Amasa Walker, A.L.S. Boston June 18 1825 : to Freeman Walker, Methuen, [Mass.]

Amasa Walker, A.L.S. Boston June 18 1825 : to Freeman Walker, Methuen, [Mass.]

Boston 1825

[3] p. on 2 conjugate leaves ; 31 cm.

MSS L2010F193

Amasa Walker describes to his brother the ceremonies he attended the day before celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, which "for number & brilliancy & appearance has never been exceeded ... Then there was good Lafayette in a barouche, he was cheered the whole distance from Boston to Bunker Hill ... Large bands of music played Old Yankee Doodle & other popular airs." When Daniel Webster told the assembled veterans "Fathers, fifty years ago this very hour, you were here, but how changed the scene," Walker broke down in tears as the "old survivors of the battle all rose & uncovered their white heads."
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