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Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, part 2.13, chapter 2.27 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bancroft , Edward , 1744 -1820 (search)
Bancroft, Edward, 1744-1820
Naturalist; born in Westfield, Mass., Jan. 9, 1744; was a pupil of Silas Deane (q. v.) when the latter was a school-master.
His early education was not extensive.
Apprenticed to a mechanic, he ran away, in debt to his master, and went to sea; but returning with means, he compensated his employer.
Again he went to sea; settled in Guiana, South America, as a physician, in 1763, and afterwards made his residence in London, where, in 1769, he published a Natural history of Guiana.
He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
While Franklin was in England on a diplomatic mission, Dr. Bancroft became intimate with him; and through the influence of the philosopher became a contributor to the philosopher became a contributor to the Monthly review.
He was suspected by the British government of participation in the attempt to burn the Portsmouth dock-yards, and he fled to Passy, France.
Soon afterwards he met Sil
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Franklin , Benjamin 1706 -1790 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Raleigh , Sir Walter 1552 - (search)
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), R. (search)
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Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), List of Mrs. Child 's works, with the date of their first publication as far as ascertained. (search)