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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Force, Peter (search)
n, D. C., became a newspaper editor and publisher; and was mayor 1836-40. He was majorgeneral of the militia of the District of Columbia in 1860, and was president of the National Institute. In 1833 he made a contract with the United States government for the preparation and publication of a documentary history of the American colonies covering period of the Revolution. He prepared and published 9 volumes, folio, and had the tenth prepared, when Congress refused to make further appropriations for the work, and it has never been brought out. He had gathered an immense collection of books, manuscripts, maps, and plans; and in 1867 his entire collection was purchased by the government for $100,000, and was transferred to the library of Congress. His great work is entitled American archives. Mr. Force's first publication in Washington was the National calendar, an annual volume of national statistics, which was published from 1820 to 1836. He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 23, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Francis, John Wakefield 1789-1861 (search)
Francis, John Wakefield 1789-1861 Physician; born in New York City, Nov. 17, 1789; graduated at Columbia College in 1809; began business life as a printer, but commenced the study of medicine, in 1810, under Dr. Hosack, and was his partner until 1820. From 1810 until 1814 they published the American Medical and Philosophical register. He occupied the chair of materia medica in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and, visiting Europe, was a pupil of the celebrated Abernethy. After filling various professorships until 1826, he devoted himself to the practice of his profession and to literary pursuits. Dr. Francis was probably the author of more biographies and memoirs than any American of his time, and was active, as one of the founders, in the promotion of the objects of the New York Historical Society and of other institutions. He was the first president of the New York Academy of Medicine, and was a member of numerous scientific and literary societies. He died in New Y
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Futhey, John Smith 1820- (search)
Futhey, John Smith 1820- Historian; born in Chester county, Pa., Sept. 3, 1820; admitted to the bar in 1843, and was district attorney for five years. In 1879 he became presiding judge of the district. He is the author of many historical works, including Historical collections of Chester county; Historical address on the one hundredth anniversary of the Paoli massacre; History of Chester county, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), George (William Frederick) 1737-1820 (search)
George (William Frederick) 1737-1820 King of Great Britain; born in London, June 4, 1737; grandson of George II. His mind was narrow, his disposition was crafty and arbitrary, and during his long reign, while he was sane, his years were passed in continual combat against the growing liberal spirit of the age. Being a native of England (which his two royal predecessors were not), and young and moral, he was at first popular on his accession to the throne, Oct. 26, 1760. In his first speech in Parliament he expressed pride in his English birth, and thereby great enthusiasm in his favor was excited. On Sept. 8, 1761, he married Charlotte Sophia, sister of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who shared his throne fifty-seven years, and bore him fifteen children, all but two of whom grew to maturity. Unfortunately for his kingdom, he neglected the wise counsels of Pitt, and made his preceptor, the Scotch Earl of Bute, his prime minister and confidential friend. The minister and hi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), George (Augustus Frederick) 1762-1830 (search)
cel the jurisdiction of their legitimate sovereign by acts of naturalization and certificates of citizenship, which they pretend to be as valid out of their own territory as within it, it is obvious that to abandon this ancient right of Great Britain, and to admit these naval pretensions of the United States, would be to expose the very foundations of our maritime strength. The manifesto charged the United States government With systematic efforts to inflame the people against Great Britain; of ungenerous conduct towards Spain, Great Britain's ally, and of deserting the cause of neutrality. He spoke of the subserviency of the United States to the ruler of France, and against this course of conduct the prince regent solemnly protested. He thought that while Great Britain was contending for the liberties of mankind, she had a right to expect from the United States far different treatment—not an abettor of French tyranny. George became King in 1820, and died in Windsor, June 26, 183
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gorrie, Peter Douglas 1813-1884 (search)
Gorrie, Peter Douglas 1813-1884 Clergyman; born in Glasgow, Scotland, April 21, 1813; came to the United States in 1820, and was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was the author of The churches and sects in the United States; Black River conference Memorial, etc. He died in Potsdam, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greene, Albert Gorton 1802-1868 (search)
Greene, Albert Gorton 1802-1868 Lawyer; born in Providence, R. I., Feb. 10, 1802; graduated at Brown University in 1820; ademitted to the bar in 1823, and began practice in Providence; president of the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1854-68. He was the author of the poems The militia muster; Old Grimes; Adelheid; The Baron's last banquet; and Canonchet. He died in Cleveland, O., Jan. 4, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Haliburton, Thomas Chandler 1797-1865 (search)
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler 1797-1865 Author; born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1797; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1820. Later he became a member of the House of Assembly. He was chief-justice of the court of common pleas in 1829, and was appointed judge of the supreme court in 1840. He held this office till 1842, when he removed to England. In 1859 he represented Launceston in Parliament as a Conservative, and remained there till 1865. His publications include The clock-maker, or the sayings and doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville, which consists of a collection of newspaper sketches satirizing New Englanders. His other writings include The Attache, or Sam Slick in England; An Historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia; Bubbles of Canada; The old Judge, or life in a colony; Letter-bag of the Great Western; Rule and misrule of the English in America; Yankee stories; Traits of American humor, etc. He also edited a number of books, among them one on The
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall, Dominick Augustine 1765-1820 (search)
Hall, Dominick Augustine 1765-1820 Jurist: born in South Carolina in 1765; was district judge of Orleans Territory from 1809 till it became the State of Louisiana in 1812, when he was appointed United States judge of the State. While the city of New Orleans was under martial law early in 1815, General Jackson caused Judge Hall's arrest for interfering with the operations of that law. On his release, in March, he summoned Jackson to answer for contempt of court, and fined him $1,000. He died in New Orleans, Dec. 19, 1820.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall, James 1744-1826 (search)
d the southwestern country. He died in Bethany, N. C., July 25, 1826. Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 19, 1793; enlisted as a private in 1812; commanded a detachment from his company at the battle of Chippewa in 1814 and at the siege of Fort Erie; received a commission in the army in 1815; and served in Decatur's expedition to Algiers on the United States brig Enterprise. He left the army in 1818; was admitted to the bar the same year; removed to Shawneetown, Ill., in 1820, and to Cincinnati in 1833. He edited at various times the Illinois gazette, the Illinois Intelligencer, the Illinois monthly magazine, and the Western monthly magazine. Among his published works are Life of Thomas Posey; Life of Gen. W. H. Harrison; Notes on the Western States; History of the Indian tribes; The wilderness and the War-path, etc. He died July 5, 1868. Geologist; born in Hingham, Mass., Sept. 12, 1811; was graduated at the Rensselaer School (now Polytechnic Institute) i
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