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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 11 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 7 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 7 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dennison , William 1815 -1882 (search)
Dennison, William 1815-1882
War governor; born in Cincinnati, O., Nov. 23, 1815; was educated at the Miami University, and graduated in 1835.
Admitted to the bar in 1840, he became an eminent practi, tioner.
In 1848-50 he was a member of the Ohio legislature; and he took an active part in financial and railroad matters.
Mr. Dennison was one of the founders of the Republican party in 1856.
In 1860 he was chosen governor of Ohio, which office he held two years, during which time he performed most important official service in putting troops into the field for the Union army.
From October, 1864, to July, 1866, he was Postmaster-
William Dennison. General, when he withdrew from the cabinet of President Johnson.
He died in Columbus, O., June 15, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , Rossiter 1840 - (search)
Johnson, Rossiter 1840-
Author and editor; born in Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1840; graduated at the University of Rochester in 1863.
In 1864-68 he was an associate editor of the Rochester Democrat; in 1869-72 was editor of the Concord (N. H.) Statesman; and in 1873-77 was an associate editor of the American Cyclopaedia.
In 1879-80 he assisted Sydney Howard Gay in preparing the last two volumes of the Bryant and Gay History of the United States.
Since 1883 he has been the sole editor of Appleton's annual Cyclopaedia.
He edited The authorized history of the world's Columbian Exposition (4 vols., 1898) ; and The world's Great books (1898-1901). He is also an associate editor of the Standard dictionary. His original books are A history of the War between the United States and Great Britain, 1812-15; A history of the French War, ending in the conquest of Canada; A history of the War of secession (1888; enlarged and illustrated, under the title Camp-fire and battle-field, 1894);
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Suffrage, woman. (search)