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Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for 1804 AD or search for 1804 AD in all documents.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Willard , Solomon 1783 -1862 (search)
Willard, Solomon 1783-1862
Architect; born in Petersham, Mass., June 26, 1783; removed to Boston in 1804, and there became a skilled wood-carver.
In 1815 he turned his attention to carving in stone and was engaged to ornament many of the public buildings in Boston; was selected as architect and superintendent of the Bunker Hill Monument, Nov. 2, 1825.
He completed this work July 23, 1842, and in the following year, on the anniversary of the battle, a celebration was held in which the President of the United States and his cabinet and citizens from all parts of the country participated.
He introduced the first granite paving-stones ever used in Boston, and proved the value of granite as a building material.
He died in Quincy, Mass., Feb. 27, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williamson , William Durkee 1779 -1846 (search)
Williamson, William Durkee 1779-1846
Historian; born in Canterbury, Conn., July 31, 1779; settled in Amherst, Mass.; graduated at Brown College in 1804; studied law and began practice in Bangor, Me.; and held a seat in the Massachusetts Senate in 1816-20.
In the latter year, when Maine separated from Massachusetts, he was made president of the first Maine Senate, and when Gov. William King resigned became acting governor.
He was a member of Congress in 1821-23; probate judge of Hancock county in 1824-40; and the author of History of the State of Maine, from its first discovery to the Separation (2 volumes). He died in Bangor, Me., May 27, 1846.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilson , Alexander 1766 -1813 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodward , Ashbel 1804 -1885 (search)
Woodward, Ashbel 1804-1885
Physician; born in Wellington, Conn.. June 26, 1804; graduated at the medical department of Bowdoin College in 1829, and practised in Franklin, Conn.; was surgeon of the 26th Army Corps in the Civil War and was present at the fall of Port Hudson.
He spent much time in historical research.
He was the author of Vindication of Gen. Israel Putnam; Historical account of the Connecticut Medical Society; Biographical sketches of the early Physicians of Norwich; Life of Gen..
Nathaniel Lyon; The two hundredth anniversary of Franklin, etc. He died in Franklin, Conn., Nov. 20, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wright , Elizur 1804 -1885 (search)
Wright, Elizur 1804-1885
Journalist; born in South Canaan, Conn., Feb. 12, 1804; graduated at Yale College in 1826; was Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Western Reserve College in 1829-33; and secretary of the American Anti-slavery Society in 1833.
He was editor of Human rights in 1834-35, and the Anti-slavery magazine in 1837-38; Massachusetts abolitionist in 1839; and Daily Chronotype in 1845; was commissioner of insurance for Massachusetts in 1858-66; wrote an introduction to Whittier's Poems; and Savings Banks life insurance, etc.; contributed to the Atlantic monthly; and published several anti-slavery pamphlets.
He died in Medford, Mass., Nov. 22, 1885.