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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler | 144 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Olde Cambridge | 66 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches | 56 | 0 | Browse | Search |
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 | 40 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies | 34 | 4 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 | 29 | 21 | Browse | Search |
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories | 24 | 4 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 24 | 6 | Browse | Search |
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. | 22 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , Charles Herbert , 1848 - (search)
Allen, Charles Herbert, 1848-
Administrator; born in Lowell, Mass., April 15, 1848; was graduated at Amherst College in 1869; and became a lumber merchant at Lowell.
He served in both Houses of the Massachusetts legislature; was a Republican member of Congress in 1885-89; defeated as Republican candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1891; became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May, 1898, and in April, 1900, was appointed the first American governor of Porto Rico.
Allen, Charles Herbert, 1848-
Administrator; born in Lowell, Mass., April 15, 1848; was graduated at Amherst College in 1869; and became a lumber merchant at Lowell.
He served in both Houses of the Massachusetts legislature; was a Republican member of Congress in 1885-89; defeated as Republican candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1891; became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May, 1898, and in April, 1900, was appointed the first American governor of Porto Rico.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Appleton , Nathan and Samuel , (search)
Appleton, Nathan and Samuel,
Merchants and philanthropists; brothers; born in New Ipswich, N. H., in 1779 and 1766 respectively; engaged in the cotton manufacturing business, as partners; were founders of the city of Lowell, Mass., which grew up around their many mills.
Both were widely known for their benevolence.
Nathan set up the first power loom in the United States, in his Waltham mill.
Nathan died in 1861; Samuel, in 1853.
City of spindles,
A popular name given to the city of Lowell, Mass.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Free trade. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sanitary commission , the United States (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weld , Horatio Hastings 1811 -1888 (search)
Weld, Horatio Hastings 1811-1888
Author; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 4, 1811; became a printer; was editor of newspapers in Lowell, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia; was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1845; and held pastorates in Downingtown, Pa., and Morristown and Riverton, N. J.; and wrote Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, with a narrative of his public life and service, etc. He died in Riverton, N. J., Aug. 27, 1888.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whistler , James Abbot McNeil 1834 - (search)
Whistler, James Abbot McNeil 1834-
Artist; born in Lowell, Mass., in 1834; educated at the United States Military Academy; went to Europe in 1857; and studied in Paris, where he afterwards made his home.
He published Ten O'Clock; The gentle art of making enemies, etc., and painted portraits of Carlyle, Sarasate, his mother, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitney , Addison O. 1839 - (search)
Whitney, Addison O. 1839-
Soldier; born in Waldo, Me., Oct. 30, 1839; became a mechanic in Lowell, Mass.; and joined the 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
He accompanied the regiment on its march to the defence of the national capital, and while passing through Baltimore, Md., April 19, 1861, was killed during the attack on the regiment by the mob. Luther C. Ladd (born in Alexandria, N. H., Dec. 22, 1843), also a mechanic in Lowell and a comrade of Whitney, fell in the same attack, pierced by several bullets.
These were the first casualties in the National army in the Civil War. The commonwealth of Massachusetts and the city of Lowell caused the rack, pierced by several bullets.
These were the first casualties in the National army in the Civil War. The commonwealth of Massachusetts and the city of Lowell caused the remains of the two first martyrs to be placed beneath an imposing monument of Concord granite, erected in Merrimac Square, Lowell, and dedicated June 17, 1865.