The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . ril 30, 1873. He foundmuch difficulty in obtaining an education, on accountof his fathers death and the poverty of the employer aiding him, he graduated at Water-ville in 1831, and began the study of law. He wasalready a newspaper correspondent, and in 1832 hewent to Washington, and from there contributedarticles to the Portland Advertiser. These were thefirst Washington letters, and they set the traveled through the South and Europe, sendingto the newspaper accounts of his trips. In 1
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . ril 30, 1873. He foundmuch difficulty in obtaining an education, on accountof his fathers death and the poverty of the employer aiding him, he graduated at Water-ville in 1831, and began the study of law. He wasalready a newspaper correspondent, and in 1832 hewent to Washington, and from there contributedarticles to the Portland Advertiser. These were thefirst Washington letters, and they set the traveled through the South and Europe, sendingto the newspaper accounts of his trips. In 1836he started the New York He was a mem-ber of the Maine legislature (1835), the New Yorklegislature (1847), and of Congress (1849). He wasa member of the American party up to 1861, whenhe became a Democrat. From 1865 to 1873 he wasin Congress. In the last-mentioned year he wascensured by Congress for having stock in the CreditMobilier. The mortification caused by this rebuke isthought to have hastened his death. He was, in1869, one of the government directors of the Union. Pacific railroad. In 1871 and 1872 Mr. Brooks madea voyage around the world, and wrote a descriptionof his travels. BROOKS, Maria Gowen, an American poetess;born in Bedford, Massachusetts, about 1795; died inMatanzas, Cuba, Nov. 11, 1845. Her father was aman of literary tastes, which she inherited. At theage of 19 she wrote lyrics and a metrical published Judith, Esther, and Other Poems, by aLover of the Fine Arts; Zophiel; Idomen,or the Valeof Yumuri; and an Ode to the Departed. BROOKS, Noah, an American author; born inCastine, Maine, Oct. 30, 1830. He has been con-nected with the Alfa Californian, New York Timesand Tribune, but is best known as a magazine-writer,the author of books for boys, and a Life of AbrahamLincoln (1888). BROOKS, Phillips, clergyman; born in Boston,Massachusetts, Dec. 13, 1835. He graduated atHarvard in 1855, andreceived his theologicaltraining at the Alexandria
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