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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown, John Carter, 1797- (search)
Brown, John Carter, 1797- Merchant; born in Providence, R. I., Aug. 28, 1797; second son of Nicholas Brown, 2d, the patron of Brown University, at which he was graduated in 1816. He engaged largely in the business of manufactures and merchandise. He travelled much in the United States, and resided in Europe, at different times, for several years. In 1828 he was chosen a trustee, and in 1842 a fellow, of Brown University, and so remained until his death in Providence, June 10, 1874, bestoaided him. He aimed to gather early, rare, and valuable books, which, by proper classification. would show the methods of American colonization and subsequent development of its civilization. For fully forty years before his death he pursued this object with zeal, and left one of the rarest collections of the kind ever made. It comprised about 10,000 volumes; and it gave to John Carter Brown a foremost place among the distinguished historical collectors of the world. See Brown University.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Tennessee, (search)
CannonAssumes officeOct., 1835 James K. PolkAssumes officeOct., 1839 James C. JonesAssumes officeOct., 1841 Aaron V. BrownAssumes officeOct., 1845 Neil S. BrownAssumes officeOct., 1847 William TrousdaleAssumes officeOct., 1849 William B. CampbellAssumes officeOct., 1851 Andrew JohnsonAssumes officeOct., 1853 Isham G. HarrisAssumes officeOct., 1857 Andrew JohnsonAssumes officeprov. March 12, 1861 W. G. BrownlowAssumes officeApril, 1865 DeWitt C. SenterAssumes officeOct., 1869 John C. BrownAssumes officeOct., 1871 James D. Porter, JrAssumes officeJan., 1875 Albert S. MarksAssumes officeJan., 1879 Alvin HawkinsAssumes officeJan., 1881 William B. BateAssumes officeJan., 1883 Robert L. TaylorAssumes officeJan., 1887 John P. BuchananAssumes officeJan., 1891 Peter TurneyAssumes officeJan., 1893 H. Clay EvansAssumes officeJan., 1895 Robert L. TaylorAssumes officeJan., 1897 Benton McMillinAssumes officeJan., 1899 Benton McMillinAssumes officeJan., 1901 United States
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
thern history of the war has been published. The great subject. Reverence for worthy deeds or men characterized the histories written by the men mentioned in the preceding section. To them succeeded a group who were carried away by what John Carter Brown called the great subject, that is, the age of discovery and exploration. Columbus and the men and things of his age were their chief interest. Some of them were collectors of rare books in this field, others were historians merely, and stenaeum, a private foundation, and the Harvard College library gave the same kind of support to the historians of Boston. Meanwhile a group of wealthy men had taken up the occupation of collector, most of them dealing in early Americana. John Carter Brown, of Providence, led off in the movement, and found worthy seconds in James Lenox and Samuel L. M. Barlow of New York, George Brinsley of Hartford, and Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, who was long the American consul in London. The collections of
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
right, James Wilson, 459, 480 n. Brighton, 275 Brinsley, George, 183 Brinton, Daniel, 619, 620 Brisbane, Albert, 437 Brisk young lover, a, 510 Bristed, John, 432 Broadhurst, George, 289, 293 Brodhead, J. R., 173, 175, 179 Brooks, A. H., 167 Brooks, Phillips, 218-225 Brotherhead, W., 545 n. Brother Jonathan, 547 Brothers, Thos., 437 Brougham, John, 267, 268 Brown, A. J., 165 Brown, Alice, 291, 294 Brown, C. B., 68, 542, 546, 548 Brown, Frank M., 158 Brown, J. C., 183 Brown, John, 496 Brown, W., 438 Browne, Charles F., 4, 7, 22, 23, 375 Browne, Sir, Thomas, 34 Brownell, H. H., 496 Browning, E. B., 34 Browning, Robert, 34, 38, 54, 63, 64, 111, 372, 487 Brownlow, W. G., 340, 352 Brown of Harvard, 289 Brownson, O. A., 302, 303, 347 Brownson's quarterly Review, 301, 302, 303 Brown University, 210, 357, 392, 413, 443 Brugmann, 469 Bruhl, B., 581 Bryan, E. B., 341 Bryan, W. J., 334, 364 Bryant, Edwin, 137, 142 Bryant,