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Author : John Edward Semmes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book John H. B. Latrobe and His Times, 1803-1891 written by John Edward Semmes and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Edward Semmes
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021106827
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (68 download)
Download or read book John H. B. Latrobe and His Times, 1803-1891 written by John Edward Semmes and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of John H. B. Latrobe, a prominent 19th century lawyer and architect who served in various public offices, including as the chief Engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Edward Semmes
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230315218
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (152 download)
Download or read book John H. B. Latrobe and His Times, 1803-1891 written by John Edward Semmes and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 170 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. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...quaint and square-shouldered, for whom I turned mechanical knowledge to account; of Mathew Smith, the Quaker client, who gave me my first trustee business, one of the kindest, truest and best of men, whose wife, surviving him many years and dying at a good old age, was a woman of remarkable intelligence, and fit mate for such a husband; of Barrett, the shipping master, who swore by me, because he found I knew the nomenclature of a ship from truck to keelson, and drew one to aid him in his explanation of a case of assault and battery he brought to me; of Charles Howard of S., the tobacconist, who from being my client became my student, and learned Latin well, while he rolled cigars with a grammar open before him--dead now, and the children even of many of them passed away. "At one time during my student life and early practice, I had some temptation to turn my attention to literature as a profession. I had, as already said, written upon more than one subject, and found little difficulty in slinging words together. Among other things that came from my pen were three tales published in successive years in the Atlantic Souvenir--"The Esmeralda/ founded upon the capture of the vessel of that name by Lord Cochrane, in the harbor of Callao; 'The Mortgage;' and 'Giles Hetherby, ' the last two being purely imaginative. My nom de plume was 'Godfrey Wallace, ' a signature that I adopted for some rhymes that the Atlantic Souvenir contained, the most pretentious of which had some little credit given to it and was called the "Bower of Paphos," being written to suit an engraving so named that was sent to inspire me. Had I been willing to work in the same way, I would have found, I think, a good deal of employment in penny-a-line literature. Luckily, ...
Author : John E. Semmes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332058030
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (58 download)
Download or read book John H. B. Latrobe written by John E. Semmes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from John H. B. Latrobe: And His Times 1803-1891 In order to give an account of Mr. Latrobe's early life and associations, it is necessary to consider the character and life of the elder Latrobe, at least from the time Of his landing in this country at Norfolk in 1796 to his death in New Orleans in 1820. He had passed three years at the University Of Leipsic, one Of the leading Universities Of Europe. He subsequently studied architecture and civil engineering and was appointed Surveyor of public build ings in London. He was Offered the office of Surveyor to the Crown, with a salary Of per annum; but the death of his wife and his desire to cast his lot in a new country led him to decline this offer, and, as above related, we find him in Norfolk, Va. He left Norfolk and went to Richmond, in order to investigate the James River naviga tion. During his stay in Virginia he made several surveys for the Dismal Swamp Company. He visited President Washington at Mount Vernon. Like his son, John H. B. Latrobe, he was a great admirer of beauty, and his tribute to Miss Custis shows his high appreciation of that lady's good looks. He writes as follows. 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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ISBN 13 : 9780795026386
Total Pages : 601 pages
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Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873386166
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Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861897065
Total Pages : 189 pages
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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814743145
Total Pages : 321 pages
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806140063
Total Pages : 348 pages
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019069646X
Total Pages : 368 pages
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674375604
Total Pages : 644 pages
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ISBN 13 : 9780963283634
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