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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fellows, John 1733-1808 (search)
Fellows, John 1733-1808 Military officer; born in Pomfret, Conn., in 1733; was in the French and Indian War (q. v.); was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775; led a company of minute-men to Cambridge after the skirmish at Lexington, and was made brigadiergeneral of militia in June, 1776. He commanded a brigade in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, and Bemis's Heights, and was very active in the capture of Burgoyne, October, 1777. After the war he was high sheriff of Berkshire county. He died in Sheffield, Mass., Aug. 1, 1808.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fine Arts, the. (search)
e discovery of the process of making pictures by employing sunlight as the artist was the result of the previous experiments and writings concerning the chemical action of light by Dr. Draper. The American Academy of Fine Arts was incorporated in 1808, and the first public exhibition of works of art followed. At the suggestion of Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse (q. v.) younger painters associated, and in 1826 organized the National Academy of the Arts of Design in the United States. In 1622 Edwardsuggesting the raising of funds by subscription for the purpose of purchasing copies of antique statuary and paintings for the instruction of young artists. An association for the purpose was formed late in 1802, but it was not incorporated until 1808. Meanwhile Mr. Livingston had obtained fine plaster copies of ancient statues and sent them over. In the board of managers were distinguished citizens, but there was only one artist—Colonel Trumbull. It bore the corporate title of Academy of Fi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Forsyth, John 1780- (search)
Forsyth, John 1780- Diplomatist; born in Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 22, 1780; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1799. His parents removed to Georgia when he was quite young, and there he studied law, and was admitted to its practice about 1801. He was attorney-general of the State in 1808; member of Congress from 1813 to 1818, and from 1823 to 1827; United States Senator, and governor of Georgia from 1827 to 1829. Mr. Forsyth was United States minister to Spain in 1819-22, and negotiated the treaty that gave Florida to the United States. He opposed nullification (q. v.) in South Carolina, favored Clay's compromise act of 1833, and was United States Secretary of State front 1835 till his death, which occurred Oct. 21, 1841. Clergyman; born in Newburg, N. Y.; graduated at Rutgers in 1829; studied theology in Edinburgh University; ordained in 1834; Professor of Biblical Literature in Newburg, 1836; of Latin in Princeton in 1847-53; later again in Newburg, and occupie
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Free negroes. (search)
Virginia (1799 and 1801), and in 1805 the freedom of emancipation, allowed by an act in 1782, was substantially taken away, by a provision that, thenceforward, emancipated slaves remaining in the State one year after obtaining their freedom should be apprehended and sold into slavery for the benefit of the poor of the county. Overseers of the poor, binding out black or mulatto orphans as apprentices, were forbidden to require their masters to teach them reading, writing, and arithmetic, as in the case of white orphans; and free blacks coming into the State were to be sent back to the places whence they came. The legislature of Kentucky in 1808 passed a law that free negroes coming into that State should give security to depart within twenty days, and on failure to do so should be sold for one year, the same process to be repeated, if, at the end of the year, they should be found in the State twenty days afterwards. This law remained in force until the breaking-out of the Civil War.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Frelinghuysen, Theodore 1787- (search)
Frelinghuysen, Theodore 1787- Lawyer; born in Millstone, N. J., March 28, 1787; son of Gen. Frederick Frelinghuysen: graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1804, and was admitted to the bar in 1808. In the War of 1812-15 he commanded a company of volunteers, in 1817 became attorneygeneral of New Jersey, which post he held until 1829, when he was elected United States Senator. In 1838 he was chosen chancellor of the University of New York, and made his residence in that city; and in 1844 he was nominated for Vice-President of the United States, with Henry Clay for President. Mr. Frelinghuysen left the University of New York in 1850 to became president of Rutgers College (q. v.), in his native State, which place he held until his death in New Brunswick, N. J., April 12, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaillardet, Theodore Frederic 1808-1882 (search)
Gaillardet, Theodore Frederic 1808-1882 Journalist; born in Auxerre, France, April 7, 1808; emigrated to the United States and established the Courrier des États-unis in New York; took part in the Presidential canvass of 1872 on behalf of Horace Greeley. He is the author of Profession de foi et considerations sur le systeme republicain des Etats-Unis, and of a large number of communications on American subjects which appeared in the leading French newspapers. He died in Plessy-Bouchard, France, Aug. 12, 1882
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gallagher, William Davis 1808-1894 (search)
Gallagher, William Davis 1808-1894 Journalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 21, 1808; became a printer and eventually an editor; was connected with the Backwoodsman at Xenia; the Cincinnati Mirror; the Western literary journal and monthly review; The Hesperian; Ohio State journal, and the Cincinnati Gazette. Among his writings are A journey through Kentucky and Mississippi; The progress and resources of the Northwest. He died in 1894.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gallatin, Albert 1761- (search)
onor of their country. This, from the lips of a young foreigner, exasperated the Federalists. He was a leader of the Democrats in the House, and directed his attention particularly to financial matters. Mr. Gallatin remained in Congress until 1801, when President Jefferson appointed him Secretary of the Treasury, which office he held until 1813, and obtained the credit of being one of the best financiers of the age. The opponents of Jefferson's administration complained vehemently, in 1808, that the country was threatened with direct taxation at a time when the sources of its wealth, by the orders and decrees of Great Britain and France, were drying up. Gallatin replied to these complaints by reproducing a flattering but delusive suggestion contained in his annual report the preceding year. He suggested that, as the United States were not likely to be involved in frequent wars, a revenue derived solely from duties on imports, even though liable to diminution during war, would
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Goldsborough, John Rodgers 1808-1877 (search)
Goldsborough, John Rodgers 1808-1877 Naval officer; born in Washington, D. C., July 2, 1808; entered the navy in 1824; was midshipman on the Warren in 1824-30, when the Mediterranean fleet was searching for Greek pirates. He captured the Helene, on which were four guns and fifty-eight pirates, with a launch and nineteen men. During the Civil War, while in command of the Union, he sunk the York, a Confederate steamer, and rendered other important service; retired in 1870. He died in Washington, D. C., June 22, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Graham, David 1808-1852 (search)
Graham, David 1808-1852 Lawyer; born in London, England, Feb. 8, 1808; came to the United States with his father; was admitted to the bar and gained renown in his profession. He was the author of Practice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York; New trials; Courts of law and equity in the State of New York, etc. He died in Nice, France, May 27, 1852.
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