Letter from Solomons, A. S. to Morais, H. S. Washington, DC; Oct 1881 · Sabato Morais Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Solomons, A. S. to Morais, H. S. Washington, DC; Oct 1881

Author

Solomons, A. S.

Morais, H. S.

Date Created

24 October 1881

Location(s)

United States -- District of Columbia -- Washington

United States -- District of Columbia

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3 pages on 3 sheets

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Language(s)

English

Source

Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

Sabato Morais Collection, Box 3, Folder 1

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Provenance

Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.

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Office of the National Garfield Memorial Hospital,
1324 F Street Northwest,
Washington, D. C., October 24, 1881.
The Executive Committee charged with the work of establishing, at the Capital of the United States, a NATIONAL GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL as being the most enduring and beneficent monument to the memory of our late President whose life was so sadly and tragically ended, assured that the various religious organizations throughout the country will be desirous of contributing to such a memorial, do therefore appeal to all pastors, and suggest that Saturday and Sunday, November 5th and 6th, or the nearest available days, be set apart for discourses and collections in all their places of worship throughout the land, in aid of this fund, and that all contributions be forwarded to the Hon. JAMES GILFILLAN, Treasurer of the United States, who is the Treasurer of the Fund.
GEN. W. T. SHERMAN, Chairman.
HENRY WISE GARNETT,
BENJAMIN G. LOVEJOY, Corresponding Secretaries.
We, the undersigned pastors of the various denominations having places of worship in the District of Columbia, do most heartily join in the above appeal and recommend it to the favor-able action of all religious bodies of this nation:
Rev. FREDERICK D. POWER, Christian Church.
Rev. JOHN R. PAXTON, Presbyterian Church.
Rev. WILLIAM PARET, Protestant Episcopal Chruch..
Rev. Father FRANCIS E. BOYLE, Catholic Church.
Rev. J. H. CUTHBERT, Baptist Church.
Rev. B. PEYTON BROWN, Methodist Church.
Rev. J. SAMUELS, Hebrew (Orthodox) Church.
Rev. J. GEORGE BUTLER, Lutheran Church.
Rev. RUSH R. SHIPPEN, Unitarian Church.
Rev. J. E. RANKIN, Congregational Church.
Rt. Rev. DANL. A. PAYNE, African M. E. Church.
Rev. JABEZ FOX, New Jerusalem Church.
Rev. ALEXANDER KENT, Universalist Church.
Rev. LOUIS STERN, Hebrew (Reformed) Church.
Rev. PHILIP T. HALL, Methodist Protestant Church.
Rev. A. W. PITZER, Presbyterian (South) Church.
Rev. W. P. HARRISON, Methodist (South) Church.
Rev. ARTHUR FOSTER, Reformed Episcopal Church.
Rev. S. Morais
Dr. Friend
Permit me to personally call your attention to the above & ask your compliance and oblige, with respects yours try A S Solomons

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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Of the National Garfield Memorial Hospital,
No. 1324 F Street,
Washington, D. C., October, 1881.
REVEREND AND DEAR SIR:
You have doubtless seen in the public prints the appeal for aid made by the Executive Committee charged with the duty of founding a National Garfield Memorial Hospital, in the City of Washington, as a most fitting monument to the memory of our late President.
In furtherance of this purpose we beg to call your attention, in a special manner, to the enclosed appeal referred to, and to the accompanying recommendation of the Executive Com-mittee, which has been endorsed by a pastor of each religious denomination in this City, nam-ing November 5th or 6th, or a day as near thereto as practicable, be fixed for discourses and collections in the usual places of worship, by all the ministers and religious bodies through-out the United States.
Believing that the measure will meet with your approval, and hoping it may receive your hearty co-operation, the appeal is made personal to you and your congregation.
The names and character of most of the Executive Committee are known to the whole coun-try, and will give assurance to the public that whatever funds may be contributed will be faith-fully and judicially applied, and that they will at a proper time, select a suitable and command-ing site for the nation's Garfield Memorial Hospital. They may also be trusted with the charge of seeing that the Institution in its architecture, its construction, and all its appoint-ments, shall be equal to the best of its kind, and commensurate in its dimensions and manage-ment with the generous contributions and the humane purposes of a patriotic people wishing to erect an enduring and beneficent memorial to the late President GARFIELD, and to empahsise their adherence to the principle of respecting persons in rightful authority, and their abhorance of the crime of assassination.
Contributions, whether from individuals or by organized bodies, should be sent to the Hon. JAMES GILFILLAN, Treasurer of the United States, who is Treasurer of the Fund, and by whom they will be duly acknowledged.
Should you deliver a discourse upon the theme and for the purpose suggested, which may in whole or in part be published, be so good as to mail a copy to the Secretary of this Committee for its use.
Information bearing upon the founding of the national Garfield Memorial Hospital, not embraced in the enclosed appeal and recommendation, will be cheerfully given when requested.
With sentiments of the highest regard, we remain yours very truly,
A. S. SOLOMONS,
Chairman Committee Ways and Means.
HENRY WISE GARNETT,
Secretary.

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APPEAL.
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
NATIONAL GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,
1324 F Street, Washington, D. C., October, 1881.
The Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE, as Chairman of a Special Committee, submitted the following appeal, which was unanimously adopted:
The citizens of Washington and officials having residences here, have united in a move-ment to do marked and enduring honor to the name of the late President, whose great life was so sadly and so tragically ended.
His reputation as a statesman, legislator and Executive was acquired in this Capital. Be-yond his claims to admiration and gratitude, he was personally beloved by all classes of citizens throughout the whole country in a degree that rarely falls to the lot of any public man.
Reflecting his own wishes so far as they may be inferred from his career and his charac-ter, the memorial designed, that of a National Hospital, to be located in the District of Colum-bia, to be known forever by his name, is most suitable and appropriate.
It will be a provision for the relief of human suffering, from the cup of which he drank the bitterest dregs, and in the breadth of its human charity it will fitly typify the noble nature and exalted aims of the hero and martyr. The hospital is designed to be as wide in its scope of benef-icence as was the kindly heart of the dead President in its outstretch of human sympathies. It will be open to those needing its aid and ministrations without regard to class, caste, creed or color. To be a sufferer in need of help will be the only passport required to enter its doors and secure its aid. Such an institution, founded in the cause of charity and bearing the name of "Garfield," appeals to the generosity of every one, and to every one the appeal is made.
Contributions, small and great, are solicited, and may be safely remitted to the Hon. JAMES GILFILLAN, Treasurer of the United States, who has consented to act as Treasurer of the fund.
He gives twice who gives quickly. Let the response be prompt, generous and universal.
Very respectfully,
General W. T. SHERMAN, Chairman.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Chairman. Justice ARTHUR MACARTHUR. Dr. J. M. TONER.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE. JOHN W. THOMPSON. Dr. E. SMITH TOWNSEND.
Hon. WILLIAM WINDOM. LEWIS J. DAVIS. Dr. F. A. ASHFORD.
Gen. D. G. SWAIM. HENRY A. WILLARD. Dr. S. C. BUSEY.
Hon. JAMES GILFILLAN, Treasurer. REGINALD FENDALL. Dr. J. FORD THOMPSON.
A. S. SOLOMONS. E. FRANK RIGGS. Dr. W. G. PALMER.
JAMES H. SAVILLE, W. G. METZEROTT. Hon. JOSIAH DENT.
H. M. HUTCHINSON.
JOHN A. BAKER, Recording Secretary.
BENJ. G. LOVEJOY, Corresponding Secretary.
HENRY WISE GARNETT, " "

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p3pn8z14r

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