The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield: Twentieth President of the United States, Including Full and Accurate Details of His Eventful Administration, Assassination, Last Hours, Death, Etc., Together with Notable Extracts from His Speeches and LettersBrown, E. E. (Emma Elizabeth)
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The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield: Twentieth President of the United States, Including Full and Accurate Details of His Eventful Administration, Assassination, Last Hours, Death, Etc., Together with Notable Extracts from His Speeches and Letters
Brown, E. E. (Emma Elizabeth)
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Presidents -- United States -- Biography
National Day of Mourning.--Draping of Public Buildings and
Private Residences.--Touching Incident.--Tributes to Garfield.--Senator
Hoar's Address.--Whittier's Letter.--Senator
Dawes' Remarks. 290
CHAPTER XLI.
Subscription Fund for the President's Family.--Ready Generosity
of the People.--Touching Incident.--Total Amount of the
Fund.--How the Money was Invested.--Project for Memorial
Hospital in Washington.--Cyrus W. Field's Gift of
Memorial Window to Williams College.--Garfield's Affection
for his Alma Mater.--Reception given Mark Hopkins and the
Williams Graduates.--Garfield's Address to his Classmates. 301
CHAPTER XLII.
Removal of the President's Remains.--Monument Fund Committee.--Garfield
Memorial in Boston.--Extracts from
Address by Hon. N. P. Banks. 306
CHAPTER XLIII.
Southern Feeling.--Memorial Services at Jefferson, Kentucky.--Extracts
from Address by Henry Watterson.--Senator Bayard.--Ex-Speaker
Randall.--Senator Hill.--Extracts from
some of the Southern Journals. 328
CHAPTER XLIV.
Extracts from some of the President's Private Letters to a Friend
in Boston, bearing the same Family Name.--To Corydon E.
Fuller, a College Classmate. 336
CHAPTER XLV.
Reminiscences of Corydon E. Fuller.--Of one of the Pupils at
Hiram Institute.--Garfield's Keen Observation.--His Kindness
of Heart.--Anecdote of the Game of Ball.--Of the
Lame Girl in Washington.--Of Brown the ex-Scout and old
Boat Companion. 353
CHAPTER XLVI.
Remarks of a Personal Friend.--Reminiscences of the President's
Cousin, Henry Boynton.--Garfield as a Freemason. 360
CHAPTER XLVII.
Poems in Memory of Garfield, by Longfellow.--George Parsons
Lathrop.--From _London Spectator_.--Oliver Wendell Holmes.--H.
Bernard Carpenter--John Boyle O'Reilly--Joaquin
Miller.--M. J. Savage.--Julia Ward Howe.--Rose Terry
Cooke.--Prize Ode.--Kate Tannett Woods. 368
CHAPTER XLVIII.
Currency.--Lincoln.--The Draft.--Slavery.--Independence.--The
Rebellion.--Protection and Free-Trade.--Education.--William
H. Seward.--Fourteenth Amendment.--Classical
Studies.--History.--Liberty.--Statistics.--Poverty.--The
Salary Question.--The Railway Problem.--Elements of
Success.--Law.--The Revenue.--Statesmanship.--Relation
of Government to Science.--Gustave Schleicher.--Suffrage.--Union
of the North and South.--Appeal to Young
Men.--Inaugural. 388
ADDENDA.
Remarkable Military Document by Garfield 494
Official report of the post-mortem examination
of Garfield's body 505
Senator Hoar's Address 520
Hon. James G. Blame's Eulogy 544
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