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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stratton, Charles Heywood 1838-1883 (search)
Stratton, Charles Heywood 1838-1883 (popularly known as Tom Thumb), dwarf; born in Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 4, 1838. The attention of P. T. Barnum, the showman, was first drawn to Stratton in November, 1842, when the midget was about four years old. He was then less than 2 feet high, weighed less than 16 lbs., was beautifully formed, a blond, with ruddy cheeks and mirthful eyes. Barnum introduced him to the public Dec. 8, 1842, by the name of Gen. Tom Thumb. He paid him $3 a week and expenses for himself and his mother for the first four weeks, after which he engaged him for a year at $7 a week, but, as the boy proved a great attraction, he soon raised the wages to $25 a week. In January, 1846, under a contract of $50 a week, Mr. Barnum took him to Europe, where he made a profitable tour through England, France, and Germany. He was presented to Queen Victoria, Louis Philippe, King William of Prussia, and other rulers, who treated him with marked kindness. The next year he
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ix of whom had just been acquitted by jury trial, are massacred......March 14, 1891 Baron Fava, Italian minister at Washington, protests against the New Orleans lynching......March 15, 1891 Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, born 1807, dies at Washington, D. C.......March 21, 1891 Italian minister Fava recalled......March 31, 1891 Gen. Albert Pike, born 1809, dies at Washington, D. C.......April 2, 1891 Senator George F. Edmunds resigns, to take effect Nov. 1......April 6, 1891 Phineas T. Barnum, born 1810, dies at Bridgeport, Conn.......April 7, 1891 Patent centennial opened in Washington by President Harrison......April 8, 1891 President Harrison and party leave Washington for an extended trip in the South and West......April 14, 1891 Resignation of Senator John H. Reagan, of Texas, to take effect June 10......April 24, 1891 China formally objects to Henry W. Blair as minister from the United States because of his speech in Congress against the Chinese......April
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
ure in session......Jan. 9–June 22, 1889 Alfred H. Terry, major-general, United States army, born 1827, dies at New Haven......Dec. 16, 1890 Deadlock between the two houses of the legislature on the governorship......Jan. 7, 1891 Democratic candidates for State offices sworn in by the Senate, refused possession by Republican incumbents......Jan. 13, 1891 Governor Bulkeley by proclamation warns the citizens against recognizing the Democratic State officers......Jan. 19, 1891 P. T. Barnum, born 1810, dies at Bridgeport......April 7, 1891 Superior Court decides in favor of Governor Bulkeley......June 24, 1891 Both claimants to governorship agree to take the matter into the State Supreme Court......Oct. 1, 1891 Ex-Gov. Hobart B. Bigelow dies at New Haven......Oct. 12, 1891 In the suit of Morris, Democrat, v. Bulkeley, Republican, the Supreme Court holds Bulkeley to be governor......Jan. 5, 1892 Daniel Grant, one of the famous triplets of Torrington, dies, aged