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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill , Benjamin Harvey 1823 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoar , Ebenezer Rockwood 1816 -1895 (search)
Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood 1816-1895
Jurist; born in Concord, Mass., Feb. 21, 1816; son of Samuel Hoar, and brother George F. Hoar; graduated at Harvard in 1835; admitted to the bar in 1840, and practised in Concord and Boston.
He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1849-55; of the State Supreme Court in 1859-69; Attorney-General of the United States in 1869-70; member of the high joint commission which framed the treaty of Washington in 1871; and a representative in Congress in 1873-75.
He died in Concord, Mass., Jan. 31, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hood , Samuel 1800 -1875 (search)
Hood, Samuel 1800-1875
Lawyer; born in Moyle, Ireland, about 1800; came to the United States in 1826; admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, and began practice there.
He contributed to periodicals and published A practical treatise on the law of Decedents in Pennsylvania.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., about 1875.
Hood, Samuel 1800-1875
Lawyer; born in Moyle, Ireland, about 1800; came to the United States in 1826; admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, and began practice there.
He contributed to periodicals and published A practical treatise on the law of Decedents in Pennsylvania.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., about 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hudson , Frederic 1819 -1875 (search)
Hudson, Frederic 1819-1875
Journalist; born in Quincy, Mass., in 1819; settled in New York City in 1836; and was connected with the Herald for thirty years, being managing editor when he retired.
He published Journalism in the United States from 1690 till 1872.
He died in Concord, Mass., Oct. 21, 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , Helen Maria Fiske 1831 -1885 (search)
Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske 1831-1885
Author; born in Amherst, Mass., Oct. 18, 1831; daughter of Prof. Nathan W. Fiske; was educated in the Ipswich Female Seminary; married Capt. Edward B. Hunt in 1852.
She first became known as an author under the letters H. H.
in 1875, when she married William S. Jackson.
In 1879 she became deeply interested in the condition of the American Indians and their treatment by the United States government.
In 1883, while a special commissioner to inquire into the circumstances of the Mission Indians of California, she studied the history of the early Spanish missions, and a short time prior to her death she wrote the President a letter pathetically asking for the righting of the wrongs of the Indian race.
Her works include Verses; Bits of travel; Nelly's silver-mine; The story of Boone; A century of dishonor; Mammy Littleback and her family; Ramona; Glimpses of three coasts; Hetty's strange history, and others.
She died in San Francisco, Cal., A
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , Henry rootes 1820 -1898 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jenckes , Thomas Allen 1818 -1875 (search)
Jenckes, Thomas Allen 1818-1875
Legislator; born in Cumberland, R. I., Nov. 2, 1818; graduated at Brown University in 1838; admitted to the bar in 1840; served in Congress in 1862-71.
He was the author of the United States bankruptcy law, which was passed in 1867; and was also one of the earliest and most prominent advocates of civil service reform.
His bill in advocacy of the same was passed in 1868.
He died in Cumberland, R. I., Nov. 4, 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , Bradley Tyler 1829 - (search)
Johnson, Bradley Tyler 1829-
Lawyer; born in Frederick, Md., Sept. 29, 1829; graduated at Princeton in 1849; studied law at the Harvard Law School in 1850-51, and began practice in Frederick.
In 1851 he was State attorney of Frederick county.
In 1860 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Conventions in Charleston and Baltimore; voted for the States' Rights platform; and, with most of the Maryland delegates, withdrew from the convention, and gave his support to the Breckinridge and Lane ticket.
During the Civil War he served in the Confederate army, rising from the rank of captain to that of brigadier-general.
After the war he practised law in Richmond, Va., till 1879, and then in Baltimore till 1890.
He was a member of the State Senate in 1875-79.
His publications include Chase's decisions; The foundation of Maryland; Life of General Washington; Memoirs of Joseph E. Johnston; The Confederate history of Maryland, etc.