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J., (New York: The Williams Printing Company, 1887), 52; Murgatroyd, Rev. E.

William P.

William B.

Hammersley, who served an equally long time; William Hammersley was one of the earliest physicians and

It is a large apartment, very clean of course, white-washed, with high-ceilings, well-lighted, perhaps

latter have been and are ready to exchange man for man as far as prisoners go, (certainly all the whites

William "Filibuster" Walker was a doctor, lawyer, and newspaper editor whose nickname stemmed from his

Matthew Partridge, William Gill, DEATHS OF BROOKLYN MEN.

I step softly over and find by his card that he is named William Cone, of the First Maine Cavalry, and

Missouri, Iowa, and all the Western States, temporarily camped here in Sherman's Union Major General William

There are two or three large stoves, and the prevailing white of the walls is relieved by some ornaments

O'Connor, the wife of William Douglas O'Connor.

Through the rich August verdure of the trees see that white group of buildings off yonder in the outskirts

Harewood Hospital, a model hospital like Judiciary Square and Lincoln, was built on the estate of William

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

"David and William Campbell, Builders. April 6, 1808." TO BE CONTINUED. This piece is unsigned.

From late June through the middle of October 1863, forces under Union General William S.

trees, through all the streets and in the well-kept public grounds, and through this green, the milky white

Three beads of this black money, and six of white, were equivalent to an English penny, or a Dutch stuyver

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Kerosine.......... 200,000 Saleratus......... 50,000 Starch............ 30,000 Vinegar........... 12,000 White

lead........ 1,250,000 Whiting........... 68,000 Lamps, lanterns, & gas fixtures. 125,000 Stoves....

The White Lead factory gives employment to two hundred and twenty-five men.

The Brooklyn White Lead Works, established in 1822, was the oldest white lead factory in the state of

.; The Brooklyn White Lead Works, established in 1822, was the oldest white lead factory in the state

was of an ancient primitive kind, very staid, without any cheering, but then a plentiful waving of white

number of "old revolutionaries" on the ground, and along the line of march; and their bent forms and white

Thomas Kirk, William Hartshorne, the veteran of United States printers Early type-setting experience.

Hartshorne, William Hartshorne was a printer and mentor to Whitman.

We have spoken of William Hartshorne—he was the veteran printer of the United States.

Of William Hartshorne, for the fifteen or twenty years previous to his death, the old man was often to

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

There, too, is Rockaway beach, so white and silvery, calm and pleasant, enough, perhaps, with its long-rolling

as we write, remember the scene, now more than thirty-five years ago—the group of bent, thin-faced, white-haired

Sale, William A. Sale was one of the builders of Old St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn.

William Furman served as county judge before Leffert Lefferts. Secretary—Freeman Hopkins.

William Quinn. The African M. E.

Church was the African Methodist Episcopal Church, for which William Quinn was the first and only church-planting

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

In time, it too gave place, and was also torn down, to make room for the present white marble church

William Hartshorne, William Hartshorne was a printer and mentor to Walt Whitman.

—White Sulphur Springs.

White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, was the site of continuing skirmishes during August of 1862 along the

The resort of White Sulphur Springs was turned into a hospital in 1862 and cared for both Union and Confederate

A major battle at White Sulphur Springs took place the following summer, but George Whitman was not involved

Hill, Major General Henry Heth, and Major General William Mahone. loss slight. September 30.

.; White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, was the site of continuing skirmishes during August of 1862 along

The resort of White Sulphur Springs was turned into a hospital in 1862 and cared for both Union and Confederate

A major battle at White Sulphur Springs took place the following summer, but George Whitman was not involved

Then among the crowd you would see the tall stout shoulders of Joseph Sprague, with his white head; Before

Shepard, Colonel Shepherd, the son-in-law of William H.

See William Rounseville Alger, The Life of Edwin Forrest (New York: Lippincott, 1877), 2:649.

We hove in sight of the steeples and white paint of home, and soon after, the spirits we had served deserted

Looms, too, were in common use, and piles of home-spun cloth and snow-white linen attested the industry

colors, and stones of every conceivable shape, hue, and destiny, with shells, large boulders of a pure white

He was an independent, God-worshipping man, and exercised great influence for good over both whites and

The "President's closing Levee" was the open inaugural reception at the White House, held the evening

5000 guests, including Frederick Douglass, who had initially been barred by guards from entering the White

Never before was such a compact jam in front of the White House, all the grounds filled, and away out

As the President came out on the capitol portico, a curious little white cloud, the only one in that

.; The "President's closing Levee" was the open inaugural reception at the White House, held the evening

5000 guests, including Frederick Douglass, who had initially been barred by guards from entering the White

In 1636, at the request of Charles I, the Plymouth Company transferred to William Alexander, Earl of

The snow-white floor was sprinkled with fine sand, which was curiously stroked with a broom into fantastic

first carpet said to have been introduced into the colony was found in the house of the pirate, Kidd, William

It was rumored that he converted President William Henry Harrison. His son John N.

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

William Hartshorne was a printer and mentor to Whitman.

40, The old Log Cabin to which Whitman refers was likely part of the 1840 "log cabin campaign" of William

Udall, William M.

elected Mayor of the city, and he held a number of other offices before his death in 1854. with his white

Johnson said that, in his youth, he had visited and seen this grandson, whose name was William Jansen

William told his young visitor "I took one bag on each shoulder, one in each hand, and one in my teeth

This William lived to be 80 years of age, and died so late as 1805.

Lord, formerly member of Congress, Frederick William Lord (1800–1860) lived in Greenport and was a member

came a couple of little black fish; after which a real big one, twenty inches long, opening his great white

Whitman refers to Augusta Jane Chapin (1836–1905), Thomas Baldwin Thayer (1812–1886), and William Stevens

East New York, spread out as flat as a pancake—Cypress Hills Cemetery, with its white-painted tower,

are tenacious of the place, and the places, from the brown sand of Napeague Beach, far east, to the white

The firm fine-grained meat, white as snow, and of indescribable sweetness, of a good-sized blue-fish,

Calomel, or mercurial chloride, an odorless, tasteless, yellowish-white mineral paste, was used extensively

Compositor; a typesetter. the flashing of the white bones in the sunlight, and the ornamental flourishes

very voracious creature; so voracious that, instead of a bait, we fasten a piece of bone, or even a white

Calomel, or mercurial chloride, an odorless, tasteless, yellowish-white mineral paste, was used extensively

being, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, to command," Whitman quotes, albeit with some alteration, William

See George Searle Phillips, Memoirs of William Wordsworth (London: Partridge and Oakey, 1852), 197–8.

Rusty black costume; white choker; look oddly compounded of severity, superiority, curiosity, apprehension

Dirty finery, excessively plentiful; paint, both red and white; draggle-tailed dress, ill-fitting; coarse

Nicholas Hotel was built in 1853 to rival the luxurious Astor Place with its white marble facade and

A well-built, portly old man, full, ruddy face, abundant wavy—almost frizzly—white hair, good forehead

It is the firm of William C.

Nicholas Hotel was built in 1853 to rival the luxurious Astor Place with its white marble facade and

Routledge, 1998], 104–105). uniformed in brick-dusty shirts and overalls, battered hats, and shoes white

Pickering, 1835), xxx. did before the Conquerer's Whitman refers to William the Conqueror (1028—1087

Harold II was killed in the quick Norman victory and William was subsequently crowned King of England

Rollo was not completely unconnected to these events, because William I was one of his direct descendants

for example, Wace, Master Wace, His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest from the Roman de Rou (London: William

, Jacob Ryerson, Alert Aersen, Tunis Buys-Garret Cowenhoven, Gabriel Sprong, Urian Andries, John Williams

small size, opened in 1835. down in the square—on account of the real genius of the acting in it of William

William Sefton and John Sefton were brothers.

William was the first stage manager of the Franklin Theatre.

partitions allowed secreted criminals to rummage through the client's clothes while he slept" (Shane White

, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson, Graham White, Playing the Numbers [Harvard University Press, 2010

partitions allowed secreted criminals to rummage through the client's clothes while he slept" (Shane White

, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson, Graham White, Playing the Numbers [Harvard University Press, 2010

See Peter Ross and William Smith Pelletreau, A History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to

As you travel along the roads you see the white tomb-stones, group after group, some far, and some near

Actor and manager William ("Billy") Mitchell (1798-1856) popularized the burlesque theater (also known

of the miserable chattels, lamenting their savage homes, and wondering to each other whither their white

deliberately on, horse and foot, light infantry, hussars, dragoons, riflemen, Highlanders (with ridiculously white

Discontinue all the "sound and fury, signifying nothing," William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act V, Scene

Colden, the Hones, Whitehead and Valentine Hicks, William and James Jauncey, the Kortwrights, Livingstons

Dunlap, William Dunlap (1766–1839) was a painter who was also famous for writing History of the Rise

Frederick Beltz, Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time [London: William

The Croton Reservoir was demolished in 1899 and replaced by the New York Public Library in 1911 (William

The tall white spire, the prolific tracery and ornament, and fret-work, make one wonder and ask how much

It was a small, white shell. —by modern folks Turtle-hill.

colors, and stones of every conceivable shape, hue, and density, with shells, large boulders or a pure white

reception of Le Dieu et la Bayadere and other European ballet/pantomime performances circa 1840–1860, see William

We hove in sight of the steeples and white-paint of home, and soon after, the spirits we had served deserted

It was a small, white shell.; Montauk Point Light, finished in in 1797 and not 1795, as Whitman writes

the reference to the “Youth’s guide to Polite Manners” could be related to the 1833 publication of William

Many advice manuals quoted William Scott’s definition of good-breeding from his 1817 publication of Lessons

—Forms that the coffin shrouds in its white linings; voices that once sounded joyous and light, but which

Levine, "William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation," The American