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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hunt , Samuel 1810 -1878 (search)
Hunt, Samuel 1810-1878
Clergyman; born in Attleboro, Mass., March 18, 1810; graduated at Amherst College in 1832, and ordained in the Congregational Church; was pastor in Natick, Mass., in 1839-50, and in Franklin, Mass., in 1850-64.
He was the author of Rise and fall of the slave power in America (with Henry Wilson) ; Political duties of Christians, etc. He died in Boston, Mass., July 23, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kossuth , Lajos (Louis) 1802 - (search)
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Wilson, Henry 1812-
Vice-President of the United States; born in Farmington, N. H., Feb. 16, 1812; was a poor boy, brought up on a farm, and had little book education; became a shoemaker at Natick, and earned money enough to have instruction at an academy for a while, but resumed shoemaking at that place in 1838.
He became in He labored diligently for the Free-soil party, and was its candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1853, but was defeated.
In 1855 he was elected to the
Henry Wilson. United States Senate, where he remained a conspicuous member until he was inaugurated Vice-President of the United States with Grant in 1873.
While in Boston inth and Fortieth Congresses (1868); and a History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America (3 volumes).
Speech at Richmond, Ind., Aug. 3, 1872.
Mr. Wilson took an active part in the campaign against Horace Greeley.
The following is an abstract of one of the most notable of his speeches:
Gentlemen,—Standing h