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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil service reform. (search)
he present system does not secure the best men, and often not even fit men, for public place. The elevation and purification of the civil service of the government will be hailed with approval by the whole people of the United States. Following this was a bill called the civil service bill, which carried out the spirit of President Grant's recommendation. The first civil service commission consisted of G. W. Curtis, of New York: Joseph Medill, of Chicago; A. J. Cattell, of New Jersey; D. A. Walker, of Pennsylvania; S. B. Elliott, and J. H. Blackfair. A second commission was appointed March 1, 1883, consisting of Dorman B. Eaton, of New York; Leroy D. Thoman, of Ohio; and Dr. John B. Gregory, of Illinois. In 1900 the commission consisted of John R. Procter, John B. Harlow, and Mark S. Brewer. At the end of 1898 the number of persons in the classified civil service of the national government was estimated at 83,817. See address on the Spoils system, under Curtis, George William.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis, George Ticknor 1812-1894 (search)
Curtis, George Ticknor 1812-1894 Lawyer; born in Watertown, Mass., Nov. 28, 1812; graduated at Harvard in 1832; admitted to the bar in 1836; removed to New York City in 1862. Among his publications are History of the origin, formation, and adoption of the Constitution of the United States; Life of Daniel Webster; Life of James Buchanan, etc. He died in New York, March 28, 1894. Curtis, George William
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greely, Adolph Washington 1844- (search)
amburg in 1879. He landed with his party of twenty-five at Discovery Harbor, in lat. 81° 44′ N., on Aug. 12, 1881. They made their permanent camp at Cape Sabine in October, 1883, where they suffered intensely for want of supplies which had failed to reach them. There all but six of the twenty-five died of starvation. The six, of whom Lieutenant Greely was one, were rescued by a relief party under Capt. Winfield S. Schley (q. v.) on June 22, 1884. Had the rescuers been forty-eight hours later, not one of the party would have been found alive. The living, and the dead bodies, were brought home. Two officers of the party, Lieutenant Lockwood and Sergeant Brainerd, had penetrated to lat. 83° 24′ N., and hoisted the American flag. It was the highest northerly point that had then been attained. On the death of Gen. William Adolph W. Greely. B. Hazen (q. v.), Lieutenant Greely was appointed his successor as the head of the signal service corps, with the rank of brigadier-ge
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazelwood, John 1726-1800 (search)
Hazelwood, John 1726-1800 Naval officer; born in England about 1726; settled in Philadelphia. In December, 1775, he was made superintendent of fire-ships; in September, 1777, became commander of the naval force of Pennsylvania. Col. William Bradshaw wrote in a letter, dated Oct. 7, 1777, that when Lord Howe, who had anchored with his squadron in Delaware Bay, sent word to Hazelwood to surrender his fleet, with the promise of the King's pardon, the latter replied that he would defend the fleet to the last. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., about March 1, 1800.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), War of 1812, (search)
cipating an advance on the west bank of the river as well, Jackson had placed Gen. David B. Morgan with about 1,200 men and two or three guns a little in advance of his own position.] British attack General Jackson with artillery, but are forced to retire......Dec. 28, 1814 Another attempt made......Jan. 1, 1815 Final assault fails......Jan. 8, 1815 [The British commander, Sir Edward Pakenham, in his final assault designing to attack on both sides of the river at once, ordered Col. William (afterwards Sir) Thornton to cross on the night of Jan. 7 with 1,200 men and attack General Morgan at early dawn. The main assault under Pakenham was made as early as 6 A. M., the 8th, in two columns, the right under Maj.-Gen. Sir Samuel Gibbs, the left under Maj.-Gen. John Keane, and the reserve under Maj.-Gen. John Lambert; total force probably numbered about 7,000 men. General Gibbs's column in close ranks, sixty men front, came under fire first, which was so severe and deadly that a
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
ust. 19 May; 1st Lt 30 Mch 65, must. 13 May. Discharged 20 Aug 65 ex. term. Other service:—Co. B 36th Mass. 16 Aug 62, Corpl. Jly 65 Actg Regtl quartermaster. Providence, R. I. Swails, Stephen Atkins; 1st Lieut. 23 Feb 32 Columbia, Pa; married; boatman; Elmira, N. Y. Co. F 23 Apl 63, 1st Sergt; 2d Lt 11 Mch 64, must. 17 Jan 65; 1st Lt 28 Apl 65, must. 3 Je. Discharged 20 Aug 65 ex. term. Wounded 20 Feb 64 Olustee, Fla. and 11 Apl 65 near Camden, S. C. Washington D. C. Cranch, George William 1st Lieut. 11 Mch 47 Rome, Italy; single; student;— 2nd Lt 10 Feb 65, must. 13 May; 1st Lt 19 Je 65, must. 22 Jly. Discharged 20 Aug 65 ex. term. Died 17 Sep 67 Fishkill, N. Y. Welch, Frank mark; 1st Lieut. 22 Oct 41 Philadelphia; single; barber; W. Meriden, Conn. Co. F 12 May 63, Sergt. 1st Sergt. 2d Lt 28 Apl 65, must. 3 Je; 1st Lt 20 Je 65 must. 22 Jly. Discharged 20 Aug 65 ex. term. Wounded 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. Other service:—2d Lt. 14th U. S. Hy. Arty. 29 Sep 65. Washin<
William Alexander Linn, Horace Greeley Founder and Editor of The New York Tribune, Index (search)
ariff views, 110-113; presidential campaign of 1844, 119, 120; Greeley's choice in 1848, 148; defended as a slaveholder, 126, 144, 145; on Texas annexation, 142; Compromise of 1850, 151-163. Cochran, John, nominated for Vice-President, 199. Coggeshall, James, loan to Greeley, 59. Compromise of 1850,151-163. Congdon, C. T., 72. Constitutionalist, Greeley's work for, 26. Cooper libel suits, 11, 68. Crandall, Miss, opposition to her plan for negro education, 132. Curtis, George William, 72. D. Dallas, vote on tariff, 121. Dana, Charles A., 72, 82, 105. Davis, Judge, David, candidate for presidential nomination, 235. Davis, Jefferson, Greeley on, 218, 220-222. Depew, C. M., anecdote of Greeley, 107. De Tocqueville on early American newspapers, 27. Douglas, Stephen A., in the Kansas-Nebraska contest, 163-165; Greeley favors for Senator, 178. Dred Scott decision, 168. E. Evening Post, 111, 1.5 note. Express news-gathering, 73-76. F.
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Index to volumes I. And II. (search)
ney to Boston, 2.45, at Mrs. G.'s, 359.—Letters from Mrs. G., 2.114, G., 2.121, 122, 125. Benson, George [b. Newport, R. I., Aug. 20, 1752; d. Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 11, 1836], ancestry, 1.426, career, 425, host of Lundy, 425, of G., 338, 340, 342, 390, advises compromise of G.'s suit, 391, shelters P. Crandall and scholars, 424, Pres. N. E. A. S. S., 425, journey, 2.46, death, 120.— Letters to G. W. Benson, 1.338, 2.37, Henry Benson, 2.87; from G., 1.424, 468, 2: b. Father of Benson, George William [b. Providence, R. I., Feb. 15, 1808; d. Lawrence, Kans., Aug. 14, 1879], wool-merchant, 1.273, partner of W. M. Chace, 2.46; makes acquaintance of G., 1.274, of P. Crandall, 317, assists her, 319, 320, accompanies G. to Brooklyn, 338, 340; summoned to Nat. A. S. Convention, 393; reports the breach with A. Tappan, 471; rumored imprisonment, 517, 519; goes to Brooklyn, 518, 521, to Boston, 2.38; reports G.'s review of Channing, 91; at stable meeting of Mass. A. S. S., 125, part in Peace
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter army life and camp drill (search)
ause he would chafe so much at being under me and I should have such hard work to coerce him into my notions of civilized warfare. He had one of his men shot without trial for desertion the other day, and was about to shoot two others when Dr. Rogers's wonderful power of influence made him change his plans. Yet he is not a harsh or cruel man, but a singular mixture of fanaticism, vanity, and genius. Colonel Higginson was wounded in July, 1863, and went home for a month. His friend, George William Curtis, noticed a changed expression in the face of the returned colonel — the change so noticeable after the Great War in the faces of those who fought in France. Mr. Curtis wrote: I see in your face .. . the same influence which has touched all the true soldier faces I have seen, and of which we who stay at home are not unconscious. Fire purifies, but it tries. The next extract describes his return to Beaufort. Headquarters, First S. C.V., Beaufort, August 22 As the Arago ca
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 20: Italy.—May to September, 1839.—Age, 28. (search)
res in clear day, and I could sit down amidst ruins, nor fear a winter damp or chill. Of society I have seen little, except incidentally, though I have known many individuals. In Naples I did not trouble myself to leave a single letter of introduction. In Rome, the Princess Borghese died two days after my arrival; the French Ambassador had left for the summer before I came. The Countess of Coventry Lady Coventry was the daughter of Aubrey, sixth Duke of St. Albans, and the wife of George William, eighth Earl of Coventry, and the mother of Lady Holland. She died in 1845. Mr. Milnes (Lord Houghton) gave Sumner a letter of introduction to her. had retired to Albano, where she invited me to visit her: I did not go. Others had fled in different directions. In Florence, the Marquesa Lenzonis Medicis—the last of this great family—invited me to her soirees:I went to one. The Marquis Strozzi called upon me: I had not the grace to return his call. The Count Graberg 1776-1847; a dis
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