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National peace jubilee and great musical festival -- First thought of the peace jubilee -- Mr. Gilmore unfolds the plan to a friend, who questions his sanity -- Moralizing on the "great idea" -- Major Charles O. Rogers consulted ; he ridicules the idea -- Months of serious deliberation ; resolution to push forward -- Interview with an architect about plans for the coliseum -- Mr. Gilmore visits New York, and tries to start the jubilee in that city -- Letters from Colonel Frank E. Howe -- Interview with General F. A. Osborne -- The time to hold the jubilee -- Selection of the music -- Printing of the prospectus -- The plan laid before Boston editors -- Interview with Mr. Carl Zerrahn -- Interview with Mr. Julius Eichberg -- Interview with Mr. John S. Dwight -- Interview with Mr. Loring B. Barnes -- Interview with Dr. J. Baxter Upham -- Letter to Hon. William Gray -- Hon. William Gray and other gentleman decline to take any interest -- The motto, "let us have peace," misconstrued -- First subscriber to the jubilee, Mr. Josiah Bardwell -- Letter from Mr. Charles Koppitz -- First hints of the jubilee given to the public -- Interview with Mr. M. M. Ballou ; he subscribes a thousand dollars -- Extracts from the papers ; ludicrous incident, etc. -- Colonel Greene of the Boston Post writes an eloquent letter of indorsement -- The press continue to awaken curiosity -- Chickering and sons subscribe a thousand dollars -- Wrisley and Wetherbee (tremont and revere houses) subscribe a thousand dollars -- Interview with mayor Shurtleff ; his letter of indorsement -- Interview with Hon. A. H. Rice ; his letter of indorsement -- New York correspondents in possession of all the particulars -- Interview with Governor Bullock ; his letter of indorsement -- Interview with Governor Chaflin ; He indorses the movement and becomes a subscriber -- The prospectus given to the press -- Comments of the press -- The general prospect discouraging ; people generally look upon the thing as an impossibility -- Letter from Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis ; She becomes a subscriber -- A Boston firm offer the hundres anvils for the anvil chorus -- New plans and renewd efforts -- Several canvassers and solicitors become interested, and "give it up" -- Mr. Loring B. Barnes declines to accept the secretaryship of the chorus -- Secret opposition ; failure of the jubilee predicted -- Efforts to secure the chorus of school children ; letter to Dr. J. B. Upham -- First objection to the use of the common ; an opposite view -- Prospects very discouraging ; letter to Handel and Haydn society -- Encouraging letters from Max Maretzek and George F. Root -- Mr. Gilmore appears before the members of the commercial club -- Mr. Loring B. Barnes publishes an aritcle in the transcript which does not help the prospects -- Some of the New York papers out upon it -- The press of Boston begin to look upon the effort as a forlorn hope -- A new plan, which works well -- Interview with Mr. Eben D. Jordan ; he subscribes a thousand dollars -- Interview with Mr. Horatio Harris ; he subscribes a thousand dollars -- Alderman Lewis Rice subscribes a thousand dollars -- The Boston theatre management subscribe a thousand dollars -- Subscriptions obtained through prominent firms -- Discouraging letter, giving the experience of a gentleman who tries to interest merchants -- Mr. Eben Tourjee accepts the secretaryship of the chorus -- Musical people very much interested -- Mr. Gilmore appears before the city committee, railroad officers, and others -- Interview with the board of managers of Massachusetts charitable mechanic association -- Estimates of putting up building ; it will cost double the amount at first supposed ; the darkest hour -- A new light ; Fresh and fruitless efforts to start te building of the coliseum -- Chorus circular no. 1 -- Interview with Mr. Jordan ; he agrees to become treasurer -- Meeting of subscribers -- Committees pro tem chosen -- The common applied for and granted -- A general meeting of subscribers and an association formed -- List of officers, committees, etc. -- Opposition to the common -- The press take up the question -- Names of six hundred and fifty citizens who sign a remonstrance against permitting the building to be placed on Boston common ; they appear at city hall and are defeated -- The executive committee hold a meeting, and break up with the impression that the jubilee is given up -- The committee decide to change the location of the building, and publish a card to that effect -- Congratulations of the press -- Mr. Loring B. Barnes urges a postponement -- Spirited meetings of executive committee ; All things working well -- A serious question ; Where is the money coming from to meet expenses? -- Great uprising of singers ; Ten thousand respond to first call -- The Handel and Haydn society conclude to join -- Engagement of orchestra -- Letter from Dexter Smith -- Bureau of accommodations -- Letter of city government from executive committee -- A great organ contracted for -- Chorus circular no. 2 -- Application of the executive committee for the chorus of school children -- The erection of the coliseum -- Malicious rumors ; the building said to be unsafe -- The decorations ; gas, water, etc. -- Damaging apprehensions ; change of children's chorus from first to last day -- Examination of the Boston Chorus -- Correspondence with Madame Parepa-Rosa -- A hymn of peace written by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes -- First meeting of the music committee -- Selection of a clergyman to inaugurate the festival with prayer -- Cannons, bells, anvils, and the great drum -- Colonel James Fisk, Jr. reduces railroad fares to Boston -- Chorus circular no. 3 -- Mayor Shurtleff and city officials visit Washington and invite President Grant and other dignitaries to attend the jubilee -- Views of the press at this stage of progress -- Publication of the official programme -- Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis and Dr. Lowell Mason invited to the jubilee by the executive committee -- Names of all who were invited to the jubilee by the city of Boston as its guests -- Why it should be called a national peace jubilee -- Interesting letter from Hon. J. M. Usher -- General J. G. Foster examines the building and pronounces it safe -- The anvil chorus proves a "trump card" -- Ole Bull invited by the executive committee ; other artists secured -- Chorus circular no. 4 -- Trouble among the musicians avoided -- Efforts to secure the presence of President Grant ; he decides to come -- Peep behind the scenes ; workings of committees, etc. -- The responsibilities of the executive committee ; what they did ; Boston patriotism -- The day before the festival ; description of the coliseum -- Description of the great organ -- Many who helped the cause pointed out among the visitors -- First day of the peace jubilee -- First grand rehearsal -- Chorus rules -- Official reception of members of the press -- Full programme of the festival -- Recapitulation of the programmes -- Opening ceremonies ; prayer by the Rev. E. E. Hale -- Welcome address by Mayor Shurtleff -- Address by Hon. A. H. Rice on the restoration of peace and union -- Musical excercises of the first day -- Comments of the press on the first day's performance -- Second day of the peace jubilee -- Reception of President Grant ; grand military reveiw ; the musical excercises ; banquet at the revere hosue ; comments of the press -- Death of Mrs. George L. Dunlap of Chicago, in the coliseum -- Third day of the peace jubilee -- Grand ball in the coliseum ; names of the committee -- Comments of the press -- Fourth day of the peace jubilee -- Presence of George Peabody, the London banker ; comments of the press -- Congratulatory circular to the chorus -- Fifth and last day of the peace jubilee -- Grand chorus of children ; a delightful performance -- Resolutions of the press ; presentations, etc. -- Withdrawal of the police ; address by Mayor Shurtleff -- Number of visitors attending the jubilee, etc. -- Resolutions of the executive committee -- Comments of the press ; the general result ; extracts from sermons ; letters of congratulations, etc. -- "The rod of the prophet," a poem in commemoration of the peace jubilee by Arthur Matthison -- Complimentary testimonial to the projector -- Final report of the executive committee -- Entire receipts and expenses of the jubilee -- Letter from Mr. M. M. Ballou -- Prospectus for another festival upon a grander scale ; an international peace jubilee ; a world's musical festival ; a union of all nations in harmony -- Names of the subscribers to the jubilee -- Names of representatives of the press present at the jubilee -- Names of artists, leading singers, and the "immortal ten thousand," the grand chorus of the jubilee -- Recapitulation of chorus, and total number of singers -- Names of members of the jubilee chorus -- Names of artillerists, anvil-beaters, doorkeepers, and ushers enagaged at the jubilee -- God save our union. |
