The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-10
IMPORTANT ACQUISITIONS
BY THE NEW HAVEN COLONY HIS
TORICAL SOCIETY.

By THE NEW HAVEN COLONY HIS
IORICAL SOCIETY.
A Portrait OF Nathan III. Sanford-One
ofDr. Levi Ives and Another of Chnrles
Dickerman to Come-AIso a Portrait of
Cinque, the Famous African Chief
Hero of the Amistad Revolt.
The New Haven Colony Historical
society has received another most ac-
ceptable addition to it's gallery of por-
traits of deceased New Haven men Of
note and usefulness. The new acquisi-
tion is fine portrait, in an elegant,
massive frame, of the late lamented
Nathan III. Sanford, who was for many
years prominent in the management of
New Ravens old cemetery and who
wAs of distinguished old New Haven
family. He was for twenty years a
wholesale lumber merchant of this city
and was for many years, in the latter
of the Grove Street Cemetery associa-
tion. He was brother of the late Su-
perior and Supreme Court Judge Ed
ward I. Sanford and of the late Elihu
Sanford, a former New Haven mer-
chant. The portrait hangs in Colonial
hall, in the Historical society's beauti-
full building, and it is a gift to the So
ciety from the sisters of the deceased
gentleman, Mrs. Wyllis Atwater and
Miss Julia Sanford, and from his neph-
ew, Frederick Sanford Atwater, they
Jointly presenting the gift. The por-
trait is the work of New Ravens dis
tinguished portrait painter, III. l..
Thompson, and is an admirable like
ness, presenting Mr.. Sanford as he ap-
peared in the prime of his usefulness
Abe plate on the frame reads:
Nathan II. Sanford.
1S3S-1S96.
1t is bust portrait and of the same
size and style as the portraits of Thorn
< as r. Trowbridge, Henry Trowbridge,
Edward Heaton, Harmanus M. WEIGH
and other famous departed New Haven
men painted by the same artists that
hang in Colonial hall.
1t is highly gratifying that the His
foricaI society is thus acquiring SO fine
and admirable collection of portraits
DfsNeW Haven men who have been hon
pred and useful in their day and gen.
GRAFTON, and have left honored memo
ries. 1t is learned also from Thomas
r.. Trowbridge, president of the His
torical society, that the society is soon
10 receive number more of valuable
portraits, two Of which are now being
painted by Mr.. Thompson, one of the
late DR.. Levi ives, who was indeed a
famous and beloved physician of New
Haven, and the other of the late
Charles Dickerman, a gentleman of
honored memory also, who was for
many years prominent manufacturer
here. Also it is learned from Mr.. Trow-
bridge that the society is to soon re-
ceive a portrait Of Cirque, the noted
African chief, who headed a revolt in
the cargo of slaves who were being
brought from Africa to Cuba on the
SLAYER Amistad and captured the YES
sci, which, after sailing as far as Mon
tauk Point, was, with it's cargo Of
blacks, brought to Connecticut by a
United States revenue cutter, whence
ensued the world famous Amistad case,
in which the late Ex-Governor Baldwin,
rather Of Judge Simeon q. Baldwin of
This city, won national eminence in his
profession. Cirque lived to a great
age, something over a hundred years,
and died in Africa, where he and the
other slaves liberated by the decision
In the Amistad case were taken after
the legal battle was decided in favor of
their being restored to liberty and their
own country Cirque died about thir-
ty-five years ago and Rev A p Miller,
late Of this city, officiated at his funer-
al. Mr. Miller was pastor of the Dix
well avenue Congregational church of
this city and editor of the Banner, the
New Haven paper devoted to the inter-
ests of the colored race, which suspend
ed publication at about the time of Mr.
Miller's departure from this city, two
or three years ago. Mr. Miller was 8
missionary in Africa, where he met
Cirque, who was then very old man
lie became Cinque's religious adviser
and consoled him in his dying hours
and says that Cirque died a devout
Christian. The portrait of Cirque is
the gift Of Mr.. Purves, a Washington
gentleman prominently connected with
the Smithsonian Institute, who sends
the portrait to our esteemed townsman
Or. Stephen g. Hubbard by whom il
will be presented to the Historical So
ciety in behalf of the donor. The faith
er of Mr.. Purves was the original own
Or Of the Cirque portrait.
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