
Wm. McGinley... 53 50          "     H. I. Nazro,     do  25 00
"    E. H..............    1 00       "    Seth Pettee,     do   10 00
"    P.A. Gay......... 50 00          "    F. W. G. May,    do   10 00
N. G. Manson...... 50 00           "    G. M. Weymouth, do     5 00
First     Evangelical          March 18, Joseph A. White.. 50 00
Cong'gational Ch.              "    P..................    3 00
in Cambridgeport. 234 92       "     F. N. P..........    5 00
March 16, A. L.............    5 00       "    Miss Arabella Rice,
Sympathizer.......       5 00             Portsmouth,    N.
"    Joseph Willard.... 25 00                 H.............. 500 00
J. K. P............        5 00      "     Benjamin Emerson,
"    Two ladies of North-                     Pittsfield, N. H...  5 00
borough......... 20 00        "    Ebenezer Collamore,
"    Mrs. Deborah Pow-                        Charlestown..... 50 00
ers, Lansinb'rg, N.            "     A. B. Berlin.......   5 00
Y., remitted by D.             "     George May.......100 00
Powers & Sons... 500 00        "     Daniels, Kendall &
Rev. S. M. Worces-                       Co.............. 100 00
ter, Salem....... 10 00        "     From the friends of
"    Sophy Hayes...... 20 00                 the  sufferers  in
"    Hon. Jno. H.Clifford,                    East   Tennessee,
New Bedford.... 100 00                Eastport, Me..... 140 00
A lady.... 10 00    "        R.    R.   Endicott,
Edward Page......       50 00             Beverly......... 25 00
"     W. C. Cabot....... 25 00         "    Ira E. Gray....... 20 00
"    W. & R............ 100 00 March 19, Proceeds of a vocal
"    Mrs. Gam'lBradford    50 00              and  instrumental
George P. Bradford.     5 00              concert at Plym"    SamuelMay, jr., Lei-                     outh............ 58 00
cester...........  10 00      "     Q. H. D.'s......... 10 00
"    William   B. Howes,               "    Oliver Prescott, New
Salem.......... 100 00                Bedford......... 50 00
"    A. C............... 50 00         "    Shawmut     Sabbath
"    Amos Cummings... 50 00                   School, by     the
"    Two ladies in Cam-                       hands of Wm. T.
bridge........... 10 00                Shapleigh, Treas" F. Vinton..........       5 00              urer............ 119 77
March 17, A Little Help...... 20 00        "     The     Physician's
"    Claire A. L. Rice,                       third week's subDanvers Centre..     5 00             scription......... 10 00
"    F. & C.............   2 00       "    S. A..............    5 00
"    Benj. B. Howard... 50 00          "    J. F...............   5 00
D orr, Parks & Co... 75 00          "    P. D. W..........   5 00
"    Citizens of Barnsta-              "    B. B..............     5 00
ble, forwarded by              "     J. D. R............   5 00
the Selectmen... 338 00        "     L. S. C...........     5 00
Centre Street, Dor-                "    J. A. T...........     5 00
chester.......... 20 00        "     C. T. F...........    5 00
"    J. H. Ward....... 100 00              R. M..............     5 00
"    Walter Aiken,                    "     L. L..............     5 00
Franklin, N. H... 10 00        "     S. H..............    5 00
N. P. G., a little girl    5 00      "     Wm. J. Rotch, New
"    Cash..10 00                        *    Bedford......... 100 00
Osborn Howes..... 100 00          "    Lyman Tiffany.... 100 00
"    Miss M. E. Davis.. 10 00         "    J. P. Faulkner,
Samuel T. Morse.. 25 00                 North Billerica... 25 00
Carried up....$64,965 02          Carried over....$66,695 79




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                            87
Brought over.... $66,695 79         Brought up...... $68,374 75
March 19, John Perley, Salem. 30 00            Stockbridge, from
"    Mrs. Persis K. Park-                  the Principal, Ferhurst, Templeton,                   dinand Hoffman.. 67 50
Mass.........    11 00 March 22, W. Chadbourne... 100 00
March 21, Martha Hooper Lee  50 00      "    A   few  Citizens of
"    Miss Abigail Locke,                   Danvers......... 178 00
Templeton.......  25 00      "    AllenGannett, Lynn"    A friend.........  20 00             field.............  2 00
"    L. M..............10 00        "    Proceeds of a dra"    W. B. R...........   5 00             matic  exhibition
"    W. C. Tenney,                         and concert given
Marlborough,                        by the young laMass............ 50 00             dies and gentlemen
"  D.   Denny   Rice,                   connected with the
(aged  7  years)                    Mayflower DivisRoxbury........    1 21             ion, No. 33, S. of
"    L. and C. —two little                 T. of Provinceboys-$1S 50each    3 00             town, Mass., re"    John Bartlett, Cam-                   mitted by James
bridge..........   20 00            Gifford.......... 100 )00
"    Citizens of Lexing-            "    E................    5 00
ton, — chiefly the           "    Severalyoungladies   67 00
product of a col-            "    Elmer Townsend.. 50 00
lection  taken i             "     Collection taken at
the First Paril                     Trinity Church on
Church, -by the                     Sunday last, (inhands  of L. J.                     cluding a check for
Livermore....... 281 25            $200, from H. W.
"  R.B. Forbes....... 100 00            Sargent, Esq., of
"    Proceeds of an ama-                   the State of New
teur concert given                  York),   by   the
March    19th,  at                  hands of the SenMessrs. Chicker-                    ior Warden of the
ing's Rooms which                   Church.......... 385 00
were   generously            "    Shepard Congregaoffered for the occa-               tional Society of
sion, by the hands                  Cambridge, addiof Dr. D. D. Slade 600 00           tional...........  30 00
"    Collection taken in                 "A Graft ofthe Brokthe First Church                   ers' Board "...... 50 00
in Abington, re-             "    Anonymous.......     5 00
mitted by Rev. F.            "    Jonathan Bourne, jr.
R. Abbe........ 70 00              New Bedford..... 100 00
"    Collection taken in            "    E. J.............. 20 00
the Shepard Con-             "    A little girl........  5 00
gregational Soci-            "    Collection taken in
ety,  Cambridge,                    the First Congreremitted by S. T.                   gational Society of
Farwell......... 165 50             Royalston, remit"    Additional from the                  ted by Hon.George
1st Evang. Con-                     Whitney........ 60 00
gregational Ch. at           "    Citizens  of PlymCambridgeport... 12 00             outh, through An"    George H. Kuhn... 100 00             drew L. Russell,
"    S. F. Jenkins...... 100 00           Esq. (this is in ad"    A. S. Woodworth. 25 00               dition to the $58
March 22, Teachers and pupils                  received from Plyof the Berkshire                    mouth on the 19th,
Family School, at                   making in all $700) 642 00
Carried up.... $68,374 75         Carried over.... $70,241 25




88                  LIST   OF  CONTRIBUTORS.
Brought over.... $70,241 25          Brought up...... $71,588 01
March 22, From the ladies and        March 23, Two " contrabands "
gentle'n of Brook-                   by the hands of
line, remitted by                    B. A. Nutt, CamJ. Murray Howe,                      bridge...........  5 00
Esq............. 437 00   March 24, " A Slice from our
"    Collections made at                    Daily Bread"....   5 00
the Unitarian, Or-            "    From   Berlin  and
thodox, and Uni-                     Longwood....... 75 00
versalist Societies           "    The Young Ladies
in W. Cambridge,                     Soldiers' Aid So-in addition   to                    ciety of Nashua,
$200 from J. Field                   remitted by Miss
and $100 from G.                     Kate M. Thayer.. 50 00
H. Gray, previous-            "    Members    of  the
ly acknowledged   466 56             Boston Corn Ex"     George F. Bartlett,                   change.......... 1130 00
New Bedford, six              "    Geo. F. Hoar, WorEng. sovereigns,                     cester........... 50 00
valued at........ 43 00   March 25, Benj. Snow, FitchMarch 23, Baptist Church in                     burg............ 50 00
Sharon, by    the'    A few contributors
hands of Mr. C.                      in   Stockbridge,
D. Hixon........ 14 10               received through
A lady in Salem... 50 00                Mr.    Ferdinand
"    Hon. Samuel Hoop-                      Hoffman....... 50 00
er, Washington.. 200 00       "    First Congregational
"  The family of C.                      Church and SociLord, Buckland,                      ety of Calais, Me.,
Mass............   6 10              by Rev. Mr. S. H.
"    C. M. Owen, Stock-                     Keeler.......... 100 00
bridge...........  50 00      "    Monument Church,
Simeon    N. Perry,                     South   Deerfield,
Walpole, N. H.... 30 00              Mass., by   Rev.
"    F. A. Sawyer...... 50 00              David A. Strong. 10 00
"- --   Proceeds of a mornCarried up....$71,588 01            ing  concert   in
Mt. Vernon Street 260 00
* Mr Bartlett's donation was accom-    "    Citizens of  Barnpanied by the following interesting letter      stable, - an addito Mr. Everett:-                                tional  contribution, through their
"NEW BEDFORD, March 21, 1864.               Selectmen........ 54 50
"DEAR SIK,- In response to Colonel     "    Arthur Wilkinson.. 100 00
Taylor's touching appeal, in behalf of our  "  William  Phillips &
suffering loyal brethren in East Tennes-        Son, New Bedford  75 00
see, I cheerfully part with the ONLY          Mrs. Chs. K. Cobb.. 50 00
thing saved from the whaleship'Lafay-        L C., Chrl
ette,' burned by the Pirate'Alabama,'            w. ares  30
April 15th, 1863, off Fernando de Noron-       town..... 
ha, and enclose the same to you here-    "    Collecton mae in
with, viz. (6) Six English sovereigns,          Rev. Dr. James
worth about forty-three dollars. Capt.          W.   Thompson's
Lewis was fortunately on shore with this        Church, at Jamaigold to purchase stores, when Captain           ca Plain......... 506 44
Semmes steamed around the island kand    "    *Collection made in
burned his ship. I will regard it as a
forced contribution from Capt. Semmes,        Carried over....$74,188 95
in the name of tie immortal Lafayette,
who loved our country and its Father,   r The donation from Chelsea was acand I am most happy in being able to companied by the following letter:make so worthy a bestowal of it.               C      A, M         1
"Yours respectfully,
Signe  Yours respectfully, BAR "        CHELSEA, Mar ch 25, 1864.
[ Signed.]  "L GEORGE F. BARTLETT."   L DEAR SIR,-We have been very much




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                             89
Brought over.... $74,188 95          Brought up.... $75,376 85
Chelsea by three          March 26, Hancock St. Church,
school-girls...... 45 00            Quincy, collected
March 26, Hon. Joseph Grin-                     at a Prayer Meetnell, New Bedford 100 00             ing, by Rev. Mr.
"    H. C..............    5 00             Thwing......... 26 15
"    First Church in Box-            "    E. H.............. 20 00
ford, by  W. C.               "    M. P. Grant....... 30 00
Kimball......... 107 25       "    A sailor...........  5 00
Alex. Strong & Co. 100 00        "    Old North End..... 10 00
" Stone & Downer.... 100 00          "    Proceeds of a little
"    Marlborough,   col-                    girls' fair near Plylected by Rev. G.                    mouth Rock, reN. Anthony....   304 65             mitted by B. W.
"    M. H. G...........    5 00             Watson........   13 00
"  Anonymous.......     1 00      "    E. P. Tileston, Dor"    H. A. A., in Memo-                     chester.......... 100 00
riam, NewBedford   10 00      "    Samuel Downer, do. 50 00
The     Physician's             "    Joseph Dix, do..... 25 00
fourth week's sub-            "    Lothrop & Moseley,
scription.........  10  00           do...............  20  00'    Proceeds of Second              "    William W. Paige,
Readings by Mr.                      do.............. 10 00
Siddons and Miss              "    Daniel B. Stedman
Cameron......... 75 00               & Co. do......... 20 00
"    H. K. F., Charles-              "    John Preston, do... 10 00
town............ 25 00        "    Wm. L. Clark, do.. 10 00
R. M. Mason, re-                "    William B. Newbumitted from Paris 200 00             ry, do......... 10 00
Anonymous, in ad-               "    Robt. L. Living, do.  5 00
dition to a former            "    Edward Jarvis, M.
donation of $200.. 100 00            D., do...........  5 00
"    Alex.B.Wheeler,do.   5 00
Carried up....$75,376 85     "    Palmers & Bachelders,............ 100 00
interested in the patriotic people of East  "  Henry C. Rand, N.
Tennessee, and not being able to aid them       Cambridge...... 25 00
with money, we thought we perhaps        "    Collection taken in
might do so by devoting to them our             the Lawrence St.
leisure time, of which we had only our          Congregational
afternoons, as we are school-girls and          Ch., Lawrence, rehave many lessons to learn. We have.med. 
been from house to house in the little          mitted by C. A.
town of Chelsea, which is far from rich,        Colby........... 170 00
with a subscription paper, asking from   "    Collection taken in
each person the small sum of ten or fifteen     the Central Ch.,
cents. The enclosed is the result of our        Lynn, remitted by
efforts. It might be a comforting thought       P. 0. Knapp,.... 132 03
to the suffering Tennesseeans if they    "    From the ladies and
could know how generous and interested          gentlemen of the
even the poorest people have been inrivate theatricals
private theatricals
their cause. One poor old woman gave            in   Chickering's
all the money she had (seven cents) with          al 
the earnest wish that it was a great deal      HIall.............   2 00
more, and that it might also do a little March 29, A friend..........  50 00
good.                                    "    Collections in Stock" Hoping that this may bring half as          bridge, Massachumuch comfort to some hungry Tennes-             setts, made by R.
seean as we have had pleasure in collect-       B. Craig......... 111 00
ing it, we are,                          "    Anonymous........     8 00
" Very Respectfully,      Arpil 1, A  Law  Student at
"C. L. E.               Cambridge, being
"M. S. E.
" H. E. D."           Carried over....$77,079 03
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90                   LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
Brought over... $77,079 03             Brought up.....$78,130 91
one half of all he         April 1, H. B. Pearson..... 50 00
has.............    2 00     "      A Boston minister.. 25 00
April 1, E. P. H............ 10 00        "     Edward   C. Jones,
"     Dr. Daniel Swan,                         New Bedford.... 100 00
Medford,........ 100 00       "      "A little more help"  40 00
"     The Misses Welles.. 200 00      "      The following offi"     Henry Edwards.... 50 00                  cers of the  cusElijah      Bardwell,                     toms in Boston, $5
Hadley..........   5 00              each, viz.: —R. C.
"  Frederic Clapp.....    3 00              Nichols, Wm. H.
S. H. H...........   5 00              Gorham, N. H.
Anonymous,       Wor-                      Whitney, C. Judcester...........  3 00              son, Jos. O. Cole,
"  John Russell, Green-                     M. Eggleston, O.
field............. 100 00             Nichols, P. F. WilAnonymous.......        1 00             liston, Henry Lor"  Avon Place, second                       ing, C. C. Wooddonation......... 20 00              man............. 50 00
F. Peirce & Co..... 100 00     April 2, Collection at a meetMrs. Betsey S. Beal,                      ing in Somerville   14 60
Kingston........   10 00      "     A. M. H., "all she
Congregational Ch.                         had "...........    1 00
and Soc. at West              "      Arthur Searle.....  30 00
Boylston, by Rev.             "      Samuel Johnson, his
J. H. Fitts.......  29 00             second   contribu"     Amount given at St.                     tion............. 100 00
Paul's Church on              "      A. S., Salem...... 20 00
Easter Sunday... 50 00        "      To fulfil the inten"     Abraham Barker... 50 00                  tions of one lately
"     "Acts 11th chapter,                      deceased, Salem.. 10 00
26th   and   27th             "     From D. H. Rogan,
verses "........   20 00               Greenfield, Mass.,
Collection made in                         being the contrithe Greenville Bap-                    bution of an East
tist Church   and                      Tennessee   RefuSociety, by Rev.                       gee, and a few of
N. P. Cooke......  44 56              his friends......  12 00
Central Ch., Lynn,                "      H.................   5 00
additional........ 10 00     "     D. R. Greene, New
"  George A. Newell.. 50 00                 Bedford......... 100 00
Baptist Society in                "      S. R. M........... 50 00
Royalston....... 25 00       "      Pupils in the Adams
"     Francis Chase, Roy-                      School at Dorchesalston...........   1  00            ter..............  50  00
"  General John S. Ty-          April 4, " Unknown "......      1 00
ler.............    50 00     "      "A  friend,' with a
"     The Misses Baldwin,                      poetical dedication  10 00
Dorchester....... 60 00       "      Mrs. R. P., of Salem  2 00
"     Master Charles L. B.            "      ThePhysician's fifth
Whitney, prize for                    week's   subscripexcellence in dec-                    tion............. 10 00
lamation, Spring-             "     1st Trinitarian Confield, Mass.......  3 00              gregational Ch. at
William A.Wheeler,                      Malden.........    35 00
Dorchester......    3 00            S..............      50 00
Congregational Ch.                "     A. A. T........... 30 00
and Soc. at Mat-              "     The officers of the
tapoisett, Mass... 42 32              20th Regiment of
A friend.........        5 00              Mass. Volunteers,
Carried up......$78,130 91            Carried over.... $78,926 51




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                            91
Brought over.... $78,926 51         Brought up...... $80,732 54
by  the hands of                     Minister of   the
Col. Francis W.                      United States at
Palfrey.......... 125 00             Vienna.......... 200 00
April 4, A     Massachusetts         April 7, R., from Providence,
family,now abroad 300 00             R. I............. 100 00
"     John B. Taft, Dor-             "     M. A. R.,..........  3 00
chester.......... 20 00            " No Shirk,"......   5 00
"  Wm. H. Bangs, do.    15 00     "     Frederick Taber,..   5 00
"  Henry G. Denny,do. 10 00       "     H. J. R............. 20 00
"     Robert Johnson, do. 10 00      "     Collection  at  the
"     Charles Hunt, do..... 10 00            Church in Hous"     Thomas J. Allen, do. 10 00             atonic, Mass., by
"     A. H. Stevens, do... 10 00             Rev: Josiah Brew"     R. & C. B. Minot, do.  5 00            er, Pastor........ 16 00
Jno. G. Wood, do....    2 00     "     Collection  in  the
"     Enos How, do......    1 00             Parish of St. AnApril 5, Three little sisters..  3 00           drews,  Hanover,
"     Easter offering in the                 by Rev. Samuel
Church   of  the                     Cutler, Rector... 46 00
Disciples, Indiana           "     "A Party Hack "..     1 50
Place, Boston.... 241 43     "     Federalist......... 10 00
"     From Bernardstown,          April 8, A  friend in KingsMass., by Alman                      ton, Mass........ 20 00
Newcomb, Esq... 90 00        "     Mrs. A., Worcester,
"     A friend.......... 30 00              Mass............   6 00
"     Mrs. Maria F.Sayles 500 00     "     Proceeds of a mas"     The Teachers and                       querade in CamScholars of  the                     bridge........... 150 00
Unitarian Sabbath            "     F., Portsmouth, N.
School, Glouces-                     H............... 20 00
ter, Mass......... 30 00     "     P.F.,Beverly, Mass. 20 00
" G. W. Messinger,                April 9, From   a    " River
Esq., being his sal-                 town".......... 10 00
ary for the year as          "     C................  10 00
Treasurer of First           "     Congregational SoChurch, Boston.. 50 00               ciety of Milford,
"     Saml. Frothingham,                     by Rev. A. A. Ellssecond donation.. 100 00            worth, Pastor.... 45 00
"    *A friend in Stock-             "     L................. 150 00
bridge, additional.  10 00   "     Rev. R. M. Hodges,
April 6, G. H.............. 10 00               Cambridge....... 100 00
"     F. & A............ 12 00       "     Proceeds of an enter"     A friend in Newton                     tainment given unCentre..........   10 00
"     Second Parish Sab-                   Carried over....$81,670 04
bath School, Amherst............ 20 00   March, containing his liberal remittance,
"     Citizens of Auburn,         writes:Mass.73 25                 " I enclose a check for $200, and I wish
Mrs.    McB urney          that it was in my power to send a much
oxbury........ 50 00      larger sum. When, in after days, the
Collected   by   four         history of this unexampled insurrection
little girls at Fal-      against Liberty comes to be written, there
mouth........... 15 45    will be few episodes more moving or
April 7, Congregational Par-         more instructive than the record of those
ish in Southfield... 42 90  Tennesseeans who have so long sustained
*His Excellency, J.         the Republic and its principles, amid
L. Motley, Jr.,           such trial and at such sacrifices. Certainly it is no charity on our part to assist
Carried up,72 54 them, but a sacred duty, which I am
Carried up....$80,72 54  sure that all will fulfil in proportion to
* Mr. Motley, in the letter of 22d of their means."




92                  LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
Brought over.... $81,670 04          Brought up...... $82,656 04
der the auspices of       April 12, Mrs. Henry Cutter,
the Teachers' As-                    Winchester...... 10 00
sociation in Music        April 13, Anonymous, Yar-.
Hall, on the 24th                    mouth........... 10 00
March........... 135 00      "     Miss S. B. Morton,
April 9, Proceeds of a Juve-                    Milton Hill...... 50 00
nile  Concert   at           "     Mrs. N. F. Safford,
Williams Hall.... 12 00              Milton Hill...... 25 00
"Roxbury"........       2 00     "     Hon.   Samuel   H.
" Impecuniosus,"                          Dale, Mayor of
Baltimore........   5 00             Bangor..........   25 00
"     Hon. Ichabod Good-             "     Friends of East Tenwin of Portsmouth,                   essee in Nantucket 30 00
from the estate of           "     A Collection on Fast
the late Mrs. Char-                  Day   at a Union
lotte Rice of that                   meeting  of   the
city, and in pre-                    Baptist and Orthosumed accordance                     dox churches in
with what would                      Littleton......... 32 06
liave  been   her            "     Isaac  R.   Gifford,
wishes......... 500 00              North Dartmouth    50 00
"     Teachers and Pupils            "     Lawrence St. Conof the Unitarian                     gregational  Ch.,
Sunday School at                     Lawrence,   addiExeter, N. H..... 66 00              tional...........  2 00
April 11, Joseph Lovejoy.....  25 00    "     A friend, in Chelsea 100 00
"     C.    P.  Emmons,              "     Proceeds of two amNeedham........   25 00             ateur concerts at
"    A class in the Chest-                   Salem, given   on
nut-street Congre-                   the 4th and 11th
gational Sabbath                     instant, under the
School at Chel-                      auspices of Mr.
sea............. 25 00              Manuel Fenolldsa 650 00
"     W., Charlestown..     1 00  April 14, "From   one   who
Proceeds of a fair                       keeps his money
got up for the chil-                 as long as his condren in East Ten-                    science  will let
nessee  by  eight                    him ".............  5 00
little girls at Ply-         "     L. and C., two little
mouth, viz.:-An-                     boys.    Proceeds
na Y. Stoddard,                      of their fair in
Mary Hodge, Liz-                     Hancock Street...   5 10
zie C. Faulkner,             "     Bessie L...........   2 00
Abby W. Davis,               "     Pupils and teacher
Joanna W. Davis,                     of the Eliot SabNellieClark,Laura                    bath School, NewY. Loring, Edith                     ton, Mass........ 132 00
A. Andrews...... 80 00      "     *Collection made in
"     Susan D. Rogers... 25 00               the Sunday School
April 12, G. A. Bethune..... 50 00              of the EliotChurch,
"     Somerset Street....10 00               Newton, Mass., re"     " Mariner," Newburyport...........   5 00           Carried over....$83,784 20
"     Missionary  Ch. in
Lanesville, Glon- n           Mr. Bacon, in transmitting the handcester, Mass., by        some donation of the Eliot Sunday School
cRev. Thoas, Mo-          writes, " We were stimulated to make
our collection as large as possible by the
rong............ 20 00   liberal offer of our Sabbath School teacher to double whatever sum might be conCarried up.... $82,656 04'tributed by the school. The result was a
contribution of $132."




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                           93
Brought over.... $83,784 20         Brought up......$85,664 46
mitted, with the         April18, Harry and Charlie..   5 00
preceding, by Mr.           "     The   officers  and
George W. Bacon 127 50              crew of the UnitApril 14, "Alpine "......... 10 00             ed States ship Rat"     Ladies' Aid Society,                  tier, enclosed in
South Danvers... 50 00              a letter from Dr.
South Church, do. 52 33               Scollay Parker, A.
Baptist    do.   do.   5 55             A. Surgeon, dated
Methodist do.   do. 20 00             off Hurricane Isl"     Unitarian do.  do. 27 10              and,  Mississippi
April 15, Anonymous........ 10 00              River, 25th March,
W., Northampton.. 20 00                 1864............. 127 00
"     C.................   5 00     "     T. Jefferson Cool-.................          5  00            idge.............  200  00
"     econd Cong. Soc.          April 19, A Farmer f North
in Nantucket, by                    Perry, Me.......    5 00
Rev. J. K. Karcher 88 03     "     C. D. Kellogg..... 20 00
"     Mass. Char. Fire So-          "     M. II., Rollinsford,
ciety............  300  00          N. H............  25  00
"     Anonymous........ 20 00            Citizens of TyngsC. S..............    5  00            borough.........  23  00
"     S. H. Bourne, Ken-            "     Collection made by
nebunk..........   5 00             three little  girls
"  Cora.............. 25 00             in Concord, Mass. 50 00
April 16, Mrs. Mary Morton,            "     Citizens of Dennis,
Milton Hill...... 50 00             being the proceeds
"     Mrs.   M. H. M.                       of an exhibition
Thompson....... 25 00                held there........ 37 00
"     C. F. W...........   5 00     "     Anonymous.......     5 00
"     Blodget & White... 100 00     "     Mrs. Henry Grew, a
"     Thomas W. May-                        second donation of
hew,    Westport                    the same amount. 100 00
Point............ 10 00     "     Collection  in  the
"     Proceeds   of  tab-                   church of the Rev.
leaux at Jamaica                    Dr. Hill in WorPlains,  by  the                    cester, in addition
hands   of  Miss                    to the very liberal
Horton.......... 334 75            contributions  of
April 18, A dress-maker.....  5 00             individuals of the
T. C............... 10 00                  Society heretofore
" J., being net amount                      announced....... 222 00
oftlhree days'work 10 00    "     M., East Cambridge   10 00
c'    S. Blackinton, North       April 20, First CongregationAdams.......... 100 00              al Church in New
"     S. Johnson, do..... 50 00             Marlboro',  from
S. W. Brayton, do. 50 00              Rev. C. C. Painter 40 00
Mrs. Mary B. Park-"                 X. Y. Z...........    1 00
man............   5 00     "     Universalist Church
"     M., second donation 100 00            in Shirley Village,
Chiefly raised by con-                  by  Rev. C. B.
tributions in the                   Lombard......... 41 00
several churches                   *Anonymous...... 500 00
of  Milbury, remitted by D. At-                    Carried over..$87,075 46
wood............ 150 00
wood rnr S.rgnt  in  0      * This munificent donation was enclosTurner Sargent, in        ed in a note in which the writer savs:addition to a formaddition to a form-       "I have stood in the fight many a day
er donation of the                             s Tennesseeans,
er donation of the       by the side of those East Tennesseeans,
same amount..... 100 00 but I see there are yet other ways of doing one's duty towards them; so I add
Carried up.....$85,664 46 my contribution to their aid."




94                 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
Brought over.....$87,075 46        Brought up......$89,557 56
April 21, Elias Keith, Rowe,                   chester, by Rev.
Mass...........   6 00             C. S. Rogers..... 35 00
"  S. P. Brown, Dover,        April 24. Collection  in  the
Me............. 100 00             Congregational
"     A  few  Citizens of                   Church at South
York, Me., remit-                   Reading......... 72 13
ted by Mr. George           "     Social gathering at do. 46 00
Moody.......... 45 00            Collection  in the
"     Proceeds of a little                  Unitarian Church
girls' fair in Dor-                 in North Chelsea,
chester last week:                  Rev. W. O. MoseFanny    Downes,                    ley, Pastor....... 34 00
Anna Morse, Ber-            "     Collection  at the
tha Newbury, Liz-                   Crombie    Street
zie  Peirce, Lila                   Church and SociHoward, and Em-                     ety at Salem, by
ma Nazro, Com-                      Henry J. Pratt... 73 47
mittee........... 200 45    "     Penny contributions
April 22, "A Vermont Soldier                   of the Mt. Vernon
on the Potomac ".  1 15             Sabbath School for
A    family on Dana                     one  month,   by
Hill, Cambridge.. 15 00             Warren L. Tower,
"     E. P. N., Ports-                      Treasurer........ 25 00
mouth, N. H..... 25 00      "     Lafayette  Burr, -
"     Proceeds of a young                   formerly a  resiladies' fair, held at               dent at the South  50 00
No. 21 Boylston             "     Miss   Wales, - in
Place............ 1000 00           addition to a preApril 23, Citizens of Ipswich.. 385 00         vious contribution
Benjamin F. Clarke,                   of $300, before reWinchendon.....   5 00             ported.......... 200 00
"     A few ladies in Bel-       April 26, Collectionl taken at
mont, - collected                   the Church of the
by Miss Mack.... 57 00              Unity at Worces"     Collection taken in                   ter, Rev. Mr. ShipRev. Joshua Coit's                  pen, Pastor,...... 158 00
Church at Brook-            "     Collection taken at
field, Mass....... 30 00            the Congregation"     An American gen-                      al Church at Wentleman in Italy... 200 00           ham, Rev. J. S.
"     Aaron Roberts, Do-                    Sewall, Pastor... 29 00
ver, N. H........ 10 00     "     Unitarian   Sunday
"     W. J. H...........   2 00             School at Quincy,
"     A   few  individuals                  L. P.   Forbush,
In North Parish,                    Superintendent... 252 10
Portsmouth...... 150 00 April 27, Chas. K. Cobb, in
"     "Dickens Dramatic                     addition to two forClub," Cambridge 103 00             mer donations of
April 24, From  a friend, by                   same amount..... 50 00
J. J. M........  50 00     "      Collected in New
"     First Baptist Church                  Bedford,by Master
in Dorchester, by                   Willie Howland,
Rev. Mr. Barrows  17 50             who was prevent"     C. & J. A.......... 10 00             ed from   getting
"     "In Memoriam," F.                     more by illness..  3 50
C. L. and F. S. M. 40 00    "     Collection  at  the
"     F. A. E........... 30 00              DorchesterVillage
"     Members of the M.                     Church. Rev. Mr.
E. Church in Dor-                   Rich, Pastor......  53 25
Carried up..... $89,557 56         Carried over... $90,639 01




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                            95
Brought over...$90,639 01           Brought up.....$91,123 86
April 27, Collection  at  the        April 28, Edward Holbrook.. 20 00
Church   of   the            "     Myrtle Street......  5 00
Third   Religious            "    *John W. Peirce,
Society  of I)or-                   jr., Tremont, Me.. 25 00
chester, Rev. I.             "     Miss C. R. V.......  2 00
J. Mumford, Pas-             "     Collection  in  the
tor............. 100 00              North  Congrega(     * Collection taken at                 tional Church and
the First Church,                    Society at HaverDorchester, Rev.                     hill, remitted by
Mr. Hall, Pastor.. 272 50            Mr. Samuel White 162 75
"     Collection  at  the        April 29, Jas. L. Mills & Son. 25 00
First Independent            "     Mrs. C. R. V.......  2 00
Methodist Church,            "     Collection in North
Dorchester, Rev.                     Congregational
Mr. Pettee, Pastor 13 35             Church in HaverCyrus Brewer, Dor-                       hill.............. 162 50
chester.......... 10 00 April 30, E. A. H., Roxbury.. 15 00
"     Miss M. H. Hooper,             "     Anonymous, in adDorchester.......  5 00             dition to a larger
"     J. H. B. Lang, Dor-                    donation.........  2 50
chester.......... 20 00      "     Collection  by  the
"     "A   friend" by J.                     youngest class at
J. M., Dorchester 20 00              M'lle de Bonne"     C. P. Lewis,   do.   15 00             ville's school for
Wm. Hendry, do.      10 00             young ladies, 54
D. C. Holden, do.        5 00             Chestnut Street.. 25 00
"     G. T. Stoddard, do.   2 00 May 2,    A. B...............  4 00
April 2~, Anonymous,    from            "     Anonymous, a third
Worcester........  2 00              contribution...... 30 00
"     Profit on 700 shares           "     A contribution from
Sutton Copper Co. 10 00
Carried over......$91,604 61
Carried up....$91,123 86.      * The contribution of Master Peirce, a
* The contributions from Dorchester lad of twelve, was remitted in the folwere transmitted in the following noble lowing letter:letter from the Selectmen: -
DORCHESTER, April 27, 1864.        "S. W. HARBOR, Tremont, Me.,
" DEAR SIR, -The Committee appoint-                     April 5, 1864.
ed by the Selectmen of Dorchester, in ac- " DEAR SIR,- Enclosed please find
cordance with your published suggestions, twenty-five dollars, which I have collectto obtain in that town contributions for ed for the suffering East Tennesseeans.
the aid of the loyal sufferers in East Ten- I had read and heard so much of the sufnessee, feel that in closing their duties ferings of these loyal people, that I wishthey ought to report briefly to yourself.  ed very much to do something for them.
"They have made personal application I said to my mother I will give them my
to a large number in the town best able dollar, all my money. She said that will
to give such charities, many of whom  do very little good alone, but I might go
have given with characteristic liberality; round and ask my young friends to give
and they have caused contributions to be for this noble cause. I was pleased to do
taken up in several of the churches. The so, and have collected this sum. I found
amount thus given by the citizens of Dor- both old and young ready to give me
chester, either through this Committee or something; very few refused.  In one
otherwise, they find to be about three family I got almost five dollars. I know
thousand dollars. And while they would this is a small sum compared with the
gladly have made this amount larger, thousands you are receiving, but if some
they still feel that, if other towns would little boy in each town in this State would
give in like proportion, an amount will be go round among his friends, the sums
reached much larger than that originally thus collected all put together would
asked from the State.                make thousands of dollars, and oh! how
" Very respectfully,           much suffering would be relieved.
" For the Committee,           " Respectfully yours,
[Signed] " SAMUEL ATHERTON, Treas." [Signed]       "JNo. W. PEIRCE, Jr."




96                  LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
Brought over....$91,604 61              Brought up.. $92,971 65
the   citizens  of       May 7,    The North Baptist
West Anesbury,                       Society in  Dortransmitted by W.                    chester,  by  the
J. Boardman, D.                      hand of the Pastor,
M.Tukesbury, and                    Rev. Mr. Crane.. 15 00
W. F. M. Hun-               "      Messrs. Nickerson &
tington, Selectmen                   Co.............. 100 00
of Amesbury.... 161 00 May 10, Congregational Ch.
May 5, From     the  Central                    and  Society   of
Church, Lynn, ad-                   Buckland,     forditional contribu-                  warded    by   C.
tion, from  P. C.                   Lord............ 32 10
Knapp...........   32 14    "      Congregational So"     First Church in Rox-                   ciety  at  Acton,
bury,Rev. Dr.Put-                    Rev.   Geo.  W.
nam, remitted by                     Coleman, Pastor.   7 00
Mr. S. C. Thwing 933 00     "     Anonymous contriNorth End.........      1 00            bution at St.Paul's
"     A Union Boy......     2 00             Church on   Sun"     The proceeds of a                      day last......... 100 00
little  girls' fair         "      Balance of a sum
in West Cedar St.                    contributed   by
by Misses Maria                     three individuals
Decatur,   Grace                    to defray expenses
Kellogg, and Susie                   on a case of caps,
Spring.......... 50 65              vests, &c., pre"  A part of the " Pen-                  pared by ladies of
ny Contribution"                     Beverly, and sent
of the MatherSab-                    by Miss Hannah
bath School of Ja-                   C. Adams.......    6 75
maica Plain, for-            "     "Treasurer,"- Balwarded by the Su-                    ance of a fund origperintendent,in ac-                 inally contributed
cordance with the                   for war purposes.  38 22
unanimous   wish            "     t Miss Anne Wigof the members of                    glesworth, a secthe school....... 10 00             ond donation of... 100 00
"     Anonymous........ 25 00
May 6,   x Lydia S. Gale, a                    Carried over... $93,370 72
second  donation: The contributor who signs himself
of............... 100 00 " A Graft of the Broker's Board," writes:
May 7,   Parlor juggling by           "1 feel that Massachusetts and the
Ellison  &  Cool-         whole country are doing too little for
idge.............   2 25 those noble and suffering Patriots of East
"     * A secondcontribu-         Tennessee. It makes one's blood run
tion of fifty dol-        cold to hear of what they have to endure.
lars from "A Graft        Captain W. W. Dean's published letter is
of the   Brokers'         sufficient to urge us on to give more reBoard.........     50 00 lief. Herewith enclosed is another fifty
from " A Graf of the Broker's Board."
Carried up.. $92,971 65   t Miss Wigglesworth's second donation
was enclosed in the following note: -
* The generous donation of Miss Lydia  "Will Mr. Everett be kind enough to
S. Gale was transmitted in the following accept the enclosed, that it may lend its
letter: —                           little aid in filling the vacuum which exBOSTON, 6th May, 1864.  ists between the present receipts and the
" SIR, -Being very desirous that the hundred thousand dollars, which we must
subscription for East Tennessee should send from Massachusetts.
amount to one hundred thousand dollars,  " I have not waited till this last moment
I again enclose one hundred dollars to- before sending my mite, as my first was
ward the much wished-for consumma- sent in February. But I cannot sit still
tion."                               and merely wish that our contributions




LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.                             97
Brought over....$93,370 72          Brought up.....$94,253 37
May 10, Miss Mary Wiggles-                     S. Huntington and
worth........... 100 00            Arthur J. Putnam.   14 30
May 11, Mr. Emmanuel, an             May 14, Edwin Howland..... 100 00
attache of the Con-           "    Collection taken  in
sul-General's office                the Church of Rev.
at Constantinople.. 20 00            Samuel Brooks at
Mrs. Albert W. Paine,                   South Framingham    39 50
Bangor, Me....... 10 00       "    J. Kuhn............ 25 00
E. 1). Everett....... 20 00    "     Anonymous........    2 00
"  A  lady in l)edham,            "    B. H...............    1 00
"her mite,".......  50 00     "    M..................   3 00
"    George Eliot Rich-              "    A  little boy in Woardson............   1  00           burn..............  1  20
"    Four Cambridge boys    2 00     "    Henry Lyon, M. D.,
A " Boston boy," (one                  Charlestown.......  50 00
of the first contri-"              t Anonymous,    forbutors to this fund)                 merly a resident in
third donation..... 10 00            Knoxville......... 50 00
May 12, The earnings of a lit-       May 16, Col. Samuel Swett,
tie boy...........   1 00            a second contribu"    Citizens  of  Dana,                    tion.............. 30 00
Mass., remitted by            "    A  young   lady  in
N.   L.   Johnson,                   Summer Street.... 10 00
chairman   of the            "    Anonymous......... 10 00
Selectmen........ 48 65      "     A  lady in Kingston,
"  Messrs. Faxon, Elms                   Mass............. 10 00
& Co............. 50 00       "    Thos. Wigglesworth,
"    Mrs. Peter C. Brooks 200 00            -a second donaMay 13, * J. S. W., one hun-                  tion of............ 100 00
dred dollars in gold 170 00 May 17, From  a member of
"     t "Dorchester, 1791,"                the Legislature..... 25 00
Newton, a second             "     Mrs. A. L. Wales, a
donation of....... 200 00            second donation of. 50 00
May 14, Proceeds of an exhi-         May 18, Amos   P.   Tapley,
bition of tableaux,                  Lynn............. 100 00
by four boys; Allen           "    Miss Eliza Wlitwell,
R. Tilden, Vincent                   Dorchester......... 100 00
Y. Bowditch, J. 0.            "    I. G. R............. 50 00
--- --   May 19, What the young EnCarried up.... $94,253 37         sign left for the
loyal Tennesseeans
should reach the sum of one hundred            when he went to
thousand.  I must make my wish -and            serve his country,
hope that others will do the same —as-         by H. S. W.......   5 00
sume a practical form.                  "    Isaiah Chase, West
" Very respectfully yours,               Harwic..........      500
"( A. WIGGLESWORTH.
"1 Park Street, May 9, 1864."      May 21, A young lady....... 40 00
IParkStreet, May 9,1864."(C         Quincy Sun. School,
*J. S. W. writes: —"1 enclose you     "    Quiny    un. School,
my contribution for the sufferers in East      additional.........  2 00
Tennessee. I had hoped, before this, to May 23, Anonymous.........  5 00
congratulate you on a completion of the  "   Rev. Alex. Proudfit,
$100,000.... By your letter of yes-        Chaplain U. S. A.,
terday from Dr. Humes, it appears that
great destitution still prevails. It is to be  Carried over.... $95,031 37
hoped that the sum desired from Massachusetts will soon be made up."
f "Dorchester, 1791," writes from New- * The contributor who formerly residton as follows:-" The touching evidences ed in Knoxville writes: -" Fifty dollars
we have had of the extreme destitution from one who, in days of yore, was a short
and suffering of our friends in East Ten- sojourner about Knoxville, and whose
nessee would seem to demand a division then estimate of East Tennesseans has
of even the'crust.'                 been borne out and tested."
9




98                   LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
Brought over... $95,081 37           Brought up.... $97,726 83
Portsm'th Grove,                    the Pastor, Rev.
R. I............  15 00             Mr. Noble........ 18 00
May 23, Sam'l Rodman, New            May 30, Anonymous, second
Bedford........ 100 00              contribution...... 40 00
"     "An Old-Fashioned              "     Methodist Society at
Man".........      50 00             Maiden Centre, by
May 26, H. Bromfield Pear-                      Rev. Mr. Barnes,
son, a second dona-                 the Pastor....... 50 50
tion.............  50 00     "     Anonymous gift for
"     Anonymous.......     2 00             East Tennesseans 100 00
"     Proceeds of tableaux        May 31, Addditional from the
by " Ten young la-                   Methodist Society
dies of Mr. Shack-                   at Maiden Centre,
ford's School,"... 25 00            byRev. Mr. Barnes 20 00
"     The Amesbury Mills             "     Proceeds of a chilCongregational So-                   dren's fair, held
ciety............ 37 46             by Georgiana HayMay 28, George Wilson, New                     ward, Ellen HayBedford.........   10 00             ward and Geo. R.
"     William Gray, a sec-                   R. Rivers, at the
ond donation of... 500 00            house of Dr. Hay0. W. Holmes, M.D. 100 00                 ward,    Temple
"     Net proceeds of a                      Place............ 190 00
musical entertain-           "     A mite for the poor
ment at Chicker-                     sufferers in East
ing's Hall, the use                  Tennessee, from a
of which was giv-                    poor female......  5 00
en by the Messrs.            "     Octavius Pickering,
C.'s gratuitously 1162 00            a second donation.  30 00
"     W. H. H. Newman      50 00     "     "One of the ComG. F. H............      5 00             mittee," (a second
Edward Warren, M.                        donation)........ 111 00
D., Newton Lower          June 1,  Proceeds of a little
Falls, (second don-                  child's fair in West
ation)............ 20 00             Chester Park.....  7 00
Four school girls at             "     Mrs. J. Mason WarNew Bedford.....   7 00             ren.............. 100 00
Three boys at Wal-               "     Mrs. Charles G. Lorpole,     (Arthur                    ing, (a second doCram, George B.                      nation).......... 100 00
Clark, James B.          June 2, The proceeds of a
Lewis,) "the prof-                   gold chain....... 20 00
its of a small store         "     Evelyn, of Norrisand picking dan-                    town, on a visit to
delions"  in the                     Boston...........  5 00
holidays.........    00     "     Collection at a meetProceeds of a chil-                     ing of the Univerdren's fair, held at                 salist Society at
the house of Wil-                    South Danvers..   33 00
liam  Gray, Esq.,         June 2,  Friend X., by the
by  Ellen   Gray,                    hand of S. E. SewAnna Jackson, and                    all, Esq., (a second
Georgiana Eaton.. 500 00             donation)........ 100 00
May 30, One day's pay of a              "     A lady of Roxbury     1 00
NavyYardemployd     3 00     "     A   member of the
t     Anonymous,     Dor-                    State Legislature,
chester..........   4 00             who voted against
(     Congregational So-                    the additional comciety at Truro, by                   pensation,' (a second donation).... 25 00
Carried up.......$97,726 83         Carried over.....$98,682 33




LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS.                      99
Brought over,..... $98,682 33        Brought up.....$100,986 72
June 2,  Hon. S. L. Crocker,        June 10, An aged lady who
Taunton......... 100 00             withholds    her
"     Anonymous........ 131 66             name, a twenty
"    4, Proceeds of a chil-                dollar gold piece.. 39 00
dren's fair at Dr.          "     Proceeds of a collecTalbot's,31 Mount                   tion at the TriniVernon Street, on                  tarian Church at
Wednesday last..1000 00             New Bedford, of
"  East     Tennessee,                  which   Rev. W.
anonymous...... 10 00              Craig is pastor.... 150 00
Miss     Martha   B.        June 13, Ladies   Benevolent
Waite,   remitted                   Society at North
by Hon. George B.                   Andover......... 10 00
Upton........... 100 00 June 20, Miss Ira E. Loring,
"     George W. Wales, a                   a second donation 100 00
second donation.. 100 00    "    From  Misses Mary
"     Mrs. B. C. C. Par-                   W.Gannett, Sarah
ker, West Newton  10 00             M. Bond, & Grace
T. Etheridge, the
The following sums remitted by hisproceeds of a chilHonor Jabez C. Knight, Mayor of               dren's fair...... 4125
Providence, R. I., viz:-           June 22, Proceeds of an emJune 6, Charles Sherry, Jr.,                   blematic and draBristol, R. I...... 100 00         matic   entertain"     Ladies' Relief Asso-                 ment in Chickerciation, 5th Ward,                  ing's Hall........ 116 00
Providence...... 100 00 June 29, Proceeds of a cliil"  Joseph A. Barker..  25 00            dren's fair, held
"     S. G. Mason....... 20 00             at the house of
"  Rev. Dr. Wavland. 25 00              John Lowell, Esq.,
Charles E. Carpen-                   Chestnut    Hill,
ter.............. 25 00            Newton.......... 386 00
" Amos D. Smith.... 100 00 July 7, From        S. D., by the
"     Anonymous........ 10 00              hand of Rev. Ed" Several small sums                       mund F. Hafter.. 25 00
from  Olnev Ar-          July 10, W. W. W., Salem..    8 00
nold, Pawtucket,         July 13, Small balance of one
R. I............. 31 00            of the children's
fairs............  5  00
July 26, First Congregational
Willy A. Stevens,                      Church and SociCambridgeport,                     ety in Yorke, Me.  21 45
" collected  from        Aug. 6, Attleboro' ($128 50)
little  playfellows                and    Wrentham
and friends"....  10 00            ($41 00) by the
June 7, From    the Congre-                   hands of Mr. H.
gational  Church                   Rice.......... 169 50
and   Society  in        Ang. 11, Additional from the
Hollis, N. H...... 56 50           children's fair, at
" H.. H........... 37 98                  Dr. Talbot's.....  4 00
June 10, Proceeds of a Con-        Aug. 24, D. B. Check, Dancert given in the                  ville, Ky........   5 00
Music Hall on the        Sept. 17, Capt. S. D. Trench4th instant, under                 ard, U. S. N...... 20 00
the  auspices  of        Sept. 21, Miss Jane Bachelor,
Mrs. Eastburn... 302 25            Northbridge Centre  1 00
P. B., by the hand of       Oct. 26, Proceeds of a fair at
J. J. May........ 10 00           109 Pinkney St... 92 16
Carried up.... $100,986 72         Total........ $102,180 08