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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Daughters of the King , the, (search)
Daughters of the King, the,
A religious society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, founded in New York City, Easter evening, 1885.
It is often confused with the King's daughters (q. v.), a society from which it differs in many respects.
Its chief purposes are to aid rectors in their parish work and to extend Christianity among young women.
In 1900 the president of the council was Mrs. E. A. Bradley; secretary, Miss Elizabeth L. Ryerson.
The office of the council is in the Church Missions House, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York City.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Debs , Eugene Victor ,1855 - (search)
Debs, Eugene Victor, 1855-
Labor leader; born in Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 5, 1855; educated in the common schools; city clerk of Terre Haute in 1879-83; member of the Indiana legislature in 1885; served as grand secretary and treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; president of the American Railway Union in 1893-97; and in June of the latter year was made chairman of the national council of the Social Democracy of America, a society founded for political and industrial co-operation.
When president of the American Railway Union he conducted a notable strike on the Great Northern Railway, and in 1894 directed the great strike on the Western railroads, for which he was charged with conspiracy, but was acquitted, and subsequently, in 1895, served a sentence of six months imprisonment for contempt of court in violating its injunction.
In 1896 he lectured on The relations of the Church to labor, and in 1900 was the candidate of the Social Democratic National part
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Depew , Chauncey Mitchell ,1834 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dickinson , Don M. ,1846 - (search)
Dickinson, Don M., 1846-
Lawyer; born in Port Ontario, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1846; settled in Michigan in 1848; graduated at the Law Department of the University of Michigan in 1866; began practice in Detroit; member of the Democratic National Committee in 1884-85; served as Postmaster-General of the United States in 1888-89.
He was appointed senior counsel for the United States before the Bering Sea Claims Commission in 1896.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Donaldson , James Lowry ,1814 -1885 (search)
Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885
Military officer; born in Baltimore, Md., March 7, 1814; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1836; served in the war with Mexico and through the Civil War; was promoted colonel and brevetted major-general of volunteers; resigned in January, 1874.
He was a personal friend of Gen. G. H. Thomas, to whom he made known a plan to establish cemeteries for the scattered remains of soldiers who had been killed in battle.
It was this suggestion which led to the institution of Decoration, or Memorial, Day. He died in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 4, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Drake , Francis Samuel ,1828 -1885 (search)
Drake, Francis Samuel, 1828-1885
Biographer; born in Northwood, N. H., Feb. 22, 1828; son of Samuel Gardner Drake.
He is the author of Dictionary of American biography; Life of Gen. Henry Knox; The town of Roxbury; Indian history for young folks, etc. He edited Schoolcraft's history of the Indians.
He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 22, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dwight , Timothy 1752 -1817 (search)
Dwight, Timothy 1752-1817
Born in Norwich, Conn., Nov. 16, 1828; graduated at Yale in 1849; tutored at Yale 1851-55;
Timothy Dwight. Professor of Sacred Literature and New Testament Greek at Yale, 1858-86; president of Yale University, 1886-99, when he resigned the office.
President Dwight was one of the American committee on Revision of the Bible from 1878 till 1885.
Educator; born in Northampton, Mass., May 14, 1752; graduated at Yale College in 1769, and was a tutor there from 1771 to 1777, when he became an army chaplain, and served until October, 1778.
During that time he wrote many popular patriotic songs.
He labored on a farm for a few years, preaching occasionally, and in 1781 and 1786 was a member of the Connecticut legislature.
In 1783 he was a settled minister at Greenfield and principal of an academy there; and from 1795 until his death was president of Yale College.
In 1796 he began travelling in the New England States and in New York during his college
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eames , Wilberforce ,1855 - (search)
Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-
Librarian; born in Newark, N. J., Oct. 12, 1855; appointed assistant in the Lenox Library, 1885; librarian in 1893.
He is the author of many bibliographical books, among them an account of the early New England catechisms, a comparative edition of the various texts of Columbus's letter announcing the discovery of America, and editor of several volumes of Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, besides many articles on bibliographical subjects.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Endicott , William Crowninshield ,1827 - (search)
Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1827-
jurist; born in Salem, Mass., Nov. 19, 1827; graduated at Harvard in 1847; admitted to the bar in 1850; appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in 1873; became Secretary of War in 1885. Judge Endicott was a Democrat, and the unsuccessful candidate of his party for governor of Massachusetts in 1884.
His daughter, Mary, married Joseph Chamberlain, English colonial secretary.
He died in Boston, May 6, 1900.
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