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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 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Felt, Joseph Barlow 1789-1869 (search)
Felt, Joseph Barlow 1789-1869 Historian; born in Salem, Mass., Dec. 22, 1789; graduated at Dartmouth in 1813, and entered the ministry. In 1836 he was asked to arrange the state papers of Massachusetts, which at that time were in confusion. He was librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1842-48, and president of the New England Historico-Genealogical Society in 1850-53. He was the author of Annals of Salem; History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton; Historical account of Massachusetts currency; Memoirs of Roger Conant, Hugh Peters, and William S. Shaw; also of The customs of New England. He died in Salem, Mass., Sept. 8, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fessenden, William Pitt 1806-1869 (search)
Fessenden, William Pitt 1806-1869 Legislator; born in Boscawen, N. H., Oct. 16, 1806; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1823; admitted to the bar in 1827; member of the Maine legislature two terms; and was elected to Congress in 1841. From Feb. 24, 1854, till his death he was United States Senator, excepting when Secretary of the Treasury from July, 1864, to March, 1865. He was one of the founders of the Republican party in 1856, and throughout the Civil War did eminent service as chairman of the finance committee of the Senate. He died in Portland, Me., Sept. 8, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
lebrated......July 27, 1869 National Labor Convention meets in Philadelphia......Aug. 16, 1869 National Temperance Convention (500 delegates) meets in Chicago......Sept. 1-2, 1869 John A. Rawlins, Secretary of War, and General Grant's adjutant throughout the war, born 1831, dies at Washington, D. C.......Sept. 6, 1869 One hundred and eight men suffocated in a burning coal-mine at Avondale, Pa.......Sept. 6, 1869 William Pitt Fessenden, born 1806, dies at Portland, Me.......Sept. 8, 1869 Financial panic in New York City culminates in Black Friday ; gold quoted at 162 1/2......Sept. 24, 1869 George Peabody lands at New York, June 10; he endows several institutions, adds $1,400,000 to his Southern education fund, and leaves for London......Sept. 30, 1869 Northwestern branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, near Milwaukee, Wis., dedicated......October, 1869 Franklin Pierce, ex-President, born 1804, dies at Concord, N. H......Oct. 8. 1869
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mississippi, (search)
uctantly forced to vacate the executive mansion for Maj.-Gen. Adelbert Ames, appointed provisional governor by General McDowell......June 15, 1868 Constitution framed by a convention under the reconstruction act, which sits at Jackson, Jan. 7 to May 15, 1868, is rejected by the people by 56,231 for and 63,860 against......June 28, 1868 National Union Republican party of Mississippi in convention at Jackson, nominate Louis Dent for governor, the majority of the Democrats concur......Sept. 8, 1869 At State election the constitution of May 15, 1868, is ratified by 105,223 for and 954 against; the vote against disfranchising Confederate soldiers almost unanimous......Nov. 30–Dec. 1, 1869 Congress readmits Mississippi into the Union......Feb. 17, 1870 School law organizing a State board of education and providing for a superintendent of public education......1870 Planters, Manufacturers, and Mechanics' Association of the State of Mississippi incorporated......1871 Any
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, Boston events. (search)
one great damage, July 11, 1797 Storms Spray and birds driven in twenty miles, Sep. 26, 1815 Very severe along the coast, Oct., 1832 Great damage done to shipping, Dec. 27, 1839 Done much damage, Oct. 13, 1846 Severe, three days, Minot's light destroyed, Apr. 17, 1851 Very severe, much damage done, Dec. 3, 1854 Very severe, high tide, much damage, June 29, 1860 Thunder and lightning, very severe, Apr. 16, 1868 A tempest; buildings destroyed, one man killed, Sep. 8, 1869 Thunder and hail, much damage, June 20, 1870 Severe, with thunder and hail, Aug. 20, 1870 A tempest, Coliseum blown down, Mar. 26, 1872 A serious eastern, began, Nov. 25, 1877 A severe northeastern, began, Mar. 17, 1878 A severe one, does much damage, Oct. 12, 1878 Rain and wind does great damage, June 6, 1879 Wind and hail, 10,000 windows broken, great damage, July 16, 1879 Snow fell three feet deep, high wind, Nov. 5, 1632 Fell knee deep in one night, Dec.