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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cozzens, Frederick Swartwout 1818-1869 (search)
Cozzens, Frederick Swartwout 1818-1869 Author; born in New York City, March 5, 1818; entered mercantile life; and contributed to the Knickerbocker magazine a series of humorous articles called the Sparrowgrass papers. His other publications include Acadia: a sojourn among the Blue-noses; True history of New Plymouth; Memorial of Col. Peter A. Porter; and Memorial of Fitz-Greene Halleck. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flint, Timothy 1780-1840 (search)
Flint, Timothy 1780-1840 Clergyman; born in Reading, Mass., July 11, 1780; graduated at Harvard in 1880; became minister of the Congregational Church at Lunenburg, Mass., in 1802, but resigned in 1814. He went West as a missionary, but was obliged to give up in consequence of ill health. He then devoted himself to literature, and edited the Western review in Cincinnati, and, for a short time, the Knickerbocker magazine in New York. Among his publications are Recollections of ten years passed in the Valley of the Mississippi; Biography and history of the Western States in the Mississippi Valley (2 volumes); Indian wars of the West; Memoir of Daniel Boone, etc. He died in Salem, Mass., Aug. 16, 1840.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoffman, Charles Fenno 1806-1884 (search)
Hoffman, Charles Fenno 1806-1884 Author; born in New York City in 1806; was educated at Columbia College; admitted to the bar in 1827. He soon abandoned his profession and devoted himself to literature, joining Charles King in editing the New York American. He established the Knickerbocker magazine in 1833; became editor of the American monthly magazine; and in 1846 editor of the Literary world. He was also the author of many poems and of songs that attained wide popularity. He died in Harrisburg, Pa., June 7, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Irving, Washington 1783-1859 (search)
ary labors for support. He spent his time partly in England, France, Germany, and Spain, and published his Life of Columbus in 1828, which was followed by the Conquest of Granada and the Alhambra. From 1829 to 1831 he was secretary of the American legation in London, and received from George IV. the fifty-guinea gold medal awarded for eminence in historical composition. He returned to New York in 1832, and prepared and published several works; and from 1839 to 1841 contributed to the Knickerbocker magazine. From 1842 to 1846 he was minister to Spain, and on his return to New York he published a revised edition of all his works in 15 volumes, which had a very large sale. His last work was a Life of Washington, in 5 volumes, completed a few months before his death. Mr. Irving never married. The honorary degree of Ll.D. was conferred upon him by Harvard College, Oxford University, in England, and Columbia College, in New York. His remains rest near the summit of a gentle slope
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Knickerbocker, John -1827 (search)
Knickerbocker, John -1827 Born in Schaghticoke, N. Y., in 1749; inherited the Knickerbocker estates from his uncle, Herman Knickerbocker; served in the American army in the Revolutionary War; after the war represented Rensselaer county in the New York legislature. He died at Schaghticoke in 1827. Washington Irving's use of the name in his Knickerbocker's history of New York has resulted in its being used to describe the typical Dutch New York gentleman. Where New York City is personaten 1749; inherited the Knickerbocker estates from his uncle, Herman Knickerbocker; served in the American army in the Revolutionary War; after the war represented Rensselaer county in the New York legislature. He died at Schaghticoke in 1827. Washington Irving's use of the name in his Knickerbocker's history of New York has resulted in its being used to describe the typical Dutch New York gentleman. Where New York City is personated in caricatures, the figure is that of Father Knickerbocker.