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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 279 279 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 78 78 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 33 33 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 31 31 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 30 30 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 29 29 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 28 28 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 25 25 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 20 20 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 18 18 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], The death of Lord Herbert. (search)
The death of Lord Herbert. --Sidney Herbert, (whose death is announced by the Persia,) the second son of the Earl of Pembroke and the Countess of Woronzow, was born in 1810. At the age of 22 he entered the House of Commons as a conservative; he was a devoted follower of Sir Robert Peel through many years of that great statesman's career; was appointed Secretary of the Admiralty, and subsequently Secretary of War (in 1845) under Peel. He held the same post under Aberdeen, when the Russian war broke out; how the War Department broke down under the pressure of the Crimean campaign, is an old story. But two years ago, when Lord Palmerston came into power, the Department was again handed over to one whom the London Times pronounces "undoubtedly the best man for the post." His immense labors in the creation of the famous volunteer force, in the amalgamation of the Indian and Royal armies, and in the introduction of rifled cannon, overcame the minister, so that he was a few months ag