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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Laurance , John 1750 -1810 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln , Levi 1749 -1820 (search)
Lincoln, Levi 1749-1820
Statesman; born in Hingham, Mass., May 15, 1749; graduated at Harvard in 1772; member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1796 and a State Senator in 1797.
In 1800 he was elected to Congress and served until Feb. 6, 1801, when he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States, and for a short period was acting Secretary of State.
He died in Worcester, Mass., April 14, 1820.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacKINAWinaw, or Michilimackinac (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McKinney , Mordecai -1867 (search)
McKinney, Mordecai -1867
Lawyer; born.
near Carlisle, Pa., about 1796; graduated at Dickinson College in 1814; admitted to the bar in 1817; began practice in Harrisburg; and was made deputy attorneygeneral of Miami county in 1821.
Later he devoted his time to compiling works on law. His publications include The Pennsylvania justice of the peace; The United States constitutional manual; Our government; The American magistrate and Civil officer: a manual for popular use; Pennsylvania tax laws; and Digest of the laws of Pennsylvania relative to Banks and bankers.
He died in Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 17, 1867.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mann , Horace 1796 -1859 (search)
Mann, Horace 1796-1859
Educator; born in Franklin, Mass., May 4. 1796; graduated at Brown University in 1819; studied law in Litchfield, Conn., and began practice in Dedham in 1823; was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1823-33, and of the Senate in 1833-37.
He was always distinguished for his efforts to promote popular education and temperance.
He made Boston his residence in 1833, and in 1837-48 was secretary of the Massachusetts board of education.
He effected salutary changes in the system of education in Massachusetts and in the laws pertaining to it, and in 1843 visited Europe to examine the educational systems there.
From 1848 to 1853 he was the successor of John Quincy Adams in Congress, and, like him, advocated measures for the extinction of slavery in the republic.
From 1852 until his death he was president of Antioch College, Ohio.
Dr. Mann's annual reports
Horace Mann. on education deservedly rank high, and some of them were highly exto
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Matthews , George 1739 -1812 (search)
Matthews, George 1739-1812
Military officer; born in Augusta county, Va., in 1739; led a company in the battle of Point Pleasant, and was colonel of the 9th Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War. Made a prisoner at the battle of Germantown, he was a captive in a prison-ship until exchanged, late in 1781, when he joined Greene's army with his regiment.
After the war he settled in Georgia, and was governor of the State from 1793 to 1796.
From 1789 to 1791 he was a member of Congress.
He was afterwards brigadiergeneral of the Georgia militia, with which he was active in taking possession of Florida, by order of the President (see Florida), and the capture of Amelia Island (q. v.). He died in Augusta, Ga., Aug. 30, 1812.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Military Academy , United States (search)
Military Academy, United States
A government institution at West Point, N. Y.; established by act of Congress, March 16, 1802, for the purpose of educating and training young men in the theory and practice of military science, to become officers in the United States army.
Attempts had been made by Washington in 1793 and 1796 to have Congress establish an institution for this purpose.
Cadets are appointed, one from each congressional district, Territory, and the District of Columbia, by the Secretary of War, at the request of the Representative or Delegate in Congress of the district or Territory in which the applicant is an actual resident.
There are also thirty appointments at large, specially conferred by the President of the United States.
In 1901 there were three extra cadets at the Academy, who were authorized by Congress to enter it at their own expense, from Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Ecuador.
The Representative may nominate a legally qualified second candidate, to b