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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sargent , Winthrop 1825 -1870 (search)
Sargent, Winthrop 1825-1870
Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 23, 1825; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1845 and at the Harvard Law School in 1847; practised in his native city.
He was the author of History of an expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1775, under Major-General Braddock, edited from original manuscripts; The loyalist poetry of the Revolution; The journal of the General meeting of the Cincinnati; Life and career of Maj. John Andre; The Confederate State h the Ohio Company in 1786, Congress appointed him surveyor of the Northwest Territory, and he was made its first secretary.
He was St. Clair's adjutant-general at the time of his defeat in 1791, when he was wounded; and was adjutant-general and inspector of Wayne's troops in 1794-95.
He was made governor of the Northwest Territory in 1798. Mr. Sargent was a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.
He died in New Orleans, La., June 3, 1820.
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 9 : the beginnings of verse, 1610 -1808 (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Beauregard 's report of the battle of Drury's Bluff . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Sketch of Dr. G. W. Derenne . (search)