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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Warren, John Collins 1778-1856 (search)
Warren, John Collins 1778-1856 Surgeon; born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1778; graduated at Harvard College in 1797; began practice of medicine in Boston, in 1802; was assistant Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in the Harvard Medical School in 1806-15, professor in 1815-47; and emeritus professor in 1847-56. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the McLean Asylum for the Insane; president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, of the Massachusetts Temperance Society, and of the Boston Society of Natural History; and founder and editor of the Boston Medical and surgical journal. He successfully applied ether in a surgical operation in the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846. He was one of the editors of the Monthly Anthology and Boston review. He died in Boston, Mass., May 4, 1856.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webb, James Watson 1802-1884 (search)
Webb, James Watson 1802-1884 Journalist; born in Claverack, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1802; entered the army in 1819, was first lieutenant in 1823, and resigned in 1827, when he became a journalist, soon taking a leading position in that profession as editor and proprietor of the New York Courier and Enquirer. In 1850 he was appointed charge d'affaires at the Court of Vienna, but the Senate did not confirm the nomination. In 1861 he was appointed minister to Brazil, where he settled longpending claims against that government; and he was chiefly instrumental, through his personal intimacy with Napoleon III., in procuring the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico. For many years he exerted a powerful influence in the politics of the United States. Among his special publications are Altowan, or incidents of life and adventure in the Rocky Mountains; Slavery and its tendency; and a treatise on National currency. He died in New York City, June 7, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Welles, Gideon 1802-1878 (search)
Welles, Gideon 1802-1878 Naval officer; born in Glastonbury, Conn., July 1, 1802; studied law under Judges Williams and Ellsworth, and in 1826 became editor and a proprietor of the Hartford Times, advocating the election of General Jackson to the Presidency. He served in the Connecticut legislature in 1827-35; was comptroller, and in 1836-41 postmaster, at Hartford. In 1846 he was chief of a bureau in the Navy Department, having given up his editorial duties. He became identified with the Republican party in 1857, and was chairman of the Connecticut delegation in the convention at Chicago that nominated Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency, who in 1861 Gideon Welles. called Mr. Welles to his cabinet as Secretary of the Navy, in which capacity he served until 1869. He died in Hartford, Conn., Feb. 11, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wentworth, Tappan 1802- (search)
Wentworth, Tappan 1802- Lawyer; born in Dover, N. H., Sept. 24, 1802; admitted to the bar in 1828. In 1851 he served in the legislature as a Whig, and, later, as a Republican. He was elected to Congress, serving from 1853 to 1855. He (lied in Boston, Mass., June 12, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wheaton, Henry 1785-1848 (search)
Wheaton, Henry 1785-1848 Diplomatist; born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 27, 1785; graduated at Brown University in 1802; studied law abroad, and began its practice at Providence. In 1812 he removed to New York, where he edited the National advocate, in which the subject of neutral rights was discussed. From 1816 until 1827 he was reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States, and published 12 volumes of its decisions. In the New York constitutional convention of 1821 he was a prominent member, and was one of the commissioners to revise the statutes of the State of New York. From 1827 to 1835 he was charge d'affaires to Denmark; from 1835 to 1837 resident minister at Berlin; and from 1837 to 1846 minister plenipotentiary there. He returned to New York in 1847, and was made Professor of International Law in Harvard College, but died before the time appointed for his installation. Mr. Wheaton was a voluminous writer upon various subjects, and as a reporter he was unrivalled
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitman, Marcus 1802- (search)
Whitman, Marcus 1802- Pioneer; born in Rushville, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1802; studied medicine, and was made a medical missionary to Oregon by the American board in 1834. After living in Oregon a number of years he discovered that the English were discouraging American emigrants from settling there, and were colonizing it with English settlers. Late in 1842 he set out for Washington, D. C., and arriving there in March, 1843, gave the government valuable information which led to extensive colonization on the part of Americans, and in all probability kept Oregon from falling into the hands of the British. He, his wife, two adopted children, and ten others were killed by the Indians in Waulatpu, Or., Nov. 29, 1847.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wirt, William 1772-1834 (search)
, Nov. 8, 1772; was left an orphan when he was eight years of age, with a small patrimony, and was reared and educated by an uncle. He began the practice of law at Culpeper Court-house, Va. In 1795 he married a daughter of Dr. George Gilmer, and settled near Charlottesville, Va., where he contracted dissipated habits, from the toils of which, it is said, he was released by hearing a sermon preached by Rev. James Waddell. In 1799 he was chosen clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates, and in 1802 was appointed chancellor of the eastern district of Virginia. Very soon afterwards he resigned the office, and settled in Norfolk in the practice of his profession. He had lately written a series of letters under the title of The British spy, which were published in the Richmond Argus, and gave him a literary reputation. Published in collected form, they have passed through many editions. The next year he published a series of essays in the Richmond Enquirer entitled The rainbow. Wirt se
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wolcott, Oliver 1747-1797 (search)
, Conn., Jan. 11, 1760; a son of the preceding; graduated at Yale College in 1778, and was a volunteer to repel the British and Hessian marauders on the Connecticut coast towns in 1779. He became a volunteer aide to his father, and was afterwards a commissary officer. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he was employed in the financial affairs of Connecticut; and in 1784 was appointed a commissioner to settle its accounts with the United States. He was comptroller of national accounts in 1788-89, auditor of the United States treasury front 1789 to 1791, comptroller from 1791 to 1795, and Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800, when he was appointed United States circuit judge. In 1802 he engaged in mercantile business in New York City, in which he continued until the breaking out of the War of 1812-15, when, with his son, he established an extensive manufactory of textile goods at Wolcottville, Conn. He was governor of Connecticut in 1818-27. He died in New York City, June 1, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), York, (search)
nd port of entry in York county, Me.; on the York River and Cape Neddick harbors; 9 miles northeast of Portsmouth. It was settled about 1624 under the name of Agamenticus, on a portion of the territory granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason by the Plymouth council in 1622. On April 10, 1641, it was given a city charter and government by Sir Ferdinando under the name of Georgeana, and it was thus the first English city on the continent of America. In 1652 it was organized as a town under the name of York, from the city of that name in England. From 1716 to 1735 it was the shire town of Yorkshire county, which included the whole province of Maine; from 1735 to 1760 shire town with Falmouth (now Portland) of the whole province; and from 1760 to 1800 shire town of York county. In 1802 Alfred was made a shire town with York, and continued so till 1832, when all the courts were removed to Alfred. York is now principally known as a summer resort. Population in 1900, 2,668.
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