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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 45 | 5 | Browse | Search |
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) | 27 | 3 | Browse | Search |
G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Margaret Fuller, Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (ed. W. H. Channing) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: September 16, 1863., [Electronic resource] | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alaskan boundary, the. (search)
Cist, Charles 1783-
Printer; born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 15, 1783; graduated at Halle; came to America in 1773; and lived in Philadelphia, where he founded a printing and publishing business with Melchior Steiner.
Later he became sole proprietor and publisher of The American Herald and the Columbian magazine.
He introduced anthracite coal into general use in the United States.
During the Revolutionary War he greatly aided the Colonial government by endorsing Continental currency to a large amount, which he was afterwards compelled to redeem.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana , Francis , 1743 -1811 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Diplomatic service. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Everett , Alexander Hill , 1792 -1847 (search)
Everett, Alexander Hill, 1792-1847
Diplomatist; born in Boston, March 19, 1792; graduated at Harvard in 1806; studied law with John Q. Adams; and in 1809 accompanied him to St. Petersburg as attache to the American legation, to which he became secretary in 1815.
He became charge d'affaires at Brussels in 1818; in 1825-29 was minister to Spain; and from 1845 until his death was American commissioner in China.
His publications include Europe, or a General survey of the political situation of the principal powers, with conjectures on their future prospects (1821); New ideas on population (1822) ; America, etc. (1827). He died in Canton, China, June 29, 1847.
Everett, Edward
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Farmers' Institutes. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gallatin , Albert 1761 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Genest , or Genet , Edmond Charles 1765 -1834 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hitchcock , Ethan Allen 1835 - (search)
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen 1835-
Diplomatist; born in Mobile, Ala., June 12, 1835; was educated in New Haven, Conn.; removed to St. Louis, Mo., in 1851; engaged in business in that city, and acquired a fortune; was United States minister to Russia in 1897-98, and in the latter year became ambassador.
He was recalled from St. Petersburg to become Secretary of the Interior in January, 1899, and was reappointed to that office in March, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hunt , William Henry 1824 -1884 (search)
Hunt, William Henry 1824-1884
Lawyer; born in Charleston, S. C., in 1824; educated at Yale College; settled in New Orleans to practise; supported the National cause during the Civil War. He was Secretary of the Navy in 1881-82; and in the latter year was appointed minister to Russia.
He died in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 27, 1884.