Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Sunderland-ZuritaJames Grant Wilson, John Fiske D. Appleton, 1889 |
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... became president of the Gallaudet association of deaf - mutes . From 1879 till his death he was superintendent of the New England industrial school for deaf - mutes , which he founded in Beverly . He edited the " Deaf - Mute's Friend ...
... became president of the Gallaudet association of deaf - mutes . From 1879 till his death he was superintendent of the New England industrial school for deaf - mutes , which he founded in Beverly . He edited the " Deaf - Mute's Friend ...
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... became captain and assistant quartermaster , 7 July , 1838 , major , 21 April , 1846 , and lieutenant - colonel and deputy quartermaster - general , 3 Aug. , 1861. He was chief quartermaster of the Army of the West in 1846-27 , was ...
... became captain and assistant quartermaster , 7 July , 1838 , major , 21 April , 1846 , and lieutenant - colonel and deputy quartermaster - general , 3 Aug. , 1861. He was chief quartermaster of the Army of the West in 1846-27 , was ...
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... became a fellow of Peter house in 1664 , held the rec- tory of Freetherne in the diocese of Glou- cester , and in 1702 became chaplain of the ship " Centurion , " which brought to this country Keith and Gordon , the first mis- sionaries ...
... became a fellow of Peter house in 1664 , held the rec- tory of Freetherne in the diocese of Glou- cester , and in 1702 became chaplain of the ship " Centurion , " which brought to this country Keith and Gordon , the first mis- sionaries ...
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... became slightly dimmed , the top of his head , which was thinly covered with gray hair , became as white as milk , and he lost ten and a half pounds in weight . The outline of his feat- ures stood out more clearly , and his lips closed ...
... became slightly dimmed , the top of his head , which was thinly covered with gray hair , became as white as milk , and he lost ten and a half pounds in weight . The outline of his feat- ures stood out more clearly , and his lips closed ...
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... became clerk in a dry - goods house in Boston . His employers subsequently aided him in establish- ing himself in business , and he became interested in calico - print works and in the manufacture of cotton . In 1827 he removed to New ...
... became clerk in a dry - goods house in Boston . His employers subsequently aided him in establish- ing himself in business , and he became interested in calico - print works and in the manufacture of cotton . In 1827 he removed to New ...
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Seite 30 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Seite 104 - THE LANDING AT CAPE ANNE; or, THE CHARTER OF THE FIRST PERMANENT COLONY ON THE TERRITORY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COMPANY. Now discovered, and first published from the ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, with an inquiry into its authority, and a HISTORY OF THE COLONY, 1624-1628, Roger Conant, Governor. By J. WINGATE THORNTON. 8vo, cloth 2.50. Of " A rare contribution to the early history of New England.
Seite 169 - Surrender of Burgoyne," the " Surrender of Cornwallis," and the " Resignation of Washington at Annapolis.
Seite 375 - I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side...
Seite 101 - It is the living spirit of the tree, not its spirit of turpentine, with which I sympathize, and which heals my cuts. It is as immortal as I am, and perchance will go to as high a heaven, there to tower above me still.
Seite 211 - He then studied medicine at the College of physicians and surgeons in New York city.
Seite 375 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Seite 59 - ... account for her own feelings of self-blame. There proved to be no reason to think that Mrs. Wallace had had promiscuous experiences which she was afraid to reveal, but there was reason to believe that she had conflicts on the subject sufficient to build up in her a disproportionate degree of selfblame. Her parents died when she was a child and she was brought up by her sister. Apparently she had been fond of her brotherin-law in a childish way, and through this had built up a feeling of jealousy...
Seite 261 - He was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and second president of the Rhode Island society of that order.
Seite 204 - T., are the works of an obscure, tippling, but extraordinary body of the name of Tytler, commonly known by the name of Balloon Tytler, from his having projected a balloon ; a mortal, who, though he drudges about Edinburgh as a common printer, with leaky shoes, a sky-lighted hat, and kneebuckles as unlike as George-by-the-grace-ofGod, and Solomon-the-son-of-David ; yet that same unknown drunken mortal is author and compiler of three-fourths of Elliot's pompous Encyclopedia Britannica, which he composed...