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Signature cut off and on of Dana Jr.\n glued on.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identifies writer of letter sent him by\n correspondent as \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Stedman\u003c/persname\u003e, who married his\n mother's sister; both were daughters of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Ellery\u003c/persname\u003ewhom Dana Sr. saw\n often \"at my father's.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refuses invitation to lecture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Brief cover note with a one verse quotation from\n \"The Buccaneer.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees to advise correspondent and sets\n appointment for him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Enthusiastic endorsement of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Francis Adams\u003c/persname\u003efor\n Congress.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks him to send copy to Father Hicks, editor of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Catholic World\u003c/title\u003e. Pencilled note\n from Osgood on letter top signed \"J.R.O.\" asks\n someone to be sure this has been done.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tells of Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWashington Allston\u003c/persname\u003e's death.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses sympathy for Mason's son's death.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[About location of Dana Sr.'s signature on a\n photograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Queries Fessenden if he had changed his opinions\n of the proposed Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.\n Constitution; mentions \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMassachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003evoters'\n indifference and a strong party forming against the\n proposal because under it, the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ehas to admit the\n states, the proposal retards the progress of other\n proposed Fourteenth Amendments, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMassachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003evoting requirements\n could be affected, and if it were rejected a better\n course of action might be adopted; says he is writing\n to Fessenden only and will keep secret his reply or\n use it as Fessenden desires.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Unable to take part in Fields' \"Dickens' Dinner\"\n any time that week.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses disgust about machine politics,\n Senate's consideration of the articles of impeachment\n of President \n \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e, and his own\n failed efforts \"to stem the tide\" in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMassachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions views of\n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert Cummings] Schenck\u003c/persname\u003e. Part\n of this letter has been cut away, but not the\n signature.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Places order for the \"President's Trial.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Bon voyage letter to future son-in-law\n recommending sightseeing in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eand a tailor and\n clothiers.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[His preference for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFields, Osgood, and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003esketch of\n the brig to that in \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSampson, Low and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eedition of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eTwo Years Before the\n Mast\u003c/title\u003e; requests minor changes and an\n accounting.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Recommends Mrs. Hooper have \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Brackett\u003c/persname\u003eclean \n \u003cpersname\u003eWashington Allston\u003c/persname\u003e's\n picture,\"Elijah Fed by Ravens\"; mentions poor health.\n Note on letter mentions subsequent ownership of the\n Allston painting.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to query about a monument for \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Finley Breese Morse\u003c/persname\u003e; says\n Professor \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Dana\u003c/persname\u003enot his brother or\n uncle but a remote relative and honored friend of his\n father and will forward compliment to \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's widow.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[In \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePortland\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere he is arguing a\n case; mention her sisters \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Dana\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Dana\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eSally Dana\u003c/persname\u003ewho is feeling much\n better; left 25 pages of manuscript \"on board\" with\n Captain Burke.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses concern for him and his family (after\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003eFire).]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sending Lyman and his brother book on fire\n insurance.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Giving permission to announce engagement to\n daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Letter accompanying \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's journal from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Forwarding Lyman's letter to \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Germany\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[More about \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's European\n journal.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asking about job offer received by Lyman.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tells her of trust set up by Aunt Sarah's will\n providing dowries for Dana's daughters; settlement\n will be either yearly allowance or down payment for a\n house.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re Lyman's plans in the \"new\" \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's financial\n expectations upon her marriage.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's savings\n transfer to Lyman for deposit on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003elot.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re Lyman's \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEnglewood\u003c/geogname\u003e( \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003e) lot purchase; includes\n draft and offers some money to obviate need for\n mortgage.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re news of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's European\n journal; mentions Mrs. Dana is in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaden Baden\u003c/geogname\u003ewhile \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Dana\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eRosamund Dana\u003c/persname\u003eare at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCadiz\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends money to pay off lot mortgage when it comes\n due.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Suggests he may prefer to use all the money to\n avoid a mortgage and may put a lot in Dana's\n name.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responding to Lyman's request for advice about\n changing his profession, discusses law and business\n professions; suggests he examine his own \"duties and\n purposes in life.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees to send more money for a third lot in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEnglewood\u003c/geogname\u003eand the title to be in\n Lyman's name.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Cover letter for lot purchase money with torn\n list of college boat race times.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Apologizes for forgetting to endorse check;\n amusing critique of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarvard\u003c/corpname\u003e- \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmherst\u003c/corpname\u003eboat race.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Congratulates him on becoming a Notary Public;\n discusses real estate and pleasure in reading \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's last European\n journals.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEnglewood\u003c/geogname\u003ereal estate;\n transactions were to equalize Charlotte's financial\n situation with her sisters'.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for mentioning another available lot\n but cannot spare the money for the investment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re Lyman's interests, current activities, family\n news, opinion of the new Hawaiian sovereign, and his\n own law practice; mentions health.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses merits of law school vs. study with\n individual lawyer; hopes Lyman's parents will visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e; regrets missing Mr.\n Jackson; expresses enjoyment at Lyman's account of\n the new king of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHawaii\u003c/geogname\u003eand proposal to abstract\n to the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAdvertiser\u003c/title\u003e, with due safeguards as to\n its authorship.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Critical discussion of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c/title\u003e; mentions his admiration\n and describes the novel as a depressing picture\n reminding him of \"that deary waste of afterthoughts\"\n watching a ship's wake at night.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks him to reserve the volume of Sir \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. Hamilton\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks for returning \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's journals; asks\n that Lyman sell \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003elots or not as he sees\n fit.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Further comments on law training, the excellence\n of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarvard Law School\u003c/corpname\u003eand his\n pleasure if Lyman were to be nearby, and the\n excellence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's journals; asks\n that proceeds from sale of Dana's lots not be\n invested in railroad property.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re deeds, property, shipping receipts for\n furniture but none for portrait; Lyman may attend \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarvard Law School\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Dana\u003c/persname\u003ewell enough to sail\n with Dana.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[To sail with \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Dana\u003c/persname\u003efor \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere he will learn more\n of Lyman's plans from \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana\u003c/persname\u003e; recommends \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarvard Law School\u003c/corpname\u003eas best course\n for Lyman.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[ \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003etailor thanks him for his\n business; sends prices for clothing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Written on \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Lords\u003c/corpname\u003estationery while\n waiting in lobby; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eLily Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's poise in London with\n his friends Lord \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Cavendish\u003c/persname\u003eand Lord\n Kinnaird; mentions visit to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul\u003c/corpname\u003e's with Leferve, an hour\n with Canon Liddon and plans for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDover\u003c/geogname\u003evia \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCanterbury\u003c/geogname\u003e, then \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBrussels\u003c/geogname\u003e, then etc.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Concerns clothing made for Lyman by \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003etailor Kino.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re apartment for Charlotte, her trunks, furniture\n and other personal affects.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Relays \n \u003cpersname\u003eIsabelle Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's invitation for\n her to stay in Chestnut Street since Dana Jr. and\n family will be away.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Has a heavy cold but will try to attend\n invitation to dinner a honoring King of Hawaiian\n Islands.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Unable to send copy of Dana's speech although\n complimented by request.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Confirms Harris' position in philosophy and\n history committees from list in his possession,\n rather than the list Mr. Cabot had used.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tells of Aunt Betsey's death and asks him to\n relay news to the \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Lyman\u003c/persname\u003es.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Account of \"White Mountain Style\" drive to join\n family for vacation in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBethlehem, N.H.\u003c/geogname\u003eand mentions\n plans to visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Conway\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Mentions family vacation in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eManchester, Mass.\u003c/geogname\u003eand drive to\n the Loring Museum.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Mentions strong northeaster blowing at the shore\n and the Olmsteads.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Passes on housekeeping hiring details from\n mother; best wishes to her future husband from Dana\n Jr. who mentions the \u0026gt; \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTribune\u003c/title\u003e's comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Benjamin Franklin] Butler\u003c/persname\u003eand\n \"poor\" letters of Pierpont to it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks for volume of Tennyson's \"Harold.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Mentions family's great concern that she and her\n husband might have been in the train wreck near \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAshtabula\u003c/geogname\u003ein route to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends draft and bridal\n money; misses her.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure at \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's engagement to \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Longfellow\u003c/persname\u003e; attempts to\n cheer up Charlotte and \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Ogden Lyman\u003c/persname\u003ewho are both\n sick.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Forwarding \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's gift to her soon;\n Dana's reception for \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Dana\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Longfellow\u003c/persname\u003e; guests\n included \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Wadsworth Longfellow\u003c/persname\u003e, Rev.\n \u003cpersname\u003eSam Longfellow\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eNathan Appleton\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. Child,\n Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGreeley Curtis\u003c/persname\u003e; Dana Sr. unable\n to come.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Concerns Charlotte's journals; Dana's family\n visits to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHyde Park\u003c/geogname\u003e; status of his law\n cases; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Dana\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Recommendations to Charlotte on safety of banks;\n mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eSally Dana\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Disappointed she cannot come East this summer;\n mentions family news and health of Dana Sr. and Aunt\n Charlotte.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Distressed Charlotte and \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Ogden Lyman\u003c/persname\u003elost all\n their money in a bank failure; asks what they need\n and whether she lost her money from the trust.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks for his many kind acts and particularly\n for something Taylor has written in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eTribune\u003c/title\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Advises she take books Dana Sr. wishes to give\n her even if she must store them.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re engagements of two friends.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Glad she is taking the books; mentions social\n news.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Letter of introduction for Lt. Governor Archibald\n of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNova Scotia\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complies with her request; expresses interest in\n aspirations of the young; includes Dana Sr.'s\n autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for prompt receipt of enclosed check and\n earlier one; love to both daughters and pleasure that\n they will see \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharlotte Dana Lyman\u003c/persname\u003esoon.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Re family financial business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Apologizes for mislaying check.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets delay in sending some papers but just\n received keys to trunk they are in.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Accedes to complimentary request.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Concerns \"packet delivery\" and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eManchester Express Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Brief lines with autograph and favorite\n sentiment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Specifying \"S. W. Dana\" lettered on case for his\n wife.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Fragment. Autograph apparently cut from a letter;\n a few words of which appear on verso.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Receipt for travel and attendance pay due\n him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Receipt for clothing.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Poem by \n Richard Henry Dana Sr. ]","[Poem, 2 verses, by \n Richard Henry Dana Sr. ]","[Poem, 1 verse, by \n Richard Henry Dana Sr. ; in ALS\n 1854 Jun 27 \n Richard Henry Dana Sr. to \n A.D.W. French. ]","[Sending copy of \n Richard Henry Dana Jr. 's sea\n journal \n [Two Years Before the\n Mast] ; discusses public interest; mentions\n visit from a sailor who had sailed with Dana Jr. and\n who reported sailors' interest in the book.]","[Responds to the Arnolds' invitation to stay with\n them in \n New Bedford when he lectures;\n mentions attending a \n John Braham concert; refers to a\n note from a Mr. Morison.]","[Re prospective lecturing in \n New York , \n Brooklyn and \n Baltimore for correspondent\n and/or \n Edward Terry or \n [Edward L.] Keyes ; says he has\n \"none but his old lectures\"; has heard Dana Jr. in\n twice in court and comments he did well.]","[Re obtaining a pew seat for Deshon; says Dana Sr.\n had already given away family pew seats.]","[Discusses \n Washington Allston anecdotes;\n mentions his planned book on Allston; tells of the\n recovery of an earlier part of Allston's \"great\n picture\" (Belshazzar's Feast) which had been painted\n over.]","[Invites him to see \"the great unfinished picture\"\n again in Allston's \n Cambridgeport house.]","[Arrangements for a walking trip together in \n Manchester, Mass. ]","[Asks about \n Cincinnati reputation of Dr.\n Morton whose \n Cincinnati debts had been settled\n by Burbank; some of Morton's opponents had spread\n rumors in Boston he says are untrue.]","[Declines invitation to meeting since he disagrees\n with some of those arranging it who are \"in favor of\n dissolution of the Union\"; mentions his\n dissatisfaction with \"Mr. Webster's course\"\n (referring to \n Daniel Webster 's 7th of March\n speech advocating the Compromise of 1850).]","[Requests copy of ( \n Massachusetts state Senator)\n Beach's report and bill; biographical note on Dana on\n bottom of letter in different handwriting.]","[Mentions daughter's poor health, his own aging,\n his \n Poems and Prose Writings and lack of\n financial reward from writing, and Jones'\n publications; questions point of preparing lectures\n for publication; discusses his seashore home and\n dissatisfaction with \n Hammatt Billings ' sketch of it\n in \n Homes of American\n Authors . Signature cut off and on of Dana Jr.\n glued on.]","[Identifies writer of letter sent him by\n correspondent as \n William Stedman , who married his\n mother's sister; both were daughters of \n William Ellery whom Dana Sr. saw\n often \"at my father's.\"]","[Refuses invitation to lecture.]","[Brief cover note with a one verse quotation from\n \"The Buccaneer.\"]","[Agrees to advise correspondent and sets\n appointment for him.]","[Enthusiastic endorsement of \n Charles Francis Adams for\n Congress.]","[Asks him to send copy to Father Hicks, editor of \n The Catholic World . Pencilled note\n from Osgood on letter top signed \"J.R.O.\" asks\n someone to be sure this has been done.]","[Tells of Mrs. \n Washington Allston 's death.]","[Expresses sympathy for Mason's son's death.]","[About location of Dana Sr.'s signature on a\n photograph.]","[Queries Fessenden if he had changed his opinions\n of the proposed Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.\n Constitution; mentions \n Massachusetts voters'\n indifference and a strong party forming against the\n proposal because under it, the \n United States has to admit the\n states, the proposal retards the progress of other\n proposed Fourteenth Amendments, \n Massachusetts voting requirements\n could be affected, and if it were rejected a better\n course of action might be adopted; says he is writing\n to Fessenden only and will keep secret his reply or\n use it as Fessenden desires.]","[Unable to take part in Fields' \"Dickens' Dinner\"\n any time that week.]","[Expresses disgust about machine politics,\n Senate's consideration of the articles of impeachment\n of President \n Andrew Johnson , and his own\n failed efforts \"to stem the tide\" in \n Massachusetts ; mentions views of\n [Robert Cummings] Schenck . 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