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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cuyler , Theodore Ledyard 1822 - (search)
Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard 1822-
Clergyman; born in Aurora, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1822; graduated at Princeton in 1841; ordained into the Presbyterian ministry in 1848; was pastor of Presbyterian churches in Burlington and Trenton, N. J., and of the Market Street Reformed Dutch Church in New York City: called to the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, in June, 1860; became pastor emeritus in 1890.
He is the author of many religious books and has been a prolific contributor to the religious papers during the past fifty years.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fillmore , Millard 1800 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan , Lewis Henry 1818 -1881 (search)
Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818-1881
Anthropologist; born in Aurora, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1818; graduated at Union College in 1840; and became a lawyer in Rochester, N. Y. He was deeply interested in the history of the American Indians, and was among the first to examine into their origin.
He was the author of Letters on the Iroquois; Houses and House-life of the American aborigines; and The American Beaver and his works.
He also arranged the material, much of which he had himself collected, for the work entitled Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family, published by the Smithsonian Institution.
He died in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1881.