- Rawle, William by Lily Patterson
... 1759–1836) lawyer; born in Philadelphia. A Loyalist, he studied law in England during the American Revolution but returned to his native city and served as U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania (1791–1800). He was a member of the Maryland Society against slavery (1792–1836), its president from 1818. He was a longtime trustee of the University of Pennsylvania ...
- Very, Jones by Luke Palmer
... 1813–80) poet, writer; born in Salem, Mass. He sailed with his ship captain father, then attended Harvard (B.A. 1836), where he was a tutor in Greek. He studied at Harvard Divinity School (1836–38), but resigned and spent a month in an asylum. After working briefly as a minister, he retired to Salem and became a transcendentalist poet admired by Ralph ...
- Travis, William Barret by Charles Harmon
... 1809–36) lawyer, soldier; born in Edgefield County, S.C. He grew up in South Carolina and Alabama, studied law privately, and was admitted to the bar before he turned 20. Migrating to Texas in the early 1830s, he became active in the movement agitating for independence from Mexico. In 1835 he led a small band of Texans in open revolt; in early 1836 ...
- Hickok, Laurens Perseus by Maxwell Brooks
... 1799–1888) clergyman, philosopher; born in Bethel, Conn. Ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1823, he was a pastor in Connecticut for 13 years, taught theology at Western Reserve College (1836–44) and Auburn Theological Seminary (1844–52), and was associated with Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) as philosophy professor (1836–68) and president ...
- Back, Sir George by Josiah Hardy
1796–1878, British explorer in N Canada. He accompanied Sir John Franklin on arctic expeditions in 1818, 1819–22, and 1824–27. On an expedition (1833–35) to search for the missing John Ross, Back explored the Great Fish River (now Back River) and Montreal Island in the present Nunavut Territory. His Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition. Appeared in 1836. On a later journey (1836–37) he ...