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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wells, William Vincent 1826- (search)
Wells, William Vincent 1826- Author; born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1826; received a common school education; became a sailor, and afterwards an officer in the merchant marine. Later he was engaged in mining and commercial enterprises; removed to California in 1849, where he built and commanded the first steamboat registered in that State; and afterwards was consul-general of Honduras in the United States. He owned and edited several newspapers in San Francisco; and was author of Walker's expedition to Nicaragua; A history of the Central American War; Explorations and adventures in Honduras; Life and public services of Samuel Adams (his great-grandfather), etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), White House, the, Washington, D. C. (search)
D. C. In Washington, D. C., the residence of the President of the United States. The building is architecturally attractive, being a model of the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Ireland. It is constructed of sandstone; is two stories high, 170 × 86 feet, with a colonnade of eight Ionic columns in front and a semicircular portico in the rear; and derives its name from the fact that the exterior is painted white. The cornerstone was laid in 1792; the building was first occupied by President Adams in 1800, who held the first New Year's reception in it on Jan. 1, 1801; was burned by the British in 1814; and was restored in 1818. The front door is on the north side of the building, and opens from a pillared private portion of the house. On the left-hand side is a hall from which rises the staircase that is climbed by all the people who go to see the President on business. From this supplementary hall opens the great East Room that occupies one end of the building. This room is
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), White Mountains, (search)
White Mountains, In New Hampshire, covering 1,300 square miles in several short ranges. In the Presidential range tower the peaks of Mounts Washington, 6,286 feet; Adams, 5,819; Jefferson, 5,736; Madison, 5,381; Monroe, 5,396; Jackson, and others. They were called Waumbek Methna by the Indians, a name adopted by Whittier in his ballad of Mary Garvin: From the heart of Waumbek Methna. From the lake that never fails, Falls the Saco in the green lap Of Conway's intervales. Mount Washington has a carriage-road ascending its rocky slope to the summit. The first cog-rail mountain railway in the world was built to the summit in 1868-69, rising 3,730 feet in less than 3 miles, the steepest grade being 13 1/2 inches in a yard.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitney, Anne 1821- (search)
Whitney, Anne 1821- Sculptor; born in Watertown, Mass., in September, 1821; received a private school education; wrote a number of poems which were collected in one volume; studied art in Europe for four years; and established herself in Boston in 1872. Among her works are statues of Samuel Adams, Lief Erikson, etc., and busts of Ethiopia, Roma, etc.
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