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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 2 2 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Socialism, (search)
work, Das Kapital, called the Bible of the Social Democrats1867 Brocton community founded by Rev. Thomas Lake HarrisOct., 1867 Catholic socialism in Germany organized1868 International congress at The Hague (six delegates from America) results in the formation of a new international association on anarchistic principles under leadership of Michael Bakounine, and removal of seat of general council of the old association, which soon after ceased to exist, to New York. Congress heldSept. 2-7, 1872 Union of social politics formed by German professorial socialists at EisenachOct., 1872 Universal socialistic congress opens at GhentSept. 9, 1877 Workingmen's party in the United States reorganized as The socialistic labor party Jan., 1878 Henry George publishes his work entitled Progress and poverty 1879 Social Democratic federation organized in England, favoring Co-operative communism, international republicanism, and atheistic humanism 1881 Leading principles of state socialism o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thayer, Sylvanus 1785-1872 (search)
Thayer, Sylvanus 1785-1872 Military officer; born in Braintree, Mass., June 9, 1785; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1807 and at West Point in 1808, entering the corps of engineers. He was chief engineer of Dearborn's army in 1812, and of Hampton's division in 1813. He was chief engineer in the defence of Norfolk, Va., in 1814. In 1815 he was sent with Colonel McRae to Belgium and France to examine the fortifications there; and from 1817 to 1833 he was superintendent at West Point, and established the academy on its present basis. In 1838 he was made lieutenantcolonel, and from 1833 to 1857 was constructing engineer of the defences of Boston Harbor, and temporary chief of the engineer corps from 1857 to 1859. He was commissioned colonel in March, 1863; brevetted brigadier-general in May; and resigned June 1. He died in South Braintree, Mass., Sept. 7, 1872.