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Tulane University,
An educational institution in New Orleans, La., formerly known as the University of Louisiana, and reorganized in 1884 after Paul Tulane (q. v.) had set apart a considerable fortune for the superior education of white youth in the South, which money came into the possession of the university, the name of which was changed in honor of the donor.
The university has colleges of medicine, law, art, sciences, and technology; the university department of philosophy and science; and the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College for Women, founded on a separate endowment of $500,000 by Mrs. Joseph Louise Newcomb.
In 1900 it reported: Professors and instructors, seventy-seven; students, 1,145; volumes in the library, 25,000; productive funds, $1,477,000; grounds and buildings valued at $810,000; benefactions, $10,000; income, $131,600; number of graduates, 4,923; president, Edwin A. Alderman, Ll.D.
United States mints.
A mint of the United States was established in Philadelphia, Pa., by act of Congress in April, 1792, and began to coin money the next year, but it was not until January, 1795, that it was put into full operation.
It was the only mint until 1835, when other mints were established at Charlotte, N. C., Dahlonega, Ga., and New Orleans, La. In 1854 another was located at San Francisco, Cal., and in 1870 at Carson City, Nev., and shortly after at Denver, Col., although no minting has ever been done at the latter place, only assaying.
The mints at Charlotte, N. C., and Dahlonega, Ga., were discontinued in 1861.
See coinage; mint, first American.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Villere , Jacques Philippe Roy de 1769 -1831 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weissenfels , Frederick H. , Baron de 1738 -1806 (search)
Weissenfels, Frederick H., Baron de 1738-1806
Military officer; born in Prussia in 1738; was an officer in the British army; emigrated to the United States in 1763 and settled in Dutchess county, N. Y. He served in the Revolutionary War and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, and at the battle of Monmouth.
He accompanied Gen. John Sullivan in his expedition against the Six Nations in 1779.
He died in New Orleans, La., May 14, 1806.