See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• DANA, CHARLES ANDERSON (1819–'897)
• FRANCIS DANA (1743-1811)
• DANA, JAMES DWIGHT (1813-1895)

DANA (1743-1811)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American jurist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CHARLESTOWN

Charlestown, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 13th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1743 . He was the son of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• DANA, CHARLES ANDERSON (1819–'897)
• DANA, FRANCIS (1743-1811)
• DANA, JAMES DWIGHT (1813-1895)

Dana (1699-1772), a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Massachusetts provincial See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, and a vigorous See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of colonial rights in the pre-revolutionary See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Dana graduated at Harvard in 1762, was admitted to the bar in 1767, and, being an opponent of the See also:

• BRITISH

British colonial policy, became a leader of the Sons of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

Liberty, and in 1774 was a member of the first See also:

• PRO

pro-. vincial See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of Massachusetts . During a two years' visit to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he sought earnestly to gain See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends to his See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony's cause, but returned to See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston in See also:

• APRIL

April 1776 convinced that a friendly See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of the dispute was impossible . He was a member of the Massachusetts executive See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council from 1776 to 1780, and a delegate to the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778 . As a member of the latter See also:

• BODY

body he became chairman in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1778 of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee appointed to visit See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington at Valley Forge, and confer with him concerning the reorganization of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . This committee spent about three months in See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, and assisted Washington in preparing the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of reorganization which Congress in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main adopted . In this See also:

• YEAR

year he was also a member of a committee to consider See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North's offer of conciliation, which he vigorously opposed . In the autumn of 1779 he was appointed secretary to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams, who had been selected as See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister plenipotentiary to negotiate See also:

• TREATIES

treaties of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce with See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 178o he was appointed See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic representative to the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . He remained at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg from 1781 to 1783, but was never formally received by the empress See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1784 he was again chosen a delegate to Congress, and in January 1785 he became a See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the Massachusetts supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . He was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief justice of this court from 1791 to 1806, and presided with ability and rare distinction .

He was an See also:

• EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

earnest advocate of the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of the Federal constitution, was a member of the Massachusetts See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which ratified that See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, and was one of the most influential advisers of the leaders of the Federalist party . His tastes were scholarly, and he was one of the founders of the American See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Arts and Sciences . He died at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the 25th of April 1811 . His son, RICHARD See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY DANA (1787-1879), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the 15th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1787 . Hewas educated at Harvard in the class of s8o8 . Subsequently he studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and in 1811 was admitted to practice . But all other interests were See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early subordinated to his love of literature, to which the greater See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LIFE

life was devoted . He became in 1814 a member of a See also:

• LITERARY

literary society in Cambridge, known as the See also:

• ANTHOLOGY

Anthology See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club . This club began the publication of a monthly See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine, The Monthly Anthology, which gave way in 1815 to The North American See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review . In the editorial See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of this periodical he was associated with Jared See also:

• SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866)

Sparks and See also:

• EDWARD

Edward T . Charming (1790-1856) until 1821, contributing essays and criticisms which attracted wide See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . In 1821-1822 he edited in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived literary magazine, The Idle See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man .

He published his first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of Poems in 1827, and in 1833 appeared his Poems and See also:

• PROSE

Prose Writings, republished in 185o in two volumes, in which were included practically all of his poems and of his prose contributions to periodical literature . Although the bulk of his published writings was not large, his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on American literature during the first See also:

• HALF

half of the ,9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century was surpassed by that of few of his contemporaries .