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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abbot , Benjamin , -1849 (search)
Abbot, Benjamin, -1849
Educator; born, 1762.
He was graduated at Harvard in 1788. Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., was conducted by him until 1838.
Among his pupils were George Bancroft, Lewis Cass, Edward Everett, John G. Palfry, Jared Sparks, and Daniel Webster.
He died in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 25, 1849.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Aboville , Francois Marie , Count Da , (search)
Aboville, Francois Marie, Count Da,
Military officer; born in Brest, France, in January, 1730; came to America with the rank of colonel during the Revolutionary War, and at the siege of Yorktown commanded Rochambeau's artillery.
In 1788 he was commissioned a brigadier-general; in 1792 was commander of the French Army of the North; and in 1807 became governor of Brest with the rank of lieutenant-general.
He supported the cause of the Bourbons and after the Restoration was made a peer.
He died Nov. 1, 1817.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agricultural implements . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baldwin , Abraham , 1754 -1807 (search)
Baldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807
Legislator; born in Guilford, Conn., Nov. 6, 1754; originated the University of Georgia, and was its president for several years; was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1785-88, and a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
In 1789-99 he was a Representative in Congress, and was then elected to the United States Senate, of which he was president pro tem. in 1801-02.
He died in Washington, D. C., March 4, 1807.
Bard, John, 1716-1799
Physician; born in Burlington, N. J., Feb. 1, 1716; was of a Huguenot family, and was for seven years a surgeon's apprentice in Philadelphia.
Establishing himself in New York, he soon ranked among the first physicians and surgeons in America.
In 1750 he assisted Dr. Middleton in the first recorded dissection in America.
In 1788 he became the first president of the New York Medical Society; and when, in 1795, the yellow fever raged in New York, he remained at his post, though then nearly eighty years of age. He died in Hyde Park, N. Y., March 30, 1799.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartlett , Josiah , 1729 - (search)
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 B1788; 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.
Bay State,
The popular name of Massachusetts, the colonial corporate title of which was The Massachusetts Bay.
This name it bore until the adoption of the national Constitution in 1788.