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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Homes , Henry Augustus 1812 -1887 (search)
Homes, Henry Augustus 1812-1887
Author; born in Boston, Mass., March 10, 1812; graduated at Amherst in 1830; and studied in Paris, France, where he was ordained a missionary of the Reformed Church to Turkey in 1835; joined the American board in Constantinople in the following year, and served as a missionary till 1850; was in the diplomatic service of the United States at Constantinople in 1851-53; returned to the United States in the latter year; became assistant librarian of the New York State Library in 1854, and librarian in 1862.
He was
Joseph Holt. author of Our knowledge of California and the Northwest; The future development of the New York State Library; and The correct arms of the State of New the correct arms of the State of New York.
He died in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Immigration. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kossuth , Lajos (Louis) 1802 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Longstreet , James 1821 - (search)
Longstreet, James 1821-
Military officer; born in Edgefield district, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico (1846-48), in which he was severely wounded; and was distinguished for bravery.
He held the rank of major in the United States army when the Civil War broke out, and, joining the Confederates, was made a brigadier-general in their army in October, 1861.
All through the Civil War he was regarded as one of the ablest of the Confederate military leaders, and as Lee's right hand, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general.
After the close of the war he became a Republican.
After holding several federal offices he was appointed minister to Turkey in 1880, and
James Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads in 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacVEAGHeagh , Wayne 1833 - (search)
MacVEAGHeagh, Wayne 1833-
Diplomatist; born in Phoenixville, Pa., April 19, 1833; graduated at Yale College in 1853; and admitted to the bar in 1856.
He was district attorney for Chester county, Pa., in 1859-64; entered the Union army as captain of cavalry when the invasion of Pennsylvania was threatened in September, 1862; was United States minister to Turkey in 1870-71; member of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1872-73; and president of the MacVeagh commission to Louisiana in 1877.
In 1881 he was appointed United States Attorney-General, but on the death of President Garfield he resigned, and resumed law practice in Philadelphia.
He supported Grover Cleveland for President in 1892; was ambassador to Italy in 1893-97; and afterwards practised law in Washington.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Metric system, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Miles , Nelson Appleton 1839 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morrill , Justin Smith 1810 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morse , Samuel Finley Breese 1791 -1879 (search)