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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 5 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall) 4 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4 4 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 7, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Index, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jay, John 1817-1894 (search)
Jay, John 1817-1894 Diplomatist; born in New York City, June 23, 1817; graduated at Columbiand member of the State civil service in 1883. Mr. Jay was a prominent abolitionist and author of a 9, he was sent to Spain to negotiate a loan. Mr. Jay was one of the commissioners for negotiating government under the national Constitution. Mr. Jay was associated with Hamilton and Madison in wtively as The Federalist. Washington appointed Jay the first chief-justice of the Supreme Court offirmation of the Senate, Washington nominated Mr. Jay (April 16), which nomination was confirmed Apord, N. Y., May 17, 1829. See Ames, Fisher. Jay's treaty. After Mr. Jay's formal reception iMr. Jay's formal reception in London, Lord Grenville, then at the head of foreign affairs, expressed great anxiety to bring theise to adjust these two important difficulties, Jay thought it best to yield, temporarily, other coh flag was trailed in the dust of the streets. Jay was denounced as a traitor; and in Virginia dis[3 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jay, William 1789-1858 (search)
Jay, William 1789-1858 Jurist; born in New York City, June 16, 1789; son of John Jay; graduated at Yale in 1807; appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1818; reappointed under the new constitution in 1822; served till 1843, when he was superseded on account of his antislavery views. He is the author of Life of John Jay; A view of the action of the federal government in behalf of slavery; War and peace, in which he suggested that international disputes should be settled by arbitrat1789; son of John Jay; graduated at Yale in 1807; appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1818; reappointed under the new constitution in 1822; served till 1843, when he was superseded on account of his antislavery views. He is the author of Life of John Jay; A view of the action of the federal government in behalf of slavery; War and peace, in which he suggested that international disputes should be settled by arbitration; The Mexican War, etc. He died in Bedford, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1858.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Judiciary, first National (search)
pted by both Houses and became a law. It provided for a Supreme Court, having one chief-justice and five associate justices, who were to hold two sessions annually at the seat of the national capital. Circuit and district courts were also established, which had jurisdiction over certain specified cases. Each State was made a district, as were also the Territories of Kentucky and Maine. The districts, excepting Kentucky and Maine, were grouped together into three circuits. An appeal from these lower courts to the Supreme Court of the United States was allowed, as to points of law, in all civil cases where the Supreme Court in session, Washington. matter in dispute amounted to $2,000. A marshal for each was to be appointed by the President, having the general powers of a sheriff; and a district attorney, to act for the United States in all cases in which the national government might be interested, was also appointed. John Jay was made the first chief-justice of the United States.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de 1757- (search)
to be signed by his Excellency, the president of Congress, expressive of the high sense which the United States, in Congress assembled, entertain of the zeal, talents, and meritorious services of the Marquis de Lafayette, and recommending him to the favor and patronage of his Majesty. The first of these resolutions was, on the next day, carried into execution. At a solemn interview with the committee of Congress, received in their hall, and addressed by the chairman of their committee, John Jay, the purport of these resolutions was communicated to him. He replied in terms of fervent sensibility for the kindness manifested personally to himself, and, with allusions to the situation, the prospects, and the duties of the people of this country, he pointed out the great interests which he believed it indispensable to their welfare that they should cultivate and cherish. In the following memorable sentences the ultimate objects of his solicitude are disclosed in a tone deeply solemn a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Laurens, Henry 1724-1792 (search)
me the offer was indignantly rejected by him. He was finally released, and at the request of Lord Shelburne he went to France, to assist in negotiations then making for peace. Among his papers recovered from the sea was a plan for a treaty with Holland; also several letters which disclosed the existing friendship of the States-General for the Americans. The British ministry were irritated by these documents and the subsequent refusal of Holland to disclaim the act of Van Berkel, and Great Britain declared war against that republic. In December, 1781, Laurens was appointed one of the commissioners to negotiate for peace with Great Britain. In November, 1782, he signed a preliminary treaty at Paris, with Franklin and Jay, when he returned home, and passed the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits. He died in Charleston, Dec. 8, 1792, and, in accordance with an injunction in his will, his body was wrapped in cloths and burned—the first act of cremation in the United State
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lewis, Morgan 1754-1844 (search)
Lewis, Morgan 1754-1844 Jurist; born in New York City, Oct. 16, 1754; son of Francis Lewis; graduated at Princeton in 1773. He studied law with John Jay, and joined the army at Cambridge in June, 1775. He was on the staff of General Gates with the rank of colonel in January, 1776, and soon afterwards became quartermaster-general of the Northern army. He was active during the war, and at its close was admitted to the bar, and practised in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was a judge of the court of common pleas and of the superior court of the State in 1792, being, the year before, attorney-general. He was chief-justice in 1801, and governor from 1804 to 1807. In 1812 he was appointed quartermastergeneral with the rank of brigadier-general, and was promoted to major-general in 1813. He was active on the Niagara frontier in 1814, and was placed in command of the defenses of the city of New York. After the war he devoted himself to literature and agriculture. In 1832 he delivered th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston, Brockholst 1757- (search)
Livingston, Brockholst 1757- Jurist; born in New York City, Nov. 26, 1757; graduated at Princeton in 1774; served in the Revolutionary War until 1779, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In that year he was appointed private secretary to John Jay, who represented the United States in Europe. After the war he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1783, and in 1806 was appointed an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served until his death, in Washington, D. C., March 19, 1823. Livingston, Edward
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston, Henry Brockholst 1757-1823 (search)
Livingston, Henry Brockholst 1757-1823 Jurist; born in New York City, Nov. 26, 1757; son of Gov. William Livingston, of New Jersey; was attached to the staff of General Schuyler in 1776, and afterwards to that of General Arnold, and was a participant in the capture of Burgoyne. He was promoted to colonel. In 1779 he accompanied John Jay to the Spanish Court as his private secretary, and on his return he studied law, and became eminent in his profession. In January, 1802, he was made judge of the Supreme Court of New York. He died in Washington, March 19, 1823.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston, Philip 1716- (search)
in which he was one of the committee of correspondence with the colonial agent in England, Edmund Burke. Livingston opposed the taxation schemes of Parliament, and was unseated by a Tory majority in 1769, when the controversy between Great Britain and her colonies ran high. He was a member of the first Congress (1774), and held a seat in that body until his death, when their session was held at York, the British having possession of Philadelphia. Mr. Livingston was associated with Lee and Jay in the preparation of the two state papers put forth by the first Congress, and was very active on the most important committees in Congress. He founded the professorship of divinity at Yale College in 1746; was one of the founders of the New York Society Library; and also aided materially in the establishment of King's College, now Columbia University. He patriotically sold a part of his property to sustain the public credit with its proceeds just before his death, in York, Pa., June 12, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mazzei, Philip 1730-1816 (search)
Europe to solicit a loan from the Tuscan government. He left his wife in Virginia, when he finally returned to Europe, in 1783, where she soon afterwards died. He revisited the United States in 1785, and in 1788 wrote a work on the History of politics in the United States, in 4 volumes. In 1792 Mazzei was made privy councillor to the King of Poland; and in 1802 he received a pension from the Emperor Alexander, of Russia, notwithstanding he was an ardent republican. During the debates on Jay's treaty, Jefferson watched the course of events from his home at Monticello with great interest. He was opposed to the treaty, and, in his letters to his partisan friends, he commented freely upon the conduct and character of Washington, regarding him as honest but weak, the tool and dupe of rogues. In one of these letters, addressed to Mazzei, he declared that in place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried the Americans triumphantly through the late struggl
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