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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 8 | 8 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Olde Cambridge | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lowell , James Russell 1819 -1891 (search)
Lowell, James Russell 1819-1891
Poet and diplomatist; born in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 22, 1819; graduated at Harvard in 1838; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1840; but soon abandoned the profession and devoted himself to literary pursuits.
His first collection of poems—A Year's Life—;was published in 1841, and in 1843 he engaged with Robert Carter in the publication of The pioneer, a literary and critical magazine.
He subsequently produced many volumes and a large number of contributions to periodical literature.
He visited Europe in 1851, and in the winter of 1854-55 delivered a course of twelve lectures on the British poets.
On the resignation of the professorship of modern languages and belles-lettres in Harvard by Mr. Longfellow, Mr. Lowell was chosen his successor.
To fill the place successfully, he again went to Europe and studied for a year, returning in August, 1856.
He edited the Atlantic monthly from 1857 to 1862, and in 1863— 72 was one of the editors <
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Monroe , James 1759 -1870 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tatham , William 1752 -1819 (search)
Tatham, William 1752-1819
Author; born in Hutton, England, in 1752; settled in Virginia in 1769; served in the Revolutionary War as a colonel of Virginia cavalry.
After the war he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1784; settled in North Carolina in 1786; was in England in 1796-1805; then returned to the United States.
He was the author of Memorial on the Civil and military government of the Tennessee; An analysis of the State of Virginia; Two tracts relating to the Canal between Norfolk and North Carolina; Plan for Insulating the metropolis by means of a navigable Canal, etc. He died in Richmond, Va., Feb. 22, 1819.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treaties. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)