Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . , from itsDiscovery to its Colonization under Will-iam Penn. He died in Wilmington, Del.,in 1867. Ferro, Meeidian of. A line drawn duenorth and south through the poles, fromwhich longitudes are reckoned, is a me-ridian. Ferro, the most western Canaryisle, known to the ancients and rediscover-ed in 1402, was taken as the prime me-ridian by the geographers of Columbusstime. See Columbus, Christopher. Ferry, Orris Sanford, statesmam;born in Bethel, Conn., Aug. 15, 1823;graduated at
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . , from itsDiscovery to its Colonization under Will-iam Penn. He died in Wilmington, Del.,in 1867. Ferro, Meeidian of. A line drawn duenorth and south through the poles, fromwhich longitudes are reckoned, is a me-ridian. Ferro, the most western Canaryisle, known to the ancients and rediscover-ed in 1402, was taken as the prime me-ridian by the geographers of Columbusstime. See Columbus, Christopher. Ferry, Orris Sanford, statesmam;born in Bethel, Conn., Aug. 15, 1823;graduated at Yale in 1844; held manyState ollices; colonel of thv. 5th Connecti-cut U. S. v., July, 1801; served throughthe war; United States Senator, died in Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 21, 1875. Ferry, Thomas White, statesman;born in Mackinac, Mich., June 1, 1827;member of Congress, 1865-71; UnitedStates Senator, 1871-83. He died inGrand Haven, Mich,, Oct. 14, 1896. born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1755; cameto America on the staff of Rochambeau;fought under Lafayette. Returning toFrance, he became a favorite at AXEL FEBSEI^ After the Revolution he returned toSweden, and in 1801 was made grandmarshal of Sweden. On suspicion of com-plicity in the death of Prince Christian ofSweden, he was seized by a mob, whilemarshalling the funeral procession, andtortured to death, June 20, 1810. Fessenden, Thomas Gbeen, authorborn in Walpole, N. H., April 22, 1771graduated at Dartmouth College in 1796began the practice of law in Bellows Falls,Vt., in 1812. His publications includeDemocracy Unveiled; Laves of Patents forNew Inventions, etc. He died in Boston,Mass., Nov. 11, 1837. Fessenden, William Pitt, legislatorborn in Boscawen, N. H., Oct. 16, 1806graduated at Bowdoin College in 1823admitted to the bar in 1827; member ofthe Maine legislature two terms; andwas elected to Congress in 1841. FromFeb. 24, 1854, till his death he wasUnited States Senator, excepting whenSecretary of the Treasury
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