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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kip, William Ingraham 1811-1893 (search)
Kip, William Ingraham 1811-1893 Clergyman; born in New York City, Oct. 3, 1811; graduated at Yale College in 1831, and later at the General Theological Seminary; was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1835; elected bishop of California in 1857. He was the author of Early Jesuit missions in America; The Olden time in New York, etc. He died in San Francisco, Cal., April 7, 1893.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Laboulaye, ÉDouard Rene Lefevre 1811-1883 (search)
Laboulaye, ÉDouard Rene Lefevre 1811-1883 Author; born in Paris, France, Jan. 18, 1811; became a lawyer in 1842, and practised in his native city. Later he became a prominent educator in France. He greatly admired the Constitution of the United States, and during the Civil War advocated the cause of the North. His works relating to the United States include Political history of the United States; The United States and France; Paris in America; And memoirs of Franklin. He died in Paris, May 25, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lane, Henry Smith 1811-1881 (search)
Lane, Henry Smith 1811-1881 Legislator; born in Montgomery county, Ky., Feb. 24, 1811; removing to Indiana, was there admitted to the bar; and was a member of the legislature in 1837. He served one term in Congress (1841-43), and was lieutenant-colonel of volunteers in the war with Mexico. In 1860 he was elected governor of Indiana, but, being chosen United States Senator, he soon afterwards resigned the governorship. He died in Crawfordsville, Ind., June 11, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Langdon, John 1739-1819 (search)
ennington. He was active in civil affairs, also, all through the war, serving in the Continental Congress and his State legislature. In 1785 he was president of New Hampshire, and in 1787 was one of the framers of the federal Constitution. He was governor of his State in 1788, and again from 1805 to 1811; was United States Senator from 1789 to 1801, and declined the office of Secretary of the Navy (1811) and of Vice-President of the United States (1812). He died in Portsmouth, Sept. 18, 1819.ennington. He was active in civil affairs, also, all through the war, serving in the Continental Congress and his State legislature. In 1785 he was president of New Hampshire, and in 1787 was one of the framers of the federal Constitution. He was governor of his State in 1788, and again from 1805 to 1811; was United States Senator from 1789 to 1801, and declined the office of Secretary of the Navy (1811) and of Vice-President of the United States (1812). He died in Portsmouth, Sept. 18, 1819.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lanman, Joseph 1811-1874 (search)
Lanman, Joseph 1811-1874 Naval officer; born in Norwich, Conn., July 11, 1811; entered the navy in 1825; became captain in 1861, and commodore in 1862. He commanded the frigate Minnesota in the North Atlantic squadron, in 1864-65, and had the command of the second division of Porter's squadron in both attacks on Fort Fisher. He commanded a squadron on the coast of Brazil from 1869 to 1871, and in May, 1872, was retired. On Dec. 8, 1867, he was promoted to rear-admiral. He died in Norwich, March 13, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lawson, Thomas 1781-1861 (search)
Lawson, Thomas 1781-1861 Military officer; born in Virginia in 1781; became surgeon's mate in the United States army in 1811; was made surgeon-general, with the rank of colonel, in 1836. In the War with Mexico he was chief medical officer of the United States army, and was brevetted brigadier-general in 1848 for distinguished services. He published Report on sickness and mortality, United States army, 1819–;39, etc. He died in Norfolk, Va., May 15, 186
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Liberia, (search)
n the ages of sixteen and fifty, and the right of suffrage can only be exercised by those owning real estate. None but citizens can hold real estate, and only negroes can be citizens. The state of Liberia is divided into four counties, and these again into townships. There are a number of small towns, but the only large place is Monrovia, the capital, a city of about 13,000 inhabitants. The republic of Liberia owes its origin to the American Colonization Society, which was organized about 1811, and in 1817 sent a committee to the coast of Africa to select a site for a colony of freed negroes. The Sherbro Islands were first chosen, but the first colony sent out, in 1820, not being satisfied there, was removed to Cape Mesurado in 1822. Here a limited territory was purchased from the natives, which was subsequently enlarged by further purchases. At first the government was carried on by the officers of the Colonization Society, but gradually the share of the people in their own rul
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lovejoy, Owen 1811- (search)
Lovejoy, Owen 1811- Abolitionist; born in Albion, Me., Jan. 6, 1811; was with his brother, Elijah P. Lovejoy, when the latter was murdered. He openly violated the Illinois State laws in holding public antislavery meetings. Elected a member of Congress in 1856, and remained a member through re-election until his death in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 25, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lyon, Matthew 1746- (search)
ile afterwards, and held the rank of colonel while serving as commissary-general of militia. In 1778 he was deputy secretary to the governor of Vermont; and after the war he built saw-mills and grist-mills, a forge, and a mill for manufacturing paper, where he had founded the town of Fairhaven, in Rutland county. Lyon served in the State legislature, and was a judge of Rutland county in 1786. He established the Freeman's Library (newspaper), which he conducted with ability. From 1797 to 1801 he was a member of Congress, and gave the vote which made Jefferson President of the United States. For a libel on President Adams, in 1798, he was confined four months in jail and fined $1,000. In 1801 he went to Kentucky, and represented that State in Congress from 1803 to 1811. Ruined pecuniarily by the building of gunboats for the War of 1812-15, he went to Arkansas, and was appointed territorial delegate to Congress, but did not live to take his seat, dying in Spadra Bluff, Aug. 1, 1822.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCosh, James 1811-1894 (search)
McCosh, James 1811-1894 Educator; born in Carskeoch, Scotland, April 1, 1811; was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh; ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1835; later was made Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in Queen's College, Belfast. He came to the United States in 1868, to assume the presidency of Princeton College, and served that institution with marked success till 1888, when he resigned. His voluminous publications include The methods of the Divine government, physical and moral; Typical forms and special ends in creation ; The Intuitions of the mind Inductively investigated; The supernatural in relation to the natural; The laws of Discursive thought: being a treatise on formal logic; Christianity and Positivism; The Emotions; The religious aspect of evolution; The prevailing types of Philosophy: can they logically reach reality; The tests of various kinds of truths; Our James McCosh. Moral nature; Philosophy of reality, etc. He died in Princeto
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