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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Custom-house, (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gannett, Henry 1846- (search)
Gannett, Henry 1846- Scientist; born in Bath, Me., Aug. 24, 1846; graduated at Lawrence Scientific School in 1869; became connected with the United States Geological Survey in 1882. He is the author of Statistical outlines of the tenth and eleventh censuses; Commercial geography; Building of a nation; United States; and was employed on the Twelfth and Thirteenth censuses, and on those of Cuba and Porto Rico taken by the War Department in 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sewall, Arthur 1835- (search)
Sewall, Arthur 1835- Capitalist: born in Bath, Me., Nov. 25, 1835; received a public school education; was apprenticed in his father's ship-building yards; and in 1854, with his brother Edward, assumed the management of his father's interests. In 1879 he became the head of the firm, and continued so until his death. Under his direction the ship-building industry of New England was extended beyond all former bounds. He was a delegate to the National Democratic conventions in 1880 and 1896; was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1893; member of the national Democratic committee in 1888-96; and in the latter year was named for the Vice-Presidency of the United States on the ticket with Mr. Bryan. He was an advocate of the free coinage of silver, and besides his large ship-building interests, Mr. Sewall was connected with a number of railroad, banking, and other corporations. He died in Small Point, Me., Sept. 5, 1900.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sewall, Harold M. 1860- (search)
Sewall, Harold M. 1860- Diplomatist; born in Bath, Me., in 1860; graduated at Harvard College in 1882; was appointed consul-general to the Samoan Islands during the first administration of President Cleveland, but, disagreeing with the latter's policy, resigned. Later he participated under President Harrison in arranging the Berlin treaty of 1889, which gave to the United States, Great Britain, and Germany joint jurisdiction over Samoan affairs; was then reappointed consul-general. In 1897 he was made United States minister to Hawaii, and held that post till the annexation of the islands to the United States. See Hawaii.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stevens, William Bacon 1815-1887 (search)
Stevens, William Bacon 1815-1887 Clergyman; born in Bath, Me., July 13, 1815; graduated at the Medical Department of Dartmouth College in 1837, and practised till 1842; then studied theology and was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church; was consecrated assistant to Bishop Alonzo Potter, of Pennsylvania, in 1862, and upon the latter's death in 1865 succeeded to the bishopric. He was the author of Discourses before the Historical Society of Georgia; History of Georgia (2 volumes) ; History of silk culture in Georgia, etc. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 11, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
mericans to burn their vessels and disperse......Aug. 13, 1779 Six hundred troops raised to protect the Eastern Department, between Piscataqua and St. Croix, and command given to Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, with headquarters at Thomaston......1780 Bath incorporated, the first town established by the new government......Feb. 17, 1781 General Wadsworth captured at Thomaston and imprisoned at Castine, Feb. 18; escapes......June 18, 1781 Land office is opened at the seat of government, and Stas......June 4, 1892 James G. Blaine dies at Washington, D. C:, aged sixty-three years......Jan. 27, 1893 Neal Dow, the father of prohibition, dies at Portland......Oct. 2, 1897 Steamer Portland lost in a gale, 118 lives lost......Nov. 29, 1898 Nelson Dingley dies at Washington, D. C......Jan. 13, 1899 Twenty persons drowned by an accident at Bar Harbor......Aug. 6, 1899 Arthur Sewall, Democratic candidate for Vice-President in 1896, dies at Bath......Sept. 5, 1900 Maryland
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
ed......Oct. 1, 1858 First vessel direct from China to enter Puget Sound, the Lizzie Jarvis, arrives and secures a cargo of spars......October, 1858 That part of Oregon Territory not included in the State is added to Washington Territory by Congress......Feb. 14, 1859 Fort Colville established a few miles east of the old Hudson Bay Company's fort......June 20, 1859 First cargo of yellow-fir spars shipped to Atlantic ports of the United States from Port Gamble, in the Lawson, of Bath, Me......1860 University of Washington at Seattle, chartered 1861, opened......1862 Act of Congress approved, organizing as the Territory of Idaho that part of Washington east of Oregon and of the 117th meridian of west longitude......March 3, 1863 Capitol at Olympia completed......1863 Tacoma, on Commencement Bay, Puget Sound, selected as the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad......1872 [Then the site of a saw-mill and a few cabins.] Emperor William I. of Germa