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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adair , William P. 1880 (search)
Adair, William P., -1880
Born in 1828.
He was one of the chiefs of the Cherokee nation, and during the Civil War he commanded a brigade of Indians which had been organized by Gen. Albert Pike on behalf of the Confederacy.
This brigade took part in the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., in 1862.
He died in 1880.
Adair, William P., -1880
Born in 1828.
He was one of the chiefs of the Cherokee nation, and during the Civil War he commanded a brigade of Indians which had been organized by Gen. Albert Pike on behalf of the Confederacy.
This brigade took part in the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., in 1862.
He died in 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), African Methodist Episcopal Church , Zion
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Zion
A religious sect, founded in New York City in 1796.
This organization sprang from a desire of colored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church to have a separate spiritual fellowship that they might be more helpful to each other.
The first annual conference, however, was not held until 1821.
James Varich was elected bishop in the following year.
Until 1880 bishops held office for four years only, but in that year an act was passed making the bishopric a life office.
The territory of this Church is divided into seven districts, over each of which there is a bishop.
In 1900 it reported as follows: Ministers, 3,155; churches, 2,906; and members, 536,271.
Andrade, Jose,
Diplomatist; born in Merida, Venezuela, in 1838; studied law in Columbia College; was successively treasurer, secretary, and governor of the state of Zulia in 1880-84; representative for the same state in the National House of Representatives in 1884-88; and was appointed plenipotentiary to settle the claims of France against Venezuela in 1888.
In 1889-90 he represented Venezuela in Washington, D. C., as a member of the Venezuelan and Marine Commissions; was also a delegate to the International Maritime Conference, and to the Pan-American Congress; in 1893 served in the National Assembly which framed the new constitution of Venezuela and in the same year was appointed minister to the United States.
In 1895 he was a member of the United States and Venezuela Claims Commission in Washington.
On Feb. 2, 1897, he signed the treaty of arbitration between Venezuela and England to arrange the boundary dispute: the same year was a delegate to the Universal Postal Congress
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Angell , James Burrill 1829 - (search)
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-
Educator and diplomatist; born in Scituate, R. I., Jan. 7, 1829; was graduated at Brown University; in 1849; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Brown University in 1853-60; president of the University of Vermont in 1866-71; and since 1871 president of the University of Michigan.
In 1880-81 he was United States minister to China; in 1887 a member of the Anglo-American Commission on Canadian Fisheries: in 1896 chairman of the Canadian-American Commission on Deep Waterways from the Great Lakes to the Sea: and in 1897-98 United States minister to Turkey.
He is author of numerous addresses, and magazine articles.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arnold , Samuel Greene 1821 -1880 (search)
Arnold, Samuel Greene, 1821-1880
Legislator and author; born in Providence, R. I., April 12, 1821.
He was graduated at Brown University in 1841.
After extensive travel in Europe, the East, and South America, he became, in 1852, lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island.
In 1861 he took the field in command of a battery of artillery.
He was lieutenant-governor, 1861-62, and United States Senator in 1863.
He was the author of a History of Rhodc Island.
He died in Providence, Feb. 12, 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arthur , Chester Alan 1830 -1886 (search)
Audiphone,
An instrument to assist dulness of hearing, invented by R. G. Rhodes, of Chicago, and modified by M. Colladon, of Geneva, in 1880.
It consists of a thin sheet of hard ebonite rubber or card-board, to be placed against the teeth, through which and other bones vibrations are conveyed to the auditory nerve.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bayard , Thomas Francis 1828 -1898 (search)
Bayard, Thomas Francis, 1828-1898
Diplomatist; born in Wilmington, Del., Oct. 29, 1828; grandson of James A. Bayard; was admitted to the bar at Wilmington in 1851, and served as United States District Attorney.
From 1869 to 1885 he was United States Senator from Delaware, and foremost among the leaders of the Democratic side.
He was a member of the Electoral Commission in 1877, and was for a while president pro tem. of the Senate.
In 1880 and 1884 Senator Bayard's prominence in the party brought his name before the National Democratic Convention, but he failed of securing the prize, though receiving many votes.
President Cleveland called him in 1885 to the office of Secretary of State, where he remained until 1889, and in President Cleveland's second administration he was first minister and then ambassador (q. v.) to Great Britain.
He died in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 28, 1898.