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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lord, Eleazar 1788-1871 (search)
Lord, Eleazar 1788-1871 Financier; born in Franklin, Conn., Sept. 9, 1788; studied theology for five years, but never held a charge owing to bad eyesight; settled in New York City in 1815, where he established the Manhattan Insurance Company in 1821, of which he was president for twelve years. He was one of the founders of the New York and Erie Railroad, and president of the same for many years. He was a strong advocate of the free-banking system, which became a law in New York in 1838. His publications include Credit, currency, and banking; A letter on National currency; Six letters on the necessity and Practicality of a National currency; and many works of a religious nature. He died in Piermont, N. Y., June 3, 1871.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
.1848 Continuous railroad, Boston to New York, opened......Jan. 1, 1849 Population of the State, 3,097,394......1850 University of Rochester, at Rochester, chartered......May 8, 1850 Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin sails from New York under Lieutenant De Haven and Dr. Elisha Kent Kane......May 24, 1850 Collins line of steamships begin between New York and Liverpool—an American line......1850 Washington Hunt elected governor. 1850 Erie Railroad completed; Piermont on the Hudson to Lake Erie......April 28-29, 1851 Hudson River Railroad opened......1851 James Fenimore Cooper, born in 1789, dies at Cooperstown, N. Y.......Sept. 14, 1851 Whig party disappears from State and national politics after......1852 Horatio Seymour, governor......Jan. 1, 1853 Second Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin sails from New York under Dr. Kane. Funds mostly furnished by Henry Grinnell, of New York, and George Peabody. Grinnell land discove