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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Draper , Lyman Copeland , 1815 -1891 (search)
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891
Historian; born in Evans, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1815.
In 1833 he gathered information regarding the Creek chief Weatherford, and from that time onward he was an indefatigable student, devoting his life to the collection of materials bearing upon the history of the Western States and biographies of the leading men of the country.
In 1853 he was appointed secretary of the Wisconsin State Historical Society and was connected with the library of the society, with a few short intervals, till his death.
He published the Collections of the State Historical Society (10 volumes) ; The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, etc. He died in Madison, Wis., Aug. 26, 1891.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Liliuokalani , Lydia Kamekeha 1838 - (search)
Liliuokalani, Lydia Kamekeha 1838-
ExQueen of the Hawaiian Islands; born in Honolulu, Dec. 2, 1838; married John O. Dominis, a native of the United States (died Aug. 26, 1891); became vice-regent when King Kalakaua left Hawaii on his trip to the United States; and after his death in San Francisco she was proclaimed Queen, Jan. 29, 1891.
On Jan. 30, 1892, she was dethroned because of her efforts to restore absolute monarchy and abolish the constitution of 1887.
Although President Cleveland favored her restoration to the throne, all her endeavors in that direction were futile, and a provisional government was set up. A little later she came to the United States, and remained here till August, 1898, when she returned to Hawaii.
The islands had then been annexed to the United States.
In March, 1900, an attempt was made in the United States Senate to grant her a lump sum of $20,000 and an annual pension
Lydia Kamekeha Liliokalani. of $10,000 for the rest of her life as a compens
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