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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 4 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 1. (search)
iana woods were yet swarming with game, and the larder of every cabin depended largely upon this great storehouse of wild meat. Franklin points out how much this resource of the early Americans contributed to their spirit of independence by saying: I can retire cheerfully with my little family into the boundless woods of America, which are sure to afford freedom and subsistence to any man who can bait a hook or pull a trigger. (See The century Magazine, Franklin as a Diplomatist, October, 1899, p. 888.) The Pigeon Creek settlement was especially fortunate on this point. There was in the neighborhood of the Lincoln home what was known in the West as a deer-lick --that is, there existed a feeble salt-spring, which impregnated the soil in its vicinity or created little pools of brackish water-and various kinds of animals, particularly deer, resorted there to satisfy their natural craving for salt by drinking from these or licking the moist earth. Hunters took advantage of this
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cape Nome, (search)
Cape Nome, A cape extending from the southern part of the western peninsula of Alaska, which lies between Kotzebue Sound on the north, and Bering Sea on the south. It is about 2,500 miles northwest of Seattle, and 175 miles southeast of Siberia. In September, 1898, gold was first discovered here by a party of Swedes. Since then it has become the centre of a rich gold-mining region, which lies about the lower course of the Snake River, a winding stream emerging from a range of mountains not exceeding from 700 to 1,200 feet in altitude. In October, 1899, Nome City had a population of 5,000 inhabitants living in tents. It is believed that the rapid growth of this town has never been equalled. Early prospecting indicated that the Nome district would compare for richness with the celebrated Klondike (q. v.) region. In the short season of 1899 the yield in gold from this section alone was estimated at $1,500,000.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kobbe, William A. 1840- (search)
tered out of this service with the rank of captain in the 178th New York Infantry. On March 17, 1866, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the 19th United States Infantry; Feb. 5, 1872, was transferred to the 3d Artillery; April 6, 1885, was promoted to captain; and March 8, 1898, to major. After joining the 3d Artillery he graduated at the Artillery School (1873). Soon after war was declared against Spain he was appointed colonel of the 35th United States Volunteer Infantry, and in October, 1899, was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers for service in the Malolos campaign in the Philippines. In January, 1900, he was given command of an expedition to the southern extremity of Luzon. On the 18th of that month he left Manilawith his command in the transports Hancock and Garonne and the local steamers Venus, aeolus, Salvadora, and Castellano, which vessels were convoyed by the gunboats Nashville, Helena, and Maraveles. On Jan. 20 all of these vessels, in single file, proce
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ovenshine, Samuel 1843- (search)
Ovenshine, Samuel 1843- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1843; served through the Civil War, advancing from second lieutenant to major; appointed brigadier-general United States volunteers in 1898, and ordered on duty in the Philippine Islands; promoted brigadiergeneral United States army, and retired, both in October, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sigsbee, Charles Dwight 1845- (search)
oth engagements with Fort Fisher. He was promoted captain March 21, 1897, and placed in command of the battle-ship Maine, which was ordered to proceed to Havana in the latter part of January, 1898, for the purpose of paying a ceremonial visit, as is customary among the navies of the world. On the night of Feb. 15, 1898, the Maine was suddenly destroyed at her assigned anchorage in Havana Harbor, by an explosion which drove her hull plates inward and upward (see Cuba). Soon after this catastrophe Captain Sigsbee was placed in command of the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, and in the latter part of June destroyed the Spanish torpedo-boat Terror off San Juan, Porto Rico. In August of the same year he was assigned to the Texas, and was appointed chief of the bureau of naval intelligence when that vessel was put out of commission in October, 1899. He is the author of Deep sea. Sounding and dredging; United States coast survey, 1880; Personal narrative of the battle-ship Maine, 1899, etc.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Harper's Ferry and first Manassas. (search)
number being entirely too large, some of us employed a servant and organized another mess, consisting of ten of us, and ever afterwards knowne as Mess No. 10; it consisted of David Barton, See notes 2, 3, 13 and 16. Holmes Boyd, See notes 2, 3, 13 and 16. Johnny Williams, John J. Williams, of Winchester, Va., later Sergeant in Chew's Battery of horse artillery; attorney-at-law and Mayor of Winchester, Va.; Commander of the Grand Camp, C. V., of Virginia; died in Baltimore, Md., October, 1899. Lyt. Macon, See notes 2, 3, 13 and 16. Lanty Blackford, Launcelot M. Blackford, of Lynchburg, Va., later Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 24th Virginia Regiment; now (1900),and for thirty years past, Principal of the Episcopal High School of Virginia. Randolph Fairfax, Randolph Fairfax, of Alexandria, Va., killed, as stated above, at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13th, 1862. Kinloch Kinloch Nelson, of Clarke county, Va., later Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer of Kemper's Brigad
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., The development of the public School of Medford. (search)
hus, then, was our modern system of schools established, with one central high school, two grammar, with male teachers, and primary schools tributary to these. After one year of trial the new system seems to have met the approval of the school committee. At the March meeting, 1836, their report, a copy of which is on file at City Hall, was read but not printed. This is the first report on record of a Medford school committee. The report is given in full in the Historical Register for October, 1899. Since then the system has expanded by the addition of two more grammar schools, one in the west, the other in the south part of the town, and by the multiplication of primary schools; but the general plan adopted in 1835 remains essentially the same to the present time. Treasurer's report. it seems advisable to publish the earliest records extant of the receipts and expenditures of the town of Medford, as the book which contains them is too much worn for general use. The interest