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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peabody, Selim Hobart 1829- (search)
Peabody, Selim Hobart 1829- Scientist; born in Rockingham, Vt., Aug. 20, 1829; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1852; has been connected with a number of colleges as Professor of Physics, Mathematics, Civil Engineering, etc. He was the chief of the department of Liberal Arts in the World's Fair of 1893, and first editor-in-chief of the International Cyclopaedia. peace conference of Peace Commission. In addition to the Hampton Roads Conference (peace conference of 1864) there were in the year 1864 two semi-official attempts to bring about peace between the North and the South. General Grant, under date of July 8, wrote a letter to Gen. Robert E. Lee, requesting that Col. James S. Jacques, 78th Illinois Infantry, and James R. Gilmour be allowed to meet Col. Robert Ould, Confederate commissioner for the exchange of prisoners. The reply was satisfactory, and the two Northern commissioners, after meeting Colonel Ould, had an interview with President Davis. The plan
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sanborn, Alvan Francis 1866- (search)
Sanborn, Alvan Francis 1866- Journalist; born in Marlboro, Mass., July 8, 1866; graduated at Amherst College in 1887; associate editor of International Cyclopaedia in 1891; author of a series of studies of New England towns, a study of beggars, etc.