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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shaw, Henry Wheeler 1818-1885 (search)
Shaw, Henry Wheeler 1818-1885 (pen-name Josh Billings), humorist; born in Lanesboro, Mass., April 21, 1818. When only a boy he started for the West to seek his fortune; in 1858 settled in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and became an auctioneer. In 1863 he began to contribute to magazines, and for many years was a regular contributor to the New York Weekly and a popular lecturer. His publications include Josh Billings on ice; Josh Billings's complete works; Josh Billings's Spice-box: and an annual comic almanac. He died in Monterey, Cal., Oct. 14, 1885.
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ity......Feb. 24, 1815 General disappearance of the Federal party......1815-17 De Witt Clinton elected governor to succeed Governor Tompkins, chosen Vice-President of the United States......1817 Legislature abolishes slavery from July 4, 1827......April, 1817 Erie Canal begun at Rome, Oneida county......July 4, 1817 State grants $20,000 to county agricultural societies to promote agriculture and family domestic manufactures......1817 State library founded at Albany......April 21, 1818 First steamboat, Walk-in-the-water, on Lake Erie......1818 Hamilton Theological Seminary, Madison county, incorporated......1819 Steamship Savannah, 380 tons, Capt. Moses Rodgers, sails from New York, where she was built, for Savannah, Ga.......April 10, 1819 [Arriving there April 17, she sails from that port, May 24, for St. Petersburg, Russia, via Liverpool, reaches Liverpool, June 20; sails for St. Petersburg, July 23; returns to Savannah, fifty days from St. Petersburg, D