Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Sunderland-ZuritaJames Grant Wilson, John Fiske D. Appleton, 1889 |
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... charge of the Bethany Lutheran congregation , Lindsborg , Kan . He was the founder of Bethany college and normal institute in that town in 1880 , and is its president . He was English secretary of the general council in 1886. secretary ...
... charge of the Bethany Lutheran congregation , Lindsborg , Kan . He was the founder of Bethany college and normal institute in that town in 1880 , and is its president . He was English secretary of the general council in 1886. secretary ...
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... charge of investigating and modifying the coast defences . He was U. S. surveyor of the port of New York in 1818-27 , then a civil engineer in the U. S. service , and superin- tendent of harbor im- provements on the lakes in 1829 - '45 ...
... charge of investigating and modifying the coast defences . He was U. S. surveyor of the port of New York in 1818-27 , then a civil engineer in the U. S. service , and superin- tendent of harbor im- provements on the lakes in 1829 - '45 ...
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... charge temporarily of the Astor library . SYNGE , Millington Henry , British author , b . in England about 1820. He was a captain of royal engineers , and was employed on the works at Ottawa in 1848. He published " Canada in 1848 ...
... charge temporarily of the Astor library . SYNGE , Millington Henry , British author , b . in England about 1820. He was a captain of royal engineers , and was employed on the works at Ottawa in 1848. He published " Canada in 1848 ...
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... charge of the district of Savannah , Ga . In July of the same year he commanded the troops and defences on Morris island , S. C. , and in August following the forces on James island . In February , 1864 , he led a division in Florida ...
... charge of the district of Savannah , Ga . In July of the same year he commanded the troops and defences on Morris island , S. C. , and in August following the forces on James island . In February , 1864 , he led a division in Florida ...
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... charge of the surveys of the Tortugas reefs off the coast of Florida , which surveys proved to be of great value for the location of fortifications at Dry Tortugas . In March , 1831 , he took com- mand of the schooner " Grampus " in the ...
... charge of the surveys of the Tortugas reefs off the coast of Florida , which surveys proved to be of great value for the location of fortifications at Dry Tortugas . In March , 1831 , he took com- mand of the schooner " Grampus " in the ...
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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...