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Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Huntington, Daniel 1816- (search)
Huntington, Daniel 1816- Artist; born in New York, Oct. 14, 1816; was educated at Hamilton College. In 1835 he began studying art with Samuel F. B. Morse (q. v.), president of the National Academy of Design; in 1839 and 1844 visited Europe; and while in Rome and Florence produced several notable paintings. In 1862 and 1869 he was elected president of the National Academy, and served continuously in the same office in 1877-91. His paintings include The bar-room politician; A Toper asleep; portraits: Abraham Lincoln; Martin Van Buren; Daniel Huntington. Albert Gallatin, etc.; figure pieces: Mercy's dream; Sacred lesson; Mrs. Washington's reception; The good Samaritan; Righteousness and peace; The Atlantic cable projectors, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lawrence, William beach 1800-1881 (search)
al law in 1873, when he appeared before the American and British international tribunal in Washington in the Circassian case. In securing a reversal of the United States Supreme Court's decision in favor of his clients, he accomplished what no other lawyer had ever done in the history of the country. His publications include The history of Louisiana; Bank of the United States; Institutions of the United States; Inquiry into the causes of the public distress; History of the negotiations in reference to the Eastern and northeastern boundaries of the United States; Biographical memoir of Albert Gallatin; Commentary on the elements of international law; Study? of international law on marriage; The treaty of Washington; The indirect claims of the United States under the treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871, as submitted to the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva; Belligerent and sovereign rights as regards neutrals during the War of secession, etc. He died in New York City, March 26, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri River, the (search)
Recent investigations seem to make it certain that the Mississippi River, from its confluence with the Missouri, should be called the Missouri; and that the Mississippi proper, above that confluence, is a branch of the Missouri. Above their confluence the Mississippi drains 169,000 square miles, and the Missouri drains 518,000 square miles. From that point to Lake Itasca the length of the Mississippi is 1,330 miles; while that of the Missouri, from its sources in Madison, Red Rock, and Gallatin lakes, is about 3,047 miles. At the confluence of the rivers the Mississippi has a mean discharge of 105,000 cubic feet of water a second, and the Missouri 120,000 cubic feet a second. Above that confluence the Missouri is navigable to Fort Benton, Mont., by good-sized steamboats, a distance of 2,682 miles, or more than twice the length of the Mississippi from Lake Itasca to its confluence with the Missouri. Reckoning the Mississippi below the confluence as the Missouri makes the latter,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
ShunkResigned, 18481845 William F. JohnsonActing1849 William Bigler1852 James Pollock1855 William F. Packer1858 Andrew G. Curtin1861 John W. Geary1867 John F. Hartranft1873 State governors—Continued. Henry M. Hoyt1879 Robert E. Pattison1883 James A. Beaver1887 Robert E. Pattison1891-1895 Daniel H. Hastings1895-1899 William A. Stone1899-1903 United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. William Maclay1st to 2d1789 to 1791 Robert Morris1st to 4th1789 to 1795 Albert Gallatin3d1793 to —— James Ross3d to 8th1794 to 1803 William Bingham4th to 7th1795 to 1799 John Peter G. Muhlenberg7th1801 to 1802 George Logan7th to 9th1801 to 1805 Samuel Maclay8th to 10th1803 to 1808 Andrew Gregg10th to 13th1807 to 1813 Michael Leib10th to 13th1809 to 1814 Abner Lacock13th to 16th1813 to 1819 Jonathan Roberts13th to 17th1814 to 1821 Walter Lowrie16th to 19th1819 to 1825 William Findley17th to 20th1821 to 1827 William Marks19th to 22d1825 to 1831 Isaac D. Barnard2<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Russia. (search)
ices in bringing about a peace. This was done March 8, 1813. The President, always anxious for peace, immediately accepted the friendly offer, and nominated Albert Gallatin and James A. Bayard commissioners to act jointly with Mr. Adams to negotiate a treaty of peace with Great Britain. The Thirteenth Congress assembled on May 2on. He also announced that the offer had been accepted; that commissioners had been appointed to conclude a treaty of peace with British commissioners, and that Gallatin and Bayard had departed for Russia, there to meet Mr. Adams. The Senate refused to confirm the nomination of Gallatin, because he still held the position of SecGallatin, because he still held the position of Secretary of the Treasury, and the attempt at mediation by Russia was a failure. The sympathy displayed by Russia with the American government at a critical period of the Civil War is well known; at a time when the attitude of Great Britain and France was doubtful, the appearance of Russian vessels in Northern waters was taken as
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stevens, John Austin 1827- (search)
Stevens, John Austin 1827- Author; born in New York City, Jan. 21, 1827; graduated at Harvard College in 1846; became librarian of the New York Historical Society. He founded the Magazine of American history, of which he was editor for many years, and was the originator and first president of the Society of Sons of the Revolution. His publications include The expedition of Lafayette against Arnold; The Burgoyne campaign; Progress of New York in a century; The French in Rhode Island; Life of Albert Gallatin, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treaties, Anglo-American (search)
after that of Jay was negotiated and ratified. See Jay, John. In 1814 the British government rejected the mediation of the Empress of Russia in bringing about a peace with the United States, but finally offered to treat directly with the United States. The ancient city of Ghent, in Belgium, was selected, and there the commissioners of the two governments met in the summer of 1814. The American commissioners were John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Jonathan Russell, and Albert Gallatin. The British commissioners were Lord Gambier, Henry Goulburn, and William Adams. These joined the American commissioners at Ghent, Aug. 6, 1814. Christopher Hughes, Jr., the American charge d'affaires at Stockholm, was appointed secretary to the American commissioners. Negotiations were speedily opened, when a wide difference of views appeared, which at first threatened the most formidable obstructions to an agreement. The discussions continued several months, and a conclusion was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Barlow (dies Dec. 26, 1812) as minister to France......April, 1813 General Wilkinson takes possession of the Spanish fort at Mobile......April 15, 1813 Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania, and James A. Bayard, Maryland, appointed as peace commissioners with John Quincy Adams at the Russian court to negotiate a peace; they sail....nd session adjourns......April, 1814 American commissioners to negotiate a peace with Great Britain: John Quincy Adams and Jonathan Russell, Massachusetts; Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania; James A. Bayard, Delaware; and Henry Clay, Kentucky. These commissioners meet Admiral Lord Gambier, Henry Goulbourn, and William Adams, Britisenn., aged fifty-four......June 15, 1849 President Taylor issues a proclamation against filibustering expeditions to Cuba under Lopez......Aug. 11, 1849 Albert Gallatin, distinguished statesman, dies at Astoria, L. I.......Aug. 12, 1849 Thirty-first Congress, first session, assembles......Dec. 3, 1849 Senate strongly De
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 11: (search)
igners claiming hospitality now, which will not glance at once upon the distinguished living and the illustrious dead; upon the Irish Montgomery, who perished for us at the gates of Quebec; upon Pulaski the Pole, who perished for us at Savannah; upon De Kalb and Steuben, the generous Germans, who aided our weakness by their military experience; upon Paul Jones the Scotchman, who lent his unsurpassed courage to the infant thunders of our navy; also upon those great European liberators, Kosciusko of Poland, and Lafayette of France, each of whom paid his earliest vows to liberty in our cause. Nor should this list be confined to military characters, so long as we gratefully cherish the name of Alexander Hamilton, who was born in the West Indies, and the name of Albert Gallatin, who was born in Switzerland, and never, to the close of his octogenarian career, lost the French accent of his boyhood,--both of whom rendered civic services which may be commemorated among the victories of peace.
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Fifth: Senatorial career. (search)
generous Germans, who aided our weakness by their military experience—upon Paul Jones, the Scotchman, who lent his unsurpassed courage to the infant thunders of our navy—also upon those great European liberators, Kosciusko of Poland, and Lafayette of France, each of whom paid his earliest vows to Liberty in our cause. Nor should this list be confined to military characters, so long as we gratefully cherish the name of Alexander Hamilton, who was born in the West Indies, and the name of Albert Gallatin, who was born in Switzerland, and never, to the close of his octogenarian career, lost the French accent of his boyhood—both of whom rendered civic services which may be commemorated among the victories of peace. Nor is the experience of our Republic peculiar. Where is the country or power which must not inscribe the names of foreigners on its historic scroll? It was Christopher Columbus, of Genoa, who disclosed to Spain the New World; it was Magellan, of Portugal, sailing in the s<
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