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| Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
| William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2 | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 3. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
| The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
| The Daily Dispatch: April 19, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones , Charles Colcock 1804 -1863 (search)
Jones, Charles Colcock 1804-1863
Clergyman; born in Liberty county, Ga., Dec. 20, 1804; received his theological training at Andover and Princeton Theological Seminaries; was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and became active in the work of educating the negro race.
His publications include Religious instruction for negroes in the Southern States; Suggestions on the instruction of negroes in the South; and a History of the Church of God.
He died in Liberty county, Ga., March 16, 18od.
He died in Liberty county, Ga., March 16, 1863.
Lawyer; born in Savannah, Ga., Oct. 28, 1831; graduated at Princeton in 1852; admitted to the bar of Georgia in 1856; during the Civil War he served as colonel of artillery.
Among his historical works are Monumental remains of Georgia; Historical sketch of the Chatham artillery; Life of Gen. Henry Lee; Commodore Josiah Tatnall; Jean Pierre Purry; Richard Henry Wilde; Siege of Savannah in 1779; De Soto and his March through Georgia, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Le Conte , Joseph 1823 - (search)
Le Conte, Joseph 1823-
Geologist; born in Liberty county, Ga., Feb. 26, 1823; graduated at the University of Georgia, in 1841, and later at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City; settled in Macon, Ga., to practise medicine; studied at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard in 1850-51; and in the latter year went with Agassiz to Florida on an exploring expedition.
He was appointed Professor of Natural Science in Oglethorpe College in 1852, and in the following year became Professor of Geology and Natural History in the University of Georgia.
During 1857-69 he was Professor of Chemistry and Geology in the College of South Carolina.
In 1862-63 he was a chemist in the Confederate laboratory for the manufacture of medicines, and in 1864-65 held a similar post in the nitre and mining bureau.
In 1869 he was called to the chair of Natural History and Geology in the University of California. Professor Le Conte is the author of Religion and Science; Elements of Geo