The National Cyclopaedia of American BiographyJ.T. White, 1896 - United States |
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... England to be or- dained , and on Feb. 25 , 1774 , was made deacon , and three days later was ordained priest , both ceremonies being performed by Dr. Terrick , lord bishop of London . Upon his return to America , in Novem- ber , 1774 ...
... England to be or- dained , and on Feb. 25 , 1774 , was made deacon , and three days later was ordained priest , both ceremonies being performed by Dr. Terrick , lord bishop of London . Upon his return to America , in Novem- ber , 1774 ...
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... England , Belgium , France , and Germany . He was the acknowledged leader of the Massachusetts bar , and was regarded by the younger members of the profession with a love equal to their reverence . His legal career will be noted further ...
... England , Belgium , France , and Germany . He was the acknowledged leader of the Massachusetts bar , and was regarded by the younger members of the profession with a love equal to their reverence . His legal career will be noted further ...
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... England . He was intended for the army , but his father's death necessitated a change in his plans . Mr. Richard- son was graduated from Harvard College , Mass . , in 1859. Ten years later he was graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts ...
... England . He was intended for the army , but his father's death necessitated a change in his plans . Mr. Richard- son was graduated from Harvard College , Mass . , in 1859. Ten years later he was graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts ...
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... England , study- ing under Frankland during the summer of 1855 . He was appointed chief assistant in chemistry in the Yale Scientific School in September , 1855 , and pro- fessor of analytical chemistry in 1856 , succeeding Prof. John A ...
... England , study- ing under Frankland during the summer of 1855 . He was appointed chief assistant in chemistry in the Yale Scientific School in September , 1855 , and pro- fessor of analytical chemistry in 1856 , succeeding Prof. John A ...
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... England making her début as Belvidera at Drury Lane , London , on Oct. 4th . She was the first actress of American birth to visit England as a star , but her reception was a very cordial one . Returning to the United States , she ...
... England making her début as Belvidera at Drury Lane , London , on Oct. 4th . She was the first actress of American birth to visit England as a star , but her reception was a very cordial one . Returning to the United States , she ...
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Page 86 - The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 271 - ... that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 260 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman.
Page 88 - To destroy the existing relations, would be to destroy this prosperity, and to place the two races in a state of conflict, which must end in the expulsion or extirpation of one or the other.
Page 24 - England, and alighted with eight sons, near Mount Wollaston. One of the sons returned to England, and after taking time to explore the country, four removed to Medfield and the neighboring towns; two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand, remained here...
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Page 138 - A day will come when those two immense groups, the United States of America and the United States of Europe, shall be seen placed in...
Page 56 - And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith; Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith; But he shouted a song for the brave and the free— Just read on his medal, "My country,
Page 260 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 71 - It consists of a frame of the size of a sheet of paper, traversed by brass wires, as many as lines are wanted on the page, and with a sheet of carbonated paper, such as is used for getting duplicates, pasted on the reverse side. With an ivory or agate stylus the writer traces his characters between the wires on the carbonated sheet, making indelible marks, which he cannot see, on the white page below.