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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crawford , William Harris 1772 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , George William 1824 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , John , 1761 -1847 (search)
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Ewing, Thomas,
Statesman; born near West Liberty, Va., Dec. 28, 1789.
While still a child his father removed to Ohio, where he settled on the Muskingum River.
Thomas was educated at the Ohio University; admitted to the bar in 1816; and elected United States Senator from Ohio as a Whig and a follower of Henry Clay in 1831.
In 1841 he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury; in 1849 Secretary of the Interior; and in 1850 was again elected to the United States Senate, succeeding Thomas Corwin.
During this term he opposed the Fugitive Slave Law bill and also advocated the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
In 1851 he resumed law practice in Lancaster, O., where he died Oct. 26, 1871.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Frelinghuysen , Theodore 1787 - (search)
Frelinghuysen, Theodore 1787-
Lawyer; born in Millstone, N. J., March 28, 1787; son of Gen. Frederick Frelinghuysen: graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1804, and was admitted to the bar in 1808.
In the War of 1812-15 he commanded a company of volunteers, in 1817 became attorneygeneral of New Jersey, which post he held until 1829, when he was elected United States Senator.
In 1838 he was chosen chancellor of the University of New York, and made his residence in that city; and in 1844 he was nominated for Vice-President of the United States, with Henry Clay for President.
Mr. Frelinghuysen left the University of New York in 1850 to became president of Rutgers College (q. v.), in his native State, which place he held until his death in New Brunswick, N. J., April 12, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fugitive slave laws. (search)
Ghent, treaty of
The treaty between the United States and Great Britain, which terminated the War of 1812.
The American commissioners were John Quincy Adams, James Bayard, Henry Clay, Jonathan Russell, and Albert Gallatin; the British commissioners were Lord Gambier, Henry Goulburn, and William Adams.
The American commissioners assembled in the city of Ghent, Belgium, in July, 1814; the British commissioners early in the following month.
The terms of the treaty were concluded Dec. 24, following, and the ratifications were exchanged Feb. 17, 1815.
While the negotiations were in progress the leading citizens of Ghent took great interest in the matter.
Their sympathies were with the Americans, and they mingled their rejoicings with the commissioners when the work was done.
On Oct. 27 the Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts at Ghent invited the American commissioners to attend their exercises, when they were all elected honorary members of the academy.
A sumptuous dinner was give