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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wirt, William 1772-1834 (search)
gave him a literary reputation. Published in collected form, they have passed through many editions. The next year he published a series of essays in the Richmond Enquirer entitled The rainbow. Wirt settled in Richmond in 1806, and became distinguished the following year as one of the foremost lawyers in the country in the trial of Aaron Burr for treason. In the same year he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, and was a prominent advocate of the chief measures of President Jefferson's administration. His chief literary production—Life of Patrick Henry—was first published in 1817, at which time he was United States attorney for the district of Virginia. The same year President Monroe appointed him (Dec. 15) Attorney-General of the United States, which office he held continually until 1829, when he removed to Baltimore. In 1832 he was the candidate of the Anti-Masonic party (q. v.) for the Presidency of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 18, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Worcester, Joseph Emerson 1784-1865 (search)
Worcester, Joseph Emerson 1784-1865 Lexicographer; born in Bedford, N. H., Aug. 24, 1784; graduated at Yale College in 1811. While teaching school at Salem he wrote A Geographical dictionary, or universal Gazetteer, ancient and modern, published in 1817. In 1818 he issued a Gazetteer of the United States. This was followed by several elementary works on geography and history. In 1828 he issued Johnson's English dictionary, as improved by Todd and abridged by Chalmers, with Walker's pronouncing dictionary combined, to which is added Walker's Key. Dr. Worcester is best known by his series of dictionaries. For a complete list of his works see Allibone's Critical dictionary of English Literature, and British and American authors. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 27, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrangel, Ferdinand, Baron von 1796-1870 (search)
Wrangel, Ferdinand, Baron von 1796-1870 Explorer; born in Esthonia, Russia, Dec. 29, 1796; educated in the Naval Academy of St. Petersburg; made two voyages around the world in 1817-19 and 1825-27; commanded an expedition to the Polar Sea in 1820-24; and was governor of the Russian possessions in North America (Alaska) in 1829-34. He died in Dorpat, Russia, June 6, 1870. wrecks
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zoarites, (search)
Zoarites, A communistic society, the legal title of which is The Separated Society of Zoa. The Zoarites came to Philadelphia from that hotbed of religious discontent, Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1817, finding welcome among the Quakers, who furnished them funds to migrate the following spring to Ohio, where they purchased 5,000 acres of land. At first there was no intention of a communistic settlement. Time revealed, however, that they were unequal in age, strength, experience, and enterprise. The leaders saw that the undertaking would fail unless it was established upon a different basis. A community of goods and efforts was in consequence effected. The community was governed solely by three trustees, who had unlimited power. They appointed each member to his special work, but never without consulting his personal inclination. Aside from the trustees, there was an agent-general, who controlled the society's dealings with the outside world. This office was held by Joseph Bau
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