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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Electricity. (search)
ief promoters of the use of the mysterious agent for lighting, heating, and motive power is coextensive with the realm of civilization. Ever since the discovery of electro-magnetism, thoughtful men have contemplated the possibility of producing a controllable electric illuminator and motor. In 1845 John W. Starr, of Cincinnati, filed a caveat in the United States Patent Office for a divisible electric light. He went to England to complete and prove the utility of his invention. There George Peabody, the American banker, offered him all the money he might need, in case his experiment should be successful. It proved so at an exhibition of it at Manchester before scientific men. Professor Incandescent lamp. Faraday pronounced it perfect. Starr was so excited by his success that he died that night, and nothing more was done with the invention. In 1859 Prof. Moses G. Farmer (q. v.) lighted a parlor at Salem, Mass., by an electric lamp, but the cost of producing it, by means of a g
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall of fame, (search)
ctober, 1900, a jury of 100 persons was appointed to invite and pass upon nominations for the first fifty names. The number of names submitted reached 252, of which twenty-nine received fifty-one (the minimum) or more votes. These were, therefore, declared eligible The following are the names, with the number of votes, which were accepted. The remaining twenty-one are to be selected in 1902: George Washington, 97; Abraham Lincoln, 96; Daniel Webster, 96; Benjamin Franklin, 94; Ulysses S. Grant, 92; John Marshall, 91; Thomas Jefferson, 90; Ralph Waldo Emerson, 87; Henry W. Longfellow, 85; Robert Fulton, 85; Washington Irving, 83; Jonathan Edwards, 81; Samuel F. B. Morse, 80; David G. Farragut, 79; Henry Clay, 74; Nathaniel Hawthorne, 73; George Peabody, 72; Robert E. Lee, 69; Peter Cooper, 69; Eli Whit ney, 67; John J. Audubon, 67; Horace Mann, 66; Henry Ward Beecher, 66; James Kent, 65; Joseph Story, 64; John Adams, 61; William E. Channing, 58; Gilbert Stuart, 52; Asa Gray, 51.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hanaford, Phebe Anne 1829- (search)
Hanaford, Phebe Anne 1829- Author; born in Nantucket, Mass., May 6, 1829; was ordained to the ministry of the Universalist Church in 1868, being the first woman to assume the clerical office in that Church. Her publications include Abraham Lincoln; Field, gunboat, Hospital, and prison; Women of the century; Life of George Peabody, etc. Hancock, John
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medals. (search)
ius VanderbiltGift of ship VanderbiltGold. July 26, 1866Capts. Creighton, Low, and StoufflerRescuing 500 passengers from the S. S. San Francisco. July 26, 1853. Creighton of the Three Bells, Glasgow; Low, of the bark Kelly, of Boston; and Stouffler, of the ship Antarctic, LiverpoolGold. Medals awarded by the Congress of the United States—Continued. Date of Resolution.To whom presented.For what service.Metal. March 2, 1867Cyrus W. FieldLaying the Atlantic cableGold. March 16, 1867George PeabodyPromotion of educationGold. March 1, 1871George F. RobinsonSaving William H. Seward from assassination, April 14, 1865. Besides the medal, $5,000Gold. Feb. 24, 1873Capt. Crandall and others, Long Island light-house keeper and crewSaving passengers from the Metis, of the New York and Providence line, Aug. 31, 1872Gold. June 16, 1874Centennial medals June 20, 1874Life-saving medals. 1st and 2d classThere have been presented as awards for life-saving since the passage of the resolution
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan, John Pierpont 1837- (search)
Morgan, John Pierpont 1837- Capitalist; born in Hartford, Conn., April 17, 1837; son of Junius Spencer Morgan (born April 14, 1813; died April 8, 1890); was educated in the English High School of Boston, and at the University of Gottingen. Germany. Returning to the United States in 1857 he entered the banking-house of Duncan, Sherman & Co., and in 1860 became American agent of the London house of George Peabody & Co. In 1871 he became a partner in the firm of Drexel, Morgan & Co., which later became J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. Mr. Morgan's firm has been conspicuous for many years in the reorganization of large industrial and railroad interests, and as syndicate managers. In 1895 the firm agreed to supply the United States government with 3,500,000 ounces of standard gold coin at the rate of $17.80 per ounce, for thirty-year 4-per-cent. bonds, and later in the year, when the financial situation again became alarming, the firm organized a syndicate which took $37,911,350 of a new
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peabody, George 1795-1869 (search)
Peabody, George 1795-1869 Philanthropist; born at Danvers, Mass., Feb. 18, 1795. After serving as a clerk in his uncle's store in Georgetown, D. C., in 1812-13, he became a partner with Elisha Riggs, in New York City, and afterwards in Baltimore. In July, 1843, he became a banker, in London, and amassed an immense fortune, which he used in making princely benefactions, as follows: To his native town, $200,000, to establish a lyceum and library; to the first Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, $10,000; to found an institute of science, literature, and the fine arts, in Baltimore, $1,400,000; and, in 1862, to the city of London, $2,500,000, for the benefit of its poor, for which the Queen gave him her portrait, the city its freedom, and the citizens erected a statue of him. In 1866 he gave to Harvard University $150,000 to establish a museum and professorship of American archaeology and ethnology, and, the same year, to the Southern Educational Fund, just created,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Story, William Wetmore 1819-1895 (search)
Story, William Wetmore 1819-1895 Sculptor; born in Salem, Mass., Feb. 12, 1819; son of Joseph Story; graduated at Harvard College in 1838 and at its Law Department in 1840, but gave little attention to practice, and in 1848 removed to Italy. He was United States commissioner on fine arts to the Paris exposition in 1879. His works include a statue of George Peabody and busts of James Russell Lowell, Theodore Parker, Josiah Quincy, etc., and his publications, Life and letters of Joseph story; The American Question, etc. He died in Vallombrosa, Italy, Oct. 7, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
President's policy......Sept. 25-26, 1866 Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md., inaugurated; George Peabody present......Oct. 24, 1866 A gold medal for Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, the gift of 40,000 Frenmberland......March 15, 1867 Peabody Southern educational fund (a gift of $2,100,000 from George Peabody) transferred to a board of trustees, Rev. Dr. Barnas Sears superintendent......March 22, 186 in New York City culminates in Black Friday ; gold quoted at 162 1/2......Sept. 24, 1869 George Peabody lands at New York, June 10; he endows several institutions, adds $1,400,000 to his Southern Dec. 10, 1869 Wyoming gives women the right to vote and hold office......Dec. 10, 1869 George Peabody, born in South Danvers, Mass., 1795, dies in London, Nov. 4; funeral services held in Westmi. 26, and government transferred to civil authorities by General Canby......Jan. 27, 1870 George Peabody buried at Peabody (South Danvers), Mass......Feb. 8, 1870 Congress authorizes the Secreta
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, (search)
ion at Baltimore nominates Gen. Winfield Scott for President......June 16, 1852 Whig National Convention at Baltimore adopts the nominees of the American party, Fillmore and Donelson, for President and Vice-President......Sept. 17, 1856 George Peabody gives $300,000 to found Peabody Institute......Feb. 12, 1857 Strike of the conductors and train men on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, militia called out; amicably settled......April 29, 1857 Constitutional Union Convention at Baltimyland Agricultural College established in Prince George's county......1865 Fair held at Baltimore for the relief of the destitute in the Southern States; net receipts, $164,569.97......April, 1866 Peabody Institute formally inaugurated; George Peabody present......Oct. 24, 1866 Legislature passes a very stringent Sunday law......1866 Johns Hopkins University incorporated......Aug. 24, 1867 New constitution, framed by a convention which met at Annapolis May 8, 1867, which abolishes
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
the Treasury......March 11, 1869 Great peace jubilee in Boston......June 15, 1869 Legislature establishes a bureau of statistics, a State board of health, abolishes the district system of public schools, and adjourns after a session of 171 days......June 25, 1869 Landing at Duxbury, July 23, of the French Atlantic cables celebrated......July 27, 1869 Labor Reform party organized at Worcester......Sept. 28, 1869 Horace Mann School for the deaf at Boston opened......1869 George Peabody buried at Peabody, Mass......Feb. 8, 1870 Wendell Philipps nominated for governor by the Prohibition party......Aug. 17, 1870 Wendell Phillips nominated for governor by the Labor Reform party......Sept. 8, 1870 Boston University, Boston, chartered 1869; opened......1871 World's peace jubilee and international musical festival begins in Boston......June 17, 1872 Great fire in Boston; 709 brick and stone and 67 wooden buildings burned; loss $70,000,000; nearly 65 acres burne
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