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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elwyn , Alfred Langdon , 1804 -1884 (search)
Elwyn, Alfred Langdon, 1804-1884
Philanthropist; born in Portsmouth, N. H., July 9, 1804; graduated at Harvard College in 1823; studied medicine, but never practised; became known as a philanthropist.
He originated the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society and Farm-school, of which he was president in 1850; was also president of various philanthropic institutions.
He was the author of Glossary of supposed Americanisms; and Letters to the Hon. John Langdon, during and after the Revolution.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 15, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emmet , Thomas Addis , 1763 -1827 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emott , James , 1771 -1850 (search)
Emott, James, 1771-1850
Jurist; born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 14, 1771; graduated at Union College in 1800, and began the practice of law at Ballston Centre, but soon removed to Albany.
He represented that district in the legislature in 1804.
He practised law a while in New York City, and then returned to Poughkeepsie.
He was in Congress from 1809 to 1813, and was a leader of the Federal party therein.
He was again in the legislature (1814-17), and was speaker of that body.
From 1817 to 1823 he was first judge of Dutchess county, and was judge of the second circuit from 1827 to 1831, when, in compliance with the then law of the State, that prohibited the holding of a judicial office by a citizen over sixty years of age, he retired from public life with his intellect in full vigor.
He died in Poughkeepsie, April 10, 1850.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Evans , Oliver , 1775 -1819 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Exmouth , Edward Pellew , Viscount , 1757 -1833 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Farnham , Thomas Jefferson 1804 -1848 (search)
Farnham, Thomas Jefferson 1804-1848
Author; born in Vermont in 1804; forsook the legal profession in 1839 and went across the continent to Oregon and later to California, where he was influential in obtaining the release of some American and English prisoners who had been held by the Mexican government.
He is the author of Travels in Oregon; Travels in California; A memoir of the Northwest boundary line, etc. He died in California, in September, 1848.
Farnham, Thomas Jefferson 1804-1848
Author; born in Vermont in 1804; forsook the legal profession in 1839 and went across the continent to Oregon and later to California, where he was influential in obtaining the release of some American and English prisoners who had been held by the Mexican government.
He is the author of Travels in Oregon; Travels in California; A memoir of the Northwest boundary line, etc. He died in California, in September, 1848.
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), Garrison , William Lloyd 1804 -1879 (search)
Garrison, William Lloyd 1804-1879
Abolitionist; born in Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 12, 1804; was a shoemaker's apprentice, but finally learned the art of printing, and became a contributor to the press in early life.
In all his writings he showed a philanthropic spirit, and a sympathy for the oppressed everywhere.
In 1827 he edited the National philanthropist, in Boston; and, as assistant editor of a Baltimore paper, he denounced the taking of a cargo of slaves from that city to New Orleans as domestic piracy.
For this he was fined, and imprisoned forty-nine days, until Arthur Tappan, of New York, paid the fine.
On Jan. 1, 1831, he began the publication of his famous Liberator, a weekly newspaper and uncompromising opponent of slavery, which was discontinued in 1865, when the result for which he had devoted the best energies of his life had been effected by the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln. Mr. Garrison was a founder (1832) of the American Anti-slavery Society,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gibson , Tobias 1771 -1804 (search)
Gibson, Tobias 1771-1804
Clergyman; born in Liberty, S. C., Nov. 10, 1771; became a minister of the Methodist Church in 1792; went as a missionary to Natchez in 1800;. travelled alone through the forests for 600 miles to the Cumberland River; sailed 800 miles in a canoe to the Ohio River; and then went down the Mississippi.
He is noted chiefly for the introduction of Methodism in the Southwest.
He died in Natchez, Tenn., April 10, 1804.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Giles , William branch 1762 -1830 (search)
Giles, William branch 1762-1830
Legislator; born in Amelia county, Va., Aug. 12, 1762; was a member of Congress in 1791-1803, with the exception of two years. Originally a Federalist he soon affiliated with the Democrats; attacked Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, accusing him of corruption; he also opposed the ratification of the treaty with Great Britain in 1796, and opposed the proposed war with France in 1798.
He was appointed United States Senator in 1804, and was subsequently elected, serving until March 3, 1815, when he resigned; governor of Virginia in 1826-30, resigning to take part in the Constitutional Convention.
He died in Albemarle county, Va., Dec. 4, 1830.