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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 12 0 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.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spaulding, Solomon 1761-1816 (search)
Spaulding, Solomon 1761-1816 Clergyman; born in Ashford, Conn., in 1761; served in the revolutionary War; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1785; entered business with his brother in Cherry Valley, N. Y., in 1795, and a few years later in Richfie Book of Mormon was an outgrowth of The manuscript found, and it was alleged that Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith stole Spaulding's manuscript, and from it made the book of the Mormon faith. In 1884, however, James H. Fairchild, president of Oberli Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemblance except in general features. Spaulding died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. See Mormons; Smith, Joseph. speaker of Congress, the Oberlin College, compared Spaulding's manuscript with the Book of Mormon and declared that there was no resemblance except in general features. Spaulding died in Amity, Pa., Oct. 20, 1816. See Mormons; Smith, Joseph. speaker of Congress, the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio, (search)
Population of the State, 230,760......1810 Matthew Simpson, bishop Methodist Episcopal Church, born Cadiz......June 21, 1810 First steamboat on the Ohio, the New Orleans, 400 tons, built at Pittsburg, descends the Ohio to New Orleans in fourteen days......1811 War with England declared; three regiments raised in Ohio......1812 Columbus laid out......1812 Col. Israel Putnam, one of the pioneers of the State, and a son of Gen. Israel Putnam, dies at Belpre......1812 Solomon Spaulding writes a work of fiction, The manuscript found, at Salem, which afterwards furnishes the basis of the Mormon Bible......1812 General Harrison builds Fort Meigs, Wood county......February, 1813 General Harrison defends this fort against the combined attack of 2,800 British and Indians under General Proctor and the Indian chief Tecumseh......May 1-8, 1813 Fort Meigs again besieged by about 4,000 British and Indians under the same commanders without success......July 21, 1813
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
of Washington......1825 Fort Colville built by the Hudson Bay Company at Kettle Falls, on the Columbia......1825 Nathaniel J. Wyeth, with twenty-one men, starts from Boston overland for Oregon, and with a remnant of his party descends the Columbia, arriving at Fort Vancouver......Oct. 29, 1832 Fort Nisqually built by Archibald McDonald 4 or 5 miles from the mouth of the Nisqually River.......1833 Mission station established at Waiilatpu, near Walla Walla, by the Revs. Whitman, Spaulding, and Gray......1836 Lieut. R. E. Johnson, of the United States exploring expedition, with three men from Nisqually, visits Forts Okanagan, Colville, Lapwai, and Walla Walla, and returns by Yakima River......May–July, 1841 Michael T. Simmons, with five families, settles at Tumwater, at the head of Budd Inlet, naming it New Market......October, 1845 Congress notifies Great Britain that the conventions of 1818 and 1827, for joint occupation of Oregon Territory (including Washington)
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.), Index (search)
456 South Sea idyls, 156 South side view of slavery, 345 South since the War, the, 352 Southworth, Mrs. E. D. E. N., 69 Souvenirs of My time, 152 Sower, Christopher. See Saur, Christopher Spain in America, 188 Spangenberg, 577 Spanish cities with glimpses of Gibraltar and Tangier, 164 Spanish conquest of New Mexico, the, 132 Spanish idyls and legends, 53 Spanish literature (Ticknor), 468 Sparks, Jared, 173, 176, 178, 183 Spaulding, E. G., 264 Spaulding, Solomon, 520 Specimens (Joaquin Miller), 54 Spectator, the, 110 Speed, Joshua F., 371 Spelling Book (Murray), 401 Spelling Book (Webster), 475 Spencer, 180, 181, 192, 229, 229 n., 230, 231, 234, 237, 240 n., 245, 251, 285, 540 n. Spenser, 484, 559 n. Spindler, G. W., 447 n. Spinoza, 255, 263 Spirit of learning, the, 417 Spirit of modern philosophy, the, 245 Spirit of the Orient, the, 213 Spoils of Poynton, the, 103, 105 Spooner, Lysander, 437 Spoon Riv