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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sunderland, Le Roy 1802-1885 (search)
Sunderland, Le Roy 1802-1885 Author; born in Exeter, R. I., May 18, 1802; entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1823; became a strong abolitionist and an opponent of Christianity. He was the author of History of the United States; Appeal on the subject of slavery; Testimony of God against slavery; Anti-slavery manual; Mormonism exposed, etc. He died in Quincy, Mass., May 15, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
e and uninterrupted transit across the isthmus of Panama, now threatened by insurgents......April 2, 1885 Special session of Senate adjourns......April 2, 1885 Richard Grant White, Shakespearian critic and philologist, born 1822, dies at New York City......April 8, 1885 Five hundred United States troops enter Panama, arrest Aizpuru, leader of insurgents, and protect American property......April 24, 1885 Revised version of the Old Testament published in London and New York......May 15, 1885 Apache Indian outbreak under Geronimo in New Mexico and Arizona......May 17, 1885 F. T. Frelinghuysen, ex-Secretary of State, born 1817, dies at Newark, N. J.......May 20, 1885 Cotton centennial exposition at New Orleans closes......May 31, 1885 Benjamin Silliman, chemist, born 1816, dies at New Haven, Conn.......June 14, 1885 James D. Fish, president of the suspended Marine Bank of New York City, sentenced to ten years imprisonment at Sing Sing......June 27, 1885 Niaga
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of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago......July 8, 1884 Grover Cleveland resigns as governor Jan. 6, 1885, having been elected President of the United States, David B. Hill acting governor......1885 Richard Grant White, born 1822, dies at New York City......April 8, 1885 Common schools cost the State $13,466,367.97......1885 Legislature authorizes the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint three forest commissioners......May 15, 1885 Niagara Falls reservation made a State park......July 16, 1885 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, born 1822, dies at Mount McGregor, near Saratoga......July 23, 1885 David B. Hill, Democrat, elected governor......November, 1885 Commission created to report the most humane and practical method of executing the death sentence......May 13, 1886 [It consisted of Elbridge T. Gerry, Dr. Alfred P. Southwick, and Matthew Hale. Their report of Jan. 1888, recommended the use of electricity.]