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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Abigail (Smith ）
Adams, Abigail (Smith）,
Wife of President John Adams; born in Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 23, 1744; daughter of the Rev. William Smith; was married Aug. 25, 1764, when Mr. Adams was a rising young lawyer in Boston.
In 1784 she joined her husband in France, and in the following year went with him to London, where neither her husband nor herself received the courtesies due their position.
In 1789-1810 she resided at the seat of the national government, and passed the remainder of her life in the Quincy part of Braintree, dying Oct. 28, 1818.
Her correspondence, preserved in Familiar letters of John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, during the Revolution, throws important light upon the life of the times which it cover
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agricultural societies. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alden , James 1810 -1877 (search)
Alden, James, 1810-1877
Naval officer; born in Portland, Me.. March 31, 1810; became a midshipman in 1828; lieutenant in 1841; commander in 1855; captain, Jan. 2, 1863; commodore, July 25, 1866; and rear-admiral, June 19, 1871.
He was a participant in the South Sea Exploring Expedition under Lieutenant Wilkes, and served under Commodore Conner on the Gulf coast of Mexico during the war with that country.
He was active in the reinforcement of Fort Pickens; in the expedition against Galveston; as commander of the Richmond in the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip in the capture of New Orleans; and at Vicksburg, Port Hudson. Mobile Bay, and Fort Fisher.
He was appointed chief of the Bureau of Navigation and Detail in 1869, and, after his promotion to rear-admiral, commander of the European squadron.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 6, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alexander , Archibald 1772 - (search)
Alexander, Archibald, 1772-
Theologian; born in Augusta (now Rockbridge) county.
Va., April 17, 1772; was of Scotch descent, and became teacher in a Virginian family at the age of seventeen years. In 1791 he entered the ministry as an itinerant missionary in his native State.
In 1789 he became president of Hampden-Sidney College; left it in 1801; married a daughter of Rev. Mr. Waddell, the celebrated blind preacher in Virginia, and afterwards (1807) became pastor of a Presbyterian church in Philadelphia.
In 1810 he was elected president of Union College, Georgia, but did not accept it. On the establishment of the Theological Seminary at Princeton.
N. J., in 1811, Dr. Alexander was chosen its first professor, which position he held until his death.
Oct. 22, 1851.
Among his numerous writings his Outlines of the evidences of Christianity, used as a text-book in several colleges, is most extensively known.
It has passed through many editions in various languages.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ashburton , Alexander Baring , Lord
Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Lord,
English diplomatist; born in England, Oct. 27, 1774; son of Sir Francis Baring, an eminent merchant: was employed, in his youth, in mercantile affairs, in the United States, and married an American wife.
In 1810 he became the head of his father's business house; in 1812-35 sat in Parliament, and in 1835 was raised to the peerage under the title of Baron Ashburton.
The unsettled condition of the Northeastern boundary question led Sir Robert Peel to send Baron Ashburton to the United States, as being widely acquainted with American affairs.
Here he concluded, Aug. 9, 1842, with Daniel Webster, the Webster-Ashburton treaty, which settled the northeastern boundary between the United States and the British dominions.
For this achievement he was accorded, in both Houses of Parliament, a complimentary vote of thanks, and an earldom was offered him, which he declined.
He was privy councillor, a trustee of the British Museum, and received the D. C.L
Astoria,
A city in Oregon.
at the mouth of the Columbia River, founded in 1810 by John Jacob Astor (q. v.) as a station for his fur-trade.
It is the subject of a picturesque descriptive work entitled Astoria, by Washington Irving (1836). lrving never visited the station, but wrote from documents furnished by Astor.
and from recollections of another Northwestern fur-trading post.
In 1900 the population was 8,381.
See Oregon.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Audubon , John James 1780 -1851 (search)
Audubon, John James, 1780-1851
Ornithologist; born in New Orleans, May 4, 1780; was the son of a French admiral.
Educated at Paris, he acquired much skill as an artist
John James Audubon. under the instruction of the celebrated David.
At the age of seventeen years he began to make a collection of drawings of the birds of America, and became a most devoted student of the feathered tribes of our country.
So early as 1810 he went down the Ohio River with his wife and child in an open boat.
to a congenial spot for a forest home.
He visited almost every region of the United States.
In some of his Western excursions, Wilson, the ornithologist, was his companion.
In 1826 he went to Europe to secure subscriptions to his great work, The birds of America.
It was issued in numbers, each containing five plates, the subjects drawn and colored the size and tints of life.
It was completed in 4 volumes, in 1838.
Of the 170 subscribers to the work, at $1,000 each, nearly one-half came
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Black , Jeremiah Sullivan 1810 -1883 (search)
Black, Jeremiah Sullivan, 1810-1883
Jurist; born in Somerset county, Pa., Jan. 10, 1810; was Attorney-General of the united States in 1857-60; Secretary of State in 1860-61; retired from political life after President Lincoln's inauguration; and was afterwards engaged in many notable law Cases.
He died in York, Pa., Aug. 19, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brooks , James 1810 -1873 (search)
Brooks, James, 1810-1873
Journalist; born in Portland, Me., Nov. 10, 1810; became a Washington correspondent of the Portland Advertiser in 1832; established the Express in New York City in 1832; was a member of the New York State constitutional convention; a government director of the Union Pacific Railway; and one of the members of the House of Representatives censured for his connection with the Credit Mobilier.
He died in Washington, D. C., April 30, 1873.
See Credit Mobilier.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Charles Brockden 1771 -1810 (search)
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810
Author; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 1771: studied law, but abandoned it for literature.
In addition to novels and works of literature he published An address to Franklin: an address to Congress on foreign commerce.
He was the first American author who made literature his profession.
He died in Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1810.