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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio, (search)
he Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad; capital, $3,000,000......March 16, 1835 Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, from Dayton to Sandusky, 153 miles, commenced (first in the State)......September, 1835 City charter granted Cleveland......1836 Northern boundary of the State changed from parallel of the most southern point of Lake Michigan to a direct line running from this point to the most northern cape of Maumee Bay, giving the State its present boundary......1836 Prof. W. W. Mather makes the first geological survey of the State......1837 A portion of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad opened; first in the State......1838 Population: 1,519,467, 37.3 to square mile......1840 First railroad completed; Cincinnati to Springfield......1842 William McKinley, born at Niles, O.......Jan. 29, 1843 Corner-stone of the Cincinnati Observatory laid......1843 Cincinnati Historical Society organized......1844 Ohio Wesleyan University opened at Delaware....
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Upham, Charles Wentworth 1802-1875 (search)
Upham, Charles Wentworth 1802-1875 Author; born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, May 4, 1802; graduated at Harvard College in 1821, and at its Divinity School in 1824; left the ministry on account of bronchial trouble in 1844; was president of the Massachusetts Senate in 1857-58; and member of Congress in 1853-55. His publications include Lectures on witchcraft, comprising a history of the Salem delusion, 1692; Life of John C. Fremont; Memoir of Francis Peabody; Salem witchcraft and cotton Mather, a reply; Life of Sir Henry Vane, etc. He died in Salem, Mass., June 14, 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wendell, Barrett 1855- (search)
Wendell, Barrett 1855- Educator; born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 23, 1855; graduated at Harvard University in 1877; assistant Professor of English there in 1888-98, and Professor since 1898. His publications include Life of cotton Mather; Stelligeri and other essays concerning America; A literary history of America, etc.