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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dole , Sanford Ballard ,1844 - (search)
Dole, Sanford Ballard, 1844-
Statesman; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 23, 1844; son of American missionaries; educated at Oahu College, Hawaii, and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; was admitted to the bar in Boston, and returned to Honolulu to practise.
He was a member of the Hawaii legislature in 1884 and 1886; became active in the reform movement of 1887; was judge of the Supreme Court of Hawaii in 1887-93; was chosen chief of the provisional government in 1893, and in the following year was elected president under the constitution of the newly formed republic for the period of seven years. He was an active promoter of the movement for
Sanford Ballard Dole. the annexation of Hawaii to the United States, and after the act was completed (1898) he was appointed governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoskins , Nathan 1795 -1869 (search)
Hoskins, Nathan 1795-1869
Author; born in Withersfield, Vt., April 27, 1795; graduated at Dartmouth in 1820; taught in St. Albans, Vt., in 1821-22; afterwards practised law in Vergennes, Vt., and edited The Vermont Aurora.
His publications include History of Vermont; Notes on the West; and The Bennington Court controversy and strictures on Civil liberty in the United States.
He died in Williamstown, Mass., April 21, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams , Ephraim 1715 - (search)
Williams, Ephraim 1715-
Military officer; born in Newtown, Mass., Feb. 24, 1715; was a mariner in early life, and made several voyages to Europe.
From 1740 to 1748 he served against the French, in Canada, as captain of a provincial company.
He joined the New York forces under Gen. William Johnson, in 1755, and, falling in an Indian ambush, was killed near Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755.
Before joining in this expedition he made his will, bequeathing his property to a township west of Fort Massachusetts, on the condition that it should be called Williamstown, the money to be used for the establishment and maintenance of a free school.
The school was opened in 1791, and was incorporated a college in 1793, under the title of Williams College (q. v.).
Williams College,
An educational institution in Williamstown, Mass., founded by Col. Ephraim Williams (q. v.). The funds left by Colonel Williams for founding a free school were allowed to accumulate.
A free school was incorporated in 1785, under the control of nine trustees, and a lottery was granted for raising funds to erect a schoolhouse.
About $3,500 was thus obtained, when the inhabitants of the town contributed about $2,000 more.
A large building, four stories high (afterwards the West College) was erected in 1790, and on Oct. 20, 1791, the free school was opened, with Rev. Ebenzer Fitch as its first principal.
It was incorporated a college in 1793, under the title of Williams's Hall.
The property vested in the free school was transferred to the college, and the State appropriated $4,000 for the purchase of apparatus and a library.
Mr. Fitch was its first president, and the first commencement was in 1795, when four students graduated.
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