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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Charles Kendall 1835 - (search)
Adirondack Park,
A tract in the Adirondack Mountain region covering Hamilton county and parts of Essex.
Franklin, Herkimer, and St. Lawrence counties: containing numerous mountains.
peaks, lakes, and woodlands.
It was set apart by the State of New York in 1892 for the protection of the watershed of the Hudson and other rivers.
for the practical study of forestry, and for public recreation.
The tract has an area of 4,387 square miles.
The study of forestry is here carried on under the direction of the newly established State School of Forestry, a department of Cornell University (q. v.).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agnew , David Hayes 1818 -1892 (search)
Agnew, David Hayes, 1818-1892
Anatomist and author: born in Lancaster county, Pa., Nov. 24, 1818: was graduated at the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1838; became professor in the Philadelphia School of Anatomy; demonstrator of anatomy in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and surgeon at the Pennsylvania and the Orthopaedic hospitals, all in Philadelphia.
During the Civil War he became widely known as a daring and successful operator in cases of gunshot wounds.
After the war he was elected Professor of Operative Surgery and of the Principles and Practice of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Agnew was the consulting and operating surgeon in the case of President Garfield in 1881.
Among his numerous publications are Practical Anatomy; Anatomy and its relation to medicine and Surgery; and The principles and practice of Surgery.
He died in Philadelphia, March 22, 1892.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ainsworth , Frederick Crayton 1852 - (search)
Ainsworth, Frederick Crayton, 1852-
Military officer; born in Woodstock, Vt., Sept. 11, 1852; was appointed a first lieutenant and assistant surgeon in the United States army in 1874; promoted major and surgeon in 1891; colonel and chief of the Record and Pension Office in the War Department in 1892; and brigadier-general in 1899.
He invented and introduced the index-record card system, by the use of which the full military history of any soldier may be immediately traced.
About 50,000.000 of these cards have been placed on file, and their introduction has resulted in a yearly saving of more than $400,000. In 1898 he succeeded Gen. George W. Davis as supervisor of the publication of the official records of the Civil War.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Aldrich , Charles 1828 - (search)
Aldrich, Charles, 1828-
Historian; born in Ellington, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1828; was educated at Jamestown Academy, N. Y. On June 29, 1857, he established The Freedman, a newspaper in Webster City, In. For several years between 1860 and 1870 he was chief clerk of the Iowa House of Representatives, and in 1882 was a member of that body; in 1875 served with the United States Geological Survey in the Rocky Mountains; and in 1892 established the Historical Department of Iowa, of which he afterwards was made curator and secretary.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alexander , Edward Porter 1835 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , William Vincent 1847 - (search)
Allen, William Vincent, 1847-
Politician: born in Midway, O., Jan. 28, 1847; was educated in the common schools and Upper Iowa University; served as a private soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. In 1869 he was admitted to the bar. In 1891 he was elected judge of the Ninth Judicial District Court of Nebraska, and in 1892. United States Senator from Nebraska, as a Populist.
In the special session of Congress in 1893 he held the floor with a speech for fifteen consecutive hours, and in 1896 was chairman of the Populist National Convention.
See people's party: Populists.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Armour , Philip Danforth 1832 - (search)
Armour, Philip Danforth, 1832-
Philanthropist; born in Stockbridge, N. Y., May 16, 1832; received a public school education.
In 1852-56 he was a miner in California; in 1856-63 engaged in the commission business in Milwaukee, Wis., and then became a member of the firm of Plankinton, Armour & Company, meat packers.
Mr. Armour was a man of large benevolence.
In 1892 he built the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago at a cost of $1,500,000, and in the same year endowed it with $1,400,000; in 1898 he increased this endowment by $500,000; and in 1899 made another addition of $750,000. He died in Chicago, Jan. 6, 1901.