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Abbott, Jacob, 1803-
Writer for youth; born in Hallowell, Me., Nov. 14, 1803.
He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1820.
and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1825.
From 1825 to 1829 he was Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Amherst College.
He chose the pursuit of literature in the attractive and useful field of affording instruction to the young.
One of the earliest of his almost 200 volumes printed was The young Christian, issued the year of his gradution at Andov1825 to 1829 he was Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Amherst College.
He chose the pursuit of literature in the attractive and useful field of affording instruction to the young.
One of the earliest of his almost 200 volumes printed was The young Christian, issued the year of his gradution at Andover.
His books are remarkable for their wealth of information, their absolute purity of tone and expression, and for their wonderful attractiveness for the young of both sexes.
Few men have done so much for the intellectual and moral training of the young for lives of usefulness as Jacob Abbott.
His interest in young people never abated through a long and laborious life.
His later years were spent upon the old homestead at Farmington, Me., significantly called Few acres, for its area of land
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abbott , John Stevens Cabot , 1805 -1877 (search)
Abbott, John Stevens Cabot, 1805-1877
Historian; born in Brunswick, Me., Sept. 18, 1805; brother of Jacob; was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825, and at Andover Seminary; was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1830.
and held several pastorates in Massachusetts till 1844, after which he applied himself wholly to literature.
Among his notable works are The French Revolution of 1789; The history of Napoleon Bonaparte; Napoleon at St. Helena; The history of Napoleon III.; The history of the Civil War in America; A romance of Spanish history: and The history of Frederick II., called Frederick the Great.
He died in Fair Haven, Conn., June 17. 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abercrombie , John Joseph , 1802 -1877 (search)
Abercrombie, John Joseph, 1802-1877
Military officer; born in Tennessee in 1802; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1822.
Entering the 1st Infantry, he was its adjutant from 1825 to 1833.
Serving in Florida and Mexico, he was promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel for gallantry in the battle of Monterey, where he was severely wounded.
He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel in May, 1852, and colonel in February, 1861, and was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865.
In June following he retired.
He was a brigadier-general of volunteers in the Civil War, and commanded a brigade in Patterson's division on the Upper Potomac in 1861.
He was transferred to Bank's division in July.
Early in 1862 he joined the Army of the Potomac, and was slightly wounded in the battle of fair Oaks (q. v.). He died in Roslyn, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Charles Francis , 1807 -1886 (search)
Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886
Statesman; born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 18, 1807;
Charles Francis Adams. son of John Quincy Adams; was graduated at Harvard College in 1825.
He accompanied his father to St. Petersburg and England, where he passed much of his childhood until the return of his family to America in 1817. Mr. Adams studied law in the office of Daniel Webster, and was admitted to the bar in 1828, but never practised it as a vocation.
In 1829 he married a daughter of Peter C. Brooks, of Boston.
For five years he was a member of the legislature of Massachusetts.
Having left the Whig Party, he was a candidate of the free-soil party (q. v.) in 1848 for the Vice-Presidency of the United States. Mr. Van Buren being the candidate for the Presidency.
They were defeated.
In 1850-56 Mr. Adams published the Life and works of John Adams (his grandfather), in 10 volumes.
In 1859 he was elected to Congress from the district which his father long represented.
He was then a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , John Quincy , 1767 - (search)
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-
Sixth President of the United States; from 1825 to 1829; Republican; born in Braintree, Mass., July 11, 1767; was a son of President John Adams; and was graduated at Harvard College in 1787.
In February, 1778, he accompanied his father to France, where he studied the French and Latin languages for nearly two years. After an interval, he returned to France and resumed his studies, which were subsequently pursued at Amsterdam and at the University of Leyden.
At the age of fourteen years, he accompanied Mr. Dana to Russia as his private secretary.
The next year he spent some time at Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Hamburg.
He afterwards accompanied his father (who was American minister) to England and France and returned home with him early in 1785.
After his graduation at Harvard, he studied law with the eminent Theophilus Parsons, practised at Boston, and soon became distinguished as a political writer.
In 1791 he published a series of articles in favor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alaskan boundary, the. (search)
Amherst College,
An educational institution in Amherst, Mass., founded in 1821; incorporated in 1825.
The funds for the construction of its buildings and for its endowments have been furnished by gifts of individuals, with the exception of $50,000 given by the State.
The Christian men and women of Massachusetts have built it up and chiefly sustain it. The declared object of its founders was the education of young men for ministerial and missionary labor.
In 1899 it had thirty-six professors and instructors, 380 students, buildings that cost over $400,000, and valuable art and scientific collections.
The Rev. George Harris D. D., was elected its president in that year.
Amidas, Philip
Attakappa Indians,
A tribe found on the borders of the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Mississippi River, in southern Louisiana and eastern Texas.
The Choctaws named them Attakappas, or Man-eaters.
The French were the first Europeans who discovered them; and the Attakappas aided the latter in a war with the Natchez and Chickasaws.
When Louisiana.
was ceded to the United States in 1803, there were only about 100 of this nation on their ancient domain, near Vermilion Bayou, and they had almost wholly disappeared by 1825.
What their real name was, or whence they came.
may never be known.
Their language was peculiar, composed of harsh monosyllables.