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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dawson , Henry Barton ,1821 - (search)
Dawson, Henry Barton, 1821-
Author; born in Lincolnshire, England, June 8, 1821; came to New York with his parents in 1834.
He is the author of Battles of the United States by sea and land; Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship; Westchester county in the Revolution, etc. For many years he was editor of the Historical magazine.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Depew , Chauncey Mitchell ,1834 - (search)
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell, 1834-
Capitalist; born in Peekskill, N. Y., April 23, 1834; graduated at Yale University in 1856; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1858; member of New York Assembly in 1861-62; secretary of state of New York in 1863.
He became attorney for the New York and Harlem River Railroad in 1866, and for the New York
Chauncey Mitchell Depew. Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1869.
He was second vice-president of the last mentioned road in 1885-98, and also president of the West Shore Railroad until 1898, when he became chairman of the board of directors of the New York Central and Hudson River, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Michigan Central, and the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis railroads.
In 1885 he refused to be a candidate for the United States Senate, and also declined the office of United States Secretary of State, offered by President Benjamin Harrison.
In 1888 he was a prominent candidate for the Presidential nomination in t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Witt , Simeon ,1756 -1834 (search)
De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834
Surveyor; born in Ulster county, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1756; graduated at Queen's (now Rutgers) College in 1776; joined the army under Gates; and was made assistant geographer to the army in 1778, and chief geographer in 1780.
He was surveyorgeneral of New York fifty years (1784-1834). In 1796 he declined the appointment of surveyor-general of the United States.
He was regent, vice-chancellor, and chancellor of the State of New York, member of many learned societies, ; graduated at Queen's (now Rutgers) College in 1776; joined the army under Gates; and was made assistant geographer to the army in 1778, and chief geographer in 1780.
He was surveyorgeneral of New York fifty years (1784-1834). In 1796 he declined the appointment of surveyor-general of the United States.
He was regent, vice-chancellor, and chancellor of the State of New York, member of many learned societies, and author of Elements of Perspective (1835). He died in Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1834.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dodge , Henry ,1782 -1867 (search)
Dodge, Henry, 1782-1867
Military officer; born in Vincennes, Ind., Oct. 12, 1782; commanded a company of volunteers in the War of 1812-15, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of mounted infantry in 1814.
He fought the Indians from 1832 to 1834, when he made peace on the frontiers, and in 1835 commanded an expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
He was governor of Wisconsin and superintendent of Indian affairs from 1836 to 1841; a delegate in Congress from 1841 to 1845; and United States Senator from 1849 to 1857.
He died in Burlington, Ia., June 19, 1867.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Doty , James Duane ,1799 -1865 (search)
Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865
Governor; born in Salem, N. Y., in 1799; studied law and settled in Detroit; member of the Michigan legislature in 1834, and there introduced the bill which provided for the division of Michigan and the establishment of the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin.
He aided in founding Madison, Wis., which city was made the capital of the State through his efforts.
He held a seat in Congress in 1836-41 and 1849-53; governor of Wisconsin in 1841-44; and was appointed governor of Utah in 1864.
He died in Salt Lake City, Ut., June 13, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dow , Lorenzo ,1777 -1834 (search)
Dow, Lorenzo, 1777-1834
Clergyman; born in Coventry, Conn., Oct. 16, 1777; was ordained in the Methodist ministry; went as a missionary to Ireland in 1799 and 1805; introduced camp-meetings into England; and through a discussion which resulted from these the Primitive Methodist Church was organized.
On account of his eccentricities he was nicknamed Crazy Dow.
He died in Georgetown, D. C., Feb. 2, 1834.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dred Scott 1856 - (search)
Dred Scott case, the. 1856-
At about the time that Mr. Buchanan became President-elect of the republic, a case of much moment was adjudicated by the Supreme Court of the United States.
A negro named Dred Scott had been the slave of a United States army officer living in Missouri.
He was taken by his master to a military post in Illinois, to which the latter had been ordered in the year 1834.
There Scott married the female slave of another officer, with the consent of their respective masters.
They had two children born in that free-labor Territory.
The mother was bought by the master of Scott, and parents and children were taken by that officer back to Missouri and there sold.
Scott sued for his freedom on the plea of his involuntary residence in a free-labor Territory and State for several years.
The case was tried in the Circuit Court of St. Louis, and the decision was in Scott's favor.
The Supreme Court of the State reversed the decision, and the case was carried to the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dunlap , William ,1766 -1839 (search)
Dunlap, William, 1766-1839
Painter, dramatist, and historian; born in Perth Amboy, N. J., Feb. 19, 1766.
His father, being a loyalist, went to New York City in 1777, where William began to paint.
He made a portrait of Washington at Rocky Hill, N. J., in 1783.
The next year he went to England and received instructions from Benjamin West.
He became an actor for a short time, and in 1796 was one of the managers of the John Street Theatre, New York.
He took the Park Theatre in 1798.
From 1814 to 1816 he was paymaster-general of the New York State militia.
He began a series of paintings in 1816.
In 1833 he published a History of the American theatres, and in 1834 a History of the Arts of design. His history of New Netherland and the State of New York was published in 1840. Mr. Dunlap was one of the founders of the National Academy of Design.
He died in New York City, Sept. 28, 1839.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Du Pont , ÉLeuthere Irenee ,1771 -1834 (search)
Du Pont, ÉLeuthere Irenee, 1771-1834
Scientist; born in Paris, France, June 24, 1771; son emigrated to the United States in 1799; bought a tract of land near Wilmington, Del., where he established the powder works, which have since been maintained by the Dupont (modern form) family.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 31, 1834.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eaton , John Henry ,1787 -1856 (search)
Eaton, John Henry, 1787-1856
Statesman; born in Tennessee in 1787; was United States Senator from Tennessee in 1818-29; resigned to become Secretary of War under President Jackson; appointed governor of Florida Territory in 1834; resigned to become United States minister to Spain in 1836.
He published a Life of Andrew Jackson, who was his colleague in the Senate for two years. He died in Washington, D. C., Nov. 17, 1856.
See Eaton, Margaret L. O'Neill.