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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barker , John Warner , 1798 -1885 (search)
Barker, John Warner, 1798-1885
Historian; born in Windsor, Conn., Feb. 2, 1798; wrote many books, including Historical collections of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Ohio; History and antiquities of New England, New York, and New Jersey.
etc. Much of his work was done in co-operation with Henry Howe (q. v.). He died in New Haven, in June, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ellsworth , Oliver , 1745 -1807 (search)
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
Ll.D., jurist; born in Windsor, Conn., April 29, 1745;
Oliver Ellsworth. graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1766; was admitted to the bar in 1771; practised in Hartford, Conn.; and was made State attorney.
When the Revolutionary War was kindling he took the side of the patriots in the legislature of Connecticut, and was a delegate in Congress from 1777 to 1780.
He became a member of the State council, and in 1784 was appointed a judge of the Supreme CSupreme Court. Judge Ellsworth was one of the framers of the national Constitution, but, being called away before the adjournment of the convention, his name was not attached to that instrument.
He was the first United States Senator from Connecticut (1789-95), and drew up the bill for organizing the Judiciary Department.
In 1796 he was made chief-justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and at the close of 1799 he was one of the envoys to France.
He died in Windsor, Nov. 26, 1807.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newberry , John strong 1822 -1892 (search)
Newberry, John strong 1822-1892
Geologist; born in Windsor, Conn., Dec. 22, 1822; graduated at the Western Reserve College in 1846, and at the Cleveland Medical College in 1848; practised medicine in Cleveland in 1851-55; and was engaged in geological exploring expeditions under the government in the West in 1855-61.
In September, 1861, he was appointed secretary of the Western Department of the United States Sanitary commission (q. v.). His district included the whole valley of the Mississippi.
He served in this capacity until July, 1866, and during this period disbursed more than $800,000 in cash; placed supplies in the various hospitals to the value of over $5,000,000; and ministered to the necessities and comfort of more than 1,000,000 soldiers.
In 1866-92 he was Professor of Geology and Paleontology in Columbia University, in which he established a museum of over 100,000 specimens, most of which he collected himself.
His publications include Reports of explorations and s
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Niles , John Milton 1787 -1856 (search)
Niles, John Milton 1787-1856
Editor; born in Windsor, Conn., Aug. 20, 1787; was admitted to the bar in 1817; United States Senator in 1835-39 and 1843-49; and Postmaster-General in 1840-41.
He edited The independent Whig; Gazetteer of Connecticut and Rhode Island (with Dr. J. C. Pease) ; Lives of Perry, Lawrence, Pike, and Harrison; History of the Revolution in Mexico and South America, with a view of Texas: the Civil officer; and Archibald Robbin's Journal of the loss of the brig commerce upon the West coast of Africa. He died in Hartford, Conn., May 31, 1856.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Phelps , Oliver 1749 -1809 (search)
Phelps, Oliver 1749-1809
Jurist; born in Windsor, Conn., in 1749; was a successful merchant, and during the Revolutionary War was in the Massachusetts commissary department.
In 1788 he, with Nathaniel Gorham, purchased a large tract of land (2,200,000 acres) in the State of New York, and at Canandaigua opened the first land-office established in America.
In 1795 he and William Hart bought the Connecticut Western Reserve, in Ohio, comprising 3,300,000 acres. Mr. Phelps afterwards settled with his family at Canandaigua, then a wilderness; represented that district in Congress from 1803 to 1805; and was judge of a circuit court.
He died in Canandaigua, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1809.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stiles , Henry Reed 1832 - (search)
Stiles, Henry Reed 1832-
Physician; born in New York City, March 10, 1832; graduated at the New York Ophthalmic Hospital in 1855; settled in Brooklyn in 1856, and practised there for several years.
In 1869 he was one of the originators of the American Anthropological Society, and in 1872 aided in founding the New York City Public Health Association; was in charge of the Homoeopathic Dispensary in Dundee, Scotland, in 1877-81.
His publications include The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Conn.; Monograph on Bundling in America; History of the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)