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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Julius Walker , 1812 -1899 (search)
Adams, Julius Walker, 1812-1899
Engineer; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 18, 1812.
He was the pioneer engineer of the East River Bridge.
He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz , Elizabeth Cabot , 1823 - (search)
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot, 1823-
Naturalist and educator; born in Boston, Mass., in 1823; daughter of Thomas G. Cary; was married to Prof. Louis Agassiz in 1850.
In 1865 she accompanied her husband on his expedition to Brazil, and in 1871-72 was on the Hassler expedition.
She greatly aided her husband in his studies and writings: was joint author with her son of Seaside studies in natural history; published Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence; and was president of the Harvard Annex, now Radcliffe College, from its organization till 1899, when she resigned.
Agrarian party,
A political organization in Germany inspired in 1869.
and practically founded in 1876.
The members in recent years have become widely noted for their opposition to German commercial relations with the United States, especially in the matters of all kinds of food-stuffs.
In 1898 and 1899 this opposition assumed a phase that was exceedingly annoying to the German government, and the defeat of many Agrarians for the Reichstag was attributed to the direct influence of high German officials, who feared a disturbance of commercial relations with the United States.
agreement of the people
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agricultural colleges. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ainsworth , Frederick Crayton , 1852 - (search)
Ainsworth, Frederick Crayton, 1852-
Military officer; born in Woodstock, Vt., Sept. 11, 1852; was appointed a first lieutenant and assistant surgeon in the United States army in 1874; promoted major and surgeon in 1891; colonel and chief of the Record and Pension Office in the War Department in 1892; and brigadier-general in 1899.
He invented and introduced the index-record card system, by the use of which the full military history of any soldier may be immediately traced.
About 50,000.000 of these cards have been placed on file, and their introduction has resulted in a yearly saving of more than $400,000. In 1898 he succeeded Gen. George W. Davis as supervisor of the publication of the official records of the Civil War.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alger , Horatio , 1834 -1899 (search)
Alger, Horatio, 1834-1899
Author; born in Revere, Mass., Jan. 13, 1834; graduated at Harvard in 1852.
After spending several years in teaching and journalism he was ordained as a Unitarian minister in 1864.
He removed to New York City in 1866.
He published Bertha's Christmas vision; Nothing to do, a poem; Frank's campaign, or, what a boy can do; Helen Ford, a novel; a volume of poems; Ragged Dick; Luck and pluck; Tattered Tom; Frank and fearless; His young Bank messenger, etc. He died in Natick, Mass., July, 18, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alger , Russell Alexander , 1836 - (search)
Alger, Russell Alexander, 1836-
Secretary of War: born in Lafayette, O., Feb. 27, 1836; worked on a farm for years earning
Russell A. Alger. money to defray the expenses of his education.
He was admitted to the bar in 1859, but was forced by ill health to give up practice.
When the Civil War broke out he entered the Union army as a captain, and rose to brevet brigadier-general of volunteers.
After the war he entered the lumber business, in which he acquired a large fortune.
He was governor of Michigan in 1885-87; was a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1888; was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1889-90; and became Secretary of War under President McKinley in 1897.
During almost all of the American-Spanish War in 1898 he was subjected to much public censure on account of alleged shortcomings in the various bureaus of the War Department.
He resigned his office in 1899, and wrote a history of the war with Spain.