Sonnet, 1861

Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on lined paper from Rumney, New Hampshire.

Editorial Note: This sonnet references the actions of General John C. Fremont, Commander of the Union Army of the West, who, on August 30, 1861, instituted martial law in the state of Missouri, including the confiscation of Confederate property and the freeing of enslaved men and women owned by rebel Missourians. Fremont's declaration was rescinded and he was removed from his post. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was later issued on January 1, 1863.

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Sonnet

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Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont
By Mary M. Patterson

Ah! thou the fearless and the free What lofty aims now guideth thee? What other beams O! Patriot, shine In that commanding glance of thine? No shade of doubt or weak despair Blend with indignant sorrow there. Justice & Truth must wave on high The Country owns thy "battle cry"– Her "Mount of freedom ₓ"– to divineAs Written:devine, And makes thine inmost heart her shrine. She waits thy yet indignant claim To juster fate and stainless fame, The "scourge" and "chain" to trample down, To crown her hopes and wear her crown

RumneyEditorial Note: Rumney, New Hampshire Dec. 13. 1861.

x Fremont signifies Mount of Freedom

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Sonnet

To
Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont
By Mary M. Patterson

Ah! thou the fearless and the free What lofty aims now guideth thee? What other beams O! Patriot, shine In that commanding glance of thine? No shade of doubt or weak despair Blend with indignant sorrow there. Justice & Truth must wave on high The Country owns thy "battle cry"– Her "Mount of freedom ₓ"– to devineCorrected:divine, And makes thine inmost heart her shrine. We She waits thy yet indignant claim To juster fate and stainless fame, The "scourge" and "chain" to trample down, To crown her hopes and wear her crown

RumneyEditorial Note: Rumney, New Hampshire Dec. 13. 1861.

x Fremont signifies Mount of Freedom

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