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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 2 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sparks, Jared 1789- (search)
; became an editor of the North American review, and was sole proprietor and conductor of it from 1823 to 1830. He was a Unitarian minister at Baltimore from 1819 to 1823, and in 1821 was chaplain to the House of Representatives. In 1839 he was chosen Professor of History at Harvard, occupying the position ten years, and from 1849 to 1852 he was president of that institution. In 1857 Dr. Sparks made a tour in Europe with his family, and afterwards resided at Cambridge until his death, March 14, 1866. Dr. Sparks's earlier publications were mostly on theological subjects. In 1834 he began the publication of The writings of George Washington, with a life. It was completed in 1837 (12volumes.) He had already (1829-30) published Diplomatic correspondence of the American Revolution (12 volumes), and Life of Gouverneur Morris, 1832. He edited The American almanac for many years from 1830, and in 1840 completed The works of Benjamin Franklin (12 volumes). He also edited a series of Ameri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Visible speech, (search)
Visible speech, A system of communication devised by Alexander Melville Bell, who called it a universal self-interpreting physiological alphabet. It comprises thirty symbols representing the forms of the mouth when uttering sounds. About fifty symbols, the inventor asserts, would be required to represent the sounds of all known languages. He expounded his systern to the Society of Arts, London, March 14, 1866, and published a book in 1867.