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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 22 | 0 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Constitution of the United States (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webster , Pelatiah 1725 -1795 (search)
Webster, Pelatiah 1725-1795
Political economist; born in Lebanon, Conn., in 1725; graduated at Yale College in 1746; took a course in theology, and was pastor in Greenwich, Mass., in 1748-49; removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in business.
During the Revolutionary War he was a stanch patriot; was made a prisoner by the British in 1788; confined in the city jail for 132 days; and had a part of his property confiscated.
He was the author of Essays on free-trade and finance; Dissertation on the political Union and Constitution of the thirteen United States of North America; Reasons for repealing the act of the legislature which took away the charter of the Bank of North America; and Political essays on the nature and operation of money, public finances, and other subjects, published during the American War.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., in September, 1795.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodbury , Daniel Phineas 1812 - (search)
Woodbury, Daniel Phineas 1812-
Military officer; born in New London, N. H., Dec. 16, 1812; graduated at the United States Military Academy and commissioned second lieutenant of artillery in 1836; later transferred to the engineer corps; promoted captain in 1853 and major in 1861.
He served in the Civil War in the defence of the national capital and in the engineering work of the Army of the Potomac; and later was superintendent of the engineering operations against Yorktown and Richmond.
He received the brevet of brigadier-general for gallantry in the battle of Fredericksburg, for throwing
Frontispiece to Webster's spelling-book. bridges across the Rappahannock in face of the enemy.
He was made commandant at Key West, Fla., in 1863, where he died of yellow fever in 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wood-engraving. (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 8 : American political writing, 1760 -1789 (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.48 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.54 (search)