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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Isaac , 1803 -1883 (search)
Adams, Isaac, 1803-1883
Inventor born in Rochester, N. H., in 1803; learned the cabinet-maker's trade; in 1824 settled in Boston and worked in a machine shop.
He invented the printing-press to which his name was given in 1828, and two years later it was perfected and soon came to be generally used.
In 1840 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
He died in Sandwich, N. H., July 19, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Aguinaldo , Emilio , 1870 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , Joel Asaph , 1838 - (search)
Allen, Joel Asaph, 1838-
Zoologist; born in Springfield, Mass., July 19, 1838; studied zoology at the Lawrence Scientific School.
In 1865-71 he was a member of scientific expeditions to Brazil, the Rocky Mountains, and Florida: in 1870-85 was assistant in ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge.
He was president of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883-90, and since 1885, has been curator of the department of vertebrate zoology in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Professor Allen edited the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, and was author of Monographs of North American Rodents (with Elliott Coues); History of North American Pinnipeds, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alvey , Richard Henry , 1826 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Apportionment, congressional, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Balch , George Beall , 1821 - (search)
Balch, George Beall, 1821-
Naval officer; born in Tennessee, Jan. 3, 1821.
He entered the navy in 1837: engaged in the war against Mexico, and was wounded in a naval engagement at Shanghai, China.
He was engaged actively and successfully in the South Atlantic blockading squadrons and in other naval operations.
He became rear-admiral in 1878, and retired in 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baldwin , Charles H. , 1822 -1888 (search)
Baldwin, Charles H., 1822-1888
Naval officer; born in New York City, Sept. 3, 1822; entered the navy in 1839; served through the Mexican War on the frigate Congress; commanded the steamer Clifton of the mortar flotilla at the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans, and in the first attack on Vicksburg.
both in 1862; was promoted rear-admiral in 1883; and was the official representative of the United States at the coronation of the Emperor of Russia.
He died in New York City, Nov. 17, 1888.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bangs , John Kendrick , 1862 - (search)
Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-
Author; born in Yonkers, N. Y., May 27, 1862; was graduated at Columbia University in 1883; studied law; became associate editor of Life in 1884; editor of Drawer in 1888, and of Literary notes in Harper's magazine in 1898; and editor of Harper's weekly in 1900.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bankruptcy laws, past and present. (search)