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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abbot, Henry Larcom, 1831- (search)
Abbot, Henry Larcom, 1831- Military engineer; born in Beverly, Mass., Aug. 13, 1831. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1854. entered the Corps of Engineers, in which he reached the rank of colonel, and was retired in 1895. In the Civil War he commanded the siege artillery of the armies operating against Richmond, designed the systems of submarine mine defences and of mortar batteries for the government, and was brevetted major-general of volunteers and brigadier-general U. S. A. After his retirement he designed the new harbor at Manitowoc, Wis., and was a member of the Technical Committee of the New Panama Canal Co. His publications include Siege artillery in the campaign against Richmond; Experiments to develop a system of submarine mines; and Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi, the last in co-operation with General Humphreys. He received the degree of Ll.D. from Harvard, and became a member of many scientific societies.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 (search)
Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 Historian; born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 22, 1821; graduated at Harvard College in 1839; professor of History and Political Science in Trinity College in 1856-64. His publications include Passages from the history of liberty; History of liberty (in five parts, the last of which is entitled the American nation) ; and a Manual of United States history between the years 1792 and 1850. He died in Beverly, Mass., Sept. 14, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flagg, Wilson 1805-1884 (search)
Flagg, Wilson 1805-1884 Naturalist; born in Beverly, Mass., Nov. 5, 1805; was educated at Phillips Andover Academy; entered Harvard in 1823 and three months later left that college to study medicine, which he never practised. When a young man he lectured on natural science, and made a pedestrian tour from Tennessee to Virginia and then home. Later he became interested in political discussions and contributed articles to the Boston Weekly magazine and the Boston Post. In 1840 he wrote almost exclusively for agricultural journals, and his first book was based on his articles in Hovey's magazine of horticulture. Later he contributed largely to the Atlantic monthly. He was employed in the Boston custom-house from 1844 to 1848, and removed to Cambridge, Mass., in 1856. Among his publications are Studies in the field and forest; Woods and by-ways in New England; and Birds and seasons of New England. In 1881 these three books were republished, with new material, under the titles o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayne, Robert young -1839 (search)
n a few lines, the history of Nathan Dane; and a little further on there is conclusive evidence of that ardent devotion to the interest of the new States which, it seems, has given him a just claim to the title of Father of the West. By the second resolution of the Hartford convention it is declared that it is expedient to attempt to make provision for restraining Congress in the exercise of unlimited power to make new States, and admit them into this Union. So much for Nathan Dane, of Beverly, Mass. In commenting upon my views in relation to the public lands, the gentleman insists that, it being one of the conditions of the grants that these lands should be applied to the common benefit of all the States, they must always remain a fund for revenue ; and adds, they must be treated as so much treasure. Sir, the gentleman could hardly find language strong enough to convey his disapprobation of the policy which I have ventured to recommend to the favorable consideration of the count
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Loring, Charles Greeley 1794-1868 (search)
Loring, Charles Greeley 1794-1868 Lawyer; born in Boston, Mass., May 2, 1794; graduated at Harvard College in 1812. He was the author of Neutral relations between the United States and England, and Life of William Sturgis. He died in Beverly, Mass., Oct. 8, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ober, Frederick Albion 1849- (search)
Ober, Frederick Albion 1849- Author; born in Beverly, Mass., Feb. 13, 1849; now connected as ornithologist with the Smithsonian Institution, for which he has travelled extensively. Among his works are Puerto Rico and its resources; Brief histories of Spain, Mexico, and the West Indies, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oliver, Henry Kemble 1800-1885 (search)
Oliver, Henry Kemble 1800-1885 Musician; born in Beverly, Mass., Nov. 24, 1800; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1818; taught music for many years; elected mayor of Lawrence, Mass., 1859; State treasurer of Massachusetts, 1861; mayor of Salem, Mass., 1866. Mr. Oliver is best known as organist, director of choirs, and composer. He wrote Federal Street; Beacon Street, and many other wellknown hymn-tunes, and published a number of church tune-books. He died in Boston, Mass., Aug. 10, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Textile fabrics (search)
f paying for imported goods in Massachusetts, about 1640, stimulated the people to new kinds of industry. Among other things, cotton and woollen cloths were manufactured. The cultivation of hemp and flax was successfully undertaken. Vessels were sent to the West Indies for cotton. and, at Rowley, where a colony of Yorkshire clothiers had recently settled, the fabrication of linen, woollen, and cotton cloth was set on foot. The first cotton factory in the United States was started in Beverly, Mass., in 1789, by a company who only succeeded in introducing that industry, with very imperfect machinery. A woollen factory was in operation in Hartford, Conn., in 1789, and in 1794 one was established in Byfield, Mass. The same year a carding-machine for wool was first put into operation in the United States. It was constructed under the direction of John and Arthur Schofield. Samuel Slater (q. v.) may be considered the father of cotton manufacturing in the United States. But his oper
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ller, appointed chief-justice of the United States April 30, is confirmed July 20, and sworn in......Oct. 8, 1888 Allen G. Thurman's letter of acceptance......Oct. 12, 1888 First session (321 days) adjourns......Oct. 20, 1888 [This was the longest session on record; 15,585 bills and joint resolutions were introduced, of which 1,237 bills and fifty-seven joint resolutions became laws.] Indiscreet letter on American politics from the British minister, Lord Sackville West, dated Beverly, Mass., Sept. 13, 1888, to Charles F. Murchison, of Pomona, Cal., a naturalized Englishman who had asked advice how to vote, published......Oct. 25, 1888 Recall of Minister Sackville suggested, and the President refuses to recognize him officially......Oct. 30, 1888 Presidential election......Nov. 6, 1888 Second session meets......Dec. 3, 1888 President's annual message presented......Dec. 3, 1888 Oyster war in Chester River, etc.......Dec. 11, 1888 Act incorporating the Ameri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodbury, Augustus 1825- (search)
Woodbury, Augustus 1825- Author; born in Beverly, Mass., in 1825; graduated at the Harvard Divinity School in 1849, and was ordained in the Unitarian Church; became pastor of the Westminster Unitarian Church in Providence, R. I., in 1853; was chairman of the Rhode Island board of inspection for prisons in 1866-77; appointed chaplain of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in 1861, and was chaplain-inchief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1874-75. In 1883 he became president of the Providence Athenaeum. His publications include The preservation of the republic; Narrative of the campaign of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the spring and summer of 1861; An Historical sketch of the prisons and jails of Rhode Island; Memorial of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, etc.
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