A dictionary of American authors

Name: A dictionary of American authors
Author: Adams, Oscar Fay

Adams, Oscar Fay

American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries

=Elder, Mrs. Susan [Blanchard].= _La._, 1835- ----. A littérateur of
New Orleans who has written extensively for Roman Catholic periodicals.
The Loss of the Papacy; James the Second; Savonarola; Ellen Fitzgerald,
a Southern tale.

=Elder, William.= _Pa._, 1806-1885. A Philadelphia physician, prominent
as an abolitionist. Periscopics, a volume of miscellanies; The
Enchanted Beauty; Life of Dr. Kane, _infra_; The Debt and Resources of
the United States (1863); Questions of the Day, Economic and Social;
Conversations on the Principal Subjects of Political Economy. _Bai._

=Eliot, Charles William.= _Ms._, 1834- ----. Son of S. A. Eliot,
_infra_. A distinguished educator who has been president of Harvard
University since 1869. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis; Manual
of Inorganic Chemistry (with Storer).

=Eliot, Jared.= _Ct._, 1685-1763. Grandson of John Eliot, 1st, _infra_.
A Congregational clergyman of Killingworth, Connecticut, 1707-63,
famous in his day as an agriculturist, physician, and scientist. He
was awarded a medal by the London Institute in 1786 “for producing
malleable iron from American Black Sand.” Essays upon Field and
Husbandry, and many single sermons.

=Eliot, John.= _E._, 1604-1690. A Puritan minister of Roxbury who came
to America in 1631, and is famous in history as the “Indian Apostle.”
He is chiefly remembered for his famous translation of the Bible into
the Indian language, but he was the author of other works, among which
are the Communion of Churches; The Harmony of the Gospels; Dying
Speeches of Several Indians; The Indian Primer; Indian Logic Primer.
_See Sparks’s American Biography; Life by R. B. Caverly; Appleton’s
American Biography; Hart’s American Literature._

=Eliot, John.= _Ms._, 1754-1813. A clergyman of Boston, pastor of the
New North Congregational church, 1779-1813, and author of the New
England Biographical Dictionary.

=Eliot, Samuel Atkins.= _Ms._, 1798-1862. A citizen of Boston who was
mayor 1837-39, and published Observations on the Bible for the Use of
Young Persons; Sketch of the History of Harvard College.

=Eliot, Samuel.= _Ms._, 1821-1898. A New England educator of
prominence, at one time president of Trinity College. History of
Liberty; Manual of United States History; Life and Times of Savonarola.

=Eliot, William Greenleaf.= _Ms._, 1811-1887. A Unitarian clergyman
of St. Louis, chancellor of Washington University there, 1872-87.
Doctrines of Christianity; Early Religious Education; Lectures to
Young Men; Lectures to Young Women; Discipline of Sorrow; Manual of
Prayer; The Unity of God; The Story of Archer Alexander from Slavery to
Freedom; Home Life and Influence. _A. U. A._

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A dictionary of American authors

Adams, Oscar Fay

American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries

=Elder, Mrs. Susan [Blanchard].= _La._, 1835- ----. A littérateur of
New Orleans who has written extensively for Roman Catholic periodicals.
The Loss of the Papacy; James the Second; Savonarola; Ellen Fitzgerald,
a Southern tale.

=Elder, William.= _Pa._, 1806-1885. A Philadelphia physician, prominent
as an abolitionist. Periscopics, a volume of miscellanies; The
Enchanted Beauty; Life of Dr. Kane, _infra_; The Debt and Resources of
the United States (1863); Questions of the Day, Economic and Social;
Conversations on the Principal Subjects of Political Economy. _Bai._

=Eliot, Charles William.= _Ms._, 1834- ----. Son of S. A. Eliot,
_infra_. A distinguished educator who has been president of Harvard
University since 1869. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis; Manual
of Inorganic Chemistry (with Storer).

=Eliot, Jared.= _Ct._, 1685-1763. Grandson of John Eliot, 1st, _infra_.
A Congregational clergyman of Killingworth, Connecticut, 1707-63,
famous in his day as an agriculturist, physician, and scientist. He
was awarded a medal by the London Institute in 1786 “for producing
malleable iron from American Black Sand.” Essays upon Field and
Husbandry, and many single sermons.

=Eliot, John.= _E._, 1604-1690. A Puritan minister of Roxbury who came
to America in 1631, and is famous in history as the “Indian Apostle.”
He is chiefly remembered for his famous translation of the Bible into
the Indian language, but he was the author of other works, among which
are the Communion of Churches; The Harmony of the Gospels; Dying
Speeches of Several Indians; The Indian Primer; Indian Logic Primer.
_See Sparks’s American Biography; Life by R. B. Caverly; Appleton’s
American Biography; Hart’s American Literature._

=Eliot, John.= _Ms._, 1754-1813. A clergyman of Boston, pastor of the
New North Congregational church, 1779-1813, and author of the New
England Biographical Dictionary.

=Eliot, Samuel Atkins.= _Ms._, 1798-1862. A citizen of Boston who was
mayor 1837-39, and published Observations on the Bible for the Use of
Young Persons; Sketch of the History of Harvard College.

=Eliot, Samuel.= _Ms._, 1821-1898. A New England educator of
prominence, at one time president of Trinity College. History of
Liberty; Manual of United States History; Life and Times of Savonarola.

=Eliot, William Greenleaf.= _Ms._, 1811-1887. A Unitarian clergyman
of St. Louis, chancellor of Washington University there, 1872-87.
Doctrines of Christianity; Early Religious Education; Lectures to
Young Men; Lectures to Young Women; Discipline of Sorrow; Manual of
Prayer; The Unity of God; The Story of Archer Alexander from Slavery to
Freedom; Home Life and Influence. _A. U. A._

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A dictionary of American authors

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