A dictionary of American authors

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

Adams, Oscar Fay

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=Evans, Frederick William.= _E._, 1808-1893. An elder among the Shakers
of Lebanon, New York, from 1838. He wrote and lectured much, and
possessed great influence in his sect. Compendium of Origin, History,
and Doctrines of Shakers; Shaker Communism; Autobiography of a Shaker;
Second Appearing of Christ; Test of Divine Inspiration, are his chief
works.

=Evans, Hugh Davy.= _Md._, 1792-1868. A Baltimore lawyer, conspicuous
for loyalty to the Union during the Civil War, who wrote on legal and
High Church topics. Essay on Pleading; Maryland Common Law Practice;
Essay on the Episcopate; Treatise on the Christian Doctrine of
Marriage; Essays on the Validity of Anglican Ordination; Theophilus
Americanus. _Hou._

=Evans, Lewis.= _Circa_ 1700-1756. A surveyor and geographer of
Philadelphia who published Geographical, Historical, Political, and
Mechanical Essays.

=Evans, Mrs. Lizzie Phelps [Esterbrook].= _Ms._, 1846- ----. A writer
of Somerville, Massachusetts. Aunt Nabby; From Summer to Summer.

=Evans, Nathaniel.= _Pa._, 1742-1767. An Episcopal clergyman stationed
as a missionary in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Poems on Several
Occasions, with Memoir by Wm. Smith, appeared in 1772.

=Evans, Oliver.= _Del._, 1755-1819. A once famous inventor who
constructed the first high-pressure steam-engine. The Young Engineer’s
Guide; Miller and Millwright’s Guide.

=Evans= [ĭv´anz], =Thomas.= _Pa._, 1798-1868. A Quaker controversialist
of Philadelphia who was an active opponent of the doctrines of Thomas
Hicks, _infra_, and published an Exposition of the Faith of the
Religious Society of Friends.

=Evans, Thomas Wiltberger.= _Pa._, 1823-1897. A famous dentist,
resident in Paris from 1848, through whose aid the Empress Eugénie
escaped from that city in 1870. History of the American Ambulance
in Paris during the Siege, 1870-71; Sanitary Institutions during the
Austro-Prussian-Italian Conflict, 1868; Lettres sur le Gouvernement des
États Unis; La Commission Sanitaire des États Unis.

=Eve, Paul Fitzsimmons.= _Ga._, 1806-1877. A distinguished surgeon of
Nashville during the Civil War, surgeon-general of the Confederate army
of Tennessee. Collection of Remarkable Cases in Surgery; One Hundred
Cases of Lithotomy; The Inhumanity of Capital Punishment by Hanging.

=Everest, Harvey William.= _N. Y._, 1831- ----. A clergyman and
educator of the Christian denomination. The Divine Demonstration: a
Text-Book of Christian Evidence.

=Everett, Alexander Hill.= _Ms._, 1792-1847. Brother of E. Everett,
_infra_. An able member of the diplomatic service of the United States
who was minister to Spain, 1825-29, and to the Chinese Empire at the
time of his death. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays; Poems; Europe: a
General Survey; America: a General Survey. _See Allibone’s Dictionary._

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A dictionary of American authors

Adams, Oscar Fay

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

=Evans, Frederick William.= _E._, 1808-1893. An elder among the Shakers
of Lebanon, New York, from 1838. He wrote and lectured much, and
possessed great influence in his sect. Compendium of Origin, History,
and Doctrines of Shakers; Shaker Communism; Autobiography of a Shaker;
Second Appearing of Christ; Test of Divine Inspiration, are his chief
works.

=Evans, Hugh Davy.= _Md._, 1792-1868. A Baltimore lawyer, conspicuous
for loyalty to the Union during the Civil War, who wrote on legal and
High Church topics. Essay on Pleading; Maryland Common Law Practice;
Essay on the Episcopate; Treatise on the Christian Doctrine of
Marriage; Essays on the Validity of Anglican Ordination; Theophilus
Americanus. _Hou._

=Evans, Lewis.= _Circa_ 1700-1756. A surveyor and geographer of
Philadelphia who published Geographical, Historical, Political, and
Mechanical Essays.

=Evans, Mrs. Lizzie Phelps [Esterbrook].= _Ms._, 1846- ----. A writer
of Somerville, Massachusetts. Aunt Nabby; From Summer to Summer.

=Evans, Nathaniel.= _Pa._, 1742-1767. An Episcopal clergyman stationed
as a missionary in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Poems on Several
Occasions, with Memoir by Wm. Smith, appeared in 1772.

=Evans, Oliver.= _Del._, 1755-1819. A once famous inventor who
constructed the first high-pressure steam-engine. The Young Engineer’s
Guide; Miller and Millwright’s Guide.

=Evans= [ĭv´anz], =Thomas.= _Pa._, 1798-1868. A Quaker controversialist
of Philadelphia who was an active opponent of the doctrines of Thomas
Hicks, _infra_, and published an Exposition of the Faith of the
Religious Society of Friends.

=Evans, Thomas Wiltberger.= _Pa._, 1823-1897. A famous dentist,
resident in Paris from 1848, through whose aid the Empress Eugénie
escaped from that city in 1870. History of the American Ambulance
in Paris during the Siege, 1870-71; Sanitary Institutions during the
Austro-Prussian-Italian Conflict, 1868; Lettres sur le Gouvernement des
États Unis; La Commission Sanitaire des États Unis.

=Eve, Paul Fitzsimmons.= _Ga._, 1806-1877. A distinguished surgeon of
Nashville during the Civil War, surgeon-general of the Confederate army
of Tennessee. Collection of Remarkable Cases in Surgery; One Hundred
Cases of Lithotomy; The Inhumanity of Capital Punishment by Hanging.

=Everest, Harvey William.= _N. Y._, 1831- ----. A clergyman and
educator of the Christian denomination. The Divine Demonstration: a
Text-Book of Christian Evidence.

=Everett, Alexander Hill.= _Ms._, 1792-1847. Brother of E. Everett,
_infra_. An able member of the diplomatic service of the United States
who was minister to Spain, 1825-29, and to the Chinese Empire at the
time of his death. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays; Poems; Europe: a
General Survey; America: a General Survey. _See Allibone’s Dictionary._

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A dictionary of American authors

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