[Recollections of a Long Life by Theodore Ledyard Cuyler]@TWC D-Link bookRecollections of a Long Life CHAPTER XIII 11/24
But the crowning act of his unique Americanism was the erection of the "Lincoln Tower" on his Church in London, as a tribute to Negro Emancipation, and a memorial to International amity.
The love that existed between my brother, Dr.Hall, and myself was like the love of David and Jonathan.
The letters that passed between us would number up into the hundreds, and his epistles had the sweet savor of "Holy Rutherford," When he was in America, my house was his home, when I was in London, I spent no small part of my time in his delightful "Vine House," up on Hampstead Hill.
The house remains in the possession of his wife, a lady of high culture, intellectual gifts and of most devout piety.
One reason for the close intimacy between my British brother and myself was that we were perfectly agreed on every social, civil and religious question, and we never had a chance to sharpen our wits on the hone of controversy.
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