FOOTNOTES
[1] In “The Seven Ages of Washington.”
[2] In the Introduction to “The True History of the American Revolution.” For the most modern and unvarnished presentation of the inner history of the period see also his larger work, “The Struggle for American Independence.” (Lippincott.)
[3] From Chambers’ “Book of Days.”
[4] In “Curiosities of Popular Customs.”
[5] Let your hearts rise upward!
[6] From “The Struggle for American Independence,” by Sydney George Fisher, J. B. Lippincott & Co., Publishers, 1908.
[7] From “The Chautauquan,” 1900.
[8] From “The North American Review,” 1896.
[9] By permission of the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co.
[10] The Century Co., N. Y., publishers.
[11] The origin of the words of the patriotic hymn, “America,” has been somewhat recently celebrated by an anniversary. The air, as is well known, is that of the national anthem of England, “God Save the King.” As such it has been in use, in one form or another, since the middle of the last century.
In 1832, Dr. S. F. Smith came upon it in a “book of German music,” and on the spur of the moment, as it appears, wrote for it the hymn “America.” This was in Andover, Mass., in February, 1832. The hymn was first sung publicly at a children’s celebration at the Park Street Church, Boston, on July 4th of that year.
“If I had anticipated the future of it, doubtless, I should have taken more pains with it,” wrote Doctor Smith, in 1872. “Such as it is, I am glad to have contributed this mite to the cause of American freedom.”
[12] From “The Youth’s Companion.”
[13] Reprinted from “The Independent.”
[14] By permission of the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co.
[15] By permission of the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co.
[16] By permission of the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co.
[17] The following is an instance of this: Last Fourth of July, a police court magistrate, wishing to know how many of the prisoners before him, charged with shooting in the streets, could possibly plead patriotic motives, asked each in turn to state his nationality. Of the twenty in line, only two were American-born.
[18] I may here say, in passing, that our Police Commissioner, recognising the humane necessity of properly safeguarding the sick, sent out officers with orders to prevent disturbances in the vicinity of hospitals. Thanks to his action, the city’s sick had a day of comparative peace, and the reports which I received that night were unanimous in stating that the hospitals had never had such a quiet Fourth. A letter written by Mother Celso, Mother-Superior of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, will show how gratefully General Bingham’s thoughtfulness was appreciated: “It seems as if we were in Paradise. The patients, the doctors, and the sisters all appreciate the quietness of the day.”
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