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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Irene E. Jerome., In a fair country 1 1 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1865., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life 1 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaines, Myra Clark 1805-1813 (search)
Gaines, Myra Clark 1805-1813 Claimant; wife of Edmund Pendleton Gaines; daughter of Daniel Clark, who was born in Sligo, Ireland, and emigrated to New Orleans, where Myra was born in 1805. Her father inherited a large estate from his uncle in 1799, and died in New Orleans, Aug. 16, 1813, devising all his property to his mother, Mary Clark. Myra married first W. W. Whitney in 1832, and on his death General Gaines in 1839. She claimed the estate of her father, who was reputed a bachelor at the time of his death, and after a litigation of over fifty years she succeeded in establishing her rights. She died in New Orleans, Jan. 9, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gales, Joseph -1860 (search)
Gales, Joseph -1860 Journalist; born near Sheffield, England, April 10, 1786. His father emigrated to the United States in 1793, and established the Independent Gazetteer in Philadelphia, and in 1799 removed to Raleigh. N. C., where he established the Register. Joseph became a printer, and subsequently a partner of Samuel Harrison Smith, publisher of the National Intelligencer, in Washington, D. C., the successor of the Independent Gazetteer. In connection with William Winston Seaton he made the Intelligencer a daily newspaper. Both partners were efficient reporters, and to their interest and foresight is due the preservation of many important speeches, notably those of Webster and Hayne. Gales died in Washington, D. C., July 21, 1860.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gallitzin, Prince Demetrius Augustine 1770-1841 (search)
, where his father was Russian ambassador. He belonged to one of the oldest and richest families among the Russian nobles. In 1792 he came to the United States for the purpose of travel, but determined to become a Roman Catholic priest. He entered the St. Sulpice Seminary in Baltimore, and was ordained a priest March 18, 1795, being the first priest who had both received holy orders and been ordained in the United States. He was sent on missions, but was recalled in consequence of his impetuosity and over-zeal. In 1799 he was appointed pastor at Maguire's settlement. He purchased 20,000 acres in the present Cambria county, Pa., which he divided into farms and offered to settlers on easy terms. Although constantly hampered by lack of money to carry out the grand schemes he contemplated, his colony took root and soon sent out branches. He had adopted the name of Schmettau, which was anglicized into Smith, but in 1811 he resumed his own name. He died in Loretto, Pa., May 6, 1841.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield, James Abram 1831-1881 (search)
nd admitted, and was the chief ground on which the British commissioners reluctantly abandoned their claim. It is a stain upon the honor of our country that such a man—the leader of pioneers who made the first lodgment on the site now occupied by Louisville, who was in fact the founder of the State of Kentucky, and who by his personal foresight and energy gave nine great States to the republic—was allowed to sink under a load of debt incurred for the honor and glory of his country. In 1799 Judge Burnet rode some 10 or 12 miles from Louisville into the country to visit this veteran hero. He says he was induced to make this visit by the veneration he entertained for Clark's military talents and services. He had, says Burnet, the appearance of a man born to command, and fitted by nature for his destiny. There was a gravity and solemnity in his demeanor resembling that which so eminently distinguished the venerated Father of his Country. A person familiar with the lives a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
en. T. H. Ruger1867-68 Rufus B. Bullock1868-72 James Milton Smith1872-77 Alfred H. Colquitt1877-82 Alexander H. Stephens1882-83 Henry D. McDaniel1883-86 John B. Gordon1886-90 William J. Northen1890-94 William Y. Atkinson1895-98 Allen D. Candler1898– United States Senators. NameNo. of CongressDate. William Few1st and 2d1789 to 1793 James Gunn1st to 7th1789 to 1801 James Jackson3d1794 to 1795 George Watson4th1795 Josiah Tattnall4th to 5th1796 to 1799 Abraham Baldwin6th to 9th1799 to 1807 James Jackson7th to 8th1801 to 1806 John Milledge9th to 12th1806 to 1809 George Jones10th1807 William H. Crawford10th to 12th1807 to 1813 United States Senators (continued). NameNo. of Congress.Date. Charles Tait11th1809 William B. Bullock13th1813 Williams Wyatt Bibb13th to 14th1813 to 1816 George M. Troup14th to 15th1816 to 1819 John Forsyth15th1819 John Elliott16th to 18th1819 to 1824 Freeman Walker16th1819 to 1821 Nicholas Ware17th to 18th1821 to 1824 Thomas W. C
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Glendy, John 1755-1832 (search)
Glendy, John 1755-1832 Clergyman; born in Londonderry, Ireland, June 24, 1755; educated at the University of Glasgow; came to the United States in 1799, and settled in Norfolk, Va.; was chaplain of the House of Representatives in 1815-16. He was the author of Oration in commemoration of Washington. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 4, 1832.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Graham, James Duncan 1799-1865 (search)
Graham, James Duncan 1799-1865 Military officer; born in Prince William county, Va., April 4, 1799; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1817; appointed a topographical engineer in 1829; made the survey of the northeast boundary of the United States; represented the United States under the treaty of Washington in determining the boundary between the United States and the British provinces, etc.; promoted colonel of engineers, June 1, 1863. He died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 28, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Habersham, John 1754-1799 (search)
Habersham, John 1754-1799 Military officer; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1754; appointed major of the 1st Georgia Regiment of Continentals; served throughout the Revolutionary War in the army, and after peace was declared was appointed Indian agent; was elected to the Continental Congress from Georgia in 1785. He died in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 19, 1799.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton, Paul 1762-1816 (search)
Hamilton, Paul 1762-1816 Statesman; born in St. Paul's parish, S. C., Oct. 16, 1762; elected comptroller of South Carolina in 1799; governor in 1804. President Madison appointed him Secretary of the Navy in 1809. He died in Beaufort, S. C., June 30, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison, William Henry 1773-1812 (search)
d him an ensign. Made a lieutenant in 1792, he afterwards became an efficient aide to General Wayne, and with him went through the campaign in Ohio, in 1794. After the treaty of Greenville (1794), he was placed in command of Fort Washington, on the site of Cincinnati, and was promoted to captain. While on duty at North Bend, he was married to Anna, daughter of Judge Symmes, an extensive land-owner there. In 1797 he was appointed secretary of the Northwest Territory, and left the army. In 1799 he became a delegate to Congress, and was made the first governor of Indian Territory in 1801. That office he held until 1813, and, as superintendent of Indian affairs, performed efficient service. In the course of his administration, he made thirteen important treaties with different tribes. Harrison, at the head of troops, gained a victory over the Indians, Nov. 7, 1811, at Tippecanoe (q. v.). He was in command of the Army of the Northwest in the second war for independence, in which pos
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