Death and significance Franklin Benjamin Sanborn



photo of elderly fbs obituary in harvard crimson


frank sanborn died february 24, 1917, after being struck railroad baggage cart during visit son francis in new jersey. buried @ sleepy hollow cemetery in concord near graves of friends , mentors ralph waldo emerson, bronson alcott, ellery channing, , henry thoreau. concord s flags flown @ half-mast 3 days. @ end of month, february, 1917, prior america s entering world war i, massachusetts house of representatives recognized sanborn’s dedication unfortunate, diseased, , despised, citing sanborn s role confidential adviser john brown, sake arrested, mistreated, , deported.


people loved , hated him. walt whitman described sanborn fighter, in arms, devotee, revolutionary crusader, hot in collar, quick on trigger, noble, optimistic. henry david thoreau feared passionate concord schoolteacher steadfast , earnest , type, thoreau put it, calmly, calmly, ignites , throws bomb after bomb. sanborn lived long life. revered in end relic golden age gone by—a tall , venerable figure moving picturesquely through boston , concord.








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