John Lothrop Motley and his family; further letters and records . ch is appointed for the30th of this month, but as he has been appointed tofill Websters place in the Cabinet, he was obliged toleave for Washington immediately. Choate has also declined, and George Hillard is to bethe man. Hillard made one of the best speeches I haveread at the meeting in Faneuil Hall, directly afterWebsters decease. The funeral, which was in Marsh-field, where he died, and requested to be buried, wasattended by five thousand persons, and was, of course,a most impressive scene. The coffin was taken outof the hou
John Lothrop Motley and his family; further letters and records . ch is appointed for the30th of this month, but as he has been appointed tofill Websters place in the Cabinet, he was obliged toleave for Washington immediately. Choate has also declined, and George Hillard is to bethe man. Hillard made one of the best speeches I haveread at the meeting in Faneuil Hall, directly afterWebsters decease. The funeral, which was in Marsh-field, where he died, and requested to be buried, wasattended by five thousand persons, and was, of course,a most impressive scene. The coffin was taken outof the house, and placed under a large tree that allmight look upon him; he was dressed in his usual suitof blue cloth, brass buttons, etc. ... Dr Parkmandied yesterday of apoplexy. I wish, my dear Lathrop,I could send you a more agreeable letter. ... I havenot the gift you and Mary have of making a goodletter out of few incidents ; love by the bushel to herand the children ; from your affectionate mother, Anna L. Motley. After leaving Dresden in 1853, the family went to. MRS. THOMAS ., MOTHKK Ol JOHN MOTLEY BRUSSELS 39 Holland, and Mr Motley, in a letter to his mother,says: The six weeks we passed at the Hague werepleasant for Mary and the children, and useful to children were ducked in the North Sea, and I wasburied in the deep bosom of the Dutch Archives, muchto the invigoration of all. From the Hague Mr Motley went to Brussels, wherehe established his family in the Rue Belliard, and as hewrites to Dr Holmes led an isolated existence, hischief pleasure being to haunt the Grande Place, because it is my scene, my theatre. Here wereenacted so many deep tragedies, so many statelydramas, and even so many farces, which have beenfamiliar to me so long, But there was plenty to occupy him for he recordsin the same letter : I came here, having, as I thought,finished my work, or rather the first part (somethinglike three or four volumes octavo), but I find so muchoriginal
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