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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (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 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 1 1 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1863., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Griggs, John William 1849- (search)
Griggs, John William 1849- Lawyer; born in Newton, N. J., July 10, 1849; graduated at Lafayette College in 1868; admitted to the bar in 1871; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1876-77 he was a member of the New Jersey House of Representatives, and in 1882-88 of the State Senate, of which he was president in 1886. He was elected governor of New Jersey in November, 1895, and served till January, 1898, when he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States. In March, 1901, he resigned this office to resume private practice. His services during President McKinley's first administration and especially during the Spanish War period, were laborious, exacting, and highly appreciated by the President and his official advisers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Henderson, David Bremner 1840- (search)
Henderson, David Bremner 1840- Legislator; born in Old Deer, Scotland, March 14, 1840; was brought to the United States in 1846, his family settling first in Illinois, and three years later in Iowa, where he was educated and admitted to the bar in 1865. He entered the Union army in September, 1861, as a private in the 12th Iowa Infantry. In the battle of Corinth, Feb. 26, 1863, he lost a leg, and in May of the same year was appointed commissioner of enrollment for the 3d District of Iowa. In June, 1864, he reentered the army, as colonel of the 46th Iowa Infantry. In 1865-69 he was collector of internal revenue for the 3d David Bremner Henderson. District of Iowa; in 1869-71 was assistant United States district attorney for the Northern Division of the District of Iowa. He was elected to Congress in 1882 and in 1901 still retained his seat. In December, 1899, he was elected speaker.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hickcox, John Howard 1832- (search)
Hickcox, John Howard 1832- Librarian; born in Albany, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1832; received an academic education; worked in the Congressional Library at Washington, D. C., in 1874-82. His publications include An Historical account of American coinage; History of the bills of credit, or paper money, issued by New York from 1709 to 1789; Bibliography of the writings of Dr. Franklin B. Hough; and Catalogue of United States government publications.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill, David Bennett 1844- (search)
Lawyer; born in Havana, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1844; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864; was a member of the New York Assembly in 1869-71. He presided over the Democratic State conventions of 1877 and 1881; was mayor of Elmira, N. Y., in 1882; lieutenant-governor of New York in 1882-85, and governor in 1885-91. In the David Bennett Hill. latter year he was elected United States Senator and served till 1897. He was a candidate for the Presidential nomination in the National Democrat1882-85, and governor in 1885-91. In the David Bennett Hill. latter year he was elected United States Senator and served till 1897. He was a candidate for the Presidential nomination in the National Democratic Convention of 1892, and prior to the convention of 1896, spent several weeks making a political speaking tour of the principal cities of the South on the invitation of the Democratic leaders in that section. In the convention of 1900 he was offered the nomination for Vice-President, but firmly declined it.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844- (search)
Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844- Lawyer; born in Long Branch, N. J., June 3, 1844; was graduated at Rutgers College in 1863; admitted to the bar in 1866; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1872 he was elected to the State Assembly; in 1873 was re-elected and chosen speaker; and in 1874 declined a renomination to the Assembly and was elected to the Senate, to which he was re-elected in 1879. In 1881 and 1882 he was president of the Senate. In 1896 he was elected Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Mr. McKinley, and served till his death, in Paterson, N. J., Nov. 2, 1899. He was connected with a large Garret Augustus Hobart. number of financial concerns; was a man of exceptional personal magnetism, and ably supported President McKinley in the trying days of 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard, Oliver Otis 1830- (search)
at Gettysburg (q. v.), Lookout Valley, and Missionary Ridge; also in the relief of Knoxville, late in the year. In 1864 he was in command of the Army of the Tennessee, and was in all of the battles in the Atlanta campaign. The right of Sherman's army, on its march to the sea, was commanded by him, as well as in the march through the Carolinas afterwards. In December, 1864, he was made a brigadier-general in the regular army, and was afterwards brevetted major-general. At the conclusion of the war General Howard was made commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, and held the office until the bureau was closed, in June, 1872. Trustee and president of Howard University, he resigned in April, 1873. In 1877 he commanded the expedition against the Oliver Otis Howard, during the Civil War. Nez Perces Indians; in 1878 the campaigns against the Bannocks and Piutes; in 1880-82 was superintendent of the Military Academy; in 1886 was promoted to major-general; and, Nov. 8, 1894, was retired.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hubbard, Lucius Frederick 1836- (search)
Hubbard, Lucius Frederick 1836- Governor; born in Troy, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1836; received an academic education; settled in Minnesota in 1857; entered the National army in 1861; served in numerous battles with marked distinction; received the brevet of brigadier-general; was governor of Minnesota in 1882-87. He wrote a paper on Minnesota published in 1886 in the North American review.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hunt, William Henry 1824-1884 (search)
Hunt, William Henry 1824-1884 Lawyer; born in Charleston, S. C., in 1824; educated at Yale College; settled in New Orleans to practise; supported the National cause during the Civil War. He was Secretary of the Navy in 1881-82; and in the latter year was appointed minister to Russia. He died in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 27, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ide, Henry Clay 1844- (search)
Ide, Henry Clay 1844- Jurist; born in Barnet, Vt., Sept. 18, 1844; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1866. He was a member of the Vermont State Senate in 1882-85; president of the Republican State Convention in 1884; and a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1888. In 1891 he was appointed United States commissioner to Samoa; and in 1893-97 was chief-justice of the islands under the joint apportionment of England, Germany, and the United States. On returning to the United States he engaged in banking and manufacturing.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Immigration. (search)
0 the aggregate was 19,765,155. The nationality of immigrants in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, was as follows: Austria-Hungary, 114,847; German Empire, 18,507; Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia, 100,135; Norway, 9,575; Sweden, 18,650; Rumania, 6,459; Russian Empire and Finland, 90,787; England, 9,951; Ireland, 35,730; Scotland, 1,792; Wales, 764; Japan, 12,635; Turkey in Asia, 3,962; West Indies, 4,656; all other countries, 20,122; total, 448,572. High-water mark was reached in 1882, when the immigrants numbered 788,992. In 1892 the steady decline was checked, with a total of 623,084. The lowest number of arrivals in the period of 1867-1900 was 141,857 in 1877, and in the period 1880-1900, 229,299 in 1898. Immigration act of 1891. This measure, in amendment of the various acts relative to immigration and the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor, was introduced in the House by Mr. Owen, of Indiana, and referred to the committee on imm
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