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 War of the Rebellion 
 
 AUTOGRAPHS OF 
 
 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 
 
 AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 
 
 COLLECTED BY 
 
 Julius E. Francis. 
 
 PROPERTY OF THE 
 
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 Office of the " FiifjFal? .1 foiling Express." 
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 OFFICERS 
 
 OF I HE 
 
 Lincoln Birthday Association 
 
 PASCAL P. PRATT, President. 
 
 J. P. DUDLEY Vice-President. 
 
 WILLIAM C. FRANCIS, Secretary. 
 
 F. L. DANFORTH Treasurer. 
 
 executive committee. 
 
 F. L. DANFORTH. J. P. DUDLEY. 
 
 W. C. FRANCIS. 
 
 P. P. PRATT. 
 W. C. FRANCIS. 
 O. P. RAMSDELL. 
 G. B. RICH. 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 J. P. DUDLEY. 
 F. L. DANFORTH. 
 GEORGE MEACHAM. 
 JAMES ASH. 
 S. C. ADAMS. 
 
 WM. C. FRANCIS, 
 
 Custodian.
 
 Books. 
 
 Tribut] Of mi: Nations to Abraham Lincoln, 
 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, . 
 History oi Connecticut Volunteers, 1861 to 1865, 
 Adjutant-General's Report, Indiana, 1861 to 1865, 
 
 Pennsylvania, 1866, 
 Vermont, 1864, 1866, 
 Missouri, 1865, . 
 Tennessee, 1866, 
 
 " '• G fNNECTICUT, 
 
 Sanitary Commission, . . 
 
 Harper's "Weekly," 
 
 New-York "Times," 
 
 Buffalo "Commercial," 
 
 Buffalo "Express 
 
 1 Volume. 
 
 5 Volumes. 
 1 Volume. 
 8 Volumes. 
 1 Volume. 
 4 Volumes. 
 1 Volume. 
 
 1 Volume. 
 
 6 Volumes. 
 1 Volume. 
 
 2$ Volumes. 
 
 33 Volumes. 
 
 34 Volumes. 
 6 Volumes. 
 
 127
 
 
 Lincoln Memorial. 
 
 HE "Lincoln Memorial Collection" comprises three cases of 
 relics of the late War, in which are contained Battlefield 
 Relics from Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, etc., with 
 autographs of ten thousand three hundred and twenty-two 
 soldiers and sailors who fought in the War ; with their rank, 
 regiment, date of enlistment, and discharge, including the battles in which 
 they were engaged. Also one thousand five hundred autographs of the 
 " Forty-third Congress," etc., the U. S. Supreme Court Judges and other promi- 
 nent Government officials. Also two volumes, containing a complete collection 
 of the illustrated envelopes used during the War, with complete bound copies 
 of the New-York "Times." Harper's "Weekly," Buffalo "Commerciai 
 Advertiser," and part of the copies of the Buffalo "Express." Also 
 scrap-books and histories of the War, Adjutant-General's reports, coast survey, 
 etc. In the collection of these relics Mr. Julius E. Francis visited the battle- 
 fields and attended various meetings of veterans. He began the collection 
 of relics in 1861 and was engaged five years in completing the "Autograph 
 Memorial " volume. 
 
 "The Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Case" (No. i) contains seventy-six 
 Battlefield Trophies, numbered from I to "6, and handsomely mounted. 
 Also 127 volumes. This case was dedicated May 3, 1872, at the Grosvenor
 
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 Library, Hon. Millard Fillmore presiding. The following being a copy of 
 the programme of exercises : 
 
 DEDICATORY EXERCISES 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 • • -The Grosvenor Library- • • 
 
 A.t 12 M., Kriclay-, May 3, 1871'. 
 Mr. MILLARD FILLMORE, President of the Grosvenor Library, presiding. 
 
 PROGRAMME 
 
 1. REQUIEM Choir. 
 
 Low lie the brave ! They sleep in ocean's bed, 
 The sea-weed wreathed about the noble head. 
 Proud navies float above them, but no sound 
 Can win them from the silence they have found; 
 The mournful breezes murmur each dear name, 
 The chanting waves are burdened with their fame. 
 
 Low lie the brave ! The consecrated land 
 Is holy with the dust of Freedom's band. 
 They sleep on mountain, and in hidden vale, 
 Unwaked by summer wind, or wintry gale, 
 And in green mead, or on the barren crest 
 The patient stars watch o'er their soldier rest. 
 
 Low lie the brave! Far toward the western sun, 
 He sleeps whose blessed life a crown hath won ; 
 A stricken country bowed beside his tomb. 
 Whereon the fair white flowers of freedom bloom. 
 Low lie the brave! Oh, nation, guard their dust, 
 And keep unstained their peerless, priceless trust. 
 
 Mary A. RlPLEY.
 
 II. PRAYER Rev. Mr. MULLER. 
 
 in. address Rev. Mr. Fletcher. 
 
 1 i LLOW-ClTIZENS : The part assigned me, in this pleasant service, is one into the spirit of 
 which I enter with all my sympathies ; and though my words may be poorly chosen I am deeply 
 impressed with the importance of the occasion and the appropriateness of the work we came to do. 
 
 Everything that has even an indirect reference to the welfare of our country, and everything 
 awakening patriotic emotions, is both important and appropriate ; and we cannot but feel that the 
 ceremonies of this hour, and the work they initiate, will help the poor dumb mouths of these War- 
 relics to continue their mission, saying now and always what they proclaimed, nine years ago, 
 
 " No star shall fall from the banner of the free." 
 
 There is an old adage, largely true, in which we are told that the cost of our acquisitions is the 
 measure of the estimate we place upon them. Our civil liberties, the bases of our religious priviliges, 
 social joys and Christian work, have cost our nation a triple baptism of blood, an ocean of tears, 
 and untold millions of earthly treasures. Our estimate of those liberties can hardly be too high ; 
 and that which reminds us of their cost, will help us to prize them as we ought. For years before 
 the great rebellion, many of our people, and some of our rulers had almost ceased to think of " the 
 days that tried men's souls " : — of the sufferings of a bare-footed soldiery — the dreadful winter at 
 Valley Forge, and the fields of blood at Bunker Hill, Trenton, Vorktown, and Saratoga, so far in 
 the past were they, and so few were the objects, daily encountered, that called them to mind. 
 
 Our flag was then more beautiful than ever before, for every decade of years had added new 
 stars to its glorious constellation ; yet the sight of it did not so thrill the soul with patriotic pride as 
 in the early years of our republic. 
 
 The Fourth of July had come to be little more to our American citizens than any other holiday. 
 and was only too often allowed to pass, 
 
 " While cannon's throats were closed, 
 Bells silent and not a bonfire 
 Kindled on Freedom's heights." 
 
 And when it was observed, in the ancient, honored form, if orators presumed to point to the stars 
 and stripes, making such reference to them as common decency demanded, their proudest and most 
 loyal words were frequently ridiculed as spread-eagle and old-fogyish. 
 
 But when the thunders around Sumter sent echoes into all parts of the northern and western 
 States — when in the light of blazing batteries, men saw the value of the institutions which true 
 patriotism planted, — then the old flag became dearer than ever before, and the heart of the nation 
 was thrilled with a new joy, as it was hung out from windows and towers, and streamed from 
 house-tops, steeples and public buildings until our towns and cities were literally decorated with 
 bunting. Men rallied around that ensign of liberty ready as their fathers of the revolution were to
 
 pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor in sustaining it, and now, as the safety of institutions, 
 threatened and attacked, is secured again, we would profit, not only by the achievement, but by the 
 lesson which it teaches. 
 
 "VYe gather here, that we may say to the people of this city, and to all who shall visit these 
 treasured memories, " The cost of our nation's third sacrifice must not be forgotten." 
 
 The lives and the treasure of that unparalleled holocaust must be kept in mind by our descend- 
 ants while centuries roll ; and we therefore place these silent, but eloquent monitors, that will speak 
 to all, who may share the benefits of this splendid benefaction, of the fields of Antietam and Gettys- 
 burg, where the dead were piled like hecatombs ; of the defenses of Washington, where our 
 heroes upheld the stars and stripes, shouting their invincible war-cry, " The Union Forever ! " and 
 of that naval combat, where the proud Merrimac, laughing in derision at our little Monitor, felt 
 sensations in her sides that took all conceit out of her, and sent her back to her anchorage disgusted 
 with our first iron-clad'. 
 
 The importance of this enterprise appears in the fact that nine short years have so crowded 
 the days of those conflicts into the past, that they seem a quarter of a century gone, and only a 
 little is said of them. 
 
 The living veterans of those fields do not forget them. They dream of the bloody strife, and 
 often spring from peaceful pillows, to lead the charge, or storm the batteries anew and we need not 
 fear but they will cherish patriotic memories of those struggles, until, like the heroes of '76, in an 
 old age of glory and honor, they shall " Take up the crutch, and show how fields were won." But 
 the people, in the midst of their planning and toiling for riches and power are forgetting the 
 Golgothics of the rebellion ; and our fellow-citizen, Doctor Julius Francis, for whom I speak, on 
 this occasion, desires to re-letter the tablets of patriotic memory, and grave on young hearts, of 
 this and succeeding generations, the startling facts, which show how much our civil liberties have 
 cost us. 
 
 He has gathered relics, some with his own hands, and some through other friends of this enter- 
 prise, from the field of conflict. I dedicate them in the name of the sacred places, of which they will 
 forever speak, in the name of those institutions which they helped to defend, in the name of civil 
 and religious liberty, to the sacred memory of Abraham Lincoln and the soldiers and sailors who 
 fought for their country under him as our Chief Magistrate. 
 
 Let them occupy a prominent position while the years and centuries roll. May they be pre- 
 served from the flames, and may no traitor's touch ever pollute them. 
 
 When the young shall gather here, seeking that food for thought, or that knowledge of the 
 past, which is treasured in these alcoves, may these relics invite their attention to the fearful strug- 
 gle through which, in the face of the most powerful rebellion ever organized on earth, our heroes 
 upheld the dear old flag, and then, with desire to know what battles were fought, what heroes won 
 the right to fadeless honor, what price of blood, and what millions of gold the victory cost, may 
 they turn to the histories of that conflict, to be found on these shelves, and reading of Meade and 
 Gettysburg. Grant and Yieksburg, Sheridan and his ride to victory. Sherman and the raid which 
 drew the girdle of death around the heart of the rebellion, of Farragut, Porter and other brave 
 commanders, as they passed obstructions, captured strongholds, and won the applause of all
 
 nations, may they catch the inspiration of true patriotism, and, with a new love for those blessings 
 which have cost so much, be ever ready to rally to the standard upheld in their defense. 
 
 My friend asks no return for the labor, care, and expense attending the collection and prepara- 
 tion of these relics save this only: the commendation of his fellow-citizens and the honor of having 
 acted from unselfish and patriotic motives ; and he stands here, to-day, with this prayer, as the first 
 petition that springs from his lips : God speak to the hearts of the generations and ages to come, 
 through the lips of these silent monitors, and prosper and sanctify their mission. 
 
 IV. HYMN Choir. 
 
 From thrice six thousand guns there came 
 
 A crash : the rush of death : 
 And on the plains of Gettysburg, 
 
 Two armies held their breath. 
 
 The smoky flame was rent, and lo! 
 
 The lives were mown like grass. 
 And yet another charge swept up. 
 
 Over their dead to pass. 
 
 Oh! 'twas a bitter, fatal day. 
 
 When brothers met in fight, 
 And rebels charged the Union lines. 
 
 Resistless in their might. 
 
 It was a useless sacrifice, 
 
 For Meade had won the day ; 
 And gathering up their broken hosts 
 
 The rebels marched away. 
 
 The strife was o'er, the battle done. 
 
 And wandering 'mid the wreck. 
 We gathered shot and sword and shell. 
 
 Our halls of peace to deck. 
 
 These relics, cleansed from treason's stains. 
 
 We dedicate to-day 
 To Freedom's proud and happy sons, 
 
 Where'er our flag holds sway.
 
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 V. ADDRESS Rev. Dr. Albert T. Chester. 
 
 I congratulate the citizens of Buffalo in the addition of these treasure^ to its many collections. 
 I say treasures in the fullest meaning of the word. Many may be more ready to apply the term 
 to that which is to be found in the vaults and safes of the bank down stairs. 
 
 There you might see. if admitted within the barred doors, piles of glittering gold and silver, 
 heaps of bonds, and stacks of mortgages representing the precious metals, — millions crowded 
 within a narrow space. These are treasures, you exclaim, these impress you with a sense of value, 
 and you come out into the light again dazzled and bewildered. 
 
 These shelves loaded with the accumulated wealth of many ages may not so move you. These 
 calm, sober volumes, of which you see only the backs, with their simple names do not wear the 
 sheen of coin, — their leaves, if you turn them over, do not rustle like crisp bank-notes, that give 
 such a trill of delight to the lover of money in their very sound. But yet are not these the real 
 treasures ? Lord Bacon says knowledge is power. It does not require the wisdom of a philosopher 
 to add that knowledge is wealth. If we regard the true ends of our being, either for this life or 
 for the future, it is safe to say that these shelves contain what is of more value to the race than all 
 the material riches of the world. It were better to sink all the coin and bullion now in circulation 
 or gathered at the mints, in the depth of the ocean, than to bury in oblivion the stores of learning 
 and knowledge by which we are here surrounded. 
 
 The human mind makes its advances by a slow growth, yet each generation, by means of 
 books, can take advantage of all preceding generations, and progress thus be made in an ever 
 increasing ratio. If I turn my thoughts to any subject, philosophical, historical, literary or scien- 
 tific, I can first make myself acquainted with the ripest conclusions of the best thinkers on that 
 subject, the closest investigators of my chosen theme, I can see at once how much and what is 
 known ; what are the points that demand particular attention, and learn in what direction to turn 
 my inquiries. I can discover the worth or the worthlessness of that which I have already estab- 
 lished by independent thought, as I have in the library a revelation of the mental processes, or 
 of the results of those who have given their lives to my chosen subject. The answer to some 
 question which I may find recorded here may be of more value to me than can be reckoned in 
 dollars. Books have preserved it. It could not be trusted to tradition, " Quid scriptum manet" ; 
 but what is written remains only as it is recorded in books and gathered into libraries. He 
 who has laid the foundation and secured the perpetual increase of such an institution as this, has 
 bestowed upon the city a treasure of inestimable worth. Let us not fail, as we are met to-day 
 in these special services, to make an expression of gratitude in memory of him by whose gen- 
 erous gift this library was established, and who has thus conferred upon us a blessing for all time. 
 
 Its work must depend, in great degree, upon the wisdom and faithfulness of those to whom is 
 entrusted the selection of its volumes. Thus far its management has been most satisfactory and 
 praiseworthy. We owe a debt of gratitude to those who have with such skill and fidelity extended 
 their mission. May those who have the power of appointment, be able to find, and be willing to 
 nominate when vacancies occur, trusty and as judicious trustees as those who have made it already 
 of so much worth and importance.
 
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 To-day we meet to welcome a most valuable case of treasures. This large collection of 
 articles gathered from celebrated battlefields, and from scenes of naval conflict — these files of 
 newspapers, printed during the trying scenes of our nation's great conflict with internal foes, 
 secured and saved at a sacrifice and at considerable expense. 
 
 The value of this collection is much greater than may at first appear. Such relics are abund- 
 ant. Yes, but they are fast disappearing and soon it will be impossible to secure such a collection. 
 It was a plan as wise as it is graceful to gather these memorials now and place them thus for safe 
 keeping where they may remain intact forever. Some have no interest in bones and buttons and 
 bayonets, or in anything that reminds us of the past. Bury all them, they say, with the fossils of 
 the former ages, and leave them to moulder together in the earth. But all are not so unimagina- 
 tive, and even these might be moved to a deeper regard for the ten commandments by a sight of 
 some fragment of the broken tables of stone. It is said it is not best to preserve these truthful 
 memorials of our most unhappy Civil War, but that it is most desirable, on the return of peace, to 
 forget the strife and dwell together as brethren in all parts of the land, north and south, east and 
 west? Yes, let us dwell together as brethren, but we cannot, must not forget. They must not 
 forget the lesson they received at the cannon's mouth, that the Government is more than any State, 
 that treason and rebellion cannot be tolerated in this republic, that the old flag must wave in its glory 
 as long as the nation has a place among the nations of the earth. And we cannot forget what it 
 has cost to teach this lesson. The cost is on record in millions of debt, in blood and tears, — in 
 mutilation and graves. But all this may be without any continued bitterness, or any wish to 
 renew the strife. 
 
 The history of Antietam and Gettysburg is familiar to us. We made it, by ourselves and by 
 our sons and brothers. We know all about the gallant fight of the Monitor. But these memories 
 will fail. The history of the great rebellion will not be written for a record of succeeding genera- 
 tions for many years to come. When it shall be written, and in the far future, your grandsons, or 
 their grandsons, may here peruse the records as we now read the history of the revolution, or of the 
 Indian wars, will it not add new interest to the narrative? Will it not give freshness and vividness 
 and reality to the written account to turn from the printed pages to these silent, but most eloquent 
 witnesses to the truth ? Would it not be worth something to us, in perusing the histories of Greece 
 and Rome, if we could see, by the side of the volume, a spear head from Marathon or Thermopylae, 
 or a piece of the banner that graced the triumph of Ca-sar at Pharsalia ? 
 
 The transactions of this hour have a bearing upon the distant future. This collection will 
 increase in value with every passing year and century, and remote generations will bless the memory 
 of him by whose thoughtfulness and care it has been gathered and preserved. It adds greatly to 
 the interest of this occasion that this dedication is made in special remembrance of our noble 
 martyr-president, by whose skillful hands the nation was safely piloted through the terrible storm 
 of the rebellion, and those brave soldiers and sailors who sacrificed their lives for the preservation 
 of the Inion.
 
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 VI. ODE Read by Rev. Mr. Calkins. 
 
 Bayonets bruised from the fields of light, — 
 Gleanings of shot and shell, — 
 Things that are cruel and stern to the sight : 
 Vet they hold a precious spell. 
 
 O ! who can forget when his childhood sense 
 First woke with a wonder wide — 
 To the phantom hosts that the grandsire's charm 
 Evoked round the chimney side ! — 
 
 To the battle stories gathered up 
 Out of the olden times; 
 That were set into pictured pageantry, 
 And rolled into running rhymes. 
 
 They were fearful and bold, and bravely told 
 And yet only just as true 
 To our sense, as the fabled fairy rings 
 That nightly danced in the dew. 
 
 That our ears have heard the triumphant word, 
 And our hearts have felt the thrill 
 Of the working, through man's works and ways, 
 Of the everlasting Will. 
 
 Now calm lies the desolated land 
 A-bloom in the gladdening sun, 
 Like a face overflushed with thankfulness, 
 For the sweet salvation won. 
 
 And we name without a blush of shame, 
 Because of the wonder done 
 The land that hath place for each rite and, race 
 And Freedom for every one. 
 
 O, a precious spell have the shot and shell ! 
 For they struck with a death aim sure, 
 The deadliest foe that a land can know. 
 And left us a Peace all pure.
 
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 VII. SONG OF PEACE, Choir. 
 
 At the foot of thine altar, Oh, Freedom, we meet, 
 Our heart's deep devotion we lay at thy feet ; 
 The ocean waves dreamily break on the strand, 
 For peace is abroad in the beautiful land. 
 
 From myrtle-wreathed marbles o'er Gettysburg graves, 
 Or the lone tombs of ocean, where slumber our braves ; 
 From the fragrance and bloom of the fair distant West, 
 Where the nation's great martyr forever finds rest ; 
 
 The winds as they greet us are tranquil to-day, 
 And our flag's starry folds in the glad breezes play ; 
 The din of the battle forever is o'er, 
 And the Angel of Peace shall depart nevermore. 
 
 Let the anthem ring out which our voices now raise, 
 And the hills speed the echoes that thrill with thy praise; 
 Let the glad song resound from bright sea to sea! 
 While our hearts bend to-day, holy Freedom, to thee. 
 
 Agnes Macnamaka. 
 
 VIII. BENEDICTION Rev. Dr. Shelton. 
 
 List of Relics of the late Rebellion, including many from the great battle- 
 fields of the War, collected by JULIUS E. Francis, contained in Case No. I : 
 
 No. i. A piece of iron cut from the starboard side (aft amidships) of the U. S. "Monitor," 
 where she received a shot in the engagement with the Rebel ram " Merrimac" in Hampton 
 Roads, Va. Also, four iron and nine copper rivets, and two pieces of the casing of the Turret. 
 These articles were obtained while the "Monitor" was undergoing repairs at the Washington 
 Navy Yard, October 10, 1862. 
 
 No. 2. A bolt and a piece of iron plating from the dome of the Capitol at Washington, D. C. 
 Obtained October 10, 1862. 
 
 No. 3. The pattern from which the ornament was cast, forming a portion of the headwork of 
 the Goddess of Liberty, surmounting the dome of the Capitol. From the workshop I obtained 
 this star and ball. Washington, October 10, 1862.
 
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 No. 4. A piece of telegraph wire found in the hall of the Arlington House. I accompanied 
 Prof. Gardiner to Arlington Heights, calling on General Heitzelman, and there attached a card to 
 this wire. 
 
 No. 5. The fragment of a 20-pound shell used for a 24-pound United States smooth-bore field 
 gun. From General Doubleday, at Fort Albany, Ya., commanding. Making known to the general 
 the want of some trophy, he presented me this fragment from a shell used in the defense of Wash- 
 ington, D. C, October 12. 1862. 
 
 No. 6. A flint lock, bayonet, heel plate and trigger plate of an old United States musket, 
 found among the ruins at Harper's Ferry, after the surrender of General Miles, which took place 
 September 15, 1862. (The barrel was picked up and carried some distance, but being cumbersome, 
 I abandoned it.) 
 
 No. 7. A one-pound hand grenade, complete, excepting the charge, consisting of the plunger 
 to cause explosion, and the rudder to guide its direction. Presented by Col. Jack Langworthy, 
 Fort Ethan Allen. Defense of Washington. D. C, October 12, 1862. 
 
 No. 8. The turnings from bore of a field gun. Obtained at the Washington Navy Yard 
 October 12. 1862. 
 
 No. 9. Turnings of a field gun. Obtained at the Navy Yard, October 12, 1862. 
 
 No. 10. Borings from a gun of the Columbiad pattern. Obtained from the Washington Navy 
 Yard. October 12, 1862. 
 
 No. 1 1. Musket percussion caps, and the remnant of a piece of copper from which they were 
 made. I enjoyed a visit through the works, a privilege seldom allowed visitors at the Navy Yard. 
 Washington, October 12, 1862. 
 
 No. 1 2. A piece of slate from the roof of the Treasury Building. This specimen is from the 
 extension of the west end. Washington, D. C, October 12, 1862. 
 
 No. 13. Union soldier's canteen, picked up from the battlefield, near Fairfax Court-House 
 Road. Defenses of Washington, D. C, October, 1862. 
 
 No. 14. A bayonet scabbard found in the woods near the battlefield of Antietam, Md.. 
 fought Sept. 16, 17, and 18, 1862. October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 1 5. A leather locket found in the woods near the battlefield of Antietam, Md., October 
 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 16. A Confederate canteen found near the battlefield of Antietam, Md., October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 17. A Union soldier's canteen picked up on the Fairfax Road, 1862. 
 
 No. 18. A cap pouch picked up on the field on the night of October 13, 1862. (Spent the 
 night with the father of Elihu and Daniel Faxson — a small house not far from the school.) 
 
 No. 19. Two buckles and a stud taken from the halters of artillery harness found upon the 
 battlefield. Also the stud from a cartridge-box found at Antietam, October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 20. Roasted coffee, taken from a Rebel haversack. Picked up on the Fairfax Road, Ya.. 
 ( >ctober 12, 1862.
 
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 No. 21. Three musket balls and a button found in the church at Antietam (school-house). 
 This was near the ' Peach Orchard" and "Corn Field.'' (The rail fence and house gave the 
 appearance that bullets were in great abundance ) Antietam, October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 22.' Three musket explosive bullets of Williams's patent, caliber .577, and an ordinary 
 United States round bullet, caliber .69. Found upon the battlefield of Antietam, October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 23. Six musket (elongated) bullets, caliber .58, United States, and one Mississippi Rebel 
 bullet, caliber 52. Found at Antietam, Maryland, October 14, 1S62. 
 
 No. 24. Three musket balls and cartridges and two elongated bullets. Picked up in the 
 "Corn Field " at Antietam, October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 25. The fragment of a Hotchkiss shell, supposed to have been fired from a Rebel 12- 
 pound Blakely gun. Found in the woods at Antietam, Maryland, October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 26. The fragment of a 10-pound percussion shell, used for a 10-pounder Parrott gun. 
 Picked up in the woods at Antietam, October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 27. The fragment of a 10-pound Parrott shell found upon the battlefield of Antietam, 
 Maryland, near the church, October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 28. A I'nited States cartridge-box. Picked up at Antietam, Maryland, October 14, 1SA2. 
 
 No. 29. Two of Mefford's elongated rifled bullets and a round ball. Obtained from the Wash- 
 ington Navy Yard, October, 1862. 
 
 No. 30. Pieces of an iron bridge destroyed by the Rebels at Hanover Junction, Maryland, on 
 the 27th day of June, 1863. 
 
 No. 31. Pieces of an iron bridge destroyed by the Rebels near Harper's Ferry, \'a., on the 
 13th of September, 1862, just previous to the surrender by General Miles. 
 
 No. 32. A Rebel cartridge-box. Picked up in the woods at Antietam, Maryland, October 
 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 33. A roll of bandage, tip of bayonet, scabbard, buttons, etc. Found in the corn field 
 at Antietam, Maryland, October 14, 1862. 
 
 No. 34. A fuze shell for light 12-pounder United States smooth-bore gun, caliber 4.62. Found 
 at Culp's Hill a tree about one foot in diameter, where some one had counted 180 bullets from the 
 ground up 20 feet (making a note on the tree), Gettysburg, fought the 1st, 2d and 3d of July, 1863. 
 
 No. 35. Spherical case shot for 12-pounder Rebel smooth-bore gun, caliber 4.62. Manufac- 
 tured and used by the Rebels at the Battle of Gettysburg. This projectile was found near Little 
 Round Top. It contains from twenty to twenty-five cast-iron bullets, besides the explosive charge. 
 
 No. 36. 10-pound Parrott shells for 10-pounder Parrott rifle gun, caliber 2.09. Found near 
 Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 37. 10-pound Parrott shell for 10-pounder Parrott rifle gun, caliber 2.09. Found near 
 Cemetery Hill. Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 38. A 3-inch Hotchkiss shell for 3-inch United States Ordnance rifled gun. Found near 
 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg.
 
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 No. 39. A 12-pound Hotchkiss fuze shell for 12-pounder James rifled gun. Found upon the 
 battlefield of Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 40. A 6.7-inch Hotchkiss fuze shell, for 6.7-inch James rifled gun. Found upon the 
 battlefield of (Gettysburg. 
 
 No, 41. A 6.7-inch Hotchkiss fuze shell, for 6.7-inch James rifled gun. Found upon the 
 battlefield of Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 42. A 6.7-inch Hotchkiss fuze shell, for 6.7-inch James rifled gun. Found upon the 
 battlefield of Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 43. A 6.7-inch Hotchkiss fuze shell, for 6.7-inch James rifled gun. Found upon the 
 battlefield of Gettysburg. 
 
 NO. 44. The fragment of a 10-pound Parrott fuze shell, for 10-pounder Parrott rifled gun, 
 United States. Found upon the battlefield of Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 45. The fragment of a 20-pound Parrott fuze shell, for 20-pounder Parrott rifled gun, 
 I'nited States, calibre 3.67. Found at Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 46. The fragment of a 6.7-inch James case shot, for 6.7-inch James rifled gun. Found 
 at Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 47. The fragment of a 6.7-inch James fuze shell, used for same gun as described in Xo. 
 46. Found at Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 48. The fragment of a 12-pound shell, for a 12-pounder United States smooth-bore gun. 
 Found upon the battlefield of Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 49. The fragment of a 12-pound spherical case shot, for 6.7-inch James rifled gun. Found 
 at ( Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 50. The fragment of a 10-pound Parrott fuze shell, used for a 10-pound Parrott rifled 
 gun, caliber 2.09. Found upon the battlefield of Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 51. The fragment of a 10-pound Parrott percussion shell, for a 10-pounder Parrott gun, 
 caliber 2.09. Found at Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 52. The fragment of a 12-pound shell, for a 12-pounder United States smooth-bore gun. 
 Found at Gettysburg. 
 
 Xo. 53. Four musket explosive bullets, of Williams's patent, caliber .57. Found near Little 
 Round Top, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 54. Eight explosive musket bullets, of Williams's patent, caliber .57, four percussion caps 
 and cartridge-box " stud." Found near Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 55. A grape shot found near Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg. A stand of grape is generally 
 composed of nine such bullets bolted together in such a manner that when fired from a gun they 
 separate, and are very destructive at short range. 
 
 No. 56. A cartridge-box plate and a body-belt plate, for infantry. Found in the cemetery 
 at Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 57. Three musket bullets, of Williams's patent, caliber .57. Cut out of a tree near Culp's 
 Hill, Gettysburg.
 
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 No. 58. The fragment of a musket bullet. Found in the crevice of a rock on Little Round 
 Top, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 59. A musket tompion. Found near Little Round Top, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 60. The fragment of the scabbard of a staff officer's sword. Found near Cemetery Hill, 
 Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 61. The fragment of the scabbard of a Rebel line officer's sword. Found near where Gen. 
 Robert E. Lee's head-quarters were located, Seminary Hill, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 62. The bayonet of an Austrian musket. Found on Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 63. A United States canteen. Found on the nth of October, 1863, near the Cemetery, 
 Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 64. A United States cap-box. Found near the Seminary, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 65. Chin-strap of a soldier's fatigue cap. Found upon the battlefield of Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 66. A cavalry sabre. Taken from the Union cavalry by the Rebels at Woodstock, Va., 
 and afterwards recaptured by the L T nion troops at Mount Jackson, Va. Contributed by Dr. Robert 
 T. Paine, 28th New-York. 
 
 No. 67. A 12-pounder James rifle projectile, caliber 3.67. Found near the Cemetery battle- 
 field, Gettysburg. 
 
 No. 68. Two buckles, the stud of a cartridge-box and piece of a musket string. Picked up 
 after the battle of Gettysburg, October 10, 1863. 
 
 No. 69. Buckshot (part of one). Taken from the body of Col. Ellsworth, killed at the 
 Marshall House, Alexandria, Va. Contributed by John F. Porter of the 14th Brooklyn Regiment. 
 
 No. 70. Piece of bannister grasped by Col. Ellsworth as he fell. Contributed by John F. 
 Porter. Not long after its deposit I missed it. 
 
 No. 71. Rebel button (naval) Confederate States of America. Contributed by a signer of 
 the Memorial. 
 
 No. 72. Piece of Jeff. Davis's desk, Senate chamber. The New- York Regiment, with which 
 J. F. Porter was connected, occupied the capital, as no quarters were provided at this early date. 
 
 No. 73. Buckshot, buckle, buttons, etc., from the Defenses at Washington, D. C. 
 
 No. 74. Hilt of an officer's sword. Picked up after the battle of First Bull Run. Contributed 
 by Wm. J. F. Boardman, of Hartford, Conn. 
 
 No. 75. Concrete and casing of Fort Sumter. Contributed by Edward T. Lacy, and 
 obtained by him when on a visit in Charleston, S. C. 
 
 No. 76. Letter or order of Abraham Lincoln. Contributed by a Mr. Allen, who was in the 
 quartermaster's department, and who signed the "Autograph Memorial" while I was engaged in 
 this work in Washington. 
 
 The "Lincoln Memorial Case" (No. 2) contains the "Autograph Mem- 
 orial " of ten thousand three hundred and twenty-two soldiers and sailors,
 
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 the book of fifteen hundred autographs, including the Forty-third Congress, 
 the two volumes (Memorial to Edwin M. Stanton ) of fourteen hundred illus- 
 trated envelopes used during the War, scrap-book of manuscripts and letters 
 from prominent men, also a copy of the original Memorial to the Forty-third 
 Congress to make Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday, and signed by 50 citizens 
 of Buffalo, and 28 handsomely-bound volumes of the NEW-YORK TIMES, from 
 1875 to 1 88 1 inclusive. This case is in itself a curiosity, and is a work of art. 
 It was built at a cost of $1,500, and made from historical woods, the following 
 being a description of the woods inlaid in the case : 
 
 Left pilaster, 13 stars, oak and pine, Faneuil Hall. Right pilaster, 34 
 stars, oak, Independence Hall. Upper flag, 50 stars, original California tree. 
 Two Memorials, Charter Oak, Independence Hall and Frigate "Constitution." 
 Four small shields ornamenting the Memorial of 50 citizens of Buffalo to 
 the Forty-third Congress to make Abraham Lincoln's birthday a national 
 holiday, oak, Independence Hall and "Old Ironsides." Top shield, oak, 
 Independence Hall, pine, Faneuil Hall and California wood. Six stars on 
 sides of case, hemlock, Old South Church, Boston, built 1669. 
 
 This case was dedicated April 9th and 10th, 1876, and the programme 
 of exercises will be found in the next following pages:
 
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 Dedication of the Memorial Case, 
 
 Book of Autographs, and Illustrated Envelopes, 
 
 TO 
 
 THE AMERICAN UNION 
 
 TO TAKE PLACE AT THE 
 
 UNITARIAN CHURCH, APRIL 9-10, 1876, BUFFALO, N. Y. 
 
 Hon. JAMES SHELDON, Presiding. 
 
 Introductory Remarks, Reading Letters from Henry W. Longfellow, John G. W Jut tier, 
 
 George William Cttrtis, William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell 
 
 Holmes, Wendell Phillips. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 I. REQUIEM Choir. 
 
 Hark to the symphony swelling the earth. 
 Angels of Heaven proclaiming its birth ; 
 Breathing with love are the strains as they roll, 
 Freighted with grace of a sanctified soul. 
 
 Sweet unto sadness those purified tones, 
 Grief that is rapture, and joys that are moans ; 
 Sighs for the life which has risen above, 
 Joy for the gift of that heaven-sent love. 
 
 Voices of Nature the triumphing lead, 
 Sounding in echoes the hymn of the freed ; 
 New wake the chorus, ye birdlings of song ; 
 Sing it, ye streamlets ; the chorus prolong. 
 
 Tell it, ye zephyrs, in murmurings soft, 
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 The " Lincoln Memorial Museum " (Case No. 3) contains relics numbered 
 from 77 to 103 inclusive, and is intended for additional mementos of the War 
 which may be presented in the future. All desiring to add to this col- 
 lection are invited to send the articles to Mr. William C. Francis, the custo- 
 dian of the collection, who will sec that they are placed in the case and cards 
 with name of donor attached. 
 
 The following is a list of the present contents of the " Museum " case: 
 
 No. 77. Abraham Lincoln's cane, 1862. (Name engraved on handle.) Carried by Lincoln 
 while President. Presented by Mrs. Jason Sexton. 
 
 No. 78. Crape cut from the drapery of canopy over body of A. Lincoln while lying in state at 
 the White House. Presented by Capt. Gaylord (Co. K, 16th N. Y. Cavalry), who acted as body- 
 guard. 
 
 No. 79. Rosette from Lincoln's casket while body laid in state at St. James Hall, Buffalo, 
 1864. Presented by Wm. Ives. 
 
 No. 80. Piece of apple-tree from Appomattox Court-house, Va. Lee's surrender, April 9, 
 1865. 
 
 No. 81. Fragment of the Rebel flag that floated over the Confederate Capitol at Richmond, 
 and captured by the U. S. forces. 
 
 No. 82. This confederate currency is a portion of the Rebel army funds surrendered at Appo- 
 mattox Court-house, Va., with the property of the Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. R. E. 
 Lee. 
 
 No. 83. Union canteen from Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, October 10, 1863. 
 
 No. 84. Cartridge-box from the battlefield of Gettysburg. October io, 1863. 
 
 No. 85. Shell from the battlefield of Gettysburg, October 10, 1863. 
 
 No. 86. Cap-box found near the Cemetery at Gettysburg, October 10, 1863. 
 
 No. 87. Rebel bullet from Petersburg, 1863. 
 
 No. 88. This piece used as a transport for Union officer, and signed Admiral Dupont. 
 
 No. 89. Bayonet sheath from the battlefield of Gettysburg, October 10, 1863. 
 
 No. 90. Rebel canteen from the battlefield of Gettysburg, October 10, 1863. 
 
 No. 91. U. S. Postal currency used during the War. 
 
 No. 92. U. S. stamps in circulation during the War. 
 
 No. 93. War badges. 
 
 No. 94. Profile of Lincoln, cut from marble. 
 
 No. 95. Copies of programmes used at the exercises celebrating Lincoln's birthday, 18 
 
 No. 96. Cards presented to public-school children on Lincoln's birthdays 18 
 
 30,000 each year.
 
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 No. 97. Duplicate of memorial signed by fifty young men (pupils in our public schools), and 
 sent to Forty-third Congress. The original of the above was written on parchment, etc. 
 
 No. 98. Bronze profile of G. Washington. 
 
 Xo. 99. Bronze profile of A. Lincoln. 
 
 Xo. 100. 1,500 autographs Forty-third Congress, United States Supreme Court Judges, Gov- 
 ernment officials, etc. 
 
 Xo. 101. Dirk knife taken from the breast of a Union soldier at the Second Battle of Bull 
 Run by John Ball, and presented by 11. Wing. 
 
 Xo. 102. Profile of A. Lincoln, made up of 400 faces. 
 
 Xo. 103. Piece of the third stand of regimental colors given to the 116th Regiment, X. Y. 
 Vols. (Col. Sizer's), shot from the flag at Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19. 1864.
 
 The Lincoln Birthday Association. 
 
 |N addition to the work of collecting the relics to form this 
 " Memorial," Mr. Francis organized the " Lincoln Birthday 
 Association." A memorial to the Forty-third Congress was 
 prepared, and signed by 50 citizens of Buffalo, to establish the 
 1 2th of February a legal holiday. It was drawn on parchment, 
 backed with blue silk, with 50 white stars, and exquisite needlework border, 
 inserted in a folding case of French walnut, and enclosed in a Russia leather 
 case. 
 
 It was introduced in the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C, by 
 the Hon. Lyman K. Bass, on the 18th of December, 1873, and referred to the 
 Judiciary Committee, who made an adverse report, May 25, 1874, and it now 
 rests in the room of that Committee. This action did not, however, discourage 
 its originator, who also formed the " Alternate Lincoln Birthday Association," 
 composed of young men from the public schools. An "Alternate Memorial" 
 was also sent to the Forty-third Congress, signed by 50 young men, which was 
 a copy of the original Memorial. It is now in the custody of the Clerk of the 
 Senate. 
 
 The original Lincoln Birthday Association was incorporated December 24. 
 1877, with the following trustees : 
 
 P. P. Pratt, 
 
 F. L. Danforth, 
 
 J. R. Brownell, 
 
 J. P. Dudley. 
 O. P. Ramsdell, 
 J. E. Francis, 
 
 W. C. Francis, 
 
 S. C. Adams, 
 George Meacham.
 
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 The first public celebration of Lincoln's birthday took place February 12, 
 1874, at St. James Hall, Buffalo, and was celebrated each year thereafter during 
 the life of Mr. Francis, which included from 1874 to 1881, inclusive. It was his 
 pleasure to furnish the halls, the music, both instrumental and vocal (the latter 
 generally being the Liedertafel Society, or other organizations), all at his own 
 expense. He persevered in securing the services of orators for addresses, and 
 also essays and poems written by interested friends, which made these celebra- 
 tions both enjoyable and instructive. They were free to all who desired to 
 attend, and a crowded house was always the result. The entertainments 
 included both afternoon and evening. In addition to this, he issued each year 
 60,000 beautifully-engraved cards, which were presented to each pupil in our 
 public schools, and sent to Government officials, etc. He also obtained permis- 
 sion to visit the public schools, and arranged with them, through the Superin- 
 tendent of Education, for appropriate exercises on the 12th of each February. 
 It has recently been ascertained from the books of Mr. Francis that he expended 
 §20,000 in this work from 1863 to 1881. The following are copies of pro- 
 grammes of the exercises held during the years referred to : 
 
 Order of Exercises at St. James Hall. 
 
 THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1874. 
 HON. N. K. HALL Presiding. 
 
 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC A. POPPENBERG. 
 
 PRAYER, Rev. F. Frothixgham. 
 
 READING A. T. Chester, D. D. 
 
 SINGING, IXTERNATIONAL QUARTETTE. 
 
 ADDRESS J. N. Larned, Esq. 
 
 SINGING — " Star Spangled Banner" International Quartette. 
 
 READING F. F. Fargo, I 
 
 READING Prof. J. W. Barker. 
 
 SINGING — "My Country, 'tis of Thee" (in which the audience are requested to join). 
 
 International Quartette. 
 
 BENEDICTION Rev. W. V. Kelly. 
 
 DOORS OPEN AT 6.45 O'CLOCK. EXERCISES AT -j. 45 O'CLOCK.
 
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 Sixty-five years ago to-day began one of the tales which history delights to tell. A life dawned 
 which was to mark an era in the world's progress. Its origin was obscure and poor. None could 
 think, the day it came, that it was to be so great. Its lot was hard. Its growth was sturdy. In 
 the strong school of toil it grew in honesty, sobriety, and patience, in independence and modesty, 
 in kindness and humility. It clung to these. It was reverent and aspiring. Whatever might 
 happen, it would not be base. Through no selfish ambition, but by suffrage of fellow-men, the 
 love and honor of a few of whom it had secured, it was summoned to our country's supreme place. 
 There it was appointed to stand, the centre and guide of the nation, while the nation's life and the 
 world's progress hung on the issue of a terrible conflict. How nobly it stood, amid what a rain of 
 sorrows, treacheries, hatreds, labors, — the world's cold eyes fixed upon it and conquered into tender 
 admiration by its inflexible worthiness ! How grand it showed to be the qualities which make a 
 true manhood ! Their worth is its illuminated lesson. A nation's best possession is its noble 
 children. They are better than wealth; they are wealth's security. They are better than laws; 
 against them there is no law. They are better than constitutions ; to keep them in order no consti- 
 tution is needed. In danger they are its safety. They are law, order, wealth, safety, progress, all 
 in one. And when it dies they are its immortal life, their memory its undying glory. 
 
 Of these, surely, is our Abraham Lincoln. Noble as a boy, noble as a man, he was noble 
 as head and ruler of the nation — perhaps noblest in the unselfish loyalty to Right, which refused 
 even to seize the immortal honor of proclaiming Freedom until he clearly saw it to be his duty. 
 Worthy was he to issue the glorious Proclamation of Emancipation. It was the triumph of his 
 unselfishness and his humility. 
 
 " Oh, Truth ! oh, Freedom ! how are ye still born 
 
 In the rude stable, in the manger nursed ; 
 
 What humble hands unbar those gates of morn 
 
 Through which the splendors of the New Day burst ! " 
 
 Buffalo, N. V.. February 12, 1874. 
 
 " With honor, honor, honor to him, 
 Eternal honor to his name." — F. F 
 
 Hbrabam Xincoln. 
 
 1809. FEBRUARY 12. 1S74. 
 
 Ah ! well it is, we say. 
 For men to weave the laurel, and to crown 
 Their heroes ! Well to lift the marble high, 
 And bid it tell for ages the great deeds
 
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 That saved the land ! And, well to hallow days, 
 And make them rich with blessed memories, 
 That cluster round each passing hour, and lay 
 A beauty and a fragrance on the time ! 
 
 Well, not for him who sleeps his dreamless sleep, 
 Whose white hands lie upon a quiet breast, — 
 But for the men who live and work to-day. 
 For those who march with slow and weary feet, 
 For those who lead the people to the fray 
 And bid them die for Freedom and for God. 
 
 This man, whose name is on our lips, whose deeds 
 
 Are written in our hearts, — how was he wrought ? 
 
 What was his nature ? Was he high or low ? 
 
 Did honorable wealth watch his young life, 
 
 Or was he nurtured in a lowly way, 
 
 And hardened for the conflict from his birth, 
 
 And so made ready for his victory ? 
 
 Short, simple words should tell the simple tale. 
 
 A poor white boy within a cabin home, 
 
 Held down by the same curse that held the slave ; 
 
 A lad athirst for wisdom, yet shut in. 
 
 And pressed, and hindered by his poverty ; 
 
 A man with all the roots of greatness hid 
 
 By overlying rocks of circumstance. 
 
 What shall call out the hero, and uplift 
 This man of men to his own peerless height? 
 The long years gave their tribute as they passed, 
 And hailed him master. All the kindly grace, 
 The childlike ways, the homely honesty, 
 The tender love, the loyalty to truth, 
 That flow and mingle in the gentlest blood, 
 Were met together in his blameless life. 
 
 His story is not old ; no need to write 
 A lengthened page to blazon all his fame. 
 With sturdy growth he threw off every weight, 
 And sprang, full-armored, to the battle front,
 
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 And led the hosts of Freedom. And in his hand 
 
 He bore the banner of our liberty, 
 
 And made his blood-dyed folds so glorious, 
 
 That, for their beauty, we forgot the hand 
 
 That held it up amid the fiery storm, 
 
 Until we saw him dead beside his trust. 
 
 Ah, friends, today we sit within this place, 
 And think of home, and country, and fair hopes, 
 And all the gifts of Freedom that are ours, 
 Because such men have lived. Let us be glad 
 That for a little space their hearts have felt, 
 Their hands have wrought for all the brotherhood. 
 Let us break forth in fitting words of praise, 
 And sing our songs of triumph, though the flower 
 Of victory, shining o'er the rescued land, 
 Is rooted in the martyr's holy grave. 
 
 —Mary A. Ripley. 
 
 £be 1Re\v Song. 
 
 O Christmas bells ! O birthday bells ! 
 Of one true life your story tells, 
 Whose perfect chords give time and key, 
 For every age's symphony. 
 
 Long your sweet chimes have waked the year 
 With added strains ; we're slow to hear 
 Unwonted measures ; what new rhyme 
 Breathes deep to lift the waves of time ? 
 
 When "Peace on earth, good will to men,'' — 
 Your first sweet tune, — is chimed again, 
 Ring peal on peal, a sterner song, 
 Whose echoes tell of righted wrong. 
 
 Let grateful millions hear the strain, 
 And shout aloud the glad refrain ! 
 Once shackled slaves, now men set free, 
 Wake this new song of liberty !
 
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 What soldier, martyr, saint or king, 
 Made life or death an offering 
 More worth than he whose birth, to-day, 
 And deeds, a nation's thanks repay ? 
 
 The thrill that pierced the great world's heart, 
 That stopped its pulses, bade them start 
 With indignation, vengeance rife 
 As ebbed the patriot Lincoln's life. 
 
 That thrill it was that taught the bells 
 Their grand new song ; its burthen tells 
 High thoughts to man, and questions when 
 His deeds shall wake new strains again. 
 
 While pants one soul for freedom's life, 
 While sinks one heart in slavery's strife, 
 While power, or passion's might, makes right, 
 Truth's goal is hidden from our sight. 
 
 But long as Christmas bells may chime 
 Will Lincoln's song be rung in time ; 
 Its brave, true notes, with Christmas cheer, 
 And " Peace on earth " sing down the year. 
 
 — Mrs. Mary B. Sibley, 
 
 Order of Exercises at Lafayette-Street Church. 
 
 FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1875. 
 GROSVENOR W. HEACOCK, D.D., . . . Presiding. 
 
 MUSIC — Organ Voluntary Robert DENTON. 
 
 PRAYER Rev. Luther J. Fletcher. 
 
 READING OF THE MEMORIAL Isaac M. SCHERMERHORN. 
 
 SINGING THE HYMN OF PEACE. 
 
 ADDRESS, Rev. David R. Frazer. 
 
 SINGING— " Star Spangled Banner," Miss Nina Burtis.
 
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 READING THE ESSAY Rev. M. K. SCHERMERHORN. 
 
 READING AND SINGING THE LINCOLN HYMN, . . . Rev. A. T. CHESTER. 
 READING THE POEM "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." . . . GEO. WADSWORTH, Esq. 
 
 SINGING—" Let the Dead and Beautiful Rest," 
 
 Sung by the (colored) scholars of Public School No. 9. 
 
 READING Prof. J. W. Barker. 
 
 SINGING — • Come, Rise with the Lark," 
 
 Colored children, instructed by Mrs. Susan C. Claraluna. 
 
 READING OF THE SONG . . . F. F. Fargo, Esq. 
 
 SINGING — "My Country 'tis of Thee" . . .In which the audience are requested to join. 
 
 BENEDICTION Rev. V. R. HOTCHKISS. 
 
 Twelve ladies and gentlemen kindly consent to take part in these Exercises. 
 The fifty citizens (signers), with their families, will enter on Washington Street; holders of 
 personal cards, east door on Lafayette Street ; general entrance, west door, Lafayette Street. 
 
 " These are my jewels," said the royal mother, pointing to her noble sons. The jewels of any 
 nation are its noble sons. More precious than all others are these, for they cost most, are the 
 rarest, and endure the longest. No labor in mining for gold, searching for diamonds, or diving for 
 pearls, is so costly in self-sacrifice and toil as is that by which a great man produces himself. Truly 
 great men are few and far between. Superior men, — men great in intellect, great in character, and 
 great in deeds, — these are the products of ages ; and no nation, even the oldest, the grandest, and 
 the most heroic — whether it be Greece, Rome, Judea, in ancient times, or France, Germany, Eng- 
 land, in modern times — can boast more than one or two of them. But the " one or two" superior 
 men whom every nation delights to honor, are not only its most costly and rare, but also its most 
 enduring treasures ; their names are held in everlasting remembrance ; their shining virtues, lofty 
 attainments, heroic deeds, immortalize their nations ; and in return the unceasing praises and lasting 
 memorials of their nations should be theirs. 
 
 " Were a star quenched on high, 
 For ages would its light, 
 Still traveling downward from the sky, 
 Shine on our mortal sight. 
 
 " So when a great man dies, 
 Ages beyond our ken, 
 The light he leaves behind him lies 
 Upon the paths of men.
 
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 Our American Republic has produced many noble sons, but WASHINGTON and LINCOLN are 
 noblest of all ; their names will be remembered when all others are forgotten. The Father and 
 the Savior, the Author and the Preserver of our National Liberties ! Side by side they stand, will 
 stand, must stand, not only so long as the American Republic continues to exist, but also so long 
 as the fact of its existence continues to be a record on the pages of History. These are our 
 "jewels!" We should guard them as priceless treasures, and hold them up to the admiration of 
 the world. 
 
 Sixty-six years ago to-day, Abraham Lincoln was born. Though no human ear heard it, 
 yet angels were singing then, as eighteen hundred years before, " Peace on earth, good will to men ; 
 for unto you is born this day a Savior!" A "Savior" he proved to be; for he delivered his 
 nation from the hands of its enemies, and millions of his fellow-men from their crushing yokes of 
 bondage. Surely such a Deliverer ought to be hailed as one of God's greatest gifts to men, and 
 his birthday should be made by the American people a memorial day unto all generations. 
 Abraham Lincoln ! an honest, good, great man — great in heart, great in wisdom, and great in 
 deeds ! Worthy of admiration, honor and a perpetual memorial is he — 
 
 "Oh he, who 
 So perfect and so peerless, was created 
 Of every creature's best." 
 
 194 Delaware St., Buffalo, N. Y., February 12, 1875. 
 
 — M. K. S. 
 
 Hbrabam Xincoln. 
 
 The old world hath its heroes ; poets tell 
 In language sweet and eloquent their deeds, 
 And strong-souled men drink in the golden words 
 Like wine from some rare vintage, till each heart 
 Throbs wildly in its thirst for glory. Yet 
 Upon the chosen roll of honored names, 
 Whose radiance shines forever thro' the years, 
 Will his be fair and bright while Time shall last. 
 Whose memory wakes in every heart to-day 
 A hymn of praise and gratefulness to God. 
 
 Ah ! strife is banished from our happy land. 
 A sweet and holy peace has drifted down 
 On angel wings from heaven. The daisies bloom 
 Above our honored dead, who sweetly sleep 
 As brave men do who win their laurels well,
 
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 That crown a lasting glory. Vet we dream 
 With saddened hearts of one who held the flag 
 When storm and tempest gathered over all ; 
 Of one who with a firm, unshaken grasp, 
 Through steady roll of thunder loud and deep, 
 Held high the banner with the silver stars, 
 When all the skies were hidden ; and when at length 
 The sun in glory burst the cloudy veil, 
 When myriad hearts were blessing him where yet 
 He stood the victor, — he gave up his life, 
 A sacrifice for freedom, and for right. 
 
 He sleeps ; no more to meet at early morn 
 
 The fresh, sweet breeze that fans his native West ; 
 
 Nor feel the weary weight of pain and care 
 
 That hung above his young ambitious soul 
 
 In early life. The spirit brave and strong 
 
 That burst each fetter that would bind him down, 
 
 Finds peace and rest, "fis only left for us 
 
 To hold in fond remembrance his dear name 
 
 Who gave his life to guard our sacred flag. 
 
 The dream of what he was shall bring to life 
 
 The noblest aspirations that may wake 
 
 Within the struggling soul. Above his grave 
 
 The fair, sweet flowers of immortality 
 
 Shall raise their starry heads, while grand and strong 
 
 The stormy billows east and west shall sing 
 
 Through all the coming time his requiem. 
 
 And we, to-day, while pausing to look back 
 Upon the years that threatened to destroy 
 Our land ; what words could we esteem too great, 
 What song would be too sweet, to tell the thoughts 
 That crown the nation's martyr. Let the winds 
 Bear on their wings afar the song of peace, 
 And breathe in every strain the memory 
 Of him whose name is deathless evermore. 
 
 Oh, sacred star of liberty ! still shine 
 Serenely bright above our happy homes ;
 
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 Thy light no more is dimmed, but pure and clear 
 
 Its radiance. No more thou'rt but a name 
 
 That falls upon the hearts of shackled slaves 
 
 In mockery. Through North and South thy beams 
 
 In glory fall ; and in the heavenly ray 
 
 He calmly rests, while all the nation brings 
 
 The heart's best tribute to his shrine to-day. 
 
 — Miss Agnes M v namak \. 
 
 SOIUJ. 
 
 Nation of Freedom, awake ! awake ! 
 
 And fill the wide world with your song : 
 That a heart brave and true, 
 To will and to do, 
 
 Was born on this day, you among. 
 That a heart brave and true, etc. 
 
 Nation of Freedom, awake ! awake ! 
 
 And stir with your song loyal hearts ; 
 For dear Memory weeps 
 O'er the one who now sleeps, 
 
 And needs the lesson he imparts. 
 For dear Memory weeps, etc. 
 
 A life is not born to indolent ease, 
 
 And weeping o'er-much dries the well ; 
 
 Up ! labor, and yearn, 
 
 From example to learn, 
 
 That reward lies in work to excel ! 
 Up ! labor, and yearn, etc. 
 
 Nation of Freedom, awake '. awake ! 
 And cheer the poor laborer on ; 
 For the hero now dead, 
 For his country who bled. 
 
 Through hard labor his eminence won I 
 For the hero now dead, etc.
 
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 Then cherish his meni'ry in songs of his worth. 
 
 And coupled with Washington's name, 
 May Lincoln's be borne 
 On rays of the morn 
 
 To the highest pinnacle of Fame ! 
 May Lincoln's be borne, etc. 
 
 — Sara E. Pkrsch. 
 
 Order of exercises at St. James Hall. 
 
 SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 12, 1876. 
 M. EMMETT TABER Presiding. 
 
 MUSIC . Orchestra. 
 
 READING OF 7^HE MEMORIAL, . ... . Frank C. Manning. 
 
 SINGING— "Red, White, and Blue" 
 
 Mr. Arthur Williams, Miss Susie Simons, Miss Hannah Alexander. 
 
 ADDRESS Rev. D. R. Frazer. 
 
 MUSIC, .... Orchestra. 
 
 RECITATION— Memorial Poem, . . Geo. W. SCRIVEN. 
 
 SINGING — " Star Spangled Banner," . . . .... Chorus. 
 
 ADDRESS ... . E. W. Crosby. 
 
 MUSIC . . Orchestra. 
 
 DECLAMATION . . EDGAR H. LEMAN. 
 
 SINGING — "America," . . Audience. 
 
 SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1876. 
 
 HON. JAMES 0. PUTNAM, 
 
 MUSIC 
 
 PRAYER, .... 
 
 READING OF THE .MEMORIAL, 
 SINGING—" Star Spangled Banner," . 
 
 /'res/Wing. 
 
 Orchestra. 
 Rev. Frederick Frothingham. 
 
 Mr. Is \ \< M. SCHERMERHORN. 
 
 Liedertafel.
 
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 ADDRESS 
 
 REMARKS 
 
 READING THE POEM, . 
 SINGIN< '.— The Hymn of Peace, . 
 
 MUSIC 
 
 READING THE SONG, 
 SINGING— "My Country 'tis of Thee, 
 BENEDICTION 
 
 Rev. Chari es Wood. 
 Mr. E. W. Crosby. 
 
 Miss C VRRIE F. Jt'DD. 
 BUFFALI I LlEDERl AF1 I .. 
 
 Orchestra. 
 
 Miss Julia Ditto. 
 
 In which the audience are requested to join. 
 . Rev. V. R. HOTCHKISS. 
 
 Bbrabam Xincoln 
 
 IN MEMORIAM. 
 
 BY CARRIE F. JfDD. 
 
 Oh ! hail with rejoicing and honor the light of that day 
 
 Which bore us a sovereign hero the nation to sway : 
 
 A strong, daring soul for our country, to wipe out its stains ; 
 
 The rights of his people were holy, he sundered their chains. 
 
 Through tides of tumultuous discord he held his command, 
 
 The throbs of that noble heart beating were felt o'er the land. 
 
 He planted his foot on enslavement and ground it to dust, 
 
 He wrested the power from oppressors, left fetters to rust ; 
 
 Through surges of wild opposition he weathered the storm. 
 
 And faced with unwavering courage his charge to perform. 
 
 No chaplet of laurel were needed for crowning his life. 
 
 Sublimely at last, as he lived it, he finished the strife ; 
 
 A martyr, indeed, for his country, earths honors were vain ; 
 
 A crown of the glory immortal his permanent gain. 
 
 Though lowly our loftiest homage that name to enshrine. 
 
 It e'er in the hearts of his people in splendor shall shine. 
 
 The souls of those destitute freedmen in loyalty hold 
 
 A monument stronger than granite, more precious than gold ; 
 
 'Twas reared on a life of endurance, the workman was Love ; 
 
 The w'arden to guard and preserve it an angel above : 
 
 The key to this glorious structure that dear cherished name. 
 
 Inscribed with the blood of his death-wound, in letters of fame 
 
 And storms cannot crumble this pillar or cause it to rust. 
 
 No changes of time can obscure it, or print it with dust ;
 
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 The blocks in this column of glory are cut from the heart. 
 Cemented with grateful affection they never can part. 
 Thus planted on solid foundation, the strength of the years, 
 And hallowed by rare consecration with agonized tears, 
 Though lost to the life of the listless this cenotaph grand 
 Still looms in its majesty endless, a work of God's hand. 
 Unbound from their fetters those freedmen shall strike for a goal ; 
 That pride, which true liberty wakens, ennobles the soul. 
 His mem'ry a help to advancement, a light to their eyes, 
 That race to the height of true manhood shall steadily rise : 
 And each lofty deed or attainment achieved by their hand, 
 Shall seek for its first inspiration that name of command. 
 
 Soini. 
 
 Daughter of Liberty ! queen of the world ! 
 
 Fairest of all earth's fair nations ! arise I 
 
 Let thy bright banners and flags be unfurled, 
 
 Send thy glad voice to the uttermost skies ! 
 
 Yes ! let us, Columbia's children, to-night 
 
 Praise the name of a hero, "who fought a good fight." 
 
 Look back on the years of our terrible war. 
 Look back on that season of murderous strife. 
 When the havoc of battle relentlessly tore 
 A son from his mother, a husband from wife : 
 Remember how death o'er the land hung a pall. 
 Then thank God for Lincoln, who ended it all. 
 
 We needed a counsellor, ruler, and friend, 
 A man who, with God's help, could carry us through, 
 Courageous and wise, who was willing to lend 
 Himself, heart and soul, to the work he must do. 
 We wanted a man — almost more than a man — 
 Xo need was e'er greater since earth first began. 
 
 Such was Abraham Lincoln, who laid down his life, 
 In behalf of our country, faint, bleeding and torn. 
 Think of him ! and forget all dissensions and strife. 
 As vou swear, one and all, that his name shall be borne
 
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 By the trumpets of fame to each yet unborn race, 
 While America holds on this footstool a place. 
 
 Daughters and sons of this beautiful land. 
 Rejoicing in blessings of freedom and peace, 
 Remember they came from his God-guided hand, 
 And to praise and revere him ne'er let us cease. 
 Then lift we our voices with heartiest might, 
 And shout forth his glory in carols to-night. 
 
 — Julia Ditto. 
 
 Order of Exercises at St. James Hall. 
 
 MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 12, 1877. 
 
 EDGAR H LEM AN, Presiding. 
 
 SONG — " Star Spangled Banner," Lincoln Chorus. 
 
 R HADING OF THE MEMORIAL. ... .... Mr. E. A. Fisher. 
 
 SONG— " Red, White, and Blue" S01.0 and Chorus. 
 
 ADDRESS, Mr. Willis G. Gregory. 
 
 CENTENNIAL HYMN. ... .... . Lincoln Chorus. 
 
 ODE, Mr. G. W. Scriven. 
 
 INSTRUMENTAL DUETT, Messrs. HUETTER and Fleischmann. 
 
 RECITATION SONG, Mr. N. Rosenau. 
 
 SINGING— "America," Audience. 
 
 MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1877. 
 
 HON. SHERMAN S. ROGERS, .... Presiding. 
 
 PRAYER, Rev. G. W. Cutter. 
 
 READING OF THE MEM0RIA1 Mr. Isaac M. Schermerhorn. 
 
 ADDRESS, ... . . . Rev. I. G. Bidwell. 
 
 READING — "fn Memoriam," Miss Delle E. Knapp. 
 
 SINGING— "Columbia," Buffalo Lif.dertafel.
 
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 READING— "Invocation," Miss Mary E. Erwin. 
 
 REMARKS . Mr. E. W. Crosby. 
 
 CORNET SOLO — " Yankee Doodle" with variations 
 
 Master Simon FLEISCHMAN-N, accompanied by his sister Bianca. 
 
 READING LETTERS. 
 
 SINGING — "My Country, 'tis of Thee," Liedertakel. 
 
 BENEDICTION Rev. W. M. Hughes. 
 
 11 n fl&emoriam. 
 
 Hush ! Liberty lies crushed to earth, and dying ; 
 Dark broods the shadow o'er our beauteous land, 
 Night echoes with men's groans, and children crying 
 Without the soothing of a mother's hand. 
 
 On dusky brows, by Southern breezes fanned 
 The crimson brand of bondage darkly glows ; 
 Written in blood by stern Oppression's hand, 
 And crushed down into hearts by myriad woes. 
 
 A million souls in bondage now we see, 
 
 A million souls in bondage, without blame. 
 
 In bondage ! in this " land of liberty," 
 
 Called " freedom's home," in mockery of shame ! 
 
 And o'er the land dark, cruel war doth brood, 
 While in her train walk strife, and death, and woe ; 
 And men forget the nation's brotherhood 
 As brothers forth to slay their brothers go. 
 
 Then o'er war's darksome cloud and dreadful din 
 Our Lincoln rose supreme above the strife ; 
 Freedom's pure flame burned bright, his soul within, 
 And for its sake he rendered up his life. 
 
 I le freed the slave ; who, here, knows not his fame ? 
 Who hath not heard it told in song and story ? 
 Who does not hold in reverence his loved name, 
 And blend with it our own free nation's glory?
 
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 With grateful hearts remember him this day , 
 (The glorious day that saw our hero born, 
 With loyal will our beauteous land to s\va\ I 
 And with glad voices welcome in the morn. 
 
 And, while we sound his praises to the sky. 
 Who made our country " freedom's home" indeed, 
 Give grateful thanks unto the Lord on high, 
 Who gave him to us in our hour of need. 
 
 — Delle E. Knapp, 
 
 Hbrabam Xincoln. 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 BY MARY E. ERWIX. 
 
 Break I break ! thou day that gilds the eastern sky 
 
 With gladder glory than its very own ; 
 Break ! break ! and sweep the starry curtain by 
 
 That round thy rosy sacredness is thrown. 
 Part back the clouds that wreathe the Winter's brow, 
 
 Break thro' the rift old orient, and begin 
 To smile upon a waiting nation now. 
 
 And let this day's auspicious glorv in. 
 
 We hail thy coming ! Of the glad young year — 
 
 Thine is the first whose cause we celebrate ; 
 With glad acclaim, with song, and shout, and cheer, 
 
 This day of days we do re-dedicate 
 To all the honor, glory, power and pride 
 
 That holds a nation in its height sublime, 
 When our "good ship," across a crimson tide 
 
 Hath risen, rescued, from the wrecks of time. 
 
 Thine was the hand, O Lincoln I thine the heart, 
 God-given in our nation's darkest day, 
 
 To break the fetter, and to soothe the smart 
 Of those who 'neath the oppressor's lashes lay.
 
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 Thine wa* the hand to lift a lowly race 
 
 From degradation, shame and slavery, 
 To grant it pow'r, position, name and place ; 
 
 With life's best gift and guerdon, Liberty ! 
 
 Thine was the hand upheld our stars and stripes, 
 
 That stayed our eagle's broad unwavering wing, 
 And thine the name whose sacred mention wipes 
 
 Our Country's scroll from every stain and sting. 
 Rejoice, fond hearts, and grateful incense bear, 
 
 Proclaim his praise afar from sea to sea ; 
 King out. wild bells, upon the wintry air. 
 
 And roll thy echoes down the Century. 
 
 Wave forth, proud stripes ! against the heavens wave! 
 
 Stream out, glad stars ! and crown the natal day 
 Of him whose life alone thy cause could save, 
 
 Whose blood could only wash thy wrongs away. 
 Heroic Spirit ! heart so brave and true ! 
 
 Thy land shall laud and mourn her martyred son, 
 And while our stars burn in their loyal blue, 
 
 Shall Lincoln be our later Washington. 
 
 Order of exercises at St. James Hall. 
 
 TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1878. 
 HON. CHAS. HECK WITH, Presiding. 
 
 PRAYER, Rev. G. W. CUTTER. 
 
 SOXG— " Hymn of Peace." QUARTETTE. 
 
 READING OF THE MEMORIA1 . Mr. JEROME PIERCE. 
 
 SONG—- Star Spangled Banner." . . .... QUARTETTE. 
 
 ADDRESS Rev. Wolcott Calkins. 
 
 SONG— " Columbia," .... QUARTETTE. 
 
 READING— "Appeal," .... . ... Mr. E. W. CROSBY. 
 
 SONG— ■" Red, White, and Blue," .... .... Quartette. 
 
 READING OF POEM— "Abraham Lincoln," .... Miss Mary A. McCarthy.
 
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 REMARKS Mr. JAMES F. GLUCK. 
 
 CORNET SOLO — " Yankee Doodle," with variations, . . Master Simon FLEISCHMANN. 
 
 ( Accompanied by his sister BlANCA.) 
 
 READING LETTERS Mr. F. W. Danforth. 
 
 SINGING — "America" AUDIENCE. 
 
 BENEDICTION. . . Rev. V. R. Hotchkiss. 
 
 Those holding Member's Tickets will be admitted to the Social, after the Exercises. 
 
 Hbrabam Xincoln. 
 
 Victory's sunlight has bathed an eager nation, 
 
 Freedom's glad notes o'er hills and valleys ring, 
 While thro' a land, fresh from a new creation. 
 
 Tidings of Richmond's capture, glad hearts sing. 
 But stay ! ere closes this rejoicing day, 
 
 A message sorrow-freighted thrills the wire, 
 And men's hearts tremble as they pray, 
 
 Heaven to avert calamity so dire. 
 
 O, fair Columbia, why this robe of woe, 
 
 Draping o'er shining stars and loyal blue ? 
 Why this drear night, instead of morning's glow, 
 
 Why dost thou weep, O, Goddess fair and true ? 
 And thus she answers : " From a prairie land, 
 
 There came in peril's need a manly form. 
 Who gave to God and country his right hand, 
 
 To shield and save me from a gath'ring storm. 
 
 So faithful, whole-souled, earnest, did he prove, 
 
 In character and statesmanship so great 
 And noble, that in bonds of faith and love, 
 
 I gave him rank, made him my magistrate. 
 Then dark o'erhung the storm, and clouds o'ercast, 
 
 Which shut the light of Freedom from my sight,- 
 Which gave to Wrong the power, in thunder-blast 
 
 To blight my life and wither all my might.
 
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 And then the promise giv'n I tested well, 
 
 Found sweet relief when my deliver'r came, 
 My many doubts and fears did he dispel, 
 
 Then fadeless laurels gave I to his fame. 
 But scarce I learned to love my hero-soul, 
 
 Scarce I the harvest bountiful did reap, 
 When fell assassin's hand, in murder foul, 
 
 Took Abraham Lincoln's life. For this I weep.'' 
 
 Columbia's children gather here to-night, 
 
 With words of praise to eulogise his name ; 
 And may this joyous natal-day, in flight 
 
 Of years, swell with loud chorus to his fame, 
 And while his name is penned on History's leaf, 
 
 In letters with a living dazzling glow, 
 Let us — a nation — honor him as chief, 
 
 And from our hearts let grateful tributes flow. 
 
 — Mary A. McCarthy. 
 
 HppeaL 
 
 We invite the American people, without regard to condition, to unite in rejoicing in a New- 
 National Holiday, and recommend rational amusements. You, each and every one, owe a debt to 
 Abraham Lincoln ; a National Holiday will repay it. With you lies the will to pay. Sixty-nine 
 years ago to-day this patriotic soul came among you ; let a new festival of the nation be born, 
 whose name may be known as " Consideration Day." The counsel of ages approves, and in loud 
 tones encourages us to rejoice in song and speech, in music and in dance. 
 
 The names of Washington and Lincoln will be held in remembrance by the American people, 
 for ages to come. The Father and the Savior, the Author and the Preserver of our National Lib- 
 erties ; there they stand side by side, and will stand for evermore. 
 
 At the close of the Revolutionary war there were doubts in the minds of many eminent men 
 both in Europe and America in regard to our future destiny ; it troubled Washington himself. But 
 by good legislation, by the intelligence of our people and through the resources of our country, we 
 have become one of the greatest nations upon the face of the earth. What would we be to-day if 
 it were not for Abraham Lincoln ? Who can tell what would have been the results of the great 
 Rebellion, if Lincoln had not taken the helm, and steered the Ship of State safely through the 
 storm ? The government being one of the people, and the hearts of the people being so estranged 
 and embittered, with scarcely a shadow of a regular army to sustain him, it was a terrible respon-
 
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 sibility to undertake, endangering the very liberties of a people and the existence of a nation. But 
 nobly and well did he carry it through. 
 
 The sacrifices and patriotic devotion to his country of Abraham Lincoln during those four 
 years can never be forgotten by the American people. No other man could have done it ; not 
 many men would have assumed such a charge. But by divine aid, and under his wise supervision, 
 we succeeded in crushing the greatest rebellion this country in all probability will ever experience. 
 As soon as this was done, it seemed as if hislife's-work was ended and he gave up his life a martyr 
 to his country, which he must have expected, surrounded as he was with so many bitter enemies. 
 
 For this patriotic devotion to his country, and for his great earnestness and assiduity in con- 
 ducting this government through the great crisis, he received but a small reward. His great and 
 generous heart thought of nothing but the peril of his country, and he devoted his very life and 
 soul to the saving of the nation. For his sacrifice and for his great public service the American 
 people owe him a debt of gratitude, and let the people of this nation consider and appreciate the 
 great benefits derived through the loyalty and courage of Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 — F. W. D. 
 
 1879 
 
 H flDonument. 
 
 All nations have their heroes ; all heroes their monuments. Greece has its Leonidas, Germanv 
 its Hermann, England its Wellington, America its Washington and Lincoln. Start from the shores 
 of the mild Pacific and travel westward. Under the burning sun of the dusky Orient ; the cold 
 chill rays of a northern clime ; the genial light of sunny skies ; monuments of all kinds and 
 description are scattered. They range from grand, colossal temples to simple columns. But 
 where are the monuments of our heroes ? Alas ! it has been said, and truly, too, that republics 
 are, generally, disregarded of their benefactors, and soon forget them. Washington has, at least, 
 been immortalized by the naming of our national capital ; but Lincoln might have been forgotten 
 had not our generous, patriotic, and grateful fellow-citizen, Mr. Julius E. Francis, plucked, as it 
 were, the memory of our hero from oblivion to thrust it under the rays of immortality. It was he 
 that reared a monument in honor of the preserver of our national liberties. Not a marble struc- 
 ture, but one whose like has ne'er been seen before. It is not grand and colossal, in a worldly 
 sense, but simple and eloquent. It is built with pen and ink, and contains the history of thou- 
 sands of soldiers and sailors who fought bravely for our Union. In centuries hence, when all the 
 builders are cold, this monument will be regarded with veneration and love. Antiquarians will 
 come from far and wide to gaze upon it ; for, search the pages of the remotest records, its parallel 
 cannot be found. 
 
 A few words of description : The corner-stone was laid at the Boston Jubilee, June ijth-July
 
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 4. j S72 ; the first signer being W. Nichols. M. D.. 2d Mass. Within six weeks a thousand names 
 were added. It required five years of untiring zeal and labor for completion ; John Franklin. 
 Engineer " Powhattan." being the last signer. The monument is a large plain volume. A preface 
 points out the time spent in collecting the autographs. < )ne page contains a fine ink sketch repre- 
 senting the emblems of our country. Seated before this volume, and turning leaf after leaf, we 
 gaze upon a history written by ten thousand different hands. The writing in itself furnishes mate- 
 rial for hours of pleasant study. The fine penman, the coarse laborer, the impetuous business- 
 man. But the headings of the columns opposite the names attract our attention now — "When 
 Enlisted." In imagination we see gray-haired men grasping the steel, to conquer or die ; fathers 
 clasping their darlings to their breasts; youths receiving a mother's blessing. Again — "Rank." 
 Private, major, captain, colonel, general, each with his share of responsibility, and all united in one 
 great cause. The names of Grant, Sheridan, Sherman, and other brave generals greet us. Upon 
 their shoulders rested the future of a nation. To them we looked for encouragement during the 
 bloody tumult — the deadly struggle. Theirs was the leading of armies ; the losing or gaining of 
 the day. Here the battles in which the signers were engaged — some one, ten, Gettysburg, five, 
 Bull Run, Fredericksburg — indeed, any amount of important and interesting historical matter 
 may be gathered from these pages. But, behold the faintly-scribbled name, as if the left hand 
 trembled to perform the duties of the right ; the dash and cross — may not the sight have failed ? 
 How little, and yet how full of meaning. Yes, how full of meaning are these pages. They whis- 
 per of sorrows, hardships, sufferings, and struggles ; of longings, hopes, exulting joys, and victories. 
 O, Lincoln ! is not this monument far nobler, purer, holier than marble structures? Where can we 
 find its equal ? Think of the hours, days, and years spent in labor and fortitude to overcome all 
 disappointments and obstacles thrust in the way of one building such a monument. And when 
 bowing our heads to-night, to beg for blessing upon our nation, let us not forget him in our prayer 
 who reared this monument to Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. JULIANA W. DOPP. 
 
 Hbrabam Xincoln 
 
 Birth, life, or death, it matters not, 
 Ocean or river-bound the spot, 
 From lap of ease or woodman's cot, 
 
 If a soul arise, in destined plan, 
 With manhood's will to lead some van 
 Inscribed, " Humanity to man." 
 
 Where thousand rivulets combined 
 A mighty river, on whose tide 
 Refugees from oppression hied.
 
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 Seventy years this day a child was born 
 
 On La Belle River. In youth's bright morn 
 
 The vine-clad cliff his home adorned. 
 
 His brawny arms cleft th' trees away 
 Where nations in one family 
 Could break the chain of tyranny. 
 
 Repeated wrong and outrage echoing, 
 Heart to heart expansive forces bring — 
 No Grecian forum could so clarion ring. 
 
 While peace and plenty crowned each year, 
 What filled the patriot's heart with fear? 
 'Twas jealousy's triumphal car ! 
 
 List, oh time ! A nation of one blood 
 
 Divided by a line of latitude ! 
 
 Shall fallen man disturb this brotherhood ? 
 
 Proclamation to all was given — 
 " Stay not while union is riven ; 
 Slack not until the foe be driven I " 
 
 Loud rings the praise of pure devotion — 
 " A glorious union from lake to ocean ! " 
 Seal in heav'n a ransomed nation. 
 
 Athwart the blood-stained lands that mourn 
 " Amnesty " echoes from heaven's dome ; 
 Our country now is Liberty's home. 
 
 Could aught but demon forge the dart 
 
 Assassins aimed at patriot heart, 
 
 While forgiveness emblazoned a nation's chart ? 
 
 God forgive the exultant breath 
 
 That would not stay the shaft of death, 
 
 Though earth of a great soul bereft. 
 
 Tears and blood of ages past, 
 
 In Justice's scale with freedom cast, 
 
 Redeemed her. May she ever last !
 
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 Order of Exercises at St. James Hall, 
 
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 FEBRUARY 12, 1880. 
 
 Doors open at 7, Exercises ,-it S o'cloclc. 
 
 HON. JAMES M. SMITH. 
 
 PRAYER, ... 
 
 READING MEMORIAL 
 
 SINGING— "Hail Columbia;' 
 
 READING POEM, 
 
 SINGING — ist and 2d verses National Anthem. 
 
 ADDRESS, 
 
 SI NGING— jd and 4th verses National Anthem, 
 READING— " Peace Jubilees" .... 
 SINGING— 5th, 6th and 7th verses National Anthem. 
 READING LETTERS 
 
 Presiding. 
 
 Rev. Geo. W. Cutter. 
 
 Mr. John WlLLOUGHBY. 
 
 Standard Quartette. 
 
 Miss Jeannie D. Scoti . 
 
 Standard Quartette. 
 
 Mr. Charles B. Wheeler. 
 
 Standard Quartette. 
 
 Nathaniel S. Rosenau. 
 
 Standard Quartette. 
 
 Mr. C. W. Crosby, Jr. 
 
 Standard Quartette. 
 
 SINGING — " Star Spangled Banner.' 
 
 SINGING — "My Country, 'tis of Thee" . Standard Quartette and Audience 
 Mr. Simon FLEISCHMANN, Musical Conductor. 
 
 Hbrabatn Xincolu. 
 
 Who is he sleeping in the West, 
 Whose mem'y, like an honored guest, 
 
 From things accustomed turns 
 A busy nation's thoughts away, 
 To bless his name, on this his natal day ? 
 
 What was he? Ask of the oppressed, 
 Go seek the bravest and the best, 
 
 And hear them say : "By right 
 I >ivine of a great soul he traced 
 'Mong earth's revered names an honored place.
 
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 His life was patient, bold and strong, 
 Brave to endure and conquer wrong, 
 
 To war with Error's host, 
 Unnmved against Oppression's might. 
 He was a victor in a glorious tight. 
 
 Our savior and our hope was he 
 Who quelled the angry, troubled sea 
 
 Of passion uncontrolled, 
 When fierce Dissension's cruel hand 
 Spread death and desolation o'er the land. 
 
 He piloted great Freedom's bark 
 Thro' storm of blood and treason dark ; 
 
 And when our ship of state 
 He anchored safe from foe and strife, 
 His work was done ; he yielded up his life. 
 
 This hero, then, we love to praise, 
 His deeds the theme of future lays 
 
 Will be. And ages hence 
 A grateful people will his story tell, 
 And guard the nation that he loved so well. 
 
 Jeannie D. Scott. 
 
 peace Jubilees. 
 
 The clash of arms had ceased, the deadly struggle for the preservation of the Union was over, 
 the soldiers had returned to their homes, and peace and industry once more reigned throughout the 
 land. The great masters of music in an Eastern city had prepared a building capable of accommo- 
 dating from sixty to seventy thousand persons, and here they proposed to gather the music-loving 
 people of sister cities, far and near, for a grand jubilee. From the shores of the stormy Atlantic to 
 the calm coasts of the Pacific, from Florida's balmy clime to the green slopes of the Old Dominion, 
 city village and hamlet sent their representatives to swell this vast pa-an of peace. The prepara- 
 tions which were made were extremely elaborate. Near the building was a battery of ten guns, 
 which were to be operated by electricity, while the bells in the churches and public buildings were 
 to be set in motion in a similar manner. Nothing was omitted which could add to the effect. The 
 decorations of the building were exceedingly beautiful. Each seat was numbered to prevent mis- 
 takes, and efficient ushers conducted spectators to their places as if by magic.
 
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 The noise made by this moving mass of people exceeded the roar of Niagara's cataract ; but an 
 instant hush fell upon the vast assembly as the great organ sounded its diapason, and every ear was 
 strained in eager attention to catch the faintest and sweetest sounds as well as those more powerful. 
 
 A hundred firemen in white caps and red shirts now filed in, and their approach was greeted 
 with demonstrations of joy by the audience. Each man bore upon his shoulder a bright hammer, 
 and upon reaching his appointed place an anvil equally lustrous stood before him. When all was 
 ready the orchestra struck up the prelude, and at the proper time the chorus took up its part. The 
 hundred anvils, the big drum, the great organ, the thousand instruments and the ten thousand 
 voices all joined together to produce a grand and thrilling result. 
 
 Such masterly performances as these were not without their effect upon the audience. Thou- 
 sands of handkerchiefs waved in the air, and thousands of voices cried : " Bravo ! " " Bravo ! " All 
 outward cares and troubles were forgotten, and each yielded himself up to the joy of the moment. 
 A sense of relief at escaping from the perplexities and trials of daily life stole into each breast, and 
 hearts beat in sympathy with each grand strain. Thoughts which, if awakened at all in the busy 
 scenes of life had been instantly stifled, now held undisputed sway, and the starting tear-drop spoke 
 more eloquently of the power of music than did the most vociferous applause. 
 
 When national hymns were rendered, the audience was invited to join, and it can be truly said 
 that forty thousand, yea, fifty thousand voices, united in the grand anthems which swelled heaven- 
 ward in a vast peal of harmony. 
 
 Saturday forenoon was devoted to the children, and the sight presented within the hall was 
 truly a beautiful one. Sixteen thousand bright and happy faces were grouped in the chorus 
 galleries, and sixteen thousand sweet voices rose exultantly upon the air in praise of our fair land of 
 harmony. 
 
 Amid acclamations from the people, and praises from critics all over the land, the National 
 Peace Jubilee was brought to a close, and strangers returned to their distant homes feeling well 
 repaid for any privations they might have undergone in order to be present. 
 
 In 1872 preparations were made for a World's Peace Jubilee, and the best instrumental and 
 vocal talent of Europe came to assist. The arrangements were on a much larger and grander scale 
 than the jubilee of '69, and the Bostonians neglected nothing which could in any way add to the 
 general effect. The galleries accommodated twenty thousand singers, and a large and enthusiastic 
 audience from day to day assembled in the extensive building. 
 
 It is to be hoped that on the 12th day of February, 1880, the children of our public schools may 
 in a measure imitate these grand Jubilees. May they unite their sweet voices in happy song and 
 joyful praise. May nationalities, denominations and creeds be forgotten, and may all, both old and 
 young, endeavor to make the 12th of February a day which shall long be remembered and cher- 
 ished as one of the bright spots in a world which to so many is clouded with sorrow and disap- 
 pointment. —Ida I. Voak. 
 
 Buffalo, N. V.
 
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 Order of exercises. 
 
 FEBRUARY 12, 1881. 
 
 1. READING OF THE MEMORIAL. FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. 
 
 2. SINGING " Hail Columbia." 
 
 3. SINGI NG — 1st and 2d verses National Anthem. 
 \. READING THE POEM—" Abraham Lincoln." 
 
 5. SIX( iIN< ! jd and 4th verses National Anthem. 
 
 6. READING OF ESSAY— " Our Country's Defenders." 
 
 7. SINGING — 5th, 6th and jth verses National Anthem. 
 
 8. READING— Of Poems and Essays of former years. 
 
 9. SINGING—" Star Spangled Banner." 
 
 10. READING SELECTED COMPOSITIONS. 
 
 11. SINGING—" My Country, 'tis of Thee." 
 
 \2. PRESENTING THE MEMORIALS OF 1881. 
 
 Bbrabam Xincoln. 
 
 Far in the beauteous West, 
 
 Where roll the prairies in grandeur, 
 
 Calm as the face of a river, 
 
 Where sunbeams lovingly quiver. 
 
 Sleeps in the quiet of dreamless rest, 
 
 Lincoln, our hero, forever. 
 
 When first the mountains were reared. 
 
 And the lowlands stretched in their beauty. 
 Came the angel of God, 
 To plant in the western sod, 
 
 heed of Freedom — by tyrants feared, 
 Doom of Slavery's rod.
 
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 Forth from the seed he came, 
 Ripened in Destiny's sunshine, 
 
 Fruit of the distant ages, 
 
 Ideal of poets and sages, 
 And on as he moved was writ his fame 
 
 In History's brightest pa 
 
 Breaker of chains was he, 
 
 From the limbs of a race down trodden, 
 
 Strong in his faith to save, 
 
 In spirit unflinching and brave, 
 His title to honor, all time shall be 
 
 The broken bonds of the slave. 
 
 Earnest and hopeful and true. 
 
 He saw through the mists of the future. 
 
 Calmly adjusted the strife, 
 
 When traitor rebellion was rife, 
 And led the nation in honor anew, 
 
 Through the portals of death unto life. 
 
 And when his great task was done, 
 
 And the light of our morning was breaking, 
 
 Treason with murderous hand, 
 
 At ruthless fury's command, 
 Struck with foul blow our chosen one, 
 
 The savior of the land. 
 
 Softly we bore him home, 
 
 With the mantle of Martyrdom o'er him, 
 
 Calmly he rests there now, 
 
 In the shade of the laurel bough, 
 And the love of a nation forms a dome, 
 
 To cover his patient brow. 
 
 Long heard shall be his renown, 
 
 As the ceaseless voice of the ocean ; 
 With solemn, majestic chime, 
 'Twill sweep through the shades of time, 
 
 And the future bowing, shall grant him the crown 
 
 Of destiny sublime. 
 
 — Rowland B. M \hany. 
 
 LIBRARY -— 
 
 univsrsity Of nnwnw
 
 ©ur Country's SJcfenfcers. 
 
 There was quiet overall the land, — the ominous portentious calm that precedes the storm 
 One sharp report breaks the lethargic stillness, and the horror-stricken cry bursts from a myriad 
 throats, " Sumter has been fired upon ! " But though fired upon, all was not lost while men with 
 the cool courage of Anderson, the enthusiasm of Ellsworth, and the hardihood of Wilson remained. 
 There was no trembling, no indecision among the united people ; with one accord men pledged 
 their lives for the nation's honor. 
 
 Foremost among the sister States who promptly came to the front, stands New-York, and many 
 of her bravest regiments came from our own Queen City. Of the earliest to respond was the 21st, 
 whose valor was well proved in the ever-memorable battles of South Mountain, Antietam, and 
 Gettysburg. 
 
 With flying colors next came the gallant 49th, supporting Hancock, toiling in the Chickahominy 
 campaign, arriving at Gettysburg after the terrible seven days' march, and fighting under Sheridan 
 in the Shenandoah. 
 
 Next advanced the 100th through smoke and fire to Richmond, and to Seven Pines, making 
 the most brilliant charge of the War under the eye of Grant himself, and among those who witnessed 
 the dying struggles of the Confederacy. 
 
 The brave Germans of Wiedrich's Battery then thundered along, engaging in battle at Cross 
 Keys, under Fremont, at Bull Run, Chancellorsville, and at all the great battles of the War. 
 
 The 1 1 6th was brilliantly successful in its first battle, in the Shenandoah Valley, at Cedar Creek 
 under the fiery Sheridan. 
 
 Both Eaton's and Wheeler's Batteries did good and faithful service to the end of the War. 
 
 The 155th served with the Army of the Potomac, and the 187th worked nobly in the defense. 
 
 The Ellsworth Regiment of Fire Zouaves went down with their young leader whose untimely 
 death, and the swift retribution of his avenger, roused to a white heat the patriotic indignation of 
 the country. 
 
 The colored regiment of the 54th Massachusetts, under the noble Shaw, showed their metal and 
 determination. 
 
 Regiment after regiment poured forth from Massachusetts, and the Eastern States, from Ohio, 
 and Michigan, with the hardy hunters of the Western frontier. 
 
 On the sea our supremacy was maintained by Farragut on the flag-ship ''Hartford," and 
 by Worden on the "Monitor." 
 
 Not without terrible sacrifice did these brave men keep their pledged faith to the Union. 
 
 The 3d Michigan at Fair Oaks received its "baptism of fire," while attacking the enemy, and 
 again at Cold Harbor with the Ohio and New-York regiments. The loss of life and the sufferings 
 of the wounded were greater than words can convey.
 
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 At Vicksburg, Fredericksburg, and Savage Station, the blood of the loyal cried out for vengeance 
 on the heads of those who caused such bitter woe and anguish. 
 
 At last the sublime romance, and the terrible reality of war ended, when under the old apple- 
 tree the rebel commander, Lee, acknowledged the defeat of the Southern armies, and surrendered 
 to Grant. 
 
 And now looking back upon what they did for us, it is not right that they who suffered so 
 much that we might enjoy the blessings and the privileges of liberty, should be forgotten, or their 
 memory lightly regarded. 
 
 With reverence, with loving admiration, with just pride, we look upon and honor them, the 
 Defenders of our Country. Emma S. E. Sales. 
 
 In his last will, Mr. Francis bequeathed to the trustees of the Lincoln 
 Birthday Association his valuable collection, and also a fund, which included all 
 of his estate, excepting the bequests to relatives; and it is desired by many of 
 his friends that eventually the fund will be used for the erection of a handsome 
 monument to Lincoln, upon some of our beautiful squares.
 
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 The following is a copy of the original Memorial to the Forty-third Con- 
 gress, also a list of the signatures to the Alternate Memorial: 
 
 Memorial. 
 
 Senate and House of the United States of America: 
 
 For ages it has been the custom of people and nations to hold in dear remembrance the name 
 of Him whose life was devoted to His kind and His country. 
 
 To him who proclaimed the Declaration of Independence a living reality, eternal " remem- 
 brance." 
 
 On the Twelfth Day of February, 1809, the soul of ABRAHAM Lincoln was launched into time. 
 
 We, the undersigned, do petition your honorable Assembly, the Senate and House of Repre- 
 sentatives, that you do nominate and appoint the Twelfth Day of February a "Legal Holiday." 
 that a universal people may rejoice together in this great gift of God to man. 
 
 Alabama, 
 
 Arkansas, 
 
 California , 
 
 Connecticut, 
 
 Delaware. . 
 
 Florida , . 
 
 Georgia, 
 
 Illinois, . 
 
 Indiana, 
 
 Iowa, 
 
 Kansas, 
 
 Kentucky, 
 
 Louisiana. . 
 
 Maine, 
 
 Maryland, . 
 
 Massachusetts, 
 
 Michigan, 
 
 Minnesota, 
 
 Mississippi, 
 
 Missouri, 
 
 Nebraska, . 
 
 Nevada, . 
 
 Ne7v Hampshire, 
 
 New Jersey, 
 
 New York, 
 
 Joseph Warren. 
 
 John S. Noyes. 
 
 . Peter Paul. 
 
 Joseph Dart. 
 
 . A. Altman. 
 
 . Hiram Barton. 
 
 Lewis L. Hodges. 
 
 . P. Emslie. 
 
 Jacob Beyer. 
 
 . Theo. Butler. 
 
 Joseph C. Barnes. 
 
 N. K. Hall. 
 
 . Henry M. Kent. 
 
 Wm. H. Greene. 
 
 Isaac M. Si iiermerhorn. 
 
 Fred. L. Danforth. 
 
 Walter Cary. 
 
 J. M. Hum rii rev. 
 
 Geo. Meacham. 
 
 Orlando Allen. 
 
 . F. S. Pease. 
 
 L. J. Fletcher. 
 
 . E. G. Spaulding. 
 
 . Oliver G. Steele. 
 
 Lyman K. Bass. 
 
 North Carolina, 
 
 Ohio, . 
 Oregon, . 
 
 Pennsylvania, 
 Alaska, . 
 Dakota, 
 
 ONE COUNTRY. 
 Indian Territory, 
 Rhode Island, . 
 South Carolina. . 
 Tennessee, 
 Texas, 
 I 'crmont, 
 Virginia, 
 West Virginia, 
 Wisconsin, . 
 Arizona, . 
 Colorado, 
 
 District of Columbia, 
 Idaho 
 Montana, 
 
 1 ico, 
 Utah, 
 
 kington, 
 Wyoming, 
 
 O. P. Ramsdell. 
 
 Henry YY. Burt. 
 
 II. Utley. 
 
 . M. P. Bush. 
 
 O. H. Marshall. 
 
 W. C. Fra: 
 
 Julius E. Franclv 
 
 Elijah Hadley. 
 
 . B. C. Rumsey. 
 
 Fred'k Held. 
 
 Robert Denton. 
 
 . W. H. Peabody. 
 
 Pascal P. Pratt. 
 
 Charles W. Evans. 
 
 V. R. HOTCHKIS:--. 
 . J. RlEITF.NSTAHL. 
 
 Wilson S. Bissell. 
 
 Alexander Bri mi. 
 
 Geo. R. Babcock. 
 
 . John Wilkeson. 
 
 J. P. Dudley. 
 
 . S. F. Mixer. 
 
 . G. R. Wilson. 
 
 . C. G. Flint. 
 
 . A. T. Chester.
 
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 ALTERNATES. 
 
 Alabama, 
 
 Frank C. Manning. 
 
 Montana, 
 
 Arizona, 
 
 Paul B. Denton. 
 
 Nebraska, . 
 
 Arkansas, . 
 
 A. T. Ketcham. 
 
 Nevada, 
 
 California, 
 
 . Geo. Reimann. 
 
 New Hampshire, 
 
 Colorado, 
 
 Charles P. Norton. 
 
 New Jersey, . 
 
 Connecticut, 
 
 Fred. W. Danforth. 
 
 New Mexico, 
 
 Dakota, 
 
 E. H. Gilbert. 
 
 New - York, . 
 
 Delaware, 
 
 . Wm. E. Lamb. 
 
 North Carolina, . 
 
 District of Columbia, . 
 
 Willis G. Gregory. 
 
 Ohio, . 
 
 Florida, . 
 
 . Wm. K. Arey. 
 
 ONE COUNTRY, 
 
 Georgia, 
 
 . James A. HENRY. 
 
 Oregon, . 
 
 Ida/to, 
 
 Will S. Allen. 
 
 Pennsylvania, 
 
 Illinois, 
 
 Seward A. Simons. 
 
 Rhode Island, 
 
 Indiana, . 
 
 John Fero. 
 
 South Carolina, . 
 
 Iowa, . . . . 
 
 . John G. Parsons. 
 
 Tennessee, 
 
 Kansas, . 
 
 . Perky C. Reyburn. 
 
 Texas, 
 
 Kentucky, . 
 
 Jerome Pierce. 
 
 Utah, . 
 
 Louisiana, 
 
 Henry Schwartz. 
 
 Vermont, 
 
 Maine, 
 
 Albert W. Shaw. 
 
 Virginia, 
 
 Maryland, 
 
 Joseph C. Dodge. 
 
 Washington, 
 
 Massachusetts, 
 
 Edgar H. Chapin. 
 
 West Virginia, 
 
 Michigan, 
 
 . Wm. Lang. 
 
 Wisconsin, 
 
 Minnesota, . 
 
 Charles Pull. 
 
 Wyoming, 
 
 Mississippi, 
 
 Percy Eaton. 
 
 Alaska, 
 
 Missouri, . 
 
 . Wm. F. Strasmer. 
 
 Indian 'Territory, . 
 
 Daniel Desbecker 
 
 A. L. Warner. 
 
 . Ben. C. Ralph. 
 
 Samuel Higgins. 
 
 . Charles E. Pierce. 
 
 . Geo. B. Webster. 
 
 . James S. Metcalfe. 
 
 Eugene E. Storck. 
 
 Charles D. Karr. 
 
 . Frank C. Gilbert. 
 
 Harry L. Daw. 
 
 Wm. L. Mar< v. 
 
 Simon Fleischman. 
 
 . C. H. Eldredge. 
 
 James P. KOINE. 
 
 . Walter Cary, Jr. 
 
 . Louis A. Bull. 
 
 M. Emmett Taber. 
 
 H. Sidway. 
 
 . Moses Shire. 
 
 Louis Kish. 
 
 Robert N. Loom is. 
 
 Frank Danforth. 
 
 Charles D. Sanborn. 
 
 Leon Brock. 
 
 With this collection is a marble bust and oil portrait of Mr. Francis. 
 The room in which the Francis Collection is placed is open to the public.
 
 
 
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