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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield , James Abram 1831 -1881 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gilbert , Sir Humphrey 1539 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grahame , James 1790 -1842 (search)
Grahame, James 1790-1842
Historian; born in Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 21, 1790; graduated at Cambridge University; and admitted to the Scottish bar in 1812.
His publications include History of the rise and progress of the United States of North America till the British Revolution of 1688; Who is to blame? or cursory review of the American apology for American accession to negro slavery, etc. He died in London, England, July 3, 1842.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greenhow , Robert 1800 -1854 (search)
Greenhow, Robert 1800-1854
Author; born in Richmond, Va., in 1800; graduated at William and Mary College in 1816; removed to California in 1850.
He published History of Tripoli, and a Report on the discovery of the Northwest coast of North America, which was later enlarged and republished under the title of History of Oregon and California.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., in 1854.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart , Albert Bushnell 1854 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Henry , Pierre Francois 1759 -1833 (search)
Henry, Pierre Francois 1759-1833
Author; born in Nancy, France, May 28, 1759; became a lawyer, and later went on the stage, but did not succeed.
He translated into the French Marshall's Life of Washington, and was the author of Description of North America.
He died in Paris, Aug. 12, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hieroglyphics. (search)
Hieroglyphics.
There was no written language in all North America when Europeans came, excepting in the form of pictography, which has a near relationship to the hieroglyphics of the Egyptians.
It was used in aid of historic and other traditions, and in illustration of their mythology, which was rich in symbolism, and formed a part of their religious system.
They personified their ideas by delineations of natural objects.
An excellent illustration is given in the act of To-mo-chi-chi, an aged Creek chief.
when he first visited Oglethorpe, on the site of Savannah.
He presented a buffalo's skin, ornamented with a picture of an eagle, saying: The eagle is an emblem of speed, and the buffalo of strength.
The English are as swift as the bird, for they fly over vast seas, and, like the buffalo, are so strong nothing can withstand them.
The feathers of the bird are soft, and signify love; the buffalo's skin is warm, and signifies protection.
Therefore, love and protect our litt
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hilliard d'auberteuil , Michel Rene 1751 -1785 (search)
Hilliard d'auberteuil, Michel Rene 1751-1785
Author; born in Rennes, France, Jan. 31, 1751; was a lawyer in Santo Domingo, and during the Revolutionary War visited the United States.
He was the author of Historical and political essays on the Anglo-Americans; History of the administration of Lord North, from 1770 until 1782, in the War of North America, etc. He died in Santo Domingo, W. I., in 1785.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hillis , George Morgan 1825 - (search)
Hillis, George Morgan 1825-
Clergyman; born in Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1825; graduated at Trinity College in 1847; ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1851.
After being rector in Watertown and Syracuse, N. Y., he was called to St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., in 1870.
His publications include The transfer of the Church from colonial dependence to the freedom of the republic; John Talbot, the first Bishop in North America; The missions of the Church of England in New Jersey, etc.
Imlay, Gilbert 1750-
Author; born in New Jersey in 1750; served throughout the Revolutionary War; was the author of A topographical description of the Western Territory of North America; The emigrants, or the history of an exiled family.