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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mott, Valentine 1785-1865 (search)
Mott, Valentine 1785-1865 Surgeon; born in Glen Cove, Long Island, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1785; studied medicine and surgery in London and Edinburgh, and on his return in 1809 was appointed to the chair of Surgery in Columbia College, and subsequently in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and the Rutgers Medical College. The eminent Sir Astley Cooper said: Dr. Mott has performed more of the great operations than any man living or that ever did live. He died in New York City, April 26, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
of the greenback, born 1809, dies at Buffalo, N. Y.......May 5, 1897 Bicentennial jubilee of Trinity Church, N. Y., celebrated......May 6, 1897 Governor Black signs the so-called starchless civil service bill......May 15, 1897 Demolition of Tombs prison, New York City, started......May 25, 1897 Battle monument at West Point unveiled with ceremonies......May 31, 1897 Immigrant buildings on Ellis Island burned......June 15, 1897 Charles Anderson Dana, journalist, dies near Glen Cove, aged seventy-eight years......Oct. 17, 1897 John Lorimer Worden, naval officer, born at Sing Sing, 1818, dies at Washington, D. C.......Oct. 18, 1897 Nineteen lives lost by New York Central passenger train running into the river at Garrisons, N. Y.......Oct. 24, 1897 Henry George, political economist, born at Philadelphia, 1839, dies at New York......Oct. 29, 1897 Robert Van Wyck, Democrat, elected first mayor of Greater New York......Nov. 2, 1897 Mayor signs resolution tur