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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , George Ticknor 1812 -1894 (search)
Curtis, George Ticknor 1812-1894
Lawyer; born in Watertown, Mass., Nov. 28, 1812; graduated at Harvard in 1832; admitted to the bar in 1836; removed to New York City in 1862.
Among his publications are History of the origin, formation, and adoption of the Constitution of the United States; Life of Daniel Webster; Life of James Buchanan, etc. He died in New York, March 28, 1894.
Curtis, George William
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greely , Adolph Washington 1844 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazelwood , John 1726 -1800 (search)
Hazelwood, John 1726-1800
Naval officer; born in England about 1726; settled in Philadelphia.
In December, 1775, he was made superintendent of fire-ships; in September, 1777, became commander of the naval force of Pennsylvania. Col. William Bradshaw wrote in a letter, dated Oct. 7, 1777, that when Lord Howe, who had anchored with his squadron in Delaware Bay, sent word to Hazelwood to surrender his fleet, with the promise of the King's pardon, the latter replied that he would defend the fleet to the last.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., about March 1, 1800.
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry . (search)
William Alexander Linn, Horace Greeley Founder and Editor of The New York Tribune, Index (search)
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Index to volumes I. And II . (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter army life and camp drill (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 20 : Italy .—May to September , 1839 .—Age, 28 . (search)