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Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order	12	0	Browse	Search
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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I.	6	0	Browse	Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaston, William 1778- (search)

Gaston, William 1778- Jurist; born at Newbern, N. C., Sept. 19, 1778; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1796, and was admitted to the bar in 1798, when he soon became the leading lawyer in his State. Serving in his State legislature, he was elected to Congress in 1814, and remained in that body until 1817. The laws and judicial organization of his State bear marks of his wisdom. He was judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina from 1834 till his death, in Raleigh, N. C., Jan.8; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1796, and was admitted to the bar in 1798, when he soon became the leading lawyer in his State. Serving in his State legislature, he was elected to Congress in 1814, and remained in that body until 1817. The laws and judicial organization of his State bear marks of his wisdom. He was judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina from 1834 till his death, in Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 23, 1844. Judge Gaston was an advocate of free suffrage for colored men.

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)

51 George S. BoutwellWhig.1851 to 1853 John H. CliffordDem. & F. S.1853 to 1854 Emory WashburnWhig.1854 to 1855 Henry J. GardnerRepublican.1855 to 1858 Nathaniel P. BanksRepublican.1858 to 1861 governors under the State Constitution— Continued. Name.Party.Term. John A. AndrewsRepublican.1861 to 1866 Alexander H. BullockRepublican.1866 to 1869 William ClaflinRepublican.1869 to 1872 William B. WashburnRepublican.1872 to May, 1874 Thomas TalbotRepublican.May to Dec., 1874 William GastonDemocrat.1875 to 1876 Alexander H. RiceRepublican.1876 to 1879 Thomas TalbotRepublican.1879 to 1880 John D. LongRepublican.1880 to 1884 Benjamin F. ButlerDem. & Ind.1883 to 1884 George D. RobinsonRepublican.1884 to 1887 Oliver AmesRepublican.1887 to 1890 John Q. A. BrackettRepublican.1890 to 1891 William E. RussellDemocrat.1891 to 1892 William E. RussellDemocrat.1892 to 1894 Fred. T. GreenhalgeRepublican.1894 to 1895 Fred. T. GreenhalgeRepublican.1895 to 1896 Fred. T. Greenhal

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)

s at his home, Boston......Jan. 23, 1893 Great fire in Boston; loss, $5,000,000......March 10, 1893 Tremont Temple destroyed by fire......March 19, 1893 Lizzie Borden tried and acquitted......June 20, 1893 Statue of William Lloyd Garrison unveiled at Newburyport......July 4, 1893 Mrs. Lucy Stone, one of the earliest champions of women's rights, dies at Boston......Oct. 18, 1893 Francis Parkman dies at Jamaica Plains, at the age of seventy years......Nov. 8, 1893 Ex-Gov. William Gaston dies at Boston, aged seventy-four......Jan. 19, 1894 Miss Helen Shafer, president of Wellesley College, born 1840, dies......Jan. 20, 1894 Fast Day abolished and April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington, substituted as a holiday (to be called Patriots' Day)......March 16, 1894 Sixty-eight factories closed in Fall River......Aug. 13, 1894 Nathaniel P. Banks dies at Waltham......Sept. 1, 1894 Oliver Wendell Holmes dies at Boston......Oct. 7, 1894 Ex-Speake

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