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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard 1822- (search)
Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard 1822- Clergyman; born in Aurora, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1822; graduated at Princeton in 1841; ordained into the Presbyterian ministry in 1848; was pastor of Presbyterian churches in Burlington and Trenton, N. J., and of the Market Street Reformed Dutch Church in New York City: called to the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, in June, 1860; became pastor emeritus in 1890. He is the author of many religious books and has been a prolific contributor to the religious papers during the past fifty years.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fillmore, Millard 1800- (search)
the two years of the unexpired term of his apprenticeship, and studied law with Walter Wood, who gave him his board for his services in his office. In 1821 he went on foot to Buffalo, where he arrived, an entire stranger, with $4 in his pocket. There he continued to study law, paying his expenses by teaching school and assisting in the postoffice. In 1823, although he had not completed the requisite period of study to be admitted to the bar, he was admitted, and began practice at Aurora, Cayuga co., where his father then resided. In a few years he stood in the rank of the foremost lawyers in the State. He was admitted to practice in the highest courts of the State in 1829; and the next year he moved to Buffalo, where he practised until 1847, when he was chosen comptroller of the State. Then he retired from the profession. His political life began in 1828, when he was elected to the legislature by the Anti-Masonic party (q. v.). He served three successive terms, retiring in th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818-1881 (search)
Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818-1881 Anthropologist; born in Aurora, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1818; graduated at Union College in 1840; and became a lawyer in Rochester, N. Y. He was deeply interested in the history of the American Indians, and was among the first to examine into their origin. He was the author of Letters on the Iroquois; Houses and House-life of the American aborigines; and The American Beaver and his works. He also arranged the material, much of which he had himself collected, for the work entitled Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family, published by the Smithsonian Institution. He died in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1881.