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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gough, John Bartholomew 1817-1886 (search)
Gough, John Bartholomew 1817-1886 Temperance lecturer; born in Sandgate, Kent, England, Aug. 22, 1817; was educated principally by his mother, and when twelve years old came to the United States. In 1831 he was employed in a publishing house in New York City, and there learned the bookbinding trade. In 1833 he lost his place and soon drifted into the worst habits of dissipation. For several years he spent his time in drinking resorts, making his meagre living by singing and by his wonderful powers of comic delineation. In 1842 he went to work in Worcester, Mass., where he was soon looked upon as a hopeless drunkard. In October of that year a little kindness extended to him by a Quaker led him to a temperance meeting, where he signed a pledge which he faithfully kept for several months, when some old companions John B. Gough. led him astray. He soon, however, conquered his appetite, and a desire to give his life to the cause of temperance became irresistible. He left Worc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grady, Henry Woodfen 1851-1892 (search)
, which sum was loaned him by Cyrus W. Field, and was repaid with interest within two years. During these years Mr. Grady was known chiefly as a painstaking journalist, warmly devoted to the promotion of the interests of the Southern States. In 1886 he accepted an invitation from the New England Society of New York to deliver the formal speech at its annual dinner (Dec. 22). He chose for his subject The New South, and the speech in its composition and delivery gave him a sudden and wide fame s with strength and virtue, nor are all new things to be despised. The shoemaker who put over his door, John Smith's shop, founded in 1760, was more than matched by his young rival across the street, who hung out his sign, Bill Jones, Established 1886. No Old Stock Kept in This Shop. Dr. Talmage has drawn for you, with a master hand, the picture of your returning armies. He has told you how, in the pomp and circumstance of war, they came back to you, marching with proud and victorious trea
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand army of the republic, the. (search)
ew York. 12. Springfield, Mass., 1878; John C. Robinson, New York. 13. Albany, N. Y., 1879; William Earnshaw, Ohio. 14. Dayton, O., 1880; Louis Wagner, Pennsylvania. 15. Indianapolis, Ind., 1881; George S. Merrill, Massachusetts. 16. Baltimore, Md., 1882; Paul Van Der Voort, Nebraska. 17. Denver, Col., 1883; Robert B. Beatte, Pennsylvania. 18. Minneapolis, Minn., 1884; John S. Kountz, Ohio. 19. Portland, Me., 1885; S. S. Burdett, Washington. 20. San Francisco, Cal., 1886; Lucius Fairchild, Wisconsin. 21. St. Louis, Mo., 1887; John P. Rea, Minnesota. 22. Columbus, O., 1888; William Warner, Missouri. 23. Milwaukee, Wis., 1889; Russell A. Alger, Michigan. 24. Boston, Mass., 1890; Wheelock G. Veasey, Vermont. 25. Detroit, Mich., 1891; John Palmer, New York. 26. Washington, 1892; A. G. Weissert, Wisconsin. 27. Indianapolis, Ind., 1893; John G. B. Adams, Massachusetts. 28. Pittsburg, Pa., 1894; Thomas G. Lawler, Illinois. 29. Louisville,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grierson, Benjamin Henry 1826- (search)
royed 3,000 stand of arms, and inflicted a loss on their foes of property valued at $6,000,000. Grierson's loss was twenty-seven men and a number of horses. During the twenty-eight hours preceding the arrival of the raiders at Baton Rouge they had travelled 76 miles, engaged in four skirmishes, and forded the Comite River. Grierson declared that he found the Confederacy to be only a shell. This was in 1863. He was made major-general of volunteers in May, 1865, and for his services in the war was brevetted majorgeneral, United States army, in March, 1867. He had been commissioned lieutenant-colonel of United States cavalry in July, 1866. From 1868 till 1873 he was in command of the Indian Territory district, and was actively employed in campaigns against hostile Indians; and in 1873-81 was similarly engaged in western Texas and New Mexico. In 1886 he became commander of the District of New Mexico, and in 1890 he was retired with the rank of brigadier-general in the regular army.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Griggs, John William 1849- (search)
Griggs, John William 1849- Lawyer; born in Newton, N. J., July 10, 1849; graduated at Lafayette College in 1868; admitted to the bar in 1871; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1876-77 he was a member of the New Jersey House of Representatives, and in 1882-88 of the State Senate, of which he was president in 1886. He was elected governor of New Jersey in November, 1895, and served till January, 1898, when he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States. In March, 1901, he resigned this office to resume private practice. His services during President McKinley's first administration and especially during the Spanish War period, were laborious, exacting, and highly appreciated by the President and his official advisers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hadley, Arthur Twining 1856- (search)
Hadley, Arthur Twining 1856- Educator; born in New Haven, Conn., April 23, 1856; graduated at Yale University in 1876, and then studied in the Arthur Twining Hadley. University of Berlin. Returning to the United States he was a tutor at Yale in 1879-83, and university lecturer on railroad administration in 1883-86. In the latter year he was made Professor of Political Science in the graduate department, where he remained till 1899, when he was elected president of the university by a unanimous vote. The only public office he has ever held was of commissioner of labor of Connecticut in 1885-87. He is the author of Economics, an account of the relations between private property and public welfare; Railroad transportation, its history and laws; and Report on the system of weekly payments. He is a member of the American Economic Association.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hahn, Michael 1830-1886 (search)
Hahn, Michael 1830-1886 Jurist; born in Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 24, 1830; graduated at the University of Louisiana in 1854. He was opposed to secession and did all in his power to keep Louisiana in the Union. When New Orleans was captured in April, 1862, he immediately took the oath of allegiance to the United States; was elected governor of the State in 1864; and United States Senator in 1865, but was unable to obtain his seat. He served in the legislature for several years and in 1879 was elected district judge, which office he held until his resignation on being elected to the national House of Representatives in 1885. He died in Washington, D. C., March 15, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton, Frank Hastings 1813-1886 (search)
Hamilton, Frank Hastings 1813-1886 Surgeon; born in Wilmington, Vt., Sept. 10, 1813; graduated at Union College in 1830. and in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1835. In 1839 he became Professor of Surgery in the Western College of Physicians and Surgeons, and in the following year in the medical college at Geneva. In 1846 he was appointed Professor of Surgery in the medical college in Buffalo, of which he later became dean. When the Long Island Hospital College was established in 1859, he became Professor of the Principles and Practice of Surgery there and also surgeon-in-chief. In 1861 he was made Professor of Military Surgery, and at the outbreak of the Civil War went to the front with the 31st New York Volunteers. During the first battle of Bull Run he was director of the general field hospital in Centreville. In 1862 he was appointed a medical director in the army, and in 1863 a medical inspector, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He, however, soon res
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harper, William Rainey 1856- (search)
Harper, William Rainey 1856- Educator; born in New Concord, O., July 26, 1856; graduated at Muskingum College in 1870; principal of the Masonic College, Macon, Tenn., in 1875-76; tutor in the preparatory department of Denison William Rainey Harper. University, Ohio, in 1876-79, and principal there in 1879-80. In the latter year he became professor of Hebrew in the Baptist Union Theological Seminary at Chicago, where he continued till 1886, when he was called to the chair of Semitic languages in Yale University. In 1891 he became president of the University of Chicago, also taking the chair there of Semitic languages and literature. He is the author of Elements of Hebrew Syntax; Hebrew vocabularies: an introductory New Testament, Greek method (with Revere F. Weidner), etc. In 1900 he was also the associate editor of The Biblical world; The American journal of theology; and The American journal of Semitic Languages and Literature.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hawkins, Dexter Arnold 1825-1886 (search)
Hawkins, Dexter Arnold 1825-1886 Lawyer; born in Camden, Me., June 23, 1825; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1848; began law practice in New York City in 1854. He took a keen interest in public education and other important questions, and did much to bring about legislation favorable to them. Among his publications are reports on Sectarian appropriations of public moneys and property; Duty of the State to protect the free common schools by organic law; Extravagance of the Tammany ring. His other works include Donations of public property to private corporations, and the illegal exemption of the same from taxation (which led to an amendment of the New York constitution prohibiting such appropriations); The Roman Catholic Church in New York City and the public land and public money; Free trade and protection; The redemption of the trade dollar; The silver problem, etc. He died in New York City, July 24, 1886.
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