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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 1 1 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909 1 1 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Simms, William Gilmore 1806-1870 (search)
Simms, William Gilmore 1806-1870 Author; born in Charleston, S. C., April 17, 1806; admitted to the bar in 1827; but applied himself to literature; was editor of the Charleston City gazette in 1828-32; and author of Views and reviews in American history; History of South Carolina; Geography of South Carolina; South Carolina in the Revolution; The partisan; Mellichampe; The scout; The foragers; Eutaw, and other Revolutionary romances; The Yemassee; Guy rivers; Border Beagles; Beauchamp; Charlemont, and other colonial and border romances of the South, etc. He died in Charleston, S. C., June 11, 1870.
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 7: fiction II--contemporaries of Cooper. (search)
y but the strongest stuff. His house, on the line of Sherman's march, was burned in February, 1865; he witnessed the wicked burning of Columbia. When the war ended he had lost his wife, nine of his fourteen children, (two of them since 1861), many of his best friends, and the whole of his fortune, yet he managed, in a more horrid overthrow than Scott's, to drive himself to work again with courage and energy, and kept up his efforts till his death, undoubtedly hastened by his labour, on 11 June, 1870. Despite his friends and admirers, the eclipse of those last years has never been quite lifted, and the somewhat fitful republication of his romances has left him much less read than he deserves, though few competent judges will put him far below Cooper, at least as regards strength and vigour, in the type of romance in which no third American name can be associated with theirs. West of the Alleghanies the growth of fiction during the life of Cooper was, of course, scanty. It consi
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature, A Glossary of Important Contributors to American Literature (search)
e Yemassee (1835); The Partisan (1835); Pelayo (1838); The kinsman (1841; new edition 1854, entitled The Scout); confession, or the blind heart (1842); castle Dismal (1845); The Wigwam and the cabin, or tales of the South (1845-46); Areytos, or songs and ballads of the South (1846); Poems (2 vols., 1853); The Maroon, and other tales (1855); and was editor of War poetry of the South (1867). A collection of his best works was published in nineteen volumes (1859). Died in Charleston, S. C., June 11, 1870. Stockton, Francis Richard Born in Philadelphia, Penn., April 5, 1834. He became an engraver, but soon gave up this occupation for journalism, and was connected with the Philadelphia Post, the New York Hearth and home, Scribner's monthly and the St. Nicholas. Some of his children's books are The Ting-a-ling stories (1870); Roundabout Rambles (1872) ; What might have been expected (1874); Tales out of School (1872) ; A Jolly Fellowship (1880) ; The Floating Prince (1881) ; The sto
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, Land on Barberry Lane. (search)
aturally active in the matter, and may have been one of the prime movers in the whole transaction, for his interest in it as a business affair was of the utmost importance to him. An active part was taken by John R. Poor, not only in the preliminary proceedings, but also in the transactions which led to the completion of the purchase, and much credit is due to him. in furtherance of this scheme of purchase, an article was inserted in the warrant for a town meeting to be held on the 11th of June, 1870, when, on a motion made by myself, though the fact had long ago been forgotten, and was only brought to mind, recently, by an examination of the records, it was voted that a committee of five be appointed by the chairman, who shall be, and they are, hereby authorized to purchase a lot of land situated on Highland Avenue, School and Medford Streets, and the Boston & Lowell Railroad, and adjoining land already owned by the town, and that the sum of thirty-four thousand dollars be appropr
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., Porter family record. (search)
dd, May 13, 1824. 2d, Adeline S. Child, May 16, 1855. Children. Susan Emily; bap. June 19, 1828; m. Thomas A. Cunningham; and d. in Medford, March 15, 1902. Theodore Child; b. in Medford, Jan. 20, 1860; m. 1st, Josephine (Rowell) Williams; 2d, Lucia Morris Row, Jan. 27, 1904. George W. Porter;3 m. Elizabeth Hall, Feb. 17, 1824. Settled in Medford. She d. May 6, 1862, aged 61 yrs., 3 mos. Children. Elizabeth A.; b. in Medford, Nov. 27, 1824; d. in Medford, Nov. 20, 1844. Helen; b. in Medford, Oct. 23, 1828; d. in Medford, Aug. 7, 1899. Frances; b. in Medford, Feb. 20, 1832; d. in Medford, June 11, 1870. Frances Porter;4 m. Henry W. Bigelow, Jan. 2, 1854. Children. Howard Porter; b. in Medford, July 11, 1859; d. in Medford, July 18, 1877. Elizabeth Hall; b. in Medford, Aug. 29, 1863; d. March 4, 1865. Edward Turner; b. Oct. 30, 1866. Edward Turner Bigelow;5 m. Elizabeth Gleason, of Medford, Nov. 17, 1896. Child. Elizabeth; b. September 18, 1898.