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=Emerton, Ephraim.= _Ms._, 1851- ----. A professor of history at
Harvard University. Introduction to the Study of Mediæval History;
Synopsis of the History of Continental Europe; The Practical Method in
Higher Historical Instruction; Sir William Temple und die Tripleallianz
vom Jahre 1668; Mediæval Europe, 814-1300. _Gi._
=Emerton, James Henry.= _Ms._, 1847- ----. A naturalist of eminence.
Structure and Habits of Spiders; Life on the Seashore. _Wn._
=Emmerton, James Arthur.= _Ms._, 1834-1888. A New England genealogist
and physician. Eighteenth Century Baptisms in Salem, Massachusetts;
Record of the 23d Massachusetts Regiment; Materials towards an Emmerton
Genealogy.
=Emmet, Thomas Addis.= _I._, 1764-1827. An Irish patriot who came
to the United States in 1804 and settled in New York city, where he
practiced law. He was a brother of the famous Robert Emmet. Pieces of
Irish History. _See Memoir by C. G. Haynes._
=Emmet, Thomas Addis.= _Va._, 1828- ----. Grandson of T. A. Emmet,
_supra_. A physician and surgeon of New York city, whose chief work is
The Principles and Practice of Gynecology.
=Emmons, Ebenezer.= _Ms._, 1799-1863. A noted geologist who in the
latter part of his life was attached to the State geological survey of
North Carolina. Manual of Mineralogy and Geology; American Geology.
=Emmons, George Foster.= _Vt._, 1811-1884. A rear-admiral in the United
States service who wrote The Navy of the United States from 1775 to
1853.
=Emmons, Nathanael.= _Ct._, 1745-1840. A once noted Congregational
minister at Franklin, Massachusetts, 1773-1840. His theological works
in six volumes, with Memoir by J. Ide, appeared in 1842. A later
edition contains a Memoir by E. H. Park, _infra_. _See Sprague’s Annals
of the American Pulpit._
=Emmons, Samuel Franklin.= _Ms._, 1841- ----. A geologist in government
service. Descriptive Geology; Geological and Mining Industries of
Leadville; Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals (with G. F.
Becker, _supra_).
=Emory, John.= =Md.=, 1789-1835. A Methodist bishop of prominence in
his denomination. The Divinity of Christ Vindicated; Defence of Our
Fathers. _See Life by R. Emory, infra._ _Meth._
=Emory, Robert.= _Pa._, 1814-1848. Son of J. Emory, _supra_. A
Methodist minister and educator who was president of Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1842-48. Life of Bishop Emory; History of the
Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. _Meth._
=Emory, William Helmsley.= _Md._, 1811-1887. Cousin of J. Emory,
_supra_. An army officer who retired from the United States service
in 1876 with the rank of brigadier-general. Notes of a Military
Reconnoissance in Missouri and California, 1848; Report on the United
States and Mexican Boundary Commission.
=Endicott, Charles Moses.= _Ms._, 1793-1863. A writer of Salem,
Massachusetts, who was at one time commander of a merchantman. Life
of John Endicott; The Persian Poet, a tragedy; Rights and Duties of
Nations; Three Orations.
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