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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson, Eastman 1824- (search)
Johnson, Eastman 1824- Artist; born in Lovell, Me., July 29, 1824; was educated in the public schools of Augusta, Me.; studied in the Royal Academy of Dusseldorf for two years, and was elected an academician of the National Academy of Design in 1860. He has painted many notable pictures, including The Kentucky home; Husking bee; The stage coach; Pension agent; Prisoner of State, etc. His portraits include Two men, ex-Presidents Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison, Commodore Vanderbilt, W. H. Vanderbilt, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. Dolly Madison, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, and many others.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rockefeller, John Davison (search)
Rockefeller, John Davison Born in Richford, N. Y., July 8, 1839; removed to Cleveland, O., in 1853; engaged in the oil business; built the Standard Oil Works in Cleveland; formed the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, and the Standard Oil Company in 1892. Mr. Rockefeller has been one of the most liberal contributors to higher education in the United States, having given over $7,000,000 to the Chicago University alone, and large sums to other institutions. Rockefeller, John Davison Born in Richford, N. Y., July 8, 1839; removed to Cleveland, O., in 1853; engaged in the oil business; built the Standard Oil Works in Cleveland; formed the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, and the Standard Oil Company in 1892. Mr. Rockefeller has been one of the most liberal contributors to higher education in the United States, having given over $7,000,000 to the Chicago University alone, and large sums to other institutions.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
Secretary of War......March 5, 1881 Aurora the first city in the world to light its streets with electricity......1881 Governor Cullom, elected United States Senator, is succeeded by John M. Hamilton......Feb. 7, 1883 Chicago voice and hearing school for the deaf opened at Englewood......1883 Haymarket massacre by anarchists......May 4, 1886 Gen. John A. Logan, United States Senator, dies at Washington......Dec. 26, 1886 Chicago University endowed with $1,600,000 by J. D. Rockefeller, and a gift of land by Marshall Field......1890 Chicago secures the World's Fair, the vote on the site in the House of Representatives being: Chicago, 157; New York, 107; St. Louis, 26; Washington, 18......Feb. 24, 1890 Panic in the Chicago board of trade......April 12, 1890 Constitutional amendment, to permit the city of Chicago to issue 5-per-cent. bonds to $5,000,000 to aid the World's Columbian Exposition, adopted by legislature......July 31, 1890 George R. Davis selec
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
Company of New York City......Dec. 26, 1899 Andrew Carnegie offers $300,000 to found a day school in connection with Cooper Union, New York......Jan. 1, 1900 Edward McGlynn, clergyman, born 1837, dies at Newburg......Jan. 7, 1900 John D. Rockefeller gives $100,000 to Columbia University to found a chair of psychology......Jan. 8, 1900 Governor Roosevelt submits to the legislature the report of the special canal commission recommending the expenditure of $60,000,000 for a barge cana bill and the employers' liability bill......May 11, 1901 Five cadets dismissed and six suspended for insubordination at West Point Academy......May 22, 1901 Hall of Fame opened in New York City......May 30, 1901 Announcement that John D. Rockefeller proposes to establish the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City......June 1, 1901 The United States Treasury Department interdicts the entrance of immigrants suffering with tuberculosis at the port of New York on t