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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 5 5 Browse Search
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition 5 5 Browse Search
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist 5 5 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907 4 4 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 4 4 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 4 4 Browse Search
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion 3 3 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 3 3 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 3 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier 3 3 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne 1828- (search)
Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne 1828- Military officer; born in County Cork, Ireland, March 17, 1828; came to the United States and settled at Helena, Ark., where he later practised law. When the Civil War broke out he entered the Confederate army; in March, 1861, planned the capture of the United States arsenal in Arkansas; in 1862 was promoted brigadier-general; took part in many important engagements in the war; and in recognition of his defence of Ringgold Gap received the thanks of the Confederate Congress. He originated the Order of the Southern Cross, and was known as the Stonewall of the West. He was killed in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clinton, de Witt 1769-1828 (search)
Clinton, de Witt 1769-1828 Statesman; born in Little Britain, Orange co., N. Y., March 2, 1769; graduated at Columbia De Witt Clinton. College in 1786; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1788, but practised very little. He was private secretary to his uncle George, governor of New York, in 1790-95, in favor of whose administration he wrote much in the newspapers. He was in the Assembly of his State in 1797, and from 1798 to 1802 was a Democratic leader in the State Senate. He was mayor of New York City in 1803-7, 1809-10, and 1811-14. He was an earnest promoter of the establishment of the New York Historical Society and the American Academy of Fine Arts. Opposed to the War of 1812-15, he was the Peace candidate for the Presidency in 1812, but was defeated by James Madison. Mr. Clinton was one of the founders and first president of the Literary and Philosophical Society in New York, and was one of the most efficient promoters of the construction of the Erie Canal.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colonization Society, American (search)
of the United States were instructed not to exercise any authority over the colonists, and the government of the colony was assumed by the society. A constitution for the colony (which was named Liberia) was adopted (Jan. 24, 1820), by which all the powers of the government were vested in the agent of the colonization society. In 1824 a plan for a civil government in Liberia was adopted, by which the society retained the privilege of ultimate decision. Another constitution was adopted in 1828, by which most of the civil power was secured to the colonists. In 1841 Joseph J. Roberts, a colored man, was appointed governor by the society. Import duties were levied on foreign goods, and out of this grew a temporary difficulty with the British government. British subjects violated the navigation law with impunity, and, when the British government was appealed to, the answer was that Liberia had no national existence. In this emergency the society surrendered such governmental powe
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbia University, (search)
belonged to the institution and changed its name to Columbia College. There was no president for several years. In 1787 the original charter was confirmed by the State legislature, and the college was placed in charge of twenty-four trustees. On May 21, 1787, William Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., son of the first president, was chosen to fill his father's place, and the college started on a prosperous career. A new charter was obtained in 1810. A medical and law school was established, and in 1828 the Hon. James Kent delivered a course of law lectures in the college that formed the basis of his famous Commentaries. The college occupied the original site until 1857, when it was removed to the square between Madison and Fourth avenues and Forty-Ninth and Fiftieth streets. In 1892, the institution having outgrown its accommodations, a tract of land was purchased on Morningside Heights, between Amsterdam Avenue, the Boulevard, and 116th and 120th streets, and the erection of the first
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Commerce of the United States. (search)
025,100,0001,585,00094,419,000 18401,310,000,00044,800,0002,680,000134,841,000 18501,435,000,00081,400,0004,422,000363,928,000 18602,551,000,000142,300,0007,180,0001,333,981,000 18702,775,000,000213,400,00011,910,0001,263,015,000 18803,601,000,000340,000,00018,140,0001,150,814,000 18905,600,000,000466,000,00025,160,0001,060,052,000 18985,900,000,000610,000,00037,150,0001,950,000,000 (a)Malte-Brun's estimate for 1804.(e)Levasseur's estimate for 1878. (b)Based on Balbi's estimate for 1828.(f)Royal Geographical Society estimate. (c)Based on Michelet's estimate for 1845.(g)Mulhall's estimates, except 1830, 1890, and 1898. (d)Based on Behm-Wagner estimate for 1874.(h)Saetbeer's estimates prior to 1860. To discuss the part which the various nations have had in this commerce, the relations of imports to exports, or the classes of articles exchanged between the great sections of the globe, would carry this study beyond reasonable limits. In all of the above statements, the ter
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Conrad, Charles M. 1804-1878 (search)
Conrad, Charles M. 1804-1878 Legislator; born in Winchester, Va., about 1804; admitted to the bar in 1828; and began practice in New Orleans. In 1842-43 he served out the unexpired term of Alexander Monton in the United States Senate; in 1848-50 was a representative in Congress; and in 1850-53 was Secretary of War. He was a leader in the Secession movement in 1860; a deputy from Louisiana in the Montgomery Provisional Congress in 1861; and a member of the Confederate Congress, and also a brigadier-general in the Confederate army in 1862-64. He died in New Orleans, La., Feb. 11, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cooper, Peter 1791- (search)
Cooper, Peter 1791- Philanthropist; born in New York City, Feb. 12, 1791. His life was one of remarkable activity and enterprise. First, after leaving his father, who was a hatter, he engaged in learning coach-making, then cabinet-making, then entered the grocery business, and finally, about 1828, became a manufacturer of glue and isinglass. In 1830 he engaged quite extensively in iron-works at Canten, near Baltimore, and there he manufactured the first locomotive engine ever made in America, which worked successfully on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Then he erected a rolling-mill and ironmill in the city of New York, in which he first successfully used anthracite coal in puddling iron. In 1845 he removed the machinery to Trenton, N. J., where he erected the largest rolling-mill then in the United States for manufacturing railroad iron. There were rolled the first wrought-iron beams for fire-proof buildings. He became an alderman in the city of New York about 1840. Pros
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornell, Ezra 1807-1874 (search)
Cornell, Ezra 1807-1874 Philanthropist; born at Westchester Landing, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1807, of Quaker parents; settled in Ithaca in 1828, and accumulated a large fortune in the development of the electric telegraph. In 1865 he founded Cornell University, with an original endowment of $500,000, subsequently increased by $400,000, and by his profits (more than $3,000,000) in purchasing and locating public lands for the benefit of the university. He died in Ithaca, Dec. 9, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cox, Jacob Dolson 1828- (search)
Cox, Jacob Dolson 1828- Military officer; born in Montreal, Canada, Oct. 27, 1828. His mother was a lineal descendant of Elder William Brewster, of the Mayflower. He was admitted to the bar in 1852, and practised in Warren, O., until elected State Senator, in 1859. He was appointed brigadier-general of State militia, and commanded a camp of instruction, in April, 1861, and in May was made brigadier-general of volunteers, doing good service in western Virginia. In August, 1862, he was assigned to the Army of Virginia, under General Pope, and in the fall was ordered to the district of the Kanawha. After the death of Reno, at South Mountain, he commanded the 9th Army Corps. He was in command of the district of Ohio in 1863; served in the Atlanta campaign in 1864; and was promoted to major-general in December of that year. He served in Sherman's army early in 1865; was governor of Ohio in 1866-68; Secretary of the Interior under President Grant, in 1869-70; and Representative
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cramp, Charles Henry 1828- (search)
Cramp, Charles Henry 1828- Ship-builder; born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 9, 1828; son of William Cramp; received a public school education; learned the ship-building trade with his father; became a partner in the firm of William Cramp & Son, and subsequently president of William Cramp & Son Ship and Engine Building Company, the largest shipbuilding concern in the United States. From the Cramp yards have been turned out many of the best-known ships of the American naval and mercantile services. See navigation legislation.
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