Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career.

The public press throughout the country paid generous tributes to the departed statesman; and many clergymen on the sabbath spoke impressively of the national bereavement. The discourses of the Revs. Edward E. Hale, Dr. C. A. Bartol, James Freeman Clarke, George L. Chaney, T. W. Higginson, C. D. Fradlee, J. W. Hamilton, Samuel Johnson, James B. Dunn, Dr. S. K. Lothrop, Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. E. B. Foster, were particularly eloquent and appropriate. It is estimated that as many as forty thousand people visited Doric Hall to view the remains of the beloved senator. The room was elaborately draped in mourning; and the catafalque and casket resting in the centre were covered with most exquisite floral decorations. At the head of the coffin stood a beautiful cross formed of callas, violets, japonicas, and other flowers; and at the foot a broken shaft of roses, covered with a pall of violets. On the top of the casket the colored citizens placed a large floral heart, with this inscription: “From the colored citizens of Boston. Charles Sumner, you gave us your life; we give you our hearts.” Above the casket was suspended a crown, beneath which floated a white dove holding an olive-branch. At about half-past 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon, the remains were borne to King's Chapel, which was tastefully hung in black and decorated with costly

The body of Charles Sumner lying in State, in Doric Hall, State House, Boston.