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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 1 1 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste. (search)
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste. French sculptor; born in Calmar, Alsace, April 2, 1834; received the Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1865, and is best known in the United States by his colossal statue in New York Harbor, entitled Liberty enlightening the world. His other works include a statue of Lafayette in Union Square, New York, and a bronze group of Lafayette and Washington, presented by American citizens to the city of Paris, and unveiled Dec. 1, 1895. Soon after the establishment of the republic of France, in 1870, a movement was inaugurated in that country for the presentation to the United States of some suitable memorial to testify to the fraternal feeling existing between the two countries. In 1874 an association, known as the French-American Union, was formed for the furtherance of this object, and most of the foremost men of France lent it their aid. It was decided to present to the United States a colossal statue of Liberty enlightening the world, and more than 1
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Financial and manufacturing. (search)
In its three years existence, the deposits have shown a steady and natural increase, and that, too, without drawing from the excellent national banks. The business comes from residents of Cambridge who have heretofore done their banking and had safety boxes in Boston, together with patrons drawn from Arlington, Watertown, Somerville, and other adjoining cities and towns. Interest is credited on daily balances. The Cambridge Savings Bank The Cambridge Savings Bank was incorporated April 2, 1834, under the name of the Savings Institution in the Town of Cambridge, and bore that name until March 14, 1868, when by act of the legislature it took its present name. Previous to the time of its incorporation there were but nineteen institutions of the kind in the State. The original incorporators were William J. Whipple, William Hilliard, and Levi Farwell, and at a meeting of these gentlemen held in Mr. Hilliard's office on the southerly side of Brighton (now Boylston) Street, October
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
for a while without the least hesitation entered the ranks, caring not so much to hold office as to do service for their country. On June 29, 1862, this patriot soldier died for his country's cause in the battle of Savage Station, during the Seven Days battles near Richmond. One son, John Doran Garlington, of Spartanburg, lives to perpetuate his honored father's name. William Hunter Garlington, M. D., the second son of Col. Henry W. Garlington, was born in Laurens county, S. C., on April 2, 1834. He studied medicine, graduated and was practicing in Florida when the long quarrel between the North and South was transferred from the halls of Congress to the bloody field. The patriot sons of the South stopped not to count the cost but cheerfully laid their all upon the altar of their country. Dr. Garlington entered the ranks of a Georgia regiment as a private, but he was soon promoted to the position of assistant surgeon. Through all the war he served faithfully the cause of the