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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agricultural societies. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartlett , William Francis , 1840 -1876 (search)
Bartlett, William Francis, 1840-1876
Military officer; born in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 6, 1840; was graduated at Harvard in 1862.
He entered the volunteer army as captain in the summer of 1861; was engaged in the battle of Ball's Bluff (q. v.), and lost a leg in the siege of Yorktown in 1862.
He was made colonel of a Massachusetts regiment in November, 1862, and took part in the capture of Port Hudson in 1863.
In the siege of Petersburg (1864) he commanded a division of the 9th Corps, and at the explosion of the mine there he was made prisoner, but exchanged in September.
In 1865 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers.
He died in Pittsfield, Mass., Dec. 17, 1876.
Easton, James, 1763-
Military officer; born in Hartford, Conn.: became a builder, and settled in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1763.
Active in business and strong in intellect, he became a leader in public affairs there, and was chosen to a seat in the Massachusetts Assembly in 1774.
He was also colonel in the militia, and held the position of leader of the minute-men of that town.
When the expedition to assail Ticonderoga was organized in western Massachusetts, Colonel Easton joined Allen andllect, he became a leader in public affairs there, and was chosen to a seat in the Massachusetts Assembly in 1774.
He was also colonel in the militia, and held the position of leader of the minute-men of that town.
When the expedition to assail Ticonderoga was organized in western Massachusetts, Colonel Easton joined Allen and Arnold in accomplishing the undertaking, and it was he who bore the first tidings of success to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts.
He died in Pittsfield, Mass.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Expositions, industrial. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marquand , Henry Gurdon 1819 - (search)
Marquand, Henry Gurdon 1819-
Capitalist; born in New York, April 11, 1819; was educated at Pittsfield, Mass.: engaged in the real estate, banking, and railroad business.
He has been greatly interested in the work of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of which he has been president for many years, and to which he has made many costly gifts, including a collection of bronzes valued at $50,000; bonds representing a value of $50,000; and a priceless collection of paintings by Van Dyke, Rubens, Gainsborough, Velazquez, Turner, Franz Hals, Hogarth, Van der Meer, and other old masters.
He also built a chapel and (with Robert Bonner) a gymnasium (cost $20,000) for Princeton University, and with his brother presented a pavilion to Bellevue Hospital, New York City.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Miller , William 1782 -1849 (search)
Miller, William 1782-1849
Founder of the sect of Millerites, or Adventists (q. v.); born in Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 5, 1782; was mainly self-taught during his leisure moments while working on a farm.
At the beginning of the War of 1812 he was a recruiting officer, and later a captain in the army.
During his early manhood he lead and advocated the teachings of Voltaire, Thomas Paine, and Hume.
Subsequently he was converted to Christianity, and joined a Baptist church.
He became a deep student of the Old Testament prophecies, which convinced him that Christ would reappear to judge the world between the years 1831 and 1844.
Churches were thrown open to him everywhere, and multitudes flocked to hear his interpretation of prophecy.
When the time set by Father Miller, as he was popularly called, for the second advent of Christ had expired, the majority of his followers, about 50,000, did not give up their faith in the speedy coming of the Saviour.
On April 25, 1845, a convention
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nicolay , John George 1832 - (search)
Nicolay, John George 1832-
Author; born in Essingen, Bavaria, Feb. 26, 1832; learned the printer's trade in the office of the Free press, Pittsfield, and subsequently became its editor and proprietor.
In 1860-65 he was private secretary of President Lincoln; in 1865-69 United States consul at Paris, France; and in 1872-87 marshal of the United States Supreme Court.
He is the author of The outlook of rebellion; the biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln in the Encyclopaedia Britannica; many magazine articles; and with John Hay (q. v.), Abraham Lincoln: a history (10 volumes), and Abraham Lincoln, complete works.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ticonderoga , operations at (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Volk , Stephen Arnold Douglas 1856 - (search)
Volk, Stephen Arnold Douglas 1856-
Artist; born in Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 23, 1856; studied in Italy in 1871-73; was the pupil of Gerome in Paris in 1873-75; and was elected to the Society of American Artists in 1880.
His works include The Puritan Maiden; The Puritan captives; Accused of witchcraft, etc.