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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartlett, John, 1820- (search)
Bartlett, John, 1820- Author: born in Plymouth, Mass., June 14, 1820; became a publisher in Cambridge. In 1862-63 he was a volunteer paymaster in the United States navy. He is best known for his Familiar quotations; The Shakspeare index; and The complete concordance to Shakspeare.
eon, James H. Humphreys; Assistant Surgeon,----------. Company A--Captain, Andrew Graham; First Lieutenant, Charles Child; Ensign, J. Klingsoehr. Company B--Captain, William Barnett; First Lieutenant, George A. C. Barnett; Ensign, Thomas Bartholomew. Company C--Captain, Otto W. Parisen; First Lieutenant, John W. Ennis; Ensign, John Mitchell. Company D--Captain, Harry Wright; First Lieutenant, J. S. Harrison; Ensign, H. C. Perley. Company E--Captain, Adolph L. Baire; First Lieutenant, John Bartlett; Ensign, William Bartlett. Company F--Captain, William W. Hammill; First Lieutenant, J. K. Perley; Ensign, W. H. Prescott. Company G--Captain, Edward Jardine; First Lieutenant, Almar P. Webster; Ensign, Thomson P. McElrath. Company H--Captain, Joseph C. Roderigues; First Lieutenant, Lawrence Leaby; Ensign, R. H. Morris. Company I--Captain, H. W. Copcutt; First Lieutenant,----Roessel; Ensign, John H. Fleming. Company K--Captain,----Steiner; Lieutenants,----Silva and----Doughty.--N. Y. Wor
trustees in November of that year. The original board of trustees consisted of Mrs. Henry W. Paine, president; Rev. D. O. Mears, treasurer; Miss Irene F. Sanger, clerk; and Dr. Andrew P. Peabody, Mrs. Joseph Lovering, Mrs. W. T. Richardson, Mrs. Henry Thayer, Mrs. J. M. Tyler, and Mrs. B. F. Wyeth. Dr. Peabody succeeded Mrs. Paine as president, and at the time of his death in 1893 was the last one of the original trustees; Mr. William Taggard Piper was chosen to succeed Dr. Peabody. Mrs. John Bartlett and Miss Maria Murdock respectively followed Miss Sanger as clerk, and Mrs. J. M. Tyler and Miss Mary A. Ellis succeeded Mr. Mears as treasurer. Four trustees were added in November, 1875, and in January, 1886, the number was increased to seventeen. In 1891 the name of the corporation was changed to The Avon Home. The endowment was in the form of securities, which unfortunately proved to be of little or no value, and soon after the opening of the Home the trustees were compelled t
ors, Messrs. Little, Brown & Co. The Riverside Bindery was finally removed across the street to its present location. It is noted far and near for the excellency of its fine leather bindings. The writer of this article is indebted to Mr. John Bartlett, formerly a copartner of Messrs. Little, Brown & Co., and the author of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and also to Mr. A. F. Lemon and Mr. C. F. Wilson, the present manager of the establishment. The George G. Page Box Co. The George Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and also to Mr. A. F. Lemon and Mr. C. F. Wilson, the present manager of the establishment. The George G. Page Box Co. The George G. Page Box Co. has grown with our city's progress until it is now the largest concern of the kind in the New England States. Mr. George G. Page, whose name the company bears, and who was its founder, was born in Dorchester, N. H., in 1807. In 1844 Mr. Page commenced the manufacture of boxes and packing-cases in Cambridgeport, his shop being on what is now Magazine Street, where all the work was done by hand. In 1845 he built a small factory and dwelling-house at the junction of Hampshire Str
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, Bibliography (search)
an Verse.) A Great Poet in her Prime: Elizabeth Barrett Browning. (In [Wanamaker's] Book News, March.) A Reunited Anglo-Saxondom. (In Critic, April.) Gentlemen by Profession. (In Independent, April 12.) (With Others.) The Creative Spirit in Literature. (In Outlook, Nov. 24.) Mrs. Howe and her Commentator. (In Contributors' Club, Atlantic Monthly, Oct.) Cambridge Eighty Years Since. (In Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society, vol. II.) Reminiscences of John Bartlett. (In Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society, vol. I.) 1907 Life and Times of Stephen Higginson. Massasoit. (In Massasoit Memorial.) Pph. Julia Ward Howe. (In Outlook, Jan. 26.) The Early Days of Longfellow. (In Book News Monthly, Feb.) The Youth of Longfellow. (In Independent, Feb. 21.) Literature (1857-1907). (In Atlantic Monthly, Nov.) John Greenleaf Whittier. (In Independent, Dec. 19.) Literature at Off Tide. (With others.) (In Literature or
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 16 (search)
XV. John Bartlett In every university town such as Cambridge, Massachusetts, there is an out lonely seclusion of his later years — was John Bartlett, best known as the author of the dictionars also commemorated in Lowell's poem, To Mr. John Bartlett, who had sent me a seven-pound trout. Hd by more than ten thousand lines. In 1881 Mr. Bartlett published his Shakespeare Phrase-book, and k had the direct support and cooperation of Mr. Bartlett's wife, who was the daughter of Sidney Willthere is still extant a manuscript book of John Bartlett's which surpasses most books to be found ihole of it at nine. There came an event in Bartlett's life, however, which put an end to all direost impressive, I think, of his poems. While Bartlett still continued his habit of reading, the wrioration with which he prepared his addresses, Bartlett would instantly recall how Everett once came e had told him to stand up. In a similar way, Bartlett's unimpaired memory held the whole circle of [2 more...]
hn Wright, Surgeon's Mate; Daniel Barrett, Downing Champney, John Demont, Benjamin Manning, Abraham Osborn, and James Lanman, Sergeants; William Baldwin, Jason Batherick and William Butterfield, Corporals. Somewhat more than one hundred names of private soldiers are preserved; and although the list is probably far from perfect, it is inserted in a note. Theophilus Alexander, William Alford, Henry Appleton, John Badger, William Barker, Caleb Barrett, Jonathan Barrett, Joshua Barrett, John Bartlett, John Batherick, Timothy Batherick, Jason Belknap, Joseph Belknap, John Bisco, Israel Blackington, Thomas Brickley, Thomas Brown, John Bryant, Robert Bull, Thomas Bumstead, Robert Campbell, Moses Chadwick, Downing Champney, Ephraim Child, Thomas Coe, John Cole, John Cole, Jr., Samuel Cole, Aaron Comstock. Joshua Converse, Joseph Cook, Daniel Cooper, John Craige, Samuel Cutter, Benjamin Darling, Edward Dickson, John Dickson, Jr., William Doty, Thomas Durant, Henry Evans, Edward Fillebrow
estate on Brattle Street, next southwesterly of the Court House. His w. d. 17 Ap. 1785, a. 41, and he m. Mercy Cook, 4 Feb. 1787. He d. 1 Dec. 1812, a. 70. Bartlett, Joseph, in. Mary Wayte, 27 Oct. 1668, and had Mary, b. 17 Feb. 1672-3; Joseph, b. 5 Mar. 1673-4; Elizabeth, b. 12 July 1676. 2. Joseph, by w. Zabilla, had Ly30; Thomas, b. 18 Jan. 1731-2; Nathan, b. 12 Feb. 1733-4, grad. H. C. 1755, trader at Dover, N. H., d. at Havanna, 1761, a. 27. Tabitha, bap. 29 Aug. 1736, m. John Bartlett 3 May 1759; John, bap. 18 Feb. 1738-9; Sarah, bap. 21 June 1741; Thomas, bap. 29 Aug. 1742, and d. young; Sarah, bap. 16 Sept. 1744; Benjamin, bap. 30 Nov. 174n Street, and has long been Clerk of the Superior Court in Boston; and by 2d w., Mary Ann, d. young; Augustus, grad. H. C. 1841, d. 1842; Hannah Staniford, m. John Bartlett 4 June 1851. Sid-Ney the f. was b. 19 Sept. 1780, res. several years in Ward One, and afterwards on Allston Street, where he d. 6 Dec. 1856; his w. Hannah S.
1813; Sarah, b. 26 July 1776, m. Oliver Blake, 29 Nov. 1798; Hannah, b. 20 Oct. 1780; d. unm. 16 Sept. 1855; John, bap. 31 Aug. 1783, d. 7 Nov. 1784. Thomas the f. was a saddler; he owned the old homestead on the west side of Dunster Street, the south half of which he sold to William Morse, 5 Ap. 1773, having purchased in 1768 an estate on Brattle Street, next southwesterly of the Court House. His w. d. 17 Ap. 1785, a. 41, and he m. Mercy Cook, 4 Feb. 1787. He d. 1 Dec. 1812, a. 70. Bartlett, Joseph, in. Mary Wayte, 27 Oct. 1668, and had Mary, b. 17 Feb. 1672-3; Joseph, b. 5 Mar. 1673-4; Elizabeth, b. 12 July 1676. 2. Joseph, by w. Zabilla, had Lydia, bap. 28 Sept. 1735; James, b. 11 Ap. 1737; Rhoda, b. 12 Oct. 1738; David, b. 20 Mar. 1741-2. 3. Joseph, said to have been born in Plymouth, grad. H. C. 1782, came here from Woburn in 1795, and purchased the estate long called the Farwell Store, corner of Brighton Street and Harvard Square. He prob. left about 1809, when hi
ere, and d. 21 Jan. 1723-4, a. 31; his w. Mary m. Samuel Sprague of Stoneham, and was living 7 Nov. 1741. 11. Thomas, S. of Samuel (9), m. Lydia Prentice 8 Ap. 1725, and had Lydia, b. 19 Jan. 1725-6, m. Walter Cooper 13 Mar. 1755; Joseph, b. 20 Nov. 1727, d. unm. and his f. was administrator 9 May 1752; Solomon, b. 5 Feb. 1729-30; Thomas, b. 18 Jan. 1731-2; Nathan, b. 12 Feb. 1733-4, grad. H. C. 1755, trader at Dover, N. H., d. at Havanna, 1761, a. 27. Tabitha, bap. 29 Aug. 1736, m. John Bartlett 3 May 1759; John, bap. 18 Feb. 1738-9; Sarah, bap. 21 June 1741; Thomas, bap. 29 Aug. 1742, and d. young; Sarah, bap. 16 Sept. 1744; Benjamin, bap. 30 Nov. 1746. Thomas the f. was a housewright; he d. before Ap. 1792, at which date his wid. Lydia d. in Boston, a. 88. 12. Nathaniel, S. of Samuel (9), m. Deborah Bowman 17 Sept. 1741, and had Eunice, b. 16 Aug. 1742, m. John Ranslow Sigourney 8 Nov. 1764; Nathaniel, b. 10 Ap. 1747, grad. H. C. 1767. and was a physician at New Market,
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