United States Territorial Acquisitions Conference records, 1899-1900.

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United States Territorial Acquisitions Conference records, 1899-1900.

Correspondence and minutes. Persons represented include Andrew Hussey Allen, Henry Gannett, John Hay, Binger Hermann, Herbert Putnam, Walter Francis Willcox, and Frederick Howard Wines.

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Hermann, Binger, 1843-1926

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Born in Lanoconing, Maryland, Binger Hermann settled in Coos County, Oregon in 1859. From the guide to the Binger Hermann letters, 1887-1925, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Binger Hermann (1843-1926) came to Oregon (1859) where he taught school (1859-1864), studied law (1864-1865) and was elected to the Oregon legislature (1866). Hermann was later an Oregon State Senator (1868-1870) and U.S. Land Agent for the Roseburg area (1871-1874). Hermann practised law in...

Hay, John, 1838-1905

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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...

United States Territorial Acquisitions Conference

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Conference of representatives from the U.S. Dept. of State, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Geological Survey, Census Office, and the Library of Congress concerned with the discrepancies in the boundaries of the successive acquisitions of territory by the United States. From the description of United States Territorial Acquisitions Conference records, 1899-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981557 ...

Willcox, Walter Francis, 1861-1964

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Statistician and professor of economics. From the description of Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1851-1965 (bulk 1886-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 708649617 Professor of economics and statistics at Cornell University. From the description of Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1886-1960. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534630 From the guide to the Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1886-1960., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collectio...

Putnam, Herbert

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Herbert Putnam (b. Sept. 20, 1861, New York City–d. Aug. 14, 1955, Woods Hole, MA) was the eighth Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. Putnam was born in New York City to parents Victorine and George Palmer Putnam; his father owned publishing house, G. P. Putnam's Sons. He married Charlotte Elizabeth Munroe and had two daughters, Shirley and Brenda Putnam. Putnam graduated from Harvard University in 1883. He served as librarian at Minneapolis Athenaeum, later Minneapolis Public Library, a...

Wines, Frederick Howard, 1838-1912

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Princeton Theological Seminary graduate who served as a chaplain in the Civil War, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Ill. from 1865-1869, Administrator of the State Board of Public Charities, 1869-1899, secretary for the National Prison Association, 1887-1890, helped establish the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in 1879 and the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee, Ill. and was a special agent for the 10th U.S. Census and Assistant Director for the 1...

Allen, Andrew Hussey, 1855-1921

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Author. From the description of Andrew Hussey Allen certificates, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449283 ...

Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914

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Henry Gannett (b. August 24, 1846, Bath, Maine – d. November 5, 1914), American geographer who is described as the "Father of the Quadrangle" which is the basis for topographical maps in the United States. ...