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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lester , Charles Edwards 1815 -1890 (search)
Lester, Charles Edwards 1815-1890
Author; born in Griswold, Conn., July 15, 1815; became a clergyman, but ill-health forced him to abandon the ministry, and he devoted his time to writing.
His publications include Life and voyages of Americus Vespucius; Artists in America; Life and public services of Charles Sumner; Our first hundred years; America's Advancement; History of the United States, in five Great periods, etc. He died in Detroit, Mich., in 1890.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman , William Tecumseh 1820 -1829 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stanton , Henry Brewster 1805 -1887 (search)
Stanton, Henry Brewster 1805-1887
Journalist; born in Griswold, Conn., June 29, 1805; settled in Rochester, N. Y., in 1826, and became a writer for The Monroe Telegraph; was a strong abolitionist.
In 1834, while speaking at the anniversary celebration of the American Anti-slavery Society in New York, he encountered the, first of numerous mobs that he met in his tour through the country.
He married Elizabeth Cady in 1840, and with her travelled in England and France, where they worked for the relief of the slaves.
Returning to the United States, he was admitted to the bar, and practised in Boston.
In 1847 he settled in Seneca Falls, N. Y., which he represented in the State Senate.
In 1868-87 he was an editor on the New York Sun.
He was the author of Sketches of reforms and Reformers in Great Britain and Ireland; and Random recollections.
He died in New York City, Jan. 4, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tyler , Moses Coit 1835 - (search)
Tyler, Moses Coit 1835-
Clergyman; born in Griswold, Conn., Aug. 2, 1835; graduated at Yale College in 1857; studied theology at Yale and Andover; Professor of English at the University of Michigan in 1867-81; ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1883; Professor of American History at Cornell University from 1881 till his death.
His publications include History of American Literature during the colonial period; Manual of English Literature; Life of Patrick Henry; Three men of letters; The literary history of the American Revolution; and Glimpses of England, social, political, and literary.
He died in Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1900.