See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• EVERETT
• EVERETT, ALEXANDER HILL (1790-1847)
• EVERETT, CHARLES CARROLL (1829-1900)
• EDWARD EVERETT (1794–1865)

EVERETT (1794–1865)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American statesman and ,orator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• DORCHESTER
• DORCHESTER, DUDLEY CARLETON, VISCOUNT (1573-1632)
• DORCHESTER, GUY CARLETON

Dorchester, See also:

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

Massachusetts, on the nth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1794 . He was the son of Rev . See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

Oliver See also:

• EVERETT
• EVERETT, ALEXANDER HILL (1790-1847)
• EVERETT, CHARLES CARROLL (1829-1900)
• EVERETT, EDWARD (1794–1865)

Everett and the See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill Everett (q.v.) . His See also:

• FATHER

father died in 1802, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother removed to See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston with her See also:

• FAMILY

family after her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's See also:

• DEATH

death . At seventeen See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Everett graduated from Harvard See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, taking first honours in his class . While at college he was the See also:

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

chief editor of The See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum, the earliest in the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of college See also:

• JOURNALS

journals published at the American See also:

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

Cambridge . His earlier predilections were for the study of 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, but the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• STEVENS,
• STEVENS, A
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1818-1875)
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1828-1906)
• STEVENS, HENRY (1819—1886)

Stevens Buckminster, a distinguished preacher in Boston, led him to prepare for the See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit, and as a preacher he at once distinguished himself . He was called to the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of the Brattle See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church (Unitarian) in Boston before he was twenty years old . His sermons attracted wide See also:

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

attention in that community, and he gained a considerable reputation as a theologian and a controversialist by his publication in 1814 of a See also:

• VOLUME

volume entitled See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

Defence of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, written in See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to a See also:

• WORK

work, The Grounds of Christianity Examined (1813), by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• BETHUNE
• BETHUNE (FAMILY)
• BETHUNE, CONON

Bethune See also:

• ENGLISH

English (1787–1828), an adventurer, who, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was in turn a student of law and of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, an editor of a newspaper, and a soldier of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . Everett's tastes, however, were then, as always, those of a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar; and in 1815, after a service of little more than a See also:

• YEAR

year in the pulpit, he resigned his See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge to accept a professorship of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek literature in Harvard College . After nearly five years spent in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in preparation, he entered with See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm on his duties, and, for five years more, gave a vigorous impulse, not only to the study of Greek, but to all the work of the college . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 182o he assumed the charge of the See also:

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

North American See also:

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

Review, which now became aby treaty) .

In 1835 he was elected See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Massachusetts . He brought to the duties of the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office the untiring See also:

• DILIGENCE

diligence which was the characteristic of his public See also:

• LIFE

life . We can only allude to a few of the See also:

• MEASURES

measures which received his efficient support, e.g. the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• EDUCATION

education (the first of such boards in the See also:

• UNITED

United States), the scientific surveys of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state (the first of such public surveys), the criminal law See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, and the preservation of a See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound currency during the panic of 1837 . Everett filled the office of governor for four years, and was then defeated by a single See also:

• VOTE

vote, out of more than one See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred thousand . The See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election is of See also:

• INTEREST

interest historically as being the first important American election where the issue turned on the question of the See also:

• PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition of the See also:

• RETAIL

retail See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of intoxicating liquors . In the following See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring he made a visit with his family to Europe . In 1841, while residing in See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, he was named United States See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain, and arrived in See also:

• LONDON

London to enter upon the duties of his See also:

• MISSION

mission at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of that year . Great questions were at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time open between the two countries—the north-eastern boundary, the affair of M'Leod, the seizure of American vessels on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, in the course of a few months the affair of the " See also:

• CREOLE (the Fr. form of criollo, a West Indian, probably a negro corruption of the Span. criadillo, the dim. of criado, one bred or reared, from criar, to breed, a derivative of the Lat. creare, to create)

Creole," to which was soon added the See also:

• OREGON

Oregon question . His position was more difficult by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of the frequent changes that took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, which, in the course of four years, was occupied successively by Messrs See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster, See also:

• LEGARE, HUGH SWINTON (1797–1843)

Legare, Upshur, See also:

• CALHOUN, JOHN CALDWELL (1782-185o)

Calhoun and See also:

• BUCHANAN
• BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS
• BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582)
• BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868)
• BUCHANAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1841-1901)

Buchanan . From all these gentlemen Everett received marks of approbation and confidence . By the institution of the See also:

• SPECIAL

special mission of 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:

• ASHBURTON
• ASHBURTON, ALEXANDER BARING
• ASHBURTON, JOHN DUNNING, 1ST

Ashburton, however, the See also:

• DIRECT

direct negotiations between the two governments were, about the time of Everett's arrival in London, transferred to See also:

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

Washington, though much business was transacted at the American See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation in London . Immediately after the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• POLK, JAMES KNOX (179 1849)
• POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)

Polk to the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency Everett was recalled .

From January 1846 to 1849, as the successor of See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah Quiney, he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of Harvard College . On the death, in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1852, of his friend See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Webster, to whom he had always been closely attached, and of whom he was always a confidential adviser, he succeeded him as secretary of state, which See also:

• POST

post he held for the remaining months of See also:

• FILLMORE, MILLARD (1800-1874)

Fillmore's See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, leaving it to go into the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate in 1853, as one of the representatives of Massachusetts . Under the work of the See also:

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

long session of 1853–1854 his See also:

• HEALTH

health gave way . In May 1854 he resigned his seat, on the orders of his physician, and retired to what was called private life . But, as it proved, the remaining ten years of his life most widely established his reputation and See also:

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

influence throughout See also:

• AMERICA

America . As See also:

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

early as 182o he had established a reputation as an orator; such as few men in later days have enjoyed . He was frequently invited to deliver an " oration " on some topic of See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical or other interest . With him these "orations," instead of being the ephemeral entertainments of an See also:

• HOUR

hour, became careful studies of some important theme . Eager to avert, if possible, the impending conflict of arms between the North and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South, Everett quarterly; and he was indefatigable during the' four years of his editorship in contributing on a great variety of subject's . From 1825 to 1835 he was a member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives, supporting generally the administration of President J . Q . 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 and opposing that of See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, which succeeded it .

He See also:

• BORE

bore a See also:

• PART

part in almost every important debate, and was a member 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 of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs during the whole time of his service in See also:

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

Congress . Everett. was a member of nearly all the most important select committees, such as those on the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian relations of the state of See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, the See also:

• APPORTIONMENT
• APPORTIONMENT (Fr. apportionement; Med. Lat. apportionamentum; derived from Lat. portio, share)

Apportionment See also:

• BILL

Bill, and the See also:

• BANK

Bank of the United States, and See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report either of the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority or the minority . The report on the congress of See also:

• PANAMA

Panama, the leading measure of the first session of the Nineteenth Congress, was See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up by Everett, although he was the youngest member of the committee and had just entered Congress . He led the unsuccessful opposition to the Indian policy of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Jackson (the removal of the See also:

• CHEROKEE
• CHEROKEE (native Tsalagi, " cave people ")

Cherokee and other See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, without their consent, from lands guaranteed to them prepared an " oration " on George Washington, which he de-livered in every part of America . In this way, too, he raised more than one hundred thousand dollars, for the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase of the old home of Washington at See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• VERNON
• VERNON, EDWARD (1684-1757)

Vernon . Everett also prepared for the See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia Britannica a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of Washington, which was published separately in 1860 . In 186o Everett was the See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate of the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived Constitutional-See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union party for the See also:

• VICE

vice-presidency, on the See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket with 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:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell (q.v.), but received only 39 electoral votes . During the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he zealously supported the national 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 and was called upon in every See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter to speak at public meetings . He delivered the last of his great orations at See also:

• GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg, after the See also:

• BATTLE

battle, on the See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration of the national See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery there . On the 9th of January x865 he spoke at a public See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting in Boston to raise funds for the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern poor in See also:

• SAVANNAH

Savannah . At that meeting he caught See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold, and the immediate result was his death on the 15th of January 1865 . In Everett's life and career was a See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of the results of diligent training, unflinching See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, delicate See also:

• LITERARY

literary tastes and unequalled acquaintance with See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international politics .

This combination made him in America an entirely exceptional See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . He was never loved by the See also:

• POLITICAL

political managers; he was always enthusiastically received by assemblies of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . He would have said himself that the most eager wish of his life had been for the higher education of his countrymen . His orations have been collected in four volumes (1850-1859) . A work on international law, on which he was engaged at his death, was never finished . See also:

• ALLIBONE, SAMUEL AUSTIN (1816-1889)

Allibone records 84 titles of his books and published addresses . (E . E .