Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . CALVIN COOLIDGE lican National Convention meeting inChicago in June, 1920, and was elected onNov. 4, 1920. COOLIDGE, T(HOMAS), JEFFER-SON, an American diplomat, born in Bos-ton in 1831. He graduated from HarvardUniversity in 1850 and began business inthe firm of Gardiner & Coolidge, EastIndia merchants. He also took an ac-tive part in the development of railwaysin the West. He was president of theA-tchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, andother railroads. In 1892-1893 he wasUnited
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . CALVIN COOLIDGE lican National Convention meeting inChicago in June, 1920, and was elected onNov. 4, 1920. COOLIDGE, T(HOMAS), JEFFER-SON, an American diplomat, born in Bos-ton in 1831. He graduated from HarvardUniversity in 1850 and began business inthe firm of Gardiner & Coolidge, EastIndia merchants. He also took an ac-tive part in the development of railwaysin the West. He was president of theA-tchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, andother railroads. In 1892-1893 he wasUnited States Minister to France, andin 1898-1899 he was a member of theJoint High Commission to adjust dis-putes between England and the UnitedStates. He gave the Jefferson PhysicalResearch Laboratory to Harvard Uni-versity. COOLIE, a name in Hindustan for aday laborer, also extended to those ofsome other E. countries. Many of thesehave been introduced Into the West In-. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER ing as consul of the United States atLyons for three years, he returned toCooperstown, N. Y., where he died, Sept. COOPER 139 CO-OPERATION 14, 1851. Besides his novels he wrote ahistory of the United States navy, andsome volumes descriptive of his travels. COOPER, PETER, an American inven-tor, manufacturer, and philanthropist;born in New York, Feb. 12, 1791. Acoachmaker by trade, he became a suc-cessful inventor and glue manufacturer,and acquired a large fortune. He built,after his own designs, the first locomo-tive engine constructed on this continent(1830) ; was one of the original pro-moters of the electric telegraph, activelyinterested in the construction of the NewYork State canals, etc. He was the can-didate of the Greenback party forPresident in 1876. He is best known bythe institution that was dearest to hisown heart, the Cooper Union of NewYork, founded for the instruction of theindustrial classes (1854-1859). He wrote:Political and Financial Opinions, w
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