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Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown
Biographical Soceity, 1904
 

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Página 14 - Adolphus received a high school education, and at the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the 19th Massachusetts volunteer infantry. He was promoted to the rank of first sergeant and was one of the " forlorn hope," at Fredericksburg, where he was twice wounded, Dec.
Página 9 - England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble.
Página 10 - March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war.
Página 11 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.
Página 14 - American association for the advancement of science, of the American philosophical society, and of the American academy of arts and sciences...
Página 14 - He was county solicitor in 1860, but at the opening of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the Union army at which time he changed the spelling of his name from Estey.
Página 11 - Awarded for the two best essays on some subject associated with Rutgers University at the time prior to the close of the Revolutionary era. Gift of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey.
Página 4 - York city where he became known as an illustrator and painter of genre and historical subjects. He was elected an associate of the National academy of design in 1879, and became an academician and a member of the Society of American artists in 1882.
Página 10 - Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America will be held in Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 10 and 11, 1898. The "quarter centennial celebration of the establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health" will be in progress at the abovenamed time.

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