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Bates, Edward, 1793-
Statesman; born in Belmont, Va., Sept. 4, 1793; served in the Virginia militia in 1813; removed to Missouri in 1814; and began practising law in 1816.
He was a prominent anti-slavery man, and during the National Republican Convention of 1860( he received 48 votes on the first ballot for President.
Mr. Lincoln after his election appointed Mr. Bates Attorney-General.
He resigned in 1864, and returned to his home in St. Louis, where he died.
March 25, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bates , Joshua , 1788 -1864 (search)
Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864
Financier; born in Weymouth, Mass., in 1788; went to England as the agent of William Gray & Son, Boston, and was thrown into intimate relations with the Hopes, Barings, and other great commercial firms.
In 1826 he entered into partnership with John Baring, and afterwards became the senior partner of the firm of Baring Brothers & Co. In 1854 he was appointed umpire between the British and American commissioners in the adjustment of claims between citizens of Great Britain and the United States growing out of the War of 1812.
In 1852 Mr. Bates offered $50,000 to the city of Boston for the establishment of a free public library, and afterwards gave the library some 30,000 volumes.
He died in London, England, Sept. 24, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beardslee , Lester Anthony , 1836 - (search)
Beardslee, Lester Anthony, 1836-
Naval officer; born in Little Falls, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1836; was graduated at the Naval Academy in 1856; brought the Confederate steam-sloop Florida, captured off Bahia, Brazil, to the United States as prize master in 1864; and while in command of the Jamestown in 1879, discovered, surveyed, and named Glacier Bay, Alaska; promoted rear-admiral in 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bell , Charles H. , 1798 -1875 (search)
Bell, Charles H., 1798-1875
Naval officer; born in New York, Aug. 15, 1798; entered the naval service in June, 1812; served with Decatur in 1813-14; with Chauncey, on Lake Ontario, in 1814; and with Decatur again, in the Mediterranean, in 1815.
He was with the squadron in the West Indies (1824-29) operating against the pirates there.
In 1860 he was in command of the Norfolk navy-yard: commanded the Pacific squadron in 1862-64, and the navy-yard at Brooklyn 1865-68.
In July, 1866, he was made a rear-admiral.
he died in New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 19, 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benham , Henry W. , 1817 -1884 (search)
Benham, Henry W., 1817-1884
Military officer; born in Cheshire, Conn., in 1817; was graduated at West Point, first in his class, in 1837.
He served under General Taylor in the war with Mexico, and was wounded in the battle of Buena. Vista.
Early in the Civil War he was active in western Virginia, and afterwards on the South Carolina coast.
He assisted in the capture of Fort Pulaski; and in 1863-64 he commanded an engineer brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
He was brevetted brigadier-general for services in the campaign ending with the surrender of Lee, and major-general (March, 1865) for meritorious services in the rebellion.
He died in New York, June 1, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bentley , Charles Eugene , 1841 - (search)
Bentley, Charles Eugene, 1841-
Clergyman; born in Warner's, N. Y., April 30 1841; became a Baptist minister, chairman of the State Prohibition Convention in 1864, and subsequently candidate for various offices.
In 1896 he was the Presidential candidate of the Liberty party.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Billings , John Shaw , 1839 - (search)
Billings, John Shaw, 1839-
Surgeon and librarian; born in Switzerland county, Ind., April 12, 1839; was graduated at Miami University in 1857; was Demonstrator of Anatomy at the Medical College of Ohio in 1860-61; served in the medical department during the Civil War, rising to the rank of deputy surgeon-general in 1864.
After the war he was on duty in the office of the surgeon-general in Washington till his retirement from the service in 1895.
He was Professor of Hygiene in the University of Pennsylvania in 1893-96, and in the last year became director of the New York Public Library.
He is a member of numerous scientific societies, both in the United States and in Europe.
He has published Principles of Ventilation and heating; Index catalogue of the Library of the surgeon-general's office, United States army; National Medical dictionary, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Birge , Henry Warner , 1825 -1888 (search)
Birge, Henry Warner, 1825-1888
Military officer; born in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 25. 1825; was one of Governor Buckingham's aides when the Civil War began.
He entered the service in June, 1861, as major, and early in 1862 was made colonel.
For services on the lower Mississippi he was made brigadier-general, Sept. 19, 1863.
He was in the Red River campaign and in Sheridan's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864.
In June. 1865, he was appointed to command the military district of Savannah.
For his services in the army he was brevetted major-general of volunteers, and voted the thanks of the Connecticut legislature.
He died in New York City. June 1, 1888.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Birney , James Gillespie , 1792 -1864 (search)
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1864
Statesman born in Danville, Ky., Feb. 4, 1792; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1812; studied law with A. J. Dallas, of Philadelphia and began its practice in Kentucky in 1814.
He was a member of the State legislature at the age of twenty-two; became a planter in Alabama; served in the Alabama legislature; and practised law in Huntsville.
Returning to Kentucky in 1834, he emancipated his slaves, and proposed to print there an anti-slavery paper.
He could not find a printer to undertake it; so he went to Ohio and established one, at great personal risk, the opposition to abolitionists then being very vehement everywhere.
About 1836 he was in New York as secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and tried to build up a political party upon that sole issue.
He went to England in 1840, and took part in the anti-slavery movements there.
In 1844 he was the candidate of the liberty party (q. v.) for the Presidency, the result of wh