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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bellows , Henry Whitney , 1814 - (search)
Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-
Clergyman; born in Boston, June 11, 1814.
Educated at Harvard and the Divinity School at Cambridge, he was ordained pastor of the first Unitarian Church in New York City in January, 1838.
he remained its pastor
Henry Whitney Bellows, D. D. until his death, Jan. 30, 1882.
He was the projector of the Christian inquirer, in 1843, and he occupied from the beginning a conspicuous place in the pulpit, in letters, and in social life, wielding great influence for good.
Dr. Bellows was one of the originators of the United States Sanitary commission (q. v.), which performed such prodigious benevolent work during the late Civil War. He was president of the Commission from the beginning.
Besides numerous pamphlets and published discourses.
Dr. Bellows was the author of a collection of sermons on Christian doctrine, published in 1869; and later he gave a picturesque account of a European tour in 1868-69, in 2 volumes, entitled The old world in its New fac
Bible.
The first Bible printed in America was Eliot's Indian translation, issued at Cambridge.
Mass, in 1663.
A German edition of the Bible, in quarto, was printed at Germantown, near Philadelphia, in 1743, by Christopher Saner.
In 1782 Robert Aitkin, printer and bookseller in Philadelphia, published the first American edition of the Bible in English, also in quarto form; and in 1791 Isaiah Thomas printed the Bible in English, in folio form, at Woreester.
Mass. This was the first in that form issued from the press in the United States.
The same year Isaac Collins printed the English version, in quarto form, at Trenton, N. J.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bickmore , Albert Smith , 1839 - (search)
Bickmore, Albert Smith, 1839-
Educator; born in St. George, Me., March 1, 1839: graduated at Dartmouth College in 1860, and studied under Professor Agassiz at the Lawrence Scientific School in Cambridge, Mass. In 1865-69 he travelled in the Malay Archipelago and in eastern Asia.
Returning, he was appointed Professor of Natural History at Madison University.
In 1885 he became professor in charge of the Department of Public Instruction in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
He is the author of Travels in the East Indian Archipclago; The Ainos, or Hairy men of Jesso; Sketch of a journey from Canton to Bangkok, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bigelow , Timothy , 1739 -1790 (search)
Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790
Military officer; born in Woreester, Mass., Aug. 12, 1739; was a blacksmith and a zealous patriot; member of the Provincial Congress; led minute-men to Cambridge; and accompanied Arnold in his notable expedition to Quebec in 1775, where he was made a prisoner.
As colonel, he assisted in the capture of Burgoyne, and was active in some of the stirring scenes of the war afterwards.
Colonel Bigelow was in charge of the Springfield Arsenal after the war, and was one of the original grantees of Montpelier, Vt. He died in Woreester, Mass., March 31, 1790.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blackstone , William , -1675 (search)
Blackstone, William, -1675
Pioneer, supposed to have been graduated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1617, and to have become a minister in the Church of England.
In 1623 he removed from Plymouth to the peninsula of Shawmut, where Boston now stands, and was living there in 1630, when Governor Winthrop arrived at Charlestown.
On April 1. 1633, he was given a grant of fifty acres. but not liking his Puritan neighbors he sold his estate in 1634.
He then moved to a place a few miles north of Providence.
locating on the river which now bears his name.
He is said to have planted the first orchard in Rhode Island, and also the first one in Massachusetts.
He was the first white settler in Rhode Island, but took no part in the founding of the colony.
The cellar of the house where he lived is still shown, and a little hill near by where he was accustomed to read is known as Study Hill.
He died in Rehoboth Mass., May 26, 1675.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bradstreet , Simon , -1697 (search)
Bradstreet, Simon, -1697
Colonial governor: horn in Lincolnshire, England, in March, 1603.
After studying one year in college, he became steward to the Countess of Warwick.
He married Anne, a daughter of Thomas Dudley, and was persuaded to engage in the settlement of Massachusetts.
Invested with the office of judge, he arrived at Salem in the summer of 1630.
The next year he was among the founders of Cambridge, and was one of the first settlers at Andover.
Very active, he was almost continually in public life, and lived at Salem, Ipswich, and Boston.
He was secretary, agent, and commissioner of the United Colonies of New England; and in 1662 he was despatched to congratulate Charles II.
on his restoration.
He was assistant from 1630 to 1679, and deputy-governor from 1673 to 1679.
From that time till 1686 (when the charter was annulled) he was governor.
When, in 1689.
Andros was imprisoned, he was restored to the office, which he held until the arrival of Governor Phip
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brewster , William , 1560 -1644 (search)
Brewster, William, 1560-1644
A Pilgrim Father; born in Scrooby, England, in 1560.
Educated at Cambridge, he entered the service of William Davidson, ambassador of Queen Elizabeth in Holland.
The ambassador was much attached to Brewster, and procured for him the office of postmaster at Scrooby.
When his mind was turned very seriously towards religious subjects, he withdrew from the Church of England, and established a dissenting society, or rather a society of Separatists.
This new society worshipped on Sabbath days at Mr. Brewster's house until persecution began to interrupt them.
He, with Mr. Bradford and others, was among those who attempted to fly to Holland in 1607.
(See Robinson, John.) They were arrested and imprisoned at Boston in Lincolnshire.
As Mr. Brewster had the most property, he was the greater sufferer.
At much expense he gained his liberty, and then he assisted the poorer members of the church to escape, following them himself soon afterwards.
At Leyden h
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brickett , James , 1737 -1818 (search)
Brickett, James, 1737-1818
Military officer: born in 1737; was a physician in Haverhill, Mass., until the beginning of the French and Indian War; was a surgeon in the army at Ticonderoga; was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill; appointed brigadier-general in the expedition designed for Canada in 1776; and commanded the American escort of Burgoyne's surrendered army from the Saratoga battle-field to Cambridge, Mass., in 1777.
He died in Haverhill.
Mass., Dec. 9, 1818.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bunker Hill , battle of. (search)