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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hessian fly, (search)
Hessian fly,
The American wheat midge, destructive to wheat in the United States, whither it is said to have been brought by the Hessian soldiers in British pay during the Revolutionary War, in 1786, 1846, and 1886.
The fly also occasioned much destruction in England and Scotland in 1788, 1887, and 1890.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hewitt , Abram Stevens 1822 - (search)
Hewitt, Abram Stevens 1822-
Manufacturer; born in Haverstraw, N. Y., July 31, 1822; graduated at Columbia College in 1842; admitted to the bar in 1845.
Shortly after beginning the practice of law he was forced to abandon it, owing to poor eyesight; became a partner of Peter Cooper, his father-in-law, in the iron business; was active in the plan of the Cooper Union, and as secretary of its board of trustees has managed its financial and educational details; became a member of Congress, and, with the exception of one term, held a seat in the House of Representatives in 1874-86; was mayor of New York City in 1887-89.
He published an address on A century of mining and metallurgy in the United States.
Hotchkiss, William H.
Born in Whiteball, N. Y., in 1864; graduated at Hamilton College in 1886; admitted to the bar in 1888. Mr. Hotchkiss drafted the present New York primary election law of 1899.
In July, 1899, he was chosen chairman of the executive committee of the National Association of Referees in Bankruptcy, and, as such, made an investigation into the operation of the law, which resulted in an elaborate report, published in March, 1900, and in the Ray amendatory bill now pending in Congress.
See article, bankruptcy laws, of which he is the author.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard , Oliver Otis 1830 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howe , mark Antony de Wolfe 1864 - (search)
Howe, mark Antony de Wolfe 1864-
Editor; born in Bristol, R. I., Aug. 28, 1864; graduated at Lehigh University in 1886, and at Harvard University in 1887.
He is author of The memory of Lincoln; and Phillips Brooks (in the Beacon biographies series).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howells , William Dean 1837 - (search)
Howells, William Dean 1837-
Author; born in Martin Ferry, O., March 1, 1837.
His education was largely acquired in Ohio newspaper offices, where he worked as compositor, correspondent, and editor.
In 1861-65 he was United States consul in Venice, and while there studied Italian language and literature; in 1865-66 was an editorial writer on The nation, and in 1866-72 its assistant editor; in 1872-81 editor of the Atlantic monthly; in 1886-91 an editorial contributor to Harper's magazine, and later for a short time editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine.
In 1900 he was called to occupy the Editor's easy chair in Harper's monthly magazine, which had been vacant since the death of George William Curtis in 1892.
He is the author of Life of Abraham Lincoln; Venetian life; Italian journeys; Life of Rutherford B. Hayes; The undiscovered country;
William Dean Howells. A woman's reason; Christmas every day; The day of their wedding; An open-eyed conspiracy; Stories of Ohio; Ragged Lady;
Howland, Weston
Inventor; born about 1816; was a cabin-boy on a merchant-ship early in life, and rose to the command of a vessel.
He afterwards left the sea and became a ship chandler and commission merchant, and remained in this business till 1860, when he began the manufacture of oil. He was the first in the United States to discover a method of refining petroleum.
Mr. Howland was a member of the New Bedford board of aldermen in 1866, and collector of the port of New Bedford in 1886-90.
He died in Fairhaven, Mass., May 19, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hubbard , Lucius Frederick 1836 - (search)
Hubbard, Lucius Frederick 1836-
Governor; born in Troy, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1836; received an academic education; settled in Minnesota in 1857; entered the National army in 1861; served in numerous battles with marked distinction; received the brevet of brigadier-general; was governor of Minnesota in 1882-87.
He wrote a paper on Minnesota published in 1886 in the North American review.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hughes , Robert P. 1839 - (search)
Hunt, Ward 1810-1886
Jurist; born in Utica; N. Y., June 14, 1810; graduated at Union College in 1828; practised in his native town for many years; was elected a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1865; and appointed an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1872.
He died in Washington, D. C., March 24, 1886.