History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . George William Curtis George William Curtis, editor and orator; born, Providence,R. I., February 24, 1824; joined the Brook Farm colony of whichNathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and other distinguishedAmerican thinkers of their time were connected in 1842; trav-eled and studied abroad, 1846-1850; joined staff of the NewYork Tribune, 1857; delegate to the republican national con-ventions of 1860 and 1864; delegate at large to the constitu-tional convention of 1867; appointed in 1871 by President Grantto a committee which should
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . George William Curtis George William Curtis, editor and orator; born, Providence,R. I., February 24, 1824; joined the Brook Farm colony of whichNathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and other distinguishedAmerican thinkers of their time were connected in 1842; trav-eled and studied abroad, 1846-1850; joined staff of the NewYork Tribune, 1857; delegate to the republican national con-ventions of 1860 and 1864; delegate at large to the constitu-tional convention of 1867; appointed in 1871 by President Grantto a committee which should draw up a plan of civil servicereform; bolted the Blaine ticket and came out for GroverCleveland in 1884; died at Staten Island, August 31, Henry Ward Beecher Heiir\- \^ard Beecher, clergyman; born at Litchfield, Conn.,June 24, 1813; graduated from Amherst college, 1834; studiedtheology at Lane seminary near Cincinnati, O., under thetutelage of his father, the Rev. Lyman Beecher; first settled asa Presbyterian minister near Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1837; re-moved to Indianapolis where he preached, 1839-1847; called toPlymouth Congregational church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1847; ac-quired great reputation as a pulpit orator; withdrew with hiscongregation from the association of congregational churchesin 1882 because of disbelief in eternal punishment; editor ofThe Independent, 1870; charged by Theodore Tilton, his asso-ciate editor, with having alienated the affections of his wife,1874; jury disagreed in damage suit brought by Tilton; becamea member of the republican party on its formation and ad-dressed many political meetings; supported Cleveland in thepresidential campaign of 1884; died at Brooklvn, N. Y., March8, 1887. 18671 CO
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