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Domestic News July 22, 1826

New Hampshire Statesman And Concord Register

Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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Nationwide funeral honors and commemorations for John Adams and Thomas Jefferson following their deaths, including processions, eulogies, and public mourning in cities like Richmond, Boston, Baltimore, New York, Providence, and Albany.

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The National Gazette says, "The honors paid at Richmond to the memory of John Adams, and those at Boston to that of Thomas Jefferson, form a striking commentary upon the old party contests between Massachusetts and Virginia."—[Do not these honors prove the existence of holier feelings than those of party.] Boston Cent.

The venerable CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton, has been invited by the City Authorities of Baltimore to unite in the funeral solemnities adopted in that city in respectful memorial of the virtues and services of his illustrious Associates, recently deceased. We gladly add the belief that his health will permit him to discharge a duty dear to his heart and affection.

In many of the cities and some of the principal towns in the Union, funeral ceremonies have taken place in honor of the illustrious Author, and no less illustrious Advocate, of the Declaration of Independence; and in others, arrangements have been made to commemorate the public services and distinguished private worth of these truly great and eminent men.—A resolution has been passed by the City Authorities of Boston requesting the Hon. Daniel Webster to deliver a discourse before the Municipal Authorities, and citizens in Faneuil Hall, or some other suitable place, and that the usual business of the citizens be suspended on the day. The Secretaries of War and Navy have directed, by General Orders, that the same funeral honors be paid to John Adams, as were directed to be paid to Thomas Jefferson, by the army, and the Navy and Marine Corps. All the Executive Offices were closed at the City of Washington, as a mark of respect on the part of the government for the memory of John Adams, and at a public meeting at Washington, William Wirt, Esq. Attorney General of the United States, was unanimously appointed to deliver an Eulogy on the deceased Patriots.—The Students of Columbian College, have voted to wear crape thirty days for Jefferson and the same time for the death of Adams: and have also appointed J. W. James to deliver an Eulogy on the former, and T. Harney to pronounce one on the latter, on the third Wednesday in September. The American Philosophical Society, at a special meeting at Philadelphia, called on account of the death of Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Adams, passed resolves of regret and condolence—and ordered letters to be sent to the families, and to the Royal Academy at Paris, and to the American Academy. And Nicholas Biddle, Esq. was unanimously appointed to deliver a discourse. In New-York there has been a solemn funeral procession and a Sermon delivered by the Rev. Dr. Rowan. A regiment was turned out, wearing badges of mourning, and marched to the Battery, with muffled drums and reversed arms, and there, from thirteen pieces of artillery, fired one hundred and seventy five guns for the united ages of the deceased. All the public offices were closed on the occasion. The Governor of Virginia, John Tyler, delivered a Eulogy upon Mr. Jefferson, at Richmond, on the 11th inst. which day was set apart as a day of public mourning. There was an extensive procession, a suspension of business, and the citizens were to wear crape for 30 days. The funeral honors in Providence were solemn and impressive. The Eulogy was pronounced in the First Baptist Church, by Joseph L. Tillinghast, Esq. In the procession were twenty four Youths in uniform, with black sashes and banners, with the name of each State. In the centre two other Youths bore banners, one inscribed with the name of ADAMS, aged 91—the other with that of JEFFERSON, aged 84. At Albany, the Hon. Wm. A. Duer has accepted the invitation of the Common Council to pronounce an Eulogium on the memory of the venerable compatriots.—Monday the 31st inst is the day fixed for the ceremony. The cities from which we have received intelligence, says the Boston Traveller, and public bodies seem to vie with each other, in public demonstrations of honor which they are to pay to the memory of the distinguished dead. A day is set apart as a season of public mourning—the shops are shut—all business is suspended—long funeral processions are displayed, and public Eulogiums are pronounced in all the principal places.—From very many, if not all the pulpits of the churches in our city were delivered, on Sunday, discourses pertinent to the signal dispensations of Providence, as shewn in the removal from this to another and a better world, of the two most eminent men existing in our country.

What sub-type of article is it?

Death Or Funeral

What keywords are associated?

John Adams Death Thomas Jefferson Death National Mourning Funeral Processions Eulogies Public Honors

What entities or persons were involved?

John Adams Thomas Jefferson Charles Carroll Of Carrollton Daniel Webster William Wirt Nicholas Biddle John Tyler Joseph L. Tillinghast Wm. A. Duer J. W. James T. Harney Rev. Dr. Rowan

Where did it happen?

Various Cities In The United States

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Various Cities In The United States

Event Date

Recently, Including 11th Inst., 31st Inst., And Third Wednesday In September

Key Persons

John Adams Thomas Jefferson Charles Carroll Of Carrollton Daniel Webster William Wirt Nicholas Biddle John Tyler Joseph L. Tillinghast Wm. A. Duer J. W. James T. Harney Rev. Dr. Rowan

Outcome

nationwide public mourning with processions, eulogies, suspension of business, wearing of crape, and military honors; no further casualties.

Event Details

Following the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, cities and towns across the Union held funeral ceremonies, processions, and eulogies; invitations extended to figures like Charles Carroll; military and government offices participated in honors.

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