The Friendly Club and Other Portraits

Francis Parsons

I: The Friendly Club

II: The Mystery of the Bell Tavern

III: The Hemans of America

IV: Whom the Gods Love

V: An Eccentric Visitor

VI: Who Was Peter Parley?

VII: A Preacher of the Gospel

VIII: A Friend of Lincoln

IX: Our Battle Laureate

X: The Temple of the Muses

XI: The Friend of Youth

XII: The Christmas Party

XIII: The Fabric of a Dream

XIV: The Quiet Life

Citation of authorities, except so far as they appear in the text, has been considered inappropriate in the case of such informal articles as these. It would be ungracious, however, to omit mention of the writer's indebtedness in connection with the second essay to Mr. Charles Knowles Bolton's "The Elizabeth Whitman Mystery," which is the latest and most comprehensive document on this baffling incident of New England social history.

F. P.

CONTENTS

		PAGE
I	The Friendly Club	13
II	The Mystery of the Bell Tavern	47
III	The Hemans of America	69
IV	Whom the Gods Love	83
V	An Eccentric Visitor	95
VI	Who Was Peter Parley?	107
VII	A Preacher of the Gospel	121
VIII	A Friend of Lincoln	135
IX	Our Battle Laureate	147
X	The Temple of the Muses	161
XI	The Friend of Youth	181
XII	The Christmas Party	191
XIII	The Fabric of a Dream	201
XIV	The Quiet Life	213

ILLUSTRATIONS

Joel Barlow	Frontispiece
From the engraving by Durand after the portrait by Robert Fulton
Lexington Monument and Bell Tavern, Danvers	64
From Barber's "Massachusetts Historical Collections"
The Sigourney Mansion	75
From an old woodcut
Lydia Huntley Sigourney	78
From a miniature in the Colt Collection by permission of the Wadsworth Atheneum
Inscription to Daniel Wadsworth in J. G. C. Brainard's Hand	91
Title Page of Brainard's "Occasional Pieces of Poetry"	92
The Watkinson Library	166
Drawing by Seth Talcott
Silhouette of Daniel Wadsworth	170
By permission of The Connecticut Historical Society

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