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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McMillan, Charles 1841- (search)
educated there and in Hamilton, Canada; graduated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., in 1860; and became assistant engineer of the Brooklyn waterworks; in 1861-65 he was assistant engineer of the Croton waterworks, New York; in 1865-71 Professor of Geodesy and Road Engineering in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; in 1871-75 Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering in Lehigh University; and in 1875 was called to the chair of Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Princec Institute, Troy, N. Y., in 1860; and became assistant engineer of the Brooklyn waterworks; in 1861-65 he was assistant engineer of the Croton waterworks, New York; in 1865-71 Professor of Geodesy and Road Engineering in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; in 1871-75 Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering in Lehigh University; and in 1875 was called to the chair of Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Princeton University. In 1885 he became editor of Smith's topographical drawing.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacOMBmb, Alexander 1782- (search)
nd a gold medal from Congress. On the death of General Brown, in 1835, General Macomb was appointed general-in- chief of the armies of the United States, which post he held at the time of his death, in Washington, D. C., June 25, 1841. His remains were interred, with military honors in the congressional cemetery, Washington, and over them stands a beautiful white marble monument, prop- MacOMBmb's monument. erly inscribed. He was author of a treatise on Martial law and courts-martial (see Plattsburg, battle of). His son, William Henry (born, June 16, 1818; died, Aug. 12, 1872), entered the navy, as midshipman, in 1834; was engaged against the forts in China in 1856, and in the expedition to Paraguay in 1859, in which he commanded the Metacomet. In the Civil War he was active on the Mississippi and on the coast of North Carolina, attaining the rank of commodore in 1862. In 1869 he commanded the steamship Plymouth, in the European squadron, and was light-house inspector in 1871.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacVEAGHeagh, Wayne 1833- (search)
MacVEAGHeagh, Wayne 1833- Diplomatist; born in Phoenixville, Pa., April 19, 1833; graduated at Yale College in 1853; and admitted to the bar in 1856. He was district attorney for Chester county, Pa., in 1859-64; entered the Union army as captain of cavalry when the invasion of Pennsylvania was threatened in September, 1862; was United States minister to Turkey in 1870-71; member of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1872-73; and president of the MacVeagh commission to Louisiana in 1877. In 1881 he was appointed United States Attorney-General, but on the death of President Garfield he resigned, and resumed law practice in Philadelphia. He supported Grover Cleveland for President in 1892; was ambassador to Italy in 1893-97; and afterwards practised law in Washington.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Magruder, John Bankhead 1810-1871 (search)
Magruder, John Bankhead 1810-1871 Military officer; born in Winchester, Va., Aug. 15, 1810; graduated at West Point in 1830: served in the war against Mexico; joined the Confederates in 1861, and commanded in the defence of Richmond in the summer of 1862 as brigadier and major-general. In the fall of that year he commanded the Confederate forces in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, and was in command of the expedition against the Nationals at Galveston (q. v.). He died in Houston, Tex., Feb. 19, 1871.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine, (search)
rd Kent1840 to 1841 John Fairfield1841 to 1843 Edward Kavanagh1843 to 1844 Hugh J. Anderson1844 to 1847 John W. Dana1847 to 1850 John Hubbard1850 to 1853 William G. Crosby1853 to 1855 Anson P. Morrill1855 to 1856 Samuel Wells1856 to 1857 Hannibal Hamlin1857 Joseph H. Williams1857 to 1858 Governors-continued. Name.Term. Lot M. Morrill1858 to 1861 Israel Washburn, Jr1861 to 1862 Abner Coburn1862 to 1864 Samuel Corey1864 to 1867 Joshua L. Chamberlain1867 to 1870 Sidney Perham1871 to 1873 Nelson Dingley, Jr1874 to 1875 Selden Connor1876 to 1879 Alonzo Garcelon1879 to 1880 Daniel F. Davis1880 to 1881 Harris M. Plaisted1881 to 1882 Frederick Robie1883 to 1887 Joseph R. Bodwell1887 Sebastian S. Marble1887 to 1888 Edwin C. Burleigh1889 to 1892 Henry B. Cleaves1893 to 1897 Llewellyn Powers1897 to 1901 John F. Hill1901 to — United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. John Chandler16th to 20th1820 to 1829 John Holmes16th to 19th1820 to 1827 Albion K
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Matthews, James Brander 1852- (search)
Matthews, James Brander 1852- Author; born in New Orleans, La., Feb. 21, 1852; graduated at Columbia University in 1871; admitted to the bar in New York in 1873, but never practised; and became Professor of Literature in Columbia University in 1892. He had devoted much time to the study of the stage, and among his plays are Margery's lovers, a comedy; and This picture and that, a comedy. He is a frequent contributor to periodicals, and is author of The theatres of France; French dramatists of the nineteenth Centory; Secret of the sea and other stories; Pen and ink; A family tree and other stories; Introduction to the study of American Literature; Tales of Fantasy and fact; Aspect of fiction; The dream-gown, of the Japanese ambassador; His father's son, etc. Mr. Matthews was one of the founders of the Authors' Club, and one of the organizers of the American Copyright League and the Dunlap Society.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maury, Matthew Fontaine 1806-1873 (search)
Maury, Matthew Fontaine 1806-1873 Scientist; born in Spottsylvania county, Va., June 14, 1806; entered the navy as midshipman in 1825, and while circumnavigating the globe began his treatise on Navigation. An accident in 1839 made him a permanent cripple, and he was placed in charge of the Hydrographic Office at Washington. On its union with the Naval Observatory, in 1844, he became its superintendent. He made extensive researches concerning the physical geography of the sea, and published an interesting work on the subject. He also made extensive investigations regarding the Gulf Stream. In 1861 he resigned his appointments from the government and espoused the cause of the Confederacy. In 1871 he was made president of the University of Alabama. His scientific works gained for him distinguished honors from foreign governments and many learned societies. He died in Lexington, Va., Feb. 1, 1873.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mayer, Alfred Marshall 1836-1897 (search)
ry in the University of Maryland in 1856, and three years later accepted the similar chair in Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., where he remained two years. In 1867-71 he was Professor of Astronomy in Lehigh University, and from 1871 till his death Professor of Physics in Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. In 1869 he 1871 till his death Professor of Physics in Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. In 1869 he had charge of a party sent to Burlington, Alfred Marshall Mayer Ia., to observe the solar eclipse of Aug. 7, for the United States Nautical almanac. During this eclipse he took forty-one successful photographs. In 1871-75 he contributed a series of investigations entitled Researches in Acoustics to the American journal of Scie1871-75 he contributed a series of investigations entitled Researches in Acoustics to the American journal of Science. Later these investigations led to his inventions of the topophone and the acoustic pyrometer. He was the author of many valuable papers, including The effect of Magnetization in changing the dimensions of iron and steel bars; Experiments with floating magnets; A New Spherometer; Measures of absolute radiation; Simultaneous
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mennonites. (search)
w one of the strongest religious bodies in Holland. In the seventeenth century many Mennonites emigrated to Russia, but a century later persecution drove them largely from that country. In 1786, however, Catharine II. offered special privileges to the members of this religious body to persuade them to settle in the kingdom. This induced a large emigration of them thither, where by their diligence they gained great prosperity. They were always protected and favored by the government until 1871, when their most valued privilege—exemption from military duty—was taken from them. This brought about the removal of the larger part of the Russian Mennonites to the United States. The first members of these to come to this country was a delegation that came in 1683, by invitation of William Penn. Others followed in subsequent years, settling in Pennsylvania and other States, but their numbers were comparatively few here until the coming of the colonies from Russia. These have generall
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Millet, Francis Davis 1846- (search)
Millet, Francis Davis 1846- Artist; born in Mattapoisett, Mass., Nov. 3, 1846; graduated at Harvard College in 1869; studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1871-72, was secretary of the Massachusetts Commission to the Vienna Exposition in 1873, and art correspondent for the London Daily news, the London Graphic, and the New York Herald during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. In 1892-93 he was director of decorations and of functions at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and in 1898 was art correspondent for the London Times and Harper's weekly at Manila, Philippine Islands. He designed the costumes for the representation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles by Harvard students in 1880; has executed a large amount of decorative work; and received numerous foreign war medals.
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