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Interesting question! I see that a footnote in Edward Lillie Pierce's *Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner *mentions that "two clergymen of the city" of Washington DC, including "Dr. Sunderland" -- presumably Byron -- had "condemned the assault" on Sumner. From context, it looks as though this condemnation came right after a judge had let off the attacker, Preston Brooks, with a $300 fine that was perceived as a slap on the wrist. https://books.google.com/books?id=PVJ1YzA8UuYC&pg=PA488 So Byron Sunderland seems to have given a semi-well-known oration back in 1856 objecting to the sentencing, which I suppose would have been an "occurrence after the assault." Maybe he re-performed part of it into the graphophone for historical interest, or as a highlight of his past accomplishments as an orator? - Patrick On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 2:21 PM Allen Koenigsberg < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi > I note from Paul Charosh's fine book that Rev Byron Sunderland (b. > 1819) made two discs: > 5012 - 'The Lord's Prayer & 23rd Psalm' - April 9, 1898 5013 - > 'Occurrence following assault on Senator Sumner' - date not specified, > perhaps same as above > The first survives at LoC (online) - is there a good image of the center > data? Only one take, I presume. > The second is only known from a "Wonder" (Double-Bell) catalog from 1898 > where the first name is also just a "B."There, the catalog # is 15013 since > Wonder generally just added a "1" prior to the usual Berliner disc number. > The title has never been seen in an actual Berliner catalog as far as I > know. No known surviving example. > As most historically-inclined people know, this is a reference to the > famous "caning" of Senator Charles Sumner, but many years before (May 1856) > - over the issue of Slavery. What was so relevant in 1898 that it inspired > such a recording?? > > But the title of 5013 suggests that there is even an additional wrinkle, > i.e. the contents are not about the beating per se, but an "occurrence" > that followed... > > Does anyone know what Sunderland had in mind - he was quite religious > and died in 1901. Did the record ever get transcribed in some way? > TIA. > Allen > Allen Koenigsberg > [log in to unmask] >