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Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for 1835 AD or search for 1835 AD in all documents.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayes , John Lord 1812 -1887 (search)
Hayes, John Lord 1812-1887
Lawyer; born in South Berwick, Me., April 13, 1812; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1831; became a lawyer in 1835; was secretary of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers in 1865-87.
He wrote The protective question abroad and at home; Reminiscences of the free-soil movement in New Hampshire, etc. He died in Cambridge, Mass., April 18, 1887.
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Head , Sir Francis bond 1875 (search)
Head, Sir Francis bond -1875
Author; born near Rochester, England, Jan. 1, 1793; entered the engineer corps of the army and served in the campaigns under Wellington.
In 1825 he explored the gold and silver mines in the Argentine Republic.
Late in 1835 he was appointed governor of Upper Canada, where his injudicious measures caused an insurrection, in which American sympathizers with the people became involved.
He kept the outbreak in check until his resignation in March, 1838.
The same year he was created a baronet.
He displayed much versatility as an author, and many of his works were republished in the United States.
He died in Croydon, England, July 20, 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Henry , William Seaton 1816 -1851 (search)
Henry, William Seaton 1816-1851
Military officer; born in Albany, N. Y., in 1816; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1835; served in the Florida War in 1841-42, and in the Mexican War; received the brevet of major in September, 1846, in recognition of his bravery in the action at Monterey.
He was the author of Campaign sketches of the War with Mexico.
He died in New York City, March 5, 1851.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hildreth , Richard 1807 -1865 (search)
Hildreth, Richard 1807-1865
Historian; born in Deerfield, Mass., June 22, 1807; graduated at Harvard College in 1829; studied and practised law and wrote for newspapers and magazines until 1832, when he began to edit the Boston Atlas.
In the course of many years Mr. Hildreth wrote several books and pamphlets, chiefly on the subject of slavery, to which system he was opposed.
He resided on a plantation in the South in 1834-35; in Washington, D. C., as correspondent of the Atlas, in 1837-38, when he resumed his editorial post on that paper; and resided in Demerara, British Guiana, from 1840 to 1843, when he edited, successively, two newspapers there.
Mr. Hildreth's principal work was a History of the United States, in 6 volumes (1849-56). He was one of the editors of the New York Tribune for several years.
In 1861 President Lincoln appointed him United States consul at Trieste, but failing health compelled him to resign the post.
and he died in Florence, Italy, July 11, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hitchcock , Ethan Allen 1835 - (search)
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen 1835-
Diplomatist; born in Mobile, Ala., June 12, 1835; was educated in New Haven, Conn.; removed to St. Louis, Mo., in 1851; engaged in business in that city, and acquired a fortune; was United States minister to Russia in 1897-98, and in the latter year became ambassador.
He was recalled from St. Petersburg to become Secretary of the Interior in January, 1899, and was reappointed to that office in March, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoar , Ebenezer Rockwood 1816 -1895 (search)
Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood 1816-1895
Jurist; born in Concord, Mass., Feb. 21, 1816; son of Samuel Hoar, and brother George F. Hoar; graduated at Harvard in 1835; admitted to the bar in 1840, and practised in Concord and Boston.
He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1849-55; of the State Supreme Court in 1859-69; Attorney-General of the United States in 1869-70; member of the high joint commission which framed the treaty of Washington in 1871; and a representative in Congress in 1873-75.
He died in Concord, Mass., Jan. 31, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoar , Samuel 1788 -1856 (search)
Hoar, Samuel 1788-1856
Lawyer; born in Lincoln, Mass., May 18, 1788; graduated at Harvard College in 1802; admitted to the of bar in 1805, and began practice in Concord.
He was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1820; a member of the State Senate in 1825 and 1833; and a Whig representative in Congress in 1835-37.
He was sent by the Massachusetts legislature to South Carolina in 1844 to test the constitutionality of the acts of that State, authorizing the imprisonment of free colored people who should enter it, but his appearance in Charleston caused much excitement, and he was forced to leave the city, Dec. 5, 1844.
He died in Concord, Mass., Nov. 2, 1856.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Homes , Henry Augustus 1812 -1887 (search)
Homes, Henry Augustus 1812-1887
Author; born in Boston, Mass., March 10, 1812; graduated at Amherst in 1830; and studied in Paris, France, where he was ordained a missionary of the Reformed Church to Turkey in 1835; joined the American board in Constantinople in the following year, and served as a missionary till 1850; was in the diplomatic service of the United States at Constantinople in 1851-53; returned to the United States in the latter year; became assistant librarian of the New York State Library in 1854, and librarian in 1862.
He was
Joseph Holt. author of Our knowledge of California and the Northwest; The future development of the New York State Library; and The correct arms of the State of New the correct arms of the State of New York.
He died in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard , Benjamin Chew 1791 -1872 (search)
Howard, Benjamin Chew 1791-1872
Lawyer; born in Baltimore county, Md., Nov. 5, 1791; graduated at Princeton College in 1809; practised law in Baltimore; was a member of Congress in 1829-33 and 1835-39; reporter of the United States Supreme Court in 1843-62.
He published Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States from 1843 till 1855.
He died in Baltimore, Md., March 6, 1872.
Howe, Eltas 1819-1867
Inventor; born in Spencer, Mass., July 9, 1819; engaged in manufacturing cotton-mill machinery at Lowell in 1835 and invented the sewingmachine, producing his first machine in May, 1845, and patenting it in September, 1846.
Public indifference, violation of his rights, and extreme poverty tended to discourage him, but did not. In 1854 he was enabled to establish his legal claim to priority of invention.
Then a floodtide of prosperity flowed in, and by the time his patent expired, in September, 1867, he had realized about $2,000,000. At the Paris exposition that year he received a gold medal and the cross of the Legion of Honor.
He had contributed largely to support the government during the Civil War, and, until his health failed, did duty as a private soldier in a Connecticut regiment.
He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1867.