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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beecher , Henry Ward , 1813 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shearman , Thomas Gaskell 1834 - (search)
Shearman, Thomas Gaskell 1834-
Lawyer; born in Birmingham, England, Nov. 25, 1834; was brought to New York by his parents in 1843; received a private education; was admitted to the bar in 1859.
He was one of the counsel for Henry Ward Beecher in the Beecher-Tilton trial; became conspicuous as a free-trade advocate.
He was the author of Natural taxation; Crooked taxation; Does protection protect? the single tax; Distribution of wealth; Who own the United States?
etc, He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1900.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tilton , Theodore 1835 - (search)
Tilton, Theodore 1835-
Journalist; born in New York City, Oct. 2, 1835; graduated at the College of the City of New York; employed for a year on the New York Observer; editor of the Independent in 1856-71; established the Golden age, but retired from it after two years. In 1874 he created wide-spread excitement by charging He y Ward Beecher with unlawful intimacy with his wife.
A committee of Plymouth Church, to whom the charges were referred, reported that they were groundless, but Mr. Tilton's civil suit against Mr. Beecher for $100,000 damages led to a most sensational trial and resulted in the disagreement of the jury.
In 1883 Mr. Tilton went to , but Mr. Tilton's civil suit against Mr. Beecher for $100,000 damages led to a most sensational trial and resulted in the disagreement of the jury.
In 1883 Mr. Tilton went to Paris, where he afterwards resided.
For many years he was a popular and successful lecturer; was an opponent of slavery and an advocate of woman's rights.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trials. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)