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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pike, Albert 1809-1891 (search)
Pike, Albert 1809-1891 Lawyer; born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 29, 1809. At the age of sixteen years he entered Harvard College, but, unable to support himself there, he taught school at Newburyport and Fairhaven, and in 1831 travelled (mostly on foot) to St. Louis, where he joined an expedition to New Mexico, acting as merchant's clerk and peddler in Santa Fe. Roving with trappers awhile, he became editor and proprietor of a newspaper in Arkansas in 1834, and in 1836 was admitted to the bar. He was an advocate for State supremacy; served in the war against Mexico in command of Arkansas cavalry; and in the Civil War he organized and led a body of Cherokee Indians in the battle of Pea Ridge (q. v.). After the war he edited the Memphis Appeal for a while. A collection of his poems was printed in Philadelphia, in 1854. He was a Free Mason of high degree. He died in Washington, D. C., April 2, 1891.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Poore, Benjamin Perley -1887 (search)
Poore, Benjamin Perley -1887 Journalist; born near Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 2, 1820; learned the printer's trade; was attache of the American legation in Brussels in 1841-48; became a Washington newspaper correspondent in 1854, and continued as such during the remainder of his life. His publications include Campaign life of Gen. Zachary Taylor; Agricultural history of Essex county, Mass.; The conspiracy trial for the murder of Abraham Lincoln; Federal and State charters; The political register and congressional Directory; Life of Burnside: Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the National metropolis, etc. He died in Washington, D. C., May 30, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sargent, Aaron Augustus 1827-1887 (search)
Sargent, Aaron Augustus 1827-1887 Diplomatist; born in Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 28, 1827; learned the printer's trade; removed to California in 1849 and engaged in mining; studied law, while editing the Nevada Journal, which he established, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. He was elected district attorney of Nevada county in 1856; vice-president of the Republican National Convention in 1860; served in Congress in 1860-72, and in the United States Senate in 1872-79; was appointed United States minister to Germany in 1882; and was offered the Russian mission, which he declined. He died in San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 14, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sprague, John Titcomb 1810-1878 (search)
Sprague, John Titcomb 1810-1878 Military officer; born in Newburyport, Mass., July 3, 1810; entered the United States marine corps in 1834; served in the Indian campaign in Florida in a manner that won him two promotions; commissioned major of the 1st United States Infantry, May 14, 1861; and while stationed in Texas was captured by General Twigg and released on parole. He was adjutantgeneral of New York till 1865, when he was commissioned colonel of the 7th United States Infantry; served for a time in Florida; then became military governor there, and retired from the army in 1870. He published Origin, progress, and conclusion of the Florida War. He died in New York City, Sept. 6, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Swett, Samuel 1782-1866 (search)
Swett, Samuel 1782-1866 Author; born in Newburyport, Mass., June 9, 1782; graduated at Harvard College in 1800; was admitted to the bar, but became a merchant; served in the War of 1812. He was the author of Sketch of Bunker Hill battle; Sketches of a few distinguished men of Newburyport; Who was the commander at Bunker Hill? with remarks on Frothingham's history of the battle; Defence of Colonel Pickering against Bancroft's history; Original planning and construction of Bunker Hill monumeryport, Mass., June 9, 1782; graduated at Harvard College in 1800; was admitted to the bar, but became a merchant; served in the War of 1812. He was the author of Sketch of Bunker Hill battle; Sketches of a few distinguished men of Newburyport; Who was the commander at Bunker Hill? with remarks on Frothingham's history of the battle; Defence of Colonel Pickering against Bancroft's history; Original planning and construction of Bunker Hill monument, etc. He died in Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 1866.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thomas, Isaiah 1749-1831 (search)
Thomas, Isaiah 1749-1831 Printer; born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 19, 1749; was apprenticed to a printer seven years, and started business for himself in Newburyport, Mass., when he was eighteen years of age. In 1770 he transferred his printing establishment to Boston, and on July 17, 1771, began the publication of the Massachusetts spy, which became the champion of the colonies contending for right and justice. The government tried to suppress it, but in vain. After the skirmish at Lexington (April 19, 1775) he transferred his establishment to Worcester, where he continued to publish the Spy until 1801, when it was continued by his son from that time until 1819. Enterprising in business, he established a bookstore in Boston in 1788 with Mr. Andrews, and they established branches of their publishing business in various places. They published the Massachusetts magazine from 1789 to 1796, and the New England almanac forty-two years—from 1775. For many years the Bibles and school bo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thornton, Matthew 1714-1803 (search)
Thornton, Matthew 1714-1803 A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Ireland in 1714; came to America in early life; was educated at Worcester, and became a physician in New Hampshire. He was in Pepperell's expedition against Louisburg in 1745 as a surgeon; presided over the New Hampshire Provincial Convention in 1775; and was a short time a delegate to the Continental Congress, taking his seat in November, 1776, when he signed the Declaration. He was made chief-justice of the county of Hillsboro, and judge of the Supreme Court of the State. He was in both branches of the legislature, and in the council in 1785. He died in Newburyport, Mass., June 24, 1803.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Street, New York, for the first time since Jan. 13, 1862......Dec. 17, 1878 Bayard Taylor, born 1825, dies at Berlin, Germany......Dec. 19, 1878 Government resumes specie payment......Jan. 1, 1879 Caleb Cushing, born 1800, dies at Newburyport, Mass......Jan. 2, 1879 Potter committee of House of Representatives begins the cipher despatches inquiry at Washington......Jan. 21, 1879 Act to incorporate the Society of the Jesuit Fathers of New Mexico, passed by the legislative Assemblytwo sailors......Oct. 16, 1891 Nathaniel Duncan Ingraham, formerly of the United States navy (Koszta affair), afterwards in the Confederate service, dies at Charleston, S. C.......Oct. 16, 1891 James Parton, author, born 1822, dies at Newburyport, Mass.......Oct. 17, 1891 Italy withdraws her prohibition of American pork......Oct. 21, 1891 Officers of the Louisiana State lottery indicted under United States law by the Grand Jury in Sioux Falls, N. D.......Oct. 21, 1891 First Empire
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
t Boston......Jan. 7, 1891 James Russell Lowell, born 1819, dies at Cambridge......Aug. 12, 1891 Phillips Brooks consecrated bishop of Massachusetts in Trinity Church, Boston......Oct. 14, 1891 James Parton, author, born 1822, dies at Newburyport......Oct. 17, 1891 First world's convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union opens at Boston......Nov. 10, 1891 Governor's salary raised from $5,000 to $8,000......March 24, 1892 City of Quincy celebrates its centennial......on......Jan. 23, 1893 Great fire in Boston; loss, $5,000,000......March 10, 1893 Tremont Temple destroyed by fire......March 19, 1893 Lizzie Borden tried and acquitted......June 20, 1893 Statue of William Lloyd Garrison unveiled at Newburyport......July 4, 1893 Mrs. Lucy Stone, one of the earliest champions of women's rights, dies at Boston......Oct. 18, 1893 Francis Parkman dies at Jamaica Plains, at the age of seventy years......Nov. 8, 1893 Ex-Gov. William Gaston dies a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vale-Blake, Euphemia 1824- (search)
Vale-Blake, Euphemia 1824- Author; born in Rye, Sussex, England, May 7, 1824; came to the United States early in life; received a private education; and married Daniel S. Blake in 1863. She wrote History of Newburyport, Mass.; Arctic experiences, etc.
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