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Download or read book Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 5 written by James Grant Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 5: Pickering-Sumter States and the Six Nations. Col. Pickering was appointed postmaster-general, 14 Aug, 1791, and held that office till 1795. In the mean time was waged the great war with the Indians of the North western territory, and Col. Pickering was called upon several times to negotiate with the chiefs of the Six Nations and keep up the alliance with them. He knew how to make himself liked and respected by the red men, and in these delicate missions was eminently successful. On the resignation of Knox he was appointed secretary of war, 2 Jan., 1795. The department then included Indian affairs, since transferred to the department of the interior. It also included the administration of the navy. In these capacities Col. P1cker1ncr was instrumental m founding the military school at West Point, as well as in superintending the building of the three noble frigates Constitution, United States, and Constellation, that were by and by to win imperishable renown. On the resignation of Ran dolph in the autumn of 1795, Col. Pickering for a while acted as secretary of state, and afte1 three months was appointed to that ofiice. He continued as secretary of state, under the administration of John Adams, until the difficulties with France, growing out of the X. Y. Z. Papers, had reached a crisis and led to a serious disagreement between Mr. Adams and his cabinet. (see adams, john.) Then Col. Pickering was dismissed from office, 12 May, 1800. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 5 written by James Grant Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 5: Pickering-Sumter States and the Six Nations. Col. Pickering was up inted ostmaster-general, 14 Aug, 1791, and heidothato ce till 1795. In the mean time was waged the great war with the Indians of the North western territory, and C01. Pickering was called upon several times to negotiate with the chiefs of the Six Nations and keep up the alliance with them. He knew how to make himself liked and respected by the red men, and in these delicate missions was eminently successful. On the resignation of Knox he was appointed secretary of war, 2 Jan., 1795. The department then included Indian affairs, since transferred to the department of the interior. It also included the administration of the navy. In these capacities Col. Pickering was instrumental in founding the military school at West Point, as well as in superintending the building of the three noble frigates Constitution, United States, and Constellation, that were by and by to Win im erishable renown. On the resignation of Ban do ph in the autumn of 1795, Col. Pickering for a while acted as secretary of state, and after three months was appointed to that oflice. He continued as secretary of state, under the administration of John Adams, until the difficulties with France, growing out of the X. Y. Z. Papers, had reached a crisis and led to aserious disagreement between Mr. Adams and his cabinet. (see adams, john.) Then Col. Pickering was dismissed from office, 12 May, 1800. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography written by James Grant Wilson and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...(May, 1864). BROOKE, Walker, senator, b. in Virginia, 13 Dec, 1813; d. in Vicksburg, Miss., 19 Feb., 1869. He was graduated at the university of Virginia in 1835, studied law, emigrated to Kentucky, where be taught school two years, and then began to practise law in Lexington, Miss. He was elected.a senator in congress in place of Henry S. Foote, who had resigned in order to accept the governorship, and served from 11 March, 1852, till 3 March, 1853. He was a member of the Mississippi seceding convention of 1861, elected a member of the provisional Confederate congress, in which he sat from 18 Feb., 1861, till 18 Feb., 1862, and was a candidate for the Confederate senate, but defeated bv James Phelan. 'BROOKS, Caroline Shawk, sculptor, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, 28 April, 1840. Her father, Abel Shawk, was the inventor and builder of the first successful steam fire-engine. She studied drawing and painting, was graduated at the St. Louis normal school in 1862, married Samuel H. Brooks the same year, and first became known as an artist through an alto-relievo head of the "Dreaming lolanthe," executed in butter at the centennial exhibition. Subsequently she gave public exhibitions of modelling in the new material. In 1877 sho secured a patent for improvements in the methods of producing lubricated moulds in plaster. In May, 1878, she executed in butter at Washington a life-size statue of the " Dreaming lolanthe," which was successfully transported to Paris and exhibited at the world's fair of 1878. She subsequently opened a studio in New York, and executed portrait marbles of Emanuel Swedenborg (1883), James A. Garfield (1884), Thurlow Weed (1884), George Kliot (1886), and Thomas Carlyle (1886), and a portrait group of five...
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