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Usher, John 1648-
Colonial executive; born in Boston, Mass., April 27, 1648; son of Hezekiah 1st; succeeded his father in business; was colonel of militia; treasurer of Massachusetts; agent in London for the Massachusetts colony for the purchase from Sir Ferdinando Gorges of the title for the district of Maine; and lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire in 1692-97, and from 1702 till his death, in Medford, Mass., Sept. 1, 1726.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vale , Gilbert 1788 -1866 (search)
Vale, Gilbert 1788-1866
Author; born in London, England, in 1788; received a classical education; came to the United States in 1829; engaged in literary work in New York and Brooklyn; editor of the Citizen and of the World for several years, and later of the Beacon, a scientific and literary journal; invented a combined celestial sphere and terrestrial globe as a model for instruction in astronomy.
His publications include Fanaticism, its source and influence; and the Life of Thomas Paine.
He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1866.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vancouver , George 1758 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vaughan , William 1703 - (search)
Vaughan, William 1703-
Military officer; born in Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 12, 1703; graduated at Harvard University in 1722; became interested in the Newfoundland fisheries and settled in Damariscotta; was lieutenant-colonel of militia in the Louisburg expedition in 1745; and, feeling slighted in the distribution of awards, he went to London, England, to present his claims, where he died, Dec. 11, 1746.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vaux , Calvert 1824 -1895 (search)
Vaux, Calvert 1824-1895
Landscape architect; born in London, England, Dec. 20, 1824; came to the United States in 1848 with Andrew J. Downing, of whom he became a partner.
They were associated in laying out the grounds that surrounded the Capitol and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Later he was associated with Frederick Law Olmsted, and they presented the designs for laying out Central Park, New York City, and Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., that were accepted.
He designed many parks in Chicago and Buffalo, the State reservation at Niagara Falls, the plans for Riverside and Morningside parks, New York City, and parks in other cities.
Mr. Vaux was landscape architect of the Department of Public Parks of New York City, member of the Consolidated Commission of Greater New York, and landscape architect of the State reservation at Niagara.
He died in Bensonhurst, L. I., Nov. 19, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vetch , Samuel 1668 -1732 (search)