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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana, Charles Anderson, 1819- (search)
ticularly with the numerous foreign revolutions. Soon after his return to New York he became managing editor of the Tribune, and held the place till 1862, when he was appointed assistant Secretary of War. In 1866 he organized the stock company which bought the old New York Sun, of which he became editor-in-chief, continuing so till his death. In addition to his work as a journalist, in conjunction with the late George Ripley, he planned and edited the New American Cyclopaedia Charles Anderson Dana. (16 vols., 1857-63), which they thoroughly revised and reissued under the title of the American Cyclopaedia (1873-76). In 1883, in association with Rossiter Johnson, he edited Fifty perfect poems, and subsequently, in association with Gen. James H. Wilson, he wrote the Life of Ulysses S. Grant. In 1897 his Reminiscences of the Civil War and Eastern journeys were published posthumously; he was also the compiler of Household book of poetry. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Keyes, Emerson Willard 1828-1897 (search)
Keyes, Emerson Willard 1828-1897 Lawyer; born in Jamestown, N. Y., June 30, 1828; graduated at the State Normal School in 1848; admitted to the bar in 1862; connected with the New York State banking department in 1865-73; and later resumed law practice. His publications include New York Court of appeals reports; History of savings-banks in the United States; and New York code of public instruction. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
o, N. Y.......May 5, 1897 Bicentennial jubilee of Trinity Church, N. Y., celebrated......May 6, 1897 Governor Black signs the so-called starchless civil service bill......May 15, 1897 Demolition of Tombs prison, New York City, started......May 25, 1897 Battle monument at West Point unveiled with ceremonies......May 31, 1897 Immigrant buildings on Ellis Island burned......June 15, 1897 Charles Anderson Dana, journalist, dies near Glen Cove, aged seventy-eight years......Oct. 17, 1897 John Lorimer Worden, naval officer, born at Sing Sing, 1818, dies at Washington, D. C.......Oct. 18, 1897 Nineteen lives lost by New York Central passenger train running into the river at Garrisons, N. Y.......Oct. 24, 1897 Henry George, political economist, born at Philadelphia, 1839, dies at New York......Oct. 29, 1897 Robert Van Wyck, Democrat, elected first mayor of Greater New York......Nov. 2, 1897 Mayor signs resolution turning over the Hall of Records to the Nation
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 29: end of life-work (search)
say that he has seen him there, or elsewhere, turn his back upon either a friend or a foe. These were the last words he ever wrote for the Sun. The end was at hand. But a few weeks of declining strength, with but little pain, and no obscuration of the intellect, remained for the untiring scholar, the unselfish patriot, the fearless official, the great independent and indomitable editor. He died at his home, in the midst of his family, surrounded by the scenes he loved so much, on October 17, 1897, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. I have endeavored in this narrative to set forth the principal incidents, and to bring out the salient characteristics of this most interesting life. No important fact which has come to my knowledge has been omitted. I have not argued the case, nor stated the conclusions which might properly be drawn from the words and deeds of this fearless and aggressive man. He lived and fought in the open, concealing no act, hiding no thought, but giving