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:

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

BUCHANAN See also:

• FLOYD, JOHN (1572–1649)
• JOHN BUCHANAN FLOYD (1807–1863)

FLOYD (1807–1863)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Blacksburg, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, on the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1807 . He was the son of 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:

• FLOYD, JOHN (1572–1649)
• FLOYD, JOHN BUCHANAN (1807–1863)

Floyd (1770–1837), a representative in See also:

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

Congress from 1817 to 1829 and See also:

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

governor of Virginia from 1830 to 1834 . After graduating at See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1826, the son practised 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 in his native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state and at See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena, See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas, and in 1839 settled in See also:

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

Washington See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, Virginia, which in 1847–1849 and again in 1853 he represented in the state legislature . Meanwhile, from 1849 to 1852, he was governor of Virginia, in which position he recommended to the legislature the enactment of a law laying an import tax on the products of such states as refused to surrender fugitive slaves owned by Virginia masters . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1857 he became secretary of See also:

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

war in See also:

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

President See also:

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

Buchanan's See also:

• CABINET

cabinet, where his lack of administrative ability was soon apparent . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 186o, on ascertaining that Floyd had honoured heavy drafts made by 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 See also:

• CON

con-tractors in anticipation of their earnings, the president requested his resignation . Several days later Floyd was indicted for malversation in 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, but the See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment was overruled on technical grounds . There is no See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof that he profited by these irregular transactions; in fact he went out of the office From Strasburger's Lehrbuch der Botanik, by permission of Gustav See also:

• FISCHER
• FISCHER, EMIL (1852– )
• FISCHER, ERNST KUNO BERTHOLD (1824–1907)

Fischer . fs, Stalk-like See also:

• BASE

base of ovary. fu, Funicle. cha, Chalaza . nu, Nucellus . mi, Micropylc . ii, inner, ie, See also:

• OUTER

outer integument. e, Embryo-See also:

• SAC

sac .

ek, See also:

• NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

Nucleus of embryo-sac. ei, See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

Egg-apparatus . an, Antipodal cells . g, See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

Style . n, Stigma . P, See also:

• POLLEN, AUGUST (or, as he afterwards called himself, ADOLF) LUDWIG (1794-1855)

Pollen-grains . ps, Pollen-tubes . financially embarrassed . Though he had openly opposed See also:

• SECESSION

secession before the See also:

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

election of See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln, his conduct after that event, especially after his See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach with Buchanan, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under suspicion, and he was accused of having sent large stores of government arms to See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern arsenals in anticipation of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War . In the last days of his See also:

• TERM

term he apparently had such an intention, but during the See also:

• YEAR

year 1860 the Southern States actually received less than their full See also:

• QUOTA

quota of arms . After the secession of Virginia he was commissioned a brigadier-See also:

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

general in the Confederate service . He was first employed in some unsuccessful operations in western Virginia, and in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1862 became See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the Confederate forces at Fort See also:

• DONELSON, FORT

Donelson, from which he fled with his second in command, General See also:

• GIDEON (in Hebrew, perhaps " hewer " or " warrior ")

Gideon J . See also:

• PILLOW (O. Eng. pylu; Lat. pulvinus, a cushion)

Pillow, on the See also:

• NIGHT

night of February 18, leaving General See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon B .

See also:

• BUCKNER, SIMON BOLIVAR (1823– )

Buckner to surrender to General See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant . A fortnight later President See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis relieved him of his command . He died at See also:

• ABINGDON

Abingdon, Virginia, on the 26th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1863 .