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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coudert , Frederic Rene 1832 - (search)
Coudert, Frederic Rene 1832-
Lawyer; born in New York City, of French parentage, in 1832; graduated at Columbia College in 1850; and admitted to the bar in 1853.
For many years he has represented France in its legal interests in the United States, and has become widely known as an expert in international law. He was a delegate to the International Congress in Antwerp; member of the Venezuela boundary commission in 1896; government receiver of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1892-98; and counsel of the United States before the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration in Paris in 1893-95. Mr. Coudert has several times declined appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Declaration of Independence , Dutch . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Smet , Peter John , 1801 -1872 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Melyn , Cornelius 1639 - (search)
Melyn, Cornelius 1639-
Patroon; born in Antwerp; came to Manhattan in 1639, and was so pleased that he returned and brought over his family and began a colony on Staten Island, under the authority of the Amsterdam directors.
His domain was near the Narrows, and he was vested with the privilege of a patroon.
Melyn was active, and was chosen one of the Eight Men, under Kieft.
He quarrelled with Kieft, and, as president of the Eight Men, he wrote a vigorous letter to the States-General urging them to interfere in behalf of the province.
On the accession of Stuyvesant, he was falsely accused of rebellious practices as one of Kieft's council of Eight Men, and a prejudiced verdict was given against him. He was sentenced to seven years banishment from the colony, to pay a heavy fine, and to forfeit all benefits to be derived from the company.
Kuyter, another of the Eight involved in the same charges, received a. somewhat less severe punishment.
He and Melyn sailed for Holland in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Millet , Francis Davis 1846 - (search)
Millet, Francis Davis 1846-
Artist; born in Mattapoisett, Mass., Nov. 3, 1846; graduated at Harvard College in 1869; studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1871-72, was secretary of the Massachusetts Commission to the Vienna Exposition in 1873, and art correspondent for the London Daily news, the London Graphic, and the New York Herald during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78.
In 1892-93 he was director of decorations and of functions at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and in 1898 was art correspondent for the London Times and Harper's weekly at Manila, Philippine Islands.
He designed the costumes for the representation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles by Harvard students in 1880; has executed a large amount of decorative work; and received numerous foreign war medals.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Sweden, founding of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wool , John Ellis 1784 -1869 (search)