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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army 2 2 Browse Search
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 2 2 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. 2 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life 2 2 Browse Search
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 29, 1863., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana 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, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 1 1 Browse Search
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson 1831- (search)
Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson 1831- Diplomatist; born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 26, 1831; educated at Harvard College; engaged in the East India trade; and later was president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. He was United States minister to France in 1892-96, and subsequently was appointed a member of the Anglo-American commission to settle differences between the United States and Canada.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coudert, Frederic Rene 1832- (search)
Coudert, Frederic Rene 1832- Lawyer; born in New York City, of French parentage, in 1832; graduated at Columbia College in 1850; and admitted to the bar in 1853. For many years he has represented France in its legal interests in the United States, and has become widely known as an expert in international law. He was a delegate to the International Congress in Antwerp; member of the Venezuela boundary commission in 1896; government receiver of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1892-98; and counsel of the United States before the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration in Paris in 1893-95. Mr. Coudert has several times declined appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cranfill, James Britton 1857- (search)
Cranfill, James Britton 1857- Prohibitionist; born in Parker county, Tex., in 1857; was brought up on a farm; became a physician; and subsequently publisher of the Advance in Gatesville, Tex., a paper that became widely noted as a Prohibition organ. In 1886 he called the first Prohibition convention of Texas; afterwards became chairman of the State Prohibition Committee and a member of the National Prohibition Committee. In 1892 he was the candidate of his party for the Vice-Presidency.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crawford, Samuel Wylie 1829-1892 (search)
Crawford, Samuel Wylie 1829-1892 Military officer; born in Franklin county, Pa., Nov. 8, 1829; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1847; studied medicine, and in 1851 was made assistant surgeon in the United States army. He was in Texas and New Mexico on duty, and in 1856 went to Mexico, where he pursued scientific researches. Dr. Crawford was surgeon of the garrison of Fort Sumter during its siege in 1861, and performed valuable military service there. Samuel Wylie Crawford. In May he was made major of infantry and inspector-general in eastern Virginia. With Banks, he bore a conspicuous part in the Shenandoah Valley and in the battle of Cedar Mountain as brigadier-general. At the battle of Antietam he commanded the division of Mansfield after that general's death. He was brevetted colonel in the United States army for his conduct at Gettysburg. In Grant's campaign (1864-65) against Richmond, General Crawford bore a conspicuous part from the Wilderness to Appo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cullum, George Washington 1809-1892 (search)
Cullum, George Washington 1809-1892 Military officer; born in New York City Feb. 25, 1809; graduated at West Point in 1833, entering the engineering corps, and becoming captain in July, 1838. He was made major in August, 1861; lieutenantcolonel in March, 1863, and colonel, March, 1867, and was retired in 1874. In the volunteer service he reached the rank of brigadier-general and brevet major-general during the Civil War. He was one of the most accomplished and useful officers of engineers in the United States army, as the military works he superintended the construction of attest. From 1845 to 1848 he was instructor of practical engineering in the West Point Military Academy, during which time he spent two years in Europe. He served as aidede-camp to General Scott in 1861, and on the staff of General Halleck in 1862, accompanying him to Washington. He was an efficient member of the United States sanitary commission, and superintendent of West Point Academy from 1864 to 1866.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis, William Eleroy 1850- (search)
Curtis, William Eleroy 1850- Author; born in Akron, O., Nov. 5, 1850; graduated at Western Reserve College in 1871; was special commissioner from the United States to the Central and South American republics; executive officer of the International American Conference; director of the Bureau of American Republics; and special envoy to the Queen Regent of Spain and to Pope Leo XIII., in 1892. His publications include The United States and foreign powers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curzon, George Nathaniel 1859- (search)
Curzon, George Nathaniel 1859- British diplomatist; born in Kedleston, Derbyshire, Jan. 11, 1859; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1885 he was assistant private secretary to the Marquis of Salisbury, and in 1886 became a member of Parliament. In 1891-92 he served as under-secretary of state for India; in 1895 was appointed under-secretary of state for foreign affairs; and in August, 1898, he became viceroy of India. In the following month he was raised to the peerage, with the title of Baron Curzon of Kedleston. In 1895 he married Mary, daughter of L. Z. Leiter, of Chicago.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Democratic party. (search)
n, though defeated, received a large popular vote in 1864. Seymour in 1868, Greeley in 1872 were defeated. In 1876 the Democrats came near success (see electoral commission; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard; Tilden, Samuel Jones). The House was now frequently Democratic, but the Presidency was again taken by their competitors in 1880. In 1884 they succeeded in a close campaign. The two wings of the party, revenue reform and protectionist, long refused to work together. Under the leadership of Morrison, Carlisle, and Cleveland, tariff reform became the dominating issue. Defeated in 1888, the Democrats gained a sweeping victory in 1890, and in 1892 regained control of all departments, only to lose all again in 1896, when the party allowed itself to be diverted from its original principles by the Populists and silver men. In 1900 the same elements controlled it, with the addition of the Anti-Expansionists. In both 1896 and 1900 it lost its national ticket. See Bryan, William Jennings.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dent, Frederick Tracy, 1820-1892 (search)
Dent, Frederick Tracy, 1820-1892 Military officer; born in White Haven, Mo., Dec. 17, 1820; graduated at the United States. Military Academy in 1843; served in the war with Mexico with marked distinction; and later was prominent in frontier duty. In 1863-64 he commanded a regiment in New York City to suppress riots; in the latter year he became a staff officer to General Grant; and in 1865 was commandant of Richmond and of the garrison at Washington. After the war he received the brevets of brigadier-general in the regular and volunteer armies; retired in 1883. He died in Denver, Col., Dec. 24, 1892.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wright, Henrietta Christine, (search)
612 in Roman Catholic institutions. The same year showed an average of 567 children in institutions between thirteen and fourteen years of age, 444 between fourteen and fifteen, and 247 between fifteen and sixteen years of age. One institution in 1892 had wards twenty-two years old, and was caring for 129 youths over seventeen years of age. In 1894 it was found that 23 per cent. of the dependent children of New York City had been in institutions at public cost over periods ranging from five to o the county's agent, the superintendent of the poor would at once stop payment for his board. This opened the doors of the institutions, and Erie county, which in 1879 was paying $48,000 yearly for the support of its dependent children, had by 1892 decreased its expenses two-thirds, though the population had increased one-third. Monroe, Westchester, and Orange counties also placed out their children to some extent. When the revised constitution went into effect there were 15,000 children,
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