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...some stand- ing in those parts. Family founded, it appears, by a Colo- nel Robert Sterling, called also Sir Robert Sterling; a Scot- tish Gustavus-Ado... ...of things past,— may as well be inserted here as thrown away. This Colonel Robert designates himself Sterling “of Glorat;” I believe, a younger branch... ...e made by Ormond with the Parliament in 1646:—in which controversy Colonel Robert, after repeated applications, journeyings to London, attendances upo... ...f life. Frederic Maurice, Richard Trench, John Kemble, Spedding, Venables, Charles Buller, Richard Milnes and others:—I have heard that in speaking an... ...ief in this Union Club; and that “none even came near him, except the late Charles Buller,” whose distinction in this and higher respects was also alr... ...t be master of his own studies and pur- suits. Maurice, Trench, John Mill, Charles Buller: these, and some few others, among a wide circle of a transi... ...therwise questionable, are in the Secretary’s hand:— J. D. Acland, Esq. H. Malden, Esq. Hon. W. B. Baring. J. S. Mill, Esq. Rev. J. W. Blakesley. R. M...
...*For this interesting view of Mr. Washington’s education, I am indebted to Robert C. Ogden, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hampton Institu... ...ndoned that cabin. Finally we reached our destination—a little town called Malden, which is about five miles from Charleston, the present capital of t... ...ur destination—a little town called Malden, which is about five miles from Charleston, the present capital of the state. At that time salt-mining was ... ...s the great industry in that part of West Virginia, and the little town of Malden was right in the midst of the salt-furnaces. My stepfather had alrea... ... a young coloured boy who had learned to read in the state of Ohio came to Malden. As soon as the coloured people found out that he could read, a news... ...s of the state as the permanent seat of government. Among these cities was Charleston, only five miles from Malden, my home. At the close of my school... ...easantly surprised to re- ceive, from a committee of three white people in Charles- ton, an invitation to canvass the state in the interests of that c... ...e rarest men that it has ever been my privilege to know. This was the Rev. Robert C. Bedford, a white man from Wisconsin, who was then pas- tor of a l... ...ceived a letter inviting me to deliver an address at the dedication of the Robert Gould Shaw monument in Boston. I accepted the invitation. It is not ...