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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Government, instrument of. (search)
Gray, Asa 1810-1888
Botanist; born in Paris, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1810; studied botany under Dr. John Torrey, Professor of Natural History at Harvard College in 1842-73; became widely known by his textbooks on botany, which are in general use throughout the United States.
He was the author of Elements of Botany; Structural and systematic Botany; Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States; Gray's botanical text-book, and many others.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 30, 1888.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Green , Bartholomew 1666 -1732 (search)
Green, Bartholomew 1666-1732
Publisher: born in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 12, 1666; son of Samuel Green; succeeded his father as printer, in Boston, and on April 24, 1704, he issued the first number of the Boston news-letter, a publication issued by him during his life.
He published the Weekly news-letter, which was combined with the other, and it was called the Boston weekly news-letter.
He died in Boston, Dec. 28, 1732.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Green , Samuel 1615 -1792 (search)
Green, Samuel 1615-1792
Second printer in the United States; born in England in 1615; succeeded Day (see day, or dayE, Stephen) in 1648. Mr. Green had nineteen children, and his descendants were a race of printers in New England and in Maryland.
He printed the Cambridge Platform in 1649, the entire Bible and Psalter, translated into the Indian language by John Eliot the Apostle, in 1663, and many other books.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 1, 1792.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greene , Nathanael 1742 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gridley , Richard 1711 -1796 (search)
Gridley, Richard 1711-1796
Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 3, 1711; was a skilful engineer and artillerist; and chief engineer in the siege of Louisburg, in 1745.
He entered the service, as colonel of infantry, in 1755; was in the expedition to Crown Point, under General Winslow, planned the fortifications at Lake George (Fort George and Fort William Henry); served under Amherst; and was with Wolfe at Quebec.
He retired as a British officer on half-pay for life.
Espousing the cause of the patriots, he was appointed chief engineer of the army that gathered at Cambridge; planned the works on Bunker Hill and Dorchester Heights; and was in the battle there, in which he was wounded.
He was active in planning the fortifications around Boston, and in September, 1775, he was commissioned a major-general in the provincial army of Massachusetts.
He was commander of the Continental artillery until superseded by Knox.
He died in Stoughton, Mass., June 20, 1796.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Guyot , Arnold Henry 1807 -1884 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall , Samuel 1740 -1807 (search)
Hall, Samuel 1740-1807
Printer; born in Medford, Mass., Nov. 2, 1740; was a partner of the widow of James Franklin in 1761-68, in which year he published the Essex gazette in Salem, Mass. He removed to Cambridge in 1775 and published the New England chronicle, and subsequently the Massachusetts gazette.
He died in Boston, Mass., Oct. 30, 1807.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harris , William Thaddeus 1826 -1854 (search)
Harris, William Thaddeus 1826-1854
Author; born in Milton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1826; graduated at Harvard College in 1846.
He was the author of Epitaphs from the old burying-ground at Cambridge, and editor of History of New England and of the third volume of the Historical and Genealogical register.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 19, 1854.
Harris, William Thaddeus 1826-1854
Author; born in Milton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1826; graduated at Harvard College in 1846.
He was the author of Epitaphs from the old burying-ground at Cambridge, and editor of History of New England and of the third volume of the Historical and Genealogical register.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 19, 1854.