Our first century; being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our ... social, scientific and commercial: embracing - Brossura

Devens, Richard Miller

Brossura

ISBN 10: 123596762X ISBN 13: 9781235967627

Casa editrice: RareBooksClub.com, 2012

Riassunto

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...being his wife, and one son, who was then traveling on the continent of Europe. Being one of the most punctual of men, his absence from the family table at half-past three o'clock excited surprise; and on the evening of the same day there was serious apprehension, his absence still continuing unexplained. It was thought best to postpone all public search until Saturday after noon; at two o'clock, therefore, there being no tidings of him, a most vigorous and minute search was instituted by hia friends, with the aid of the police force of Boston and of advertisements offering large rewards for such intelligence as should lead to his discovery. He was described as sixty years of age, about five feet and nine inches high, gray hair, thin face, with a scar!er the chin, light complexion, and usually a rapid walker; he was dressed in a dark frock coat, dark pantaloons, purple silk vest, dark figured black stock, and black hat. The search was continued without intermission until the following Friday, men being sent in all directions for fifty or sixty miles, on all the railroads, to all the towns on the coast; they searched over land and water, and under water. It was known the next Sunday following his disappearance, that on the previous Friday, at half-past one o'clock, Doctor Parkman had, by appointment, met with Dr. John W. Webster (Professor of Chemistry in Harvard University, and Lecturer on Chemistry in the Medical College, Boston,) in his rooms at the Medical College, and no further trace could be found; the fact of this interview having been first communicated by Professor Webster. The nature of this interview, and the circumstances under which it took place, may be here stated. In 1842, Doctor Parkman had lent Professor Webster, on his...

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: RareBooksClub.com
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 123596762X
• ISBN 13: 9781235967627
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 550
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile