Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Grinnell-LockwoodJames Grant Wilson, John Fiske D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... York city , 30 June , 1874 , was graduated at New Bedford acad- emy in 1818 , and in the same year be- came clerk in a commission house in Pine street , New York . In 1825 he was made a member of the firm of Fish and Grinnell , after ...
... York city , 30 June , 1874 , was graduated at New Bedford acad- emy in 1818 , and in the same year be- came clerk in a commission house in Pine street , New York . In 1825 he was made a member of the firm of Fish and Grinnell , after ...
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... N. Y. , 13 Feb. , 1821 ; d . in New York city , 26 Dec. , 1879 , was educated at Columbia , and at the Uni- versity of the city of New York , where he was graduated in 1837. He then studied law in Utica , and was admitted to the bar in ...
... N. Y. , 13 Feb. , 1821 ; d . in New York city , 26 Dec. , 1879 , was educated at Columbia , and at the Uni- versity of the city of New York , where he was graduated in 1837. He then studied law in Utica , and was admitted to the bar in ...
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... York city , 16 Oct. , 1809 ; d . there , 21 Feb. , 1879 . He was graduated at Columbia in 1828 , and at the General theological seminary of the Episcopal church in 1831. He was ordained deacon the same year , and priest in 1833. While ...
... York city , 16 Oct. , 1809 ; d . there , 21 Feb. , 1879 . He was graduated at Columbia in 1828 , and at the General theological seminary of the Episcopal church in 1831. He was ordained deacon the same year , and priest in 1833. While ...
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... York , 1872 ) ; " Modern English " ( New York and London , 1873 ) ; and " On English Adjectives in -able , with Spe- cial Reference to Reliable " ( London , 1877 ) .— His brother , Benjamin Homer , author , b . in Troy , N. Y. , 14 Nov ...
... York , 1872 ) ; " Modern English " ( New York and London , 1873 ) ; and " On English Adjectives in -able , with Spe- cial Reference to Reliable " ( London , 1877 ) .— His brother , Benjamin Homer , author , b . in Troy , N. Y. , 14 Nov ...
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... York Museum of Natural His- tory " ( Albany , 1884 ) . HALL , John , jurist , b . in Waynesboro , Va . , in 1767 ; d ... city of New York . He was selected to deliver the funeral sermon of Chief - Justice Chase , who belonged to a ...
... York Museum of Natural His- tory " ( Albany , 1884 ) . HALL , John , jurist , b . in Waynesboro , Va . , in 1767 ; d ... city of New York . He was selected to deliver the funeral sermon of Chief - Justice Chase , who belonged to a ...
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Page 242 - I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you, I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness; beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 136 - No other great power would under similar circumstances fail to assert a rightful control over a work so closely and vitally affecting its interest and welfare.
Page 242 - I believe you to be a brave and a skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm. But I think that during Gen.
Page 242 - I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than...
Page 121 - ... aspect is concerned, with its flat, unvaried surface, covered chiefly with wooden houses, few or none of which pretend to architectural beauty; its irregularity, which is neither picturesque nor quaint, but only tame ; its long and lazy street, lounging wearisomely through the whole extent of the peninsula, with Gallows Hill and New Guinea at one end, and a view of the alms-house at the other...
Page 270 - made a chevalier of the Legion of honor by the French government in 1884. Gen. Howard has contributed various articles to magazines, his latest being an account of the Atlanta campaign in the "Century...
Page 168 - An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes who traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775.
Page 165 - who annuls or disallows laws of so salutary a nature, from being the father of his people, degenerates into a tyrant, and forfeits all right to obedience.
Page 72 - Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all the general officers who did not exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible.
Page 30 - Look up and not down; look forward and not back ; look out and not in ; lend a hand.