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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 12 | 12 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906 | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1865., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , John Quincy , 1767 - (search)
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-
Sixth President of the United States; from 1825 to 1829; Republican; born in Braintree, Mass., July 11, 1767; was a son of President John Adams; and was graduated at Harvard College in 1787.
In February, 1778, he accompanied his father to France, where he studied the French and Latin languages for nearly two years. After an interval, he returned to France and resumed his studies, which were subsequently pursued at Amsterdam and at the University of Leyden.
At the age of fourteen years, he accompanied Mr. Dana to Russia as his private secretary.
The next year he spent some time at Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Hamburg.
He afterwards accompanied his father (who was American minister) to England and France and returned home with him early in 1785.
After his graduation at Harvard, he studied law with the eminent Theophilus Parsons, practised at Boston, and soon became distinguished as a political writer.
In 1791 he published a series of articles in favor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Boone , Daniel , 1735 -1820 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Covenhoven , Robert 1755 -1846 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Duponceau , Peter Stephen , 1760 -1844 (search)
Duponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Philologist; born in the Isle of Rhea;, France, June 3, 1760; went to Paris in 1775, where he became acquainted with Baron Steuben, and accompanied him to America as his secretary.
He was brevetted a captain (February, 1778), and assisted Steuben in the preparation of his system of military tactics for the use of the United States troops.
From 1781 to 1783 he was secretary to Robert R. Livingston, then at the
The old magazine at Williamsburg. head of the foreign office of the government; and then studying law, was admitted to practice in 1785, becoming eminent in the profession on questions of civil American Indians.
In 1819 he published and international law. He finally devoted himself to literature and science, and made many valuable researches into the language and literature of the North a Memoir on the structure of the Indian Languages.
When seventy-eight years of age (1838) he published a Dissertation on the Chinese language; also a t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hessians. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones , John Paul 1747 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), L'enfant , Peter Charles 1755 -1825 (search)
L'enfant, Peter Charles 1755-1825
Engineer; born in France in 1755; came to America with Lafayette and entered the Continental army as an engineer in 1777.
He was made a captain in February, 1778; was severely wounded at the siege of Savannah in 1779; served under the immediate command of Washington afterwards; and was made a major in May, 1783.
The order, or jewel, of the Society of the Cincinnati was designed by Major L'Enfant.
He was also author of the plan of the city of Washington.
In 1812 he was appointed Professor of Engineering at West Point, but declined.
He died in Prince George's county, Md., June 14, 1825.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)