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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 10 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 6 0 Browse Search
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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Preface (search)
at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association of New York, on the 14th of the following month. This letter was signed by George H. Stuart, Chairman, John Wanamaker, Corresponding Secretary, James Grant, John W. Sexton, and George Cookman. The letter met with immediate response, and at the convention George H. Stuart was chosen President, Edward S. Tobey, Vice-President, Cephas Brainard and William Ballantyne, Secretaries. Messrs. Desmond, Vernon, Wanamaker, Masiurre, Baird, Colyer, and Stuart were appointed on the Business Committee. Thus was organized the Christian Commission. John Wanamaker in 1861 One of the wartime merchants who raisedJohn Wanamaker in 1861 One of the wartime merchants who raised many millions for the relief of the soldiers at the front through the Christian commission and other civil agencies Confederate Armies, an invaluable mine of material, heretofore little worked. His earnest effort has been to be absolutely just and impartial. Whether or not he has succeeded, the pictures here published, absol
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cabinet, President's (search)
1857 Joseph Holt March14, 1859 Horatio King Feb. 12, 1861 Montgomery Blair March 5, 1861 William Dennison Sept.24, 1864 Alexander W. RandallJuly 25, 1866 John A. J. Creswell March 5, 1869 Marshall JewellAug. 24, 1874 James N. TynerJuly 12, 1876 David McK. KeyMarch12, 1877 Horace Maynard June2, 1880 Thomas L. JamesMarch 5, 1881 Timothy O. HoweDec. 20, 1881 Walter Q. GreshamApril 3, 1883 Frank Hatton Oct. 14, 1884 William F. VilasMarch 6, 1885 Don M. DickinsonJan. 16, 1888 John Wanamaker March 5, 1889 Wilson S. BissellMarch 6, 1893 William L. WilsonFeb. 28, 1895 James A. GaryMarch 5, 1897 Charles E. SmithApril21, 1898 March 5, 1901 Attorneys-General. Edmund Randolph Sept.26,1789 William BradfordJan.27,1794 Charles Lee Dec. 10,1795 Theophilus Parsons Feb. 20,1801 Levi Lincoln March 5,1801 Robert Smith March 3,1805 John Breckinridge Aug. 7,1805 Caesar A. RodneyJan. 28,1807 William Pinkney Dec. 11,1811 Richard Rush Feb. 10,1814 William WirtNov.13,1817
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
Coal-miners went on strike July 2, 1897. Ended by compromise......Sept. 11, 1897 John E. Keely (Keely motor) dies at Philadelphia......Nov. 18, 1898 Ex-Senator Quay acquitted of a charge of conspiracy......April 18, 1899 National export exposition opened at Philadelphia......Sept. 14, 1899 United States Senate refuses to seat Matthew Quay......April 24, 1900 Republican National Convention at Philadelphia nominated McKinley and Roosevelt......June 21, 1900 Strike in the anthracite coal regions......Sept. 13–Oct. 13, 1900 [Ended by mutual concessions.] Andrew Carnegie offers $1,000,000 to St. Louis for a public library......March 14, 1901 Mayor Ashbridge signs the Philadelphia street-railway ordinances......June 13, 1901 [John Wanamaker offered to give $2,500,000 for the franchises which were signed away without consideration.] Iron, steel, and tin workers connected with the Amalgamated Association go on strike......July 15, 1901 Rhode Islan
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wanamaker, John 1838- (search)
Wanamaker, John 1838- Merchant; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 11, 1838; received a public school education; was errand-boy in a book-store in 1852; retail salesman of clothing in 1856-61; then founded, in conjunction with Nathan Brown, the clothing house of Wanamaker & Brown, in Philadelphia, Pa., and the department store unWanamaker & Brown, in Philadelphia, Pa., and the department store under the same firm name in 1869; and later established a department store on the up-town premises of the firm of A. T. Stewart & Co., in New York. He was United States Postmaster-General in 1889-93. Mr. Wanamaker founded and became superintendent of the Bethany Presbyterian Sunday-school in Philadelphia in 1858, which has since groblished a department store on the up-town premises of the firm of A. T. Stewart & Co., in New York. He was United States Postmaster-General in 1889-93. Mr. Wanamaker founded and became superintendent of the Bethany Presbyterian Sunday-school in Philadelphia in 1858, which has since grown to be the largest one in the United States.