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# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Eigenbrodt, Lewis Ernest Andrew

Edition of 1900.
​EIGENBRODT, Lewis Ernest Andrew, educator, b. in Lauterbach, Hesse Darmstadt, 22 Sept., 1773; d. 30 Aug., 1828. He was graduated at the University of Giesen in 1793, was master of seven languages, skilled in mathematics, astronomy, and engineering, and had taken a full ​course in divinity. He came to the United States in 1793; and, after spending four years in private tuition and further studies, he was made in 1797 principal of Union Hall academy at Jamaica, N. Y., which his genius, energy, and ability soon made celebrated. Pupils flocked to it from all parts of the United States and from the West India islands, and many men received their early training there who have since been distinguished. Mr. Eigenbrodt received the degree of LL. D. from Union in 1825. He delivered an oration in honor of George Washington on the day of the latter's funeral, 18 Dec., 1799. — His son, David Lamberson, physician, b. in Jamaica, N. Y., 5 Sept., 1810; d. in New York, 3 Jan., 1880, was graduated at Washington (now Trinity) college in 1831, and at the College of physicians and surgeons, New York, in 1835. After useful services in the New York hospital and at Bellevue, where he was in charge of the cholera hospital, he removed to St. Jago de Cuba, where he practised medicine for fifteen years. On his return to New York, he organized in 1858, at the request of Dr. Muhlenberg, both the surgical and medical departments of St. Luke's hospital, then just established, and took charge of that institution as its first resident physician, giving his services gratuitously for a year, at the end of which time he retired to private life. — Another son, William Ernest, clergyman, b. in Jamaica, N. Y., 10 June, 1813, was educated at Union Hall academy, and at Columbia, where he was graduated in 1831. He then studied in the General Protestant Episcopal theological seminary, New York, and entered the ministry of that church. He was engaged in professional duties in Bainbridge and Rochester from 1838 till 1846, in which year he was chosen rector of All Saints' church, New York city. He became associate minister of Calvary church, New York, in 1858, and in 1862 was made professor of pastoral theology in the General theological seminary, where he has since remained. He was secretary of the convention of the diocese of New York from 1854 till 1883. Columbia gave him the degree of D. D. in 1855. — Another son, Charles S., soldier, b. in Jamaica, N. Y., 20 March, 1825; d. in Virginia, 25 Aug., 1864, was one of the pioneers who went to California in 1849. He settled at Alameda, and remained there till 1863, when he raised in California a battalion of cavalry, afterward enrolled in the second Massachusetts cavalry. Capt. Eigenbrodt continued at the head of his troops for more than a year, and fell, at their head, in a charge in the Shenandoah valley. An address on the Eigenbrodt family was delivered by the Rev. Beverley R. Betts before the New York genealogical and biographical society, 11 March, 1887.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Eisfeld, Theodore

Edition of 1900.
​EISFELD, Theodore, musician, b. in Wolfenbüttel, Brunswick, Germany, in 1816; d. in Wiesbaden, 16 Sept., 1882. His chief instructor in musical composition was C. G. Reissiger, of Dresden. He came to New York in 1848, and in 1849 was chosen conductor of the Philharmonic society in that city. From 1855 till the season of 1865-'6, when he resigned, he conducted the society alternately with Carl Bergmann. On 18 Feb., 1851, he began a series of quartet concerts, the first being given on the date mentioned at Hope chapel. On his return trip from a visit to Europe in 1858, he was one of the few survivors of the burning of the steamer “Austria.” He was lashed to a platform and so drifted on the ocean, without food, for nearly two days and nights. Eisfeld never recovered from this extraordinary prostration. He returned to Germany in 1866, and remained there till his death. He was also the first conductor of the New York harmonic society, which began the custom of giving an annual Christmas performance of the “Messiah.”
# Barack Obama's Letter to the National Albanian American Council

Sent to the National Albanian American Council on 19 September 2008.
| “ | Dear Friends, I appreciate the opportunity to share a few thoughts with everyone gathered here tonight for the National Albanian American Council’s 12th Annual Awards Dinner. Albanian Americans are an important part of America’s melting pot, both in my hometown of Chicago, and around the country. You are also a vital link to an important part of the world where America and our allies must remain vigilant and energetic in our pursuit of a just and lasting peace. As President, I will continue to pay close attention to the Balkans. I support Kosovo’s independence and its desire to move towards full sovereignty. I believe the United States should help the development of a vibrant democracy in Kosovo, secured through the rule of law that ensures the interests of all people. I endorse Kosovo’s integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions, which will be advanced through the establishment of a free, tolerant and prosperous society that promotes minority rights and protects religious and cultural sites. My administration will also work towards the development of a prosperous market economy in Kosovo by focusing on economic development and job creation, and assistance to build Kosovo’s infrastructure and its energy sector. I applaud the significant achievements of Albania and hope that Albania’s aspiration to join NATO can be realized in the near future. I wish you all the best as you work to increase the political involvement of Albanian Americans and support democracy in the Balkans. Sincerely, [signature] Barack Obama | ” |
# Barack Obama's Letter to the National Minority AIDS Council

Sent to the National Minority AIDS Council on 19 September 2008.
| “ | Dear Friends, Joe and I wanted to thank you all for attending the U.S. Conference on AIDS this weekend. We also wanted to express our gratitude for all you are doing to increase awareness about HIV and AIDS here in the U.S. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a global challnege – but our efforts to stop it must begin here at home. I am proud that Joe and I have both worked closely on this issue in the U.S. Senate. Last month, we learned that the number of HIV infections is up to 50 percent higher than has been previously estimated for the last 10 years. Specifically, we know now that an estimated 56,000 Americans are infected with HIV every year. These new figures should bring new focus to our efforts to address AIDS and HIV here at home. Reports like this not only rouse our collective conscience – they provide us with a real opportunity to understand the challenge before us. Confronting this kind of crisis demands a comprehensive approach. That is why Joe and are committed to developing a National AIDS Strategy to decrease new HIV infections and improve health outcomes for Americans living with HIV/AIDS. We need aggressive federal action, including new investments that are matched with state and local initiatives. Across the nation, we need to prevent the spread of HIV – and get people into treatment – by expanding access to testing and comprehensive education programs. Combating HIV/AIDS also demands combating the disparities in our society, including making health care affordable and accessible for all Americans, covering low-income HIV patients with Medicaid, and supporting programs to provide housing for people with HIV/AIDS. If we leave people without hope or help, we will not turn the corner against this epidemic. Tackling HIV/AIDS among African Americans and other groups will also require a change in attitudes. We have to overcome the stigma that surrounds HIV/AIDS – a stigma that is too often tide to homophobia. We need to talk about HIV/AIDS in our communities. We need to encourage folks to get tested – which is why Michelle and I were tested for HIV during a trip to Kenya. In short, we have to take this on clearly and directly. Every time someone is infected with HIV/AIDS, they are infected with a virus that could have been prevented. Every time someone dies of AIDS untreated, they are dying prematurely. We have a moral obligation to join together to meet this challenge – in our communities, our country, and around the world – and to do so with the urgency this epidemic demands. Sincerely, [signature] Barack Obama | ” |
# Banking Under Difficulties

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Banking under Difficulties
OR
Life on the Goldfields
OF
Victoria, New South Wales & New Zealand.
By A BANK OFFICIAL
EDWARDS, DUNLOP & CO., MELBOURNE, SYDNEY AND BRISBANE. 1888.
[All rights Reserved.]
TO
GEORGE MILLER, Esq.
General Manager Of
The Bank of New South Wales,
THIS WORK
Is, with his permission,
Respectfully Inscribed.
The old days when the title page of a book was almost as good, or at any rate as explanatory, as a preface have departed. Now you may learn nothing from the name. Who has not heard of that agricultural society who sent for “Edgeworths Essay on Bulls,” only to find that the “bulls” were Irish, and principally verbal.
In this work an endeavour has been made—by the free use of old diaries, extracts from newspapers, and personal reminiscences—not merely to show “Banking” under difficulties, but the general life on the goldfields.
The writer would at the outset endeavour to disarm criticism by candidly stating that of pretension to literary merit he has none. Facts are recorded, and for the truthfulness of the narrative the author vouches. “Nought extenuate nor aught set down in malice,” has been the motto pursued throughout.
Many of the anecdotes told are within the memory of several who will read the book.
​At the present time—1888—it may appear almost impossible to many that a bank agency should have been in a tent; that bankers should have, often on foot, gone long distances to purchase gold from small storekeepers, the said gold often being carried by them on their backs, till the security (?) of some rough bush shanty had been reached; that instead of cedar counters, massive ledgers, impregnable strong-rooms, and all the appliances of modern banking, a gin case to write on, a note-book or piece of wrapping paper, and a saddle-bag should then have been considered quite the correct thing; yet that such was often the case is a fact.
These experiences will doubtless modify considerably the prevalent opinion that easy times are, or have been, the lot of bank officials.
I am indebted to my revered father, the late Dr. Preshaw, of Castlemaine, Victoria, for particulars contained in the opening chapters. All other authorities cited—and they are many—are duly acknowledged.
G. O. PRESHAW.
CONTENTS.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Franchère, Gabriel

Edition of 1900.
​FRANCHÈRE, Gabriel, explorer, b. in Montreal, 3 Nov., 1786; d. in St. Paul, Minn., in 1856. He was educated in Montreal, and trained to commercial pursuits by his father. In 1810 he bound himself for five years to the Pacific fur company, formed by John Jacob Astor, and was a member of the expedition sent to develop the fur-trade beyond the Rocky mountains. He returned to New York with several of his companions in less than two months, and in September, 1810, sailed on the “Tonquin” for the Columbia river, where the expedition arrived in March, 1811, after suffering many hardships. Franchère was one of the witnesses to the transfer of Astoria to the Northwest company, after the breaking out of hostilities between the United States and England, and remained for some time in the service of that company, but finally resolved to return to Canada. In order to reach Montreal he travelled a distance of 5,000 miles by the overland route in canoes or on foot. Franchere removed to Sault Ste. Marie in 1834, and engaged in the fur-trade. He afterward established the commercial house of Franchère and Company in New York city. A large number of French Canadians having emigrated to the United States after the rebellion of 1837, he established the Société St. Jean-Baptiste with the object of preserving the religion, language, and nationality of his compatriots. He was the last survivor of the Astor expedition. He published “Relation d'un voyage à la Côte du Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique septentrionale dans les années 1810-'14” (1820; English translation, edited by J. V. Huntington, New York, 1854). This was the first history of the Astor expeditions, and the first work containing detailed accounts of the interior of Oregon. It forms the basis of Washington Irving's “Astoria,” and supplied Thomas H. Benton with materials for his great speech on the Oregon question.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Fox, George Henry

Edition of 1900.
​FOX, George Henry, physician, b. in Ballston Spa, N. Y., 8 Oct., 1846. He was graduated at the University of Rochester in 1867, and two years afterward received the degree of M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania. During 1870-'3 he was a student of medicine in the universities of Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and London, and in 1874 he began practice in New York city, and a year later became surgeon to the New York dispensary. He was appointed clinical professor of diseases of the skin in the Woman's medical college of the New York infirmary in 1877, and clinical professor of dermatology at Starling medical college of Columbus, Ohio, in 1879. In 1880 he was appointed clinical professor of diseases of the skin in the New York college of physicians and surgeons, and in 1885 professor of skin diseases in the Post-graduate medical school in the same city. Dr. Fox has been unusually successful in the adaptation of new photographic processes to the illustration of medical works, and has published "Photographic Illustrations of Skin Diseases" (New York, 1880; 2d ed., 1886); "Photographic Illustrations of Cutaneous Syphilis" (1881); "Illustrated Medicine and Surgery "(1882-'3); and "Electrolysis in the Removal of Superfluous Hair, etc." (Detroit, 1887).
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Fox, Charles James

Edition of 1900.
​FOX, Charles James, lawyer, b. in Antrim, N. H., 11 Oct., 1811; d. in Nashville, N. H., 17 Feb., 1846. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1831, studied law, and in 1884 formed a partnership with Daniel Abbot, of Nashua, N. H., which was continued through his life. He was county solicitor in 1835-'44, a member of the commission to revise the New Hampshire statutes in 1841-'2, travelled in Egypt in 1843, and in the West Indies the following year. With the Rev. Samuel Osgood he compiled "The New Hampshire Book, Specimens of its Literature" (Nashua, 1842). He was the author of "History of Dunstable" (1840), and the "Town Officer" (Concord, 1843).
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Fox, Ebenezer

Edition of 1900.
​FOX, Ebenezer, patriot, b. in East Roxbury, Mass., in 1763; d. there in 1843. He served for three years as a seaman, resided in his native town from 1784 till 1837, and was postmaster of Boston in 1831-'6. He wrote the "Revolutionary Adventures of Ebenezer Fox" (Boston, 1848).
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Fox, George L.

Edition of 1900.
​FOX, George L., actor, b. in Boston, Mass., 3 July, 1825; d. in Cambridge, 24 Oct., 1877. He made his first appearance in 1830, in the Tremont theatre, Boston, as one of the children in the "Hunter of the Alps," for the benefit of Charles Kean. At the age of twenty-five he jjlayed in the "Demon of the Desert" at the National theatre in New York. At the beginning of the civil war he went as lieutenant of the 8th New York infantry, and took part in the battle of Bull Run. On 26 July, 1861, he left military life, and appeared on the following evening at the new Bowery theatre. He afterward became manager of the old Bowery, and later was associated with Lingard at the new Bowery. In 1867-'8 he was stage manager of the Olympic, and made an immediate success in the part of the clown in the pantomime "Humpty-Dumpty." During the season of 1876 he was playing at Booth's theatre in New York city, when he was stricken with paralysis. Softening of the brain followed, and he ended his days in an asylum.—His brother, Charles Kemble, actor, b. in Boston, Mass., 15 Aug., 1833; d. 17 Jan., 1875, went on the stage at the age of six years, and played the child in the "Carpenter of Rouen" at the old Eagle theatre in Boston. His first appearance in New York was made at the old National theatre, 18 July, 1853, as Cute in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." In 1858 he was a member of the company at the old Bowery, and in 1859 was engaged at the new Bowery. He afterward appeared at the Olympic in pantomimes, and at the Globe theatre in Boston, 16 May, 1874, in "Plumpty-Dumpty at Home," that house being then under the management of his brother. Charles Kemble Fox was the author of the pantomime in which both brothers won popularity and fortune.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Foster, Charles

Edition of 1900.
​FOSTER, Charles, governor of Ohio, b. near Tiffin, Ohio, 12 April, 1828. He was taken by his father in his fifth year to what is now Fostoria, Ohio, then a wilderness. After receiving his education at Norwalk academy he became a successful merchant. He was also interested in politics, but held no office till 1870, when he was chosen to congress as a Republican, and three times re-elected, though his district gave a Democratic majority each time on the general ticket. While he was a member of the committee of ways and means he was active in bringing to light the Sanborn contract frauds, and in the movement that resulted in repeal of the moiety laws. Early in 1874 he visited New Orleans as chairman of an investigating committee, and in his official report he severely critisized the methods of both parties in that state. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1879, and re-elected in 1881, holding office from January, 1880, till January, 1884. His administration was marked by efforts to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors. The constitution of the state forbade the issuing of licenses, and Gov. Foster, in his messages to the legislature, recommended the submission to the people of amendments that should establish either prohibition, high license, or local option. Before this was done the “Pond bill,” imposing a tax on liquor-dealers and declaring that such tax was not a license, became a law in the spring of 1882. This was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court, but in 1883 the “Scott law,” of a similar character, was passed and sustained by the courts. In the election of this year two constitutional amendments were submitted to the people, as had been advised by Gov. Foster, but both were defeated. The whole agitation was marked by much excitement, especially in the canvass of 1883, In 1891 he became secretary of the treasury.
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Fowles, James H.

Edition of 1900.
​FOWLES, James H., clergyman, b. in Nassau, New Providence, in 1812 ; d. in 1854. He was the son of a lieutenant in the British army, was graduated at Yale in 1831, licensed to preach by the presbytery of New York in 1833, and afterward ordained in the Protestant Episcopal church by Bishop Bowen, of South Carolina. He preached in that state till 1845, when he succeeded Stephen II. Tyng in Philadelphia. He was the author of " Protestant Episcopal Views of Baptism Explained and Defended " (Philadelphia, 1846). A collection of thirty " Sermons Preached in the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia," accompanied by a memoir, was published after his death (1855).
# Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Fox, George

Edition of 1900.
​FOX, George, founder of the society of Friends, b. at Drayton-in-the-clay, now called Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, England, in July, 1624; d. in London, 13 Jan., 1691. His father, Christopher Fox, was a weaver. At an early age the boy was placed with a shoemaker who also dealt in wool, and Fox was employed by him for some time as a shepherd.
He kept aloof from the other workmen, and meditated much on Scripture topics, gradually forming the doctrines which he afterward preached. When about nineteen he gave up his occupation, for some years lived a wandering life in woods and solitary places, practising extreme self-denial, and at the age of twenty-three appeared as a preacher at Manchester. The populace crowded to hear him, and he was arrested and imprisoned as a disturber of the peace. When released, he proceeded to travel through England, preaching his doctrines and making many converts. He was many times imprisoned, usually for refusing to make oath or to pay tithes, and in 1663-'6 was confined in different prisons about three years. The term Quakers is said to have been applied to his followers for the first time at Derby in 1650, in consequence of his telling Justice Bennet to "quake at the word of the Lord." In 1669 he married the widow of a Welsh judge who had often befriended him, and whose wife and daughters had become believers in his teachings. In 1671 he sailed for the Barbadoes, where many joined his society. While at this place he drew up a paper setting forth the belief of the Friends as to the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. He then visited the colonies of Maryland, New Jersey, and New England, advancing his views wherever he went. A large oak in Flushing, Long Island, under which he preached two centuries before, and which was preserved as an historical monument, was destroyed by fire in October, 1873. After preaching again in England, Holland, and Germany, he finally, a few years before his death, established himself in London. His published works, containing his journal, correspondence, and all his doctrinal writings, are numerous and curious. They were partially collected in three volumes folio (London, 1694-1706). An edition in eight octavo volumes was published in Philadelphia in 1852. For a full account of his various writings and publications, see Joseph Smith's "Catalogue of Friends' Books," vol. i., pp. 644-697.
# The Dispensary (7th ed)/Commendatory verse 3

To my Friend, Dr. G———th, the Author of the Dispensary.
TO Praise your Healing Art would be in vain; The Health you give, prevents the Poet's Pen.' Sufficiently confirm'd is your Renown, And I but fill the Chorus of the Town. That let me wave, and only now Admire, The dazling Rays of your Poetick Fire: Which its diffusive Virtue does dispense, In flowing Verse, and elevated Sense.
The Town, which long has swallow'd foolish Verse, Which Poetasters ev'ry where rehearse; Will mend their Judgment now, refine their Taste, And gather up th' Applause they threw in waste. The Play-house shan't Encourage false Sublime, Abortive Thoughts, with Decoration-Rhime.
The Satyr of Vile Scribblers shall appear On none, except upon themselves severe: While yours Contemns the Gall of Vulgar Spight; And when you seem to Smile the most, you Bite.
Tho. Cheek.
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# The Dissipation of Energy

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* "The Dissipation of Energy" by H. F. Walling in Popular Science Monthly, 4 (February 1874)
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