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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 8 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Constitution of the United States (search)
rades were represented; also the shipping interest, and different associations in Philadelphia. Altogether there were about 5.000 in the procession, which ended at Union Square, where 17,000 persons were addressed by James Wilson, who took a conspicuous part in framing the Constitution. The oration was followed by a collation. About three weeks afterwards a similar celebration occurred in the city of New York, where a large majority of the inhabitants were in favor of the Constitution. Greenleaf's Political register —anti-Federal in its politics-contained a disparaging account of the celebration; and when, a night or two afterwards, news came of the ratification of the Constitution by the convention in session at Poughkeepsie, a mob attacked the printing-office, broke in the doors, and destroyed the type. The people of Providence, R. I., were in favor of the Constitution, and were preparing to celebrate its ratification on July 4, with other ceremonies appropriate to the day, w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greenleaf, Moses 1778-1834 (search)
Greenleaf, Moses 1778-1834 Author; born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1778. He was the author of Statistical view of the District of Maine, and Survey of the State of Maine. He died in Williamsburg, Me., March 20, 1834.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lewis, William Draper 1867- (search)
Lewis, William Draper 1867- Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 27, 1867; graduated at Haverford College in 1888. He became instructor of legal history in the University of Pennsylvania in 1891; was lecturer on economics in Haverford College in 1890-96, and then became dean of the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. He has edited new editions of Wharton's Criminal law; Greenleaf's Evidence, and Blackstone's Commentaries, and also the American law register, and a Digest of decisions of the United States Supreme Court and circuit Court of appeals. He was the co-editor of the Digest of decisions and Encyclopaedia of Pennsylvania law, and of Pepper & Lewis's Digest of statutes of Pennsylvania. He is author of Federal power over commerce and its effect on State action; Our sheep and the tariff, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sumner, Charles 1811- (search)
its author a conspicuous position among the public men of the country. He held no office until his election to the Senate, six years later. It is probable that when Sumner accepted the invitation of the city authorities of Boston to deliver the Fourthof-July oration, he had no other expectation for his life than to gain a living by a not very distinguished or successful practice at the bar of Suffolk, and that the height of his ambition was to be the companion or successor of Story, or Greenleaf, as a teacher of law at Cambridge. There are traces in the letters of his friends of great though vague expectations of his future greatness. Mr. Webster, in giving him a prize for an essay just after he left college, remarked kindly that the public held a pledge of him. But each of these friendly prophets would probably have deemed Sumner's opinions and methods, at that day of the greatest social and political intolerance of unpopular opinion, an insuperable obstacle to his success. B