Harvard University - Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School / Heard family. Heard family business records, Volume FP-4, Folder GQ-2-2, and Volume JP-2.
Mss:766 1754-1898. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.
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for the Diocue of
Llaryland.
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t:t:oue,:h'lflll knew
the
etate of hie
health, the etroke
had
been BO long dlll81"ad
that
'11'8
had almaet celliled
to apprehend
it,
when, in tLe IIIOnth of April, we
had.
II.
telegram from
Carrie at Fnlladelpbla to COIlW on at once . Dr. Loed. had been stricken
do..n
the nl..bt before and had died 'll'lthin an how of
hi.
attack, but
the IOOSII868 bad been 80 worded in order not to glve Allee
II.
too 111).dden
shock. Dr . Leeds
had.
been apendint;
tr'.8
nit;ht in Philadelphia at
the
noue of
hh
friend
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lr.
Welsh . He bad retired
but
a short time when be
wall obUged to .""J!l)on the
ftwi13.
and
all
wall toon
o';ler .
I do not
think
he
"
al eonscious after
the
Hut
a~te.ck .
He
"
lUI immediately taken
to Baltimore , and Will 'IIeut on there at once frGQ Bolton .
Ev~r;y1;~y
wae
full
of
sympatb~'
and kindnen, and all painful ar–
rang=entt were
~ared
to
the
family .
Dr.
Leeds 11'11.1 very =h billeTed,
espec1ally in hi. own Pariah and there wall a lnrge atter.dance at hi.
funeral . The clel"gy of tl:.e dioeeee took t1l:rOI io holding watch cver
the bod,y, IIJ;.d a lJUlJIber of
the
IIIOlt prominent m&lberl of tt.e parish nre
deputed to accOr:lpIU\Y the l"emein. f"r interment at Utica . Carrh , Alice
and I went, of C01l:rIl&, and 00
GIll'
arl"ival there tbe paI'i.b in Utica took
charge of
all
the eubllequent ceremr>niee .
The
Rev .
!.
Ir.
Ol!l:ete&d and the
Rev.
Mr .
Goodrich were very
kln~
and attentive. Bishop :funtlngton also
teak pal"t in the urvice . I do not knO'll' wbat the peculie.ritie. of the
.
erviee 'II'el"e but it 'II'ae unuB'Wllly touehill8 and effective.
After
all
wa.
over lie returned to 1Iollton but
it
ftll a Bad time
for
'
WI.
I CBIlJlot \lIldertake to de.cribe
Dr.
Leade' character. Every–
boc\y loved
him.
Ee _I 8 man rlthout an enem;y, indeed he could not
have,
811
he
1181
full of
4
odr.eaa and good'll'111 t01l8l'd. eve:ryone .
and what be gave
1181
rendered to him again . Hie p01ler of worL we.e re–
m.arkable and hil ab11ity widel;r recoenized. Ee
1181
I:I8r.y time.
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