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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 42: summer outing. (search)
as her familiar demon. Not infrequently I heard people in the street designate me as little Maggie's mother. We met in Portland the Rev. Starr King and the Rev. Mr. Stebbins, two great pulpit orators. Mr. Starr King boarded at the same house with us, and his nature and mind combined seemed to me to be a heavenly lyre that was capable of sounding any note in the gamut of joy or sympathy. His eloquence was wondrous, and his cordial grace commended it to us. Mr. Stebbins was also personally most agreeable to Mr. Davis. They had several long talks upon doctrinal points, and once at a dinner, when the necessity of a formulated creed was urged by my husband, Mr. Stebbins argued against it, and said, The creed I set before my congregation is one-third democracy and two-thirds pluck. Mr. Davis used often afterward to cite this speech of a great and good man to show how needful a written code of faith and dogmatic teaching was to Christians. Happy in the society of intellectual men
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stuart, Gilbert Charles 1755-1828 (search)
Stuart, Gilbert Charles 1755-1828 Artist; born in Narraganset, R. I., Dec. 3, 1755; was taken to Edinburgh when eighteen years of age by a Scotch artist named Alexander, but soon returned, and painted at Newport, Boston, and New York. When the Revolutionary War broke out, he went to London, received instructions from Benjamin West, and rose to eminence. Gilbert Charles Stuart. In Paris he painted a portrait of Louis XIV. He returned to the United States in 1793, and painted, from life, portraits of Washington and many worthies of the Revolutionary period. After residing several years in Philadelphia and awhile in Washington, he made his permanent abode in Boston in 1806. Stuart's last work was a portrait of John Quincy Adams. He is regarded as one of the best portraitpainters America has ever produced. His two daughters, Mrs. Stebbins and Miss Jane Stuart, both meritorious artists, long followed the profession of their father. He died in Boston, Mass., July 27, 1828.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
(Reissue.)1,154HoweMar. 19, 1861. 32,297Jones et al.May. 14, 1861. 32,315SherwoodMay. 14, 1861. 32,385SmithMay. 21, 1861. 34,081WelchJan. 7, 1862. 34,789StebbinsMar. 25, 1862. 34,906SingerApr. 8, 1862. 36,084HallAug. 5, 1862. (Reissue.)1,388Atkins et al.Jan. 20, 1863. 37,913HoweMar. 17, 1863. 37,985SmithMar. 24, e up (continued). No.Name.Date. 95,619HawkinsSept. 21, 1869. 102,170Smith et al.Apr. 19, 1870. 103,949WendellJune 7, 1870. 105,741TrueJuly 26, 1870. 118,067StebbinsAug. 15, 1871. 121,966SecorDec. 19, 1871. 129,406HallFeb. 25, 1872. 136,324JonesJuly 16, 1872. (Reissue.)6,087EldredgeOct. 13, 1874. 25. Tension Devices.ails of winding stairs, etc. Instruments for drawing Spirals and Scrolls. No. 97,571.TruesdellDec. 7, 1869. No. 99,853.CrandellFeb. 15, 1870. No. 138,053.StebbinsApril 22, 1873. Instruments for laying out Stair Curves. No. 5,380.WoosterDec. 4, 1847. No. 18,110.StewartSept. 1, 1857. No. 24,763.ShaefferJuly 12, 1859
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Leaves from a Roman diary: February, 1869 (Rewritten in 1897） (search)
us as Carlyle. Besides, he writes prose, and not poetry. He took up a photograph which was lying on the table and showed it to me, saying, How do you like Miss Stebbins's Satan I told him I hardly knew how to judge of such a subject. Then we both laughed, and Mr. Longfellow said: I wonder what our artists want to make Satans for. I doubt if there is one of them that believes in the devil's existence. I noticed on closer examination that the features resembled those of Miss Stebbins herself. Mr. Longfellow looked at it closely, and said, So it does,--somewhat. Then I told him that I asked Warrington Wood how he obtained the expression for his head of Satan, and that he said he did it by looking in the glass and making up faces. Mr. Longfellow laughed heartily at this, saying, I suppose Miss Stebbins did the same, and that is how it came about. Our sculptors should be careful how they put themselves in the devil's place. Wood has modelled a fine angel, and his group (Mich
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Medford Church anniversaries. (search)
the missionary (from this church, now in India), the Spirit of Mary Rogers. The closing episode of The Far Flung Years massed all the participants in review, and its entire presentation was the result of much thought and effort on the part of the author and all that managed and carried it through so successfully. During the presentation there looked out from the screen the portraits of the seven pastors of the church during the half century. Three have gone on before— Messrs. Jaggar, Stebbins and Clancy, two—Messrs. Hood and Yorke, sent letters of regret. But it was like good old times, the coming of the second, Rev. Marshall M. Cutter. The pageant was repeated on Friday evening with even greater success, and on Saturday evening was the Anniversary Reunion, this also in the auditorium. The pastor presided. The historical sketch of the church and parish was read by Mr. Alexander Diebold, and showed a careful search of record and grouping of the facts of a highly interestin
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
& Baker, Apperson & Dupuy, John Howard, Mitchell & Tyler, O F. Breses, Wm. A. Wyatt, Geo. W. Royster, M. T. Starke, Darracott, & Co., W. H. Haxall, John Dooley, Jas. S. Kent, J. R. Anderson & Co., Fisher & Shepherd. P. T. Moore & Co., Jas. Woodhouse & Co, B. F. Harris, Johnson & Pugh, Geo. S, Palmer, Bacon & Baskerville, Edward Novell, Wm. L. Maule, H. K. Ellyson, Chiles & Chenery, Christian & Lathrop, P. K. White, Jno. C. Page, Jr., Stebbins, Pullen & Co., S. McGruder's Sons, Marcus Harris & Bro., Watkins & Ficklen, George L. Bidgood, W. L. Waring, Goddin & Apperson, Kent, Paine & Co., Solomon A. Myers, Ginter, Alvey & Arents, Bridgford & Co., Johnson, Truheart & Vaughan, I. N. Cocke, Read & Jefer, A. Morris, Tardy & Williams, Waggoner, Hill & Aris cher. C. D. Yale & Co., John A. Glazebrook, J. H. Montague, R. M. Nimmo, D. Von Groning, Samuel J. Harrison, Edmond, Davenport &
The Daily Dispatch: March 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Father vs. Son. (search)
appellees. Decree of the Circuit Court of Henrico county reversed. Spratley's executor and others vs. Spratley and others. Argued by Jas. Alfred Jones and Conway Robinson for the appellants. No counsel for appellees. Decree of the Circuit Court of Surry county reversed. Pemberton against the Justices of the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond on an appeal from a decision of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond refusing a rule to the said Pemberton to be directed to the Court of Hustings to show cause why the Commonwealth's writ of mandamus should not be awarded him commanding the said Court of Hustings to grant a certificate that he is not a negro. Argued by John H. Gilmer for the plain tiff, and R. T. Daniel for the city of Richmond. Judgment of the Circuit Court of the city's of Richmond affirmed. Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company vs. Stebbins and Miller. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond.--Dismissed by consent of parties.
The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1860., [Electronic resource], Theatre Corps in Trouble. (search)
Fire. --About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, dense volumes of smoke were seen to be pouring from the third story windows of Stebbins & Pullen's large house on 9th and Broad street. The alarm was soon after given, but before the firemen arrived, a party of young men forced opened the doors, and discovering that the fire was caused by a lump of burning coal, which had rolled from the grate and ignited the floor, extinguished the flames by means of a few buckets of water.
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Pretty little Allegory. (search)
Conviction of Express Robbers. --Kellogg, Roberts, and Stebbins, charged with robbing Adams' Express, on the New Haven Railroad, of $40,000, in April last, by throwing from the train, and subsequently plundering, an iron safe, in which the money was contained, were on Tuesday last convicted of the crime, at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], The raid into Southwestern Virginia--depredations of the enemy. (search)
members who voted against laying them on the table: Messrs. James C. Allen, Wm. J. Allen, Anconn, N Baldwin, Bliss, Brooks, Chandler, Clay, Col. Edgerton, Eldridge, English, Fink, Grider, Barding, Harrington. Harris, (Md.,) Harris, (Ill,) Herrick, Holmes, Johnson, (Ohio,) Kernan, Kinu, Knapp, Law, Lazear, LeBlond, Long, Mallery, Marcy, McDowell, McKenncy, Miller, (Penn,) Morris, (Ohio,) Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odell, O'Nell'., (Ohio,) Pendleton, Robinson, Rollina, (Mo.,) Ross, Scott, Stebbins, Steels, (N. Y.,) Stuart, Sweat, Vorhees, Wadsworth, Chilton N. White, Joseph W. White, Winfield, and Fernando Wood. In the House on Tuesday Mr. Hardinge, of Ky., offered a resolution (which lies over,) that the "Union" is not dissolved, and that any rebel State which may voluntarily submit to the Yankee Government will be restored to "all its rights and privileges" under the Constitution of the United States Mr. Holman offered three resolutions, which were laid on the table — ayes 82,
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