| Status: |
Removed [SMART1998] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Leighton Memorial Mosaic |
| Theme: |
Truth [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 65 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. [SMART1998] |
| Other documentation: |
[HIST1900, OUT1903] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [SMART1998] |
| Memorial details: |
John William Leighton (26 Feb 1825 - 6 Oct 1897) [HIST1900, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife and daughter [HIST1900] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 19 Nov 1899 [BH1899B, BJ1899, HIST1900] |
| Size: |
8' high x 4' wide [HIST1900, BPL2010, SMART1998] |
| Inscription: |
THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. / PRESENTED IN MEMORY OF / JOHN WILLIAM LEIGHTON / BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. / ERECTED A.D. 1899 [HIST1900] |
| Category: |
Truth |
| Location: |
over pulpit [OUT1903] |
| History: |
In 1914 moved with congregation to new building on Beacon Street, Boston, MA (SITE:21.4.19) [SMART1998] |
|
After Second Church merged with First Church in 1970, the Beacon Street building was sold to Ruggles Street Baptist Church, who later sold the mosaic at auction [SMART1998] |
| Same as item: |
21.4.19.1 |
| Status: |
Removed [ORG_NEW] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Eager Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Mather Addressing British Commission [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 65 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co., 1899 [DT2012] |
| Other documentation: |
[OUT1903] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
George Henry Eager (3 Nov 1833 - 1 Jan 1897) [INSCRIPTION, BH1899A, BH1899B, BJ1899, HIST1900] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Mariette Maverette Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Crosby Eager, and daughter, Gertrude Crosby Eager Raymond [INSCRIPTION, BH1899A, BH1899B, HIST1900, WEB] |
| Date: |
Design copyright 1899 [OUT1903] |
|
Unveiled 19 Nov 1899 [BH1899B, BJ1899, HIST1900] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
Protest of Increase Mather // against the Surrender of the // Colony Charter to the English // Commisioners AD 1683-84 // John Mayo. John Lathrop. / Increase Mather. Henry Ware, Jr. / Cotton Mather. Ralph Waldo Emerson / Joshua Gee. Chandler Robbins. / Samuel Mather. Robert Laird Collier. / Samuel Checkley. Edward Augustus Horton. / Thomas Van Ness. // Erected in The 250th year of / the founding of the Second / Church in Boston to com- / memorate its Ministers, and / presented in loving memory of / George Henry Eager by / His Wife And Daughter, 1899 [PHOTO, HIST1900, BPL2010] |
| Category: |
Historic Figure |
| History: |
In 1914 moved with congregation to new building on Beacon Street, Boston, MA (SITE:21.4.19) [ORG_NEW, WEB] |
|
In 1970 moved to First Church, Boston, MA (SITE:21.4.5) after merger between the two congregations [ORG_NEW] |
| Same as item: |
21.4.5.2; 21.4.19.2 |
| Status: |
Unknown |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Warren Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
St. Martin and Dorcas [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 65 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[HIST1900] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [HIST1900] |
| Memorial details: |
William Wilkins Warren (11 Apr 1814 - 23 Jan 1890) [HIST1900, BPL2010, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Rebecca Bennett Warren [HIST1900, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 19 Nov 1899 [BH1899B, BJ1899, HIST1900] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
St Martin / He that doeth the will of God abideth forever / In loving memory of / William Wilkens Warren // Dorcas / Love is the fullilling of the law / who passed to the higher life / January 23, 1890 / Erected by his wife [HIST1900, BPL2010] |
| Category: |
St. Martin; Dorcas |
| BH1899A: |
Boston Herald (12 Nov 1899, p. 37) |
| BH1899B: |
Boston Herald (20 Nov 1899, p. 1, 3) |
| BJ1899: |
Boston Journal (20 Nov 1899, p. 6) |
| BPL2010: |
Boston Public Library Print Department (29 Nov 2010 (photo date of old undated print)) |
| DT2012: |
Donald Traser, personal communication (18 Sep 2012) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HIST1900: |
The Second Church in Boston (1900, p. 8, 17, 191-194) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
| OUT1903: |
Outlook, "A Nest of Liberty", Rev. Thomas Van Ness (7 Nov 1903, p. 548-560) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| SMART1998: |
Quarterly of the Stained Glass Association of America, An Historical Interpretation of the Tiffany Truth Windows, James G. Smart (Spring 1998, Vol. 93, No. 1, p. 24-31) |
| TIFF1886: |
Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886) |
| TIFF1893: |
Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893) |
| TIFF1897: |
A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897) |
| TIFF1910: |
A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910) |
| WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
