Uncle Benjamin B. Davis, after 1900

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

Uncle Benjamin B. Davis, after 1900

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Creator Role:

Collector

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.29.008

Date:

after 1900

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Photographic print of Benjamin B. Davis' headstone at Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, NH, dated after 1900. The caption states, "Uncle Benjamin B. Davis, Benjamin B. Davis with John H. Morey gave the first concert in the new city hall on January 21, 1857, which with the novelty of its place of holding, drew a large attendance. Such veteran and devoted friends of Concord's welfare and honor as Joseph Low, Richard Bradley and William Kent were present to intersperse mucic [music] with speech congratulatory upon the beautiful place of convening. On the death of Abraham Lincoln June 1, 1865 was the day appointed for the memorial observances and a fairer and sweeter day never came from the skies. In the state hou[se] park a spacious platform canopied with flags held the governor and invited guests, wh on rows of raised seats sat the school children wearing the emblem of mourning on the[ir] arms. The exercises opened with a dirge by Hall's band; then a chant by the school children, led by Benjamin B. Davis and John M. Morey. In 1865 Prof. Davis was regularly employed a portion of each week as instructor of music in the Concord schools, in this position he continued for several years. In the early Sixties the idea of organizing a State Musical Festival was conceived by three Concord teachers of music - B B Davis, John H. Morey and John Jackman, on Janua[ry] 26, 1964, the first festival convened at Eagle Hall and continued in seeion four days more tham [than] five hundred voices participated in the chorus. Dedication of Concord's third high school April 2, 1864 with appropriate exercises, including singing by a chorus under the direction of Prof. B. B. Davis."

Subjects:

Cemeteries , Gravestones

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971 , Davis, Benjamin B., 1821-1900

Organizations:

Blossom Hill Cemetery (Concord, N.H.)

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

7