ABRAM See also:

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

STEVENS See also:

• ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT (1822-1903)

HEWITT (1822-1903)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American manufacturer and See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• HAVERSTRAW

Haverstraw, 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, on the 31st of See also:

• JULY

July 1822 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, 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, a See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, was one of a party of four See also:

• MECHANICS

mechanics who were sent by See also:

• BOULTON, MATTHEW (1728-1809)

Boulton and See also:

• WATT, JAMES (1736-1819)

Watt to See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia about 1790 to set up a See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine for the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works and who in 1793-1794 built at See also:

• BELLEVILLE

Belleville, N.J., the first steam engine constructed wholly in See also:

• AMERICA

America; he made a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in the manufacture of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, but lost it by the burning of his factories . The boy's See also:

• MOTHER

mother was of Huguenot descent . He graduated with high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank from See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1842, having supported himself through his course . He taught See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics at Columbia, and in 1845 was admitted to the See also:

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

bar, but, owing to defective eyesight, never practised . With See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper (son of See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Cooper, whom See also:

• HEWITT, ABRAM STEVENS (1822-1903)

Hewitt greatly assisted in organizing Cooper See also:

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

Union, and whose daughter he married) he went into the manufacture of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron girders and beams under the See also:

• FIRM

firm name of Cooper, Hewitt & Co . His study of the making of See also:

• GUN

gun-See also:

• BARREL (a word of uncertain origin common to Romance languages; the Celtic forms, as in the Gaelic baraill, are derived from the English)

barrel iron in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England enabled him to be of See also:

• GREAT

great assistance to the See also:

• UNITED

United States 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 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, when he refused any profit on such orders . The men in his works never struck—indeed in 1873-1878 his plant was run at an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual loss of $1oo,000 . In politics he was a Democrat . In 1871 he was prominent in the re-organization of Tammany after the fall of the " See also:

• TWEED

Tweed See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

Ring "; from 1875 until the end of 1886 (except in 1879-1881) he was a representative in See also:

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

Congress ; in 1876 he See also:

• LEFT

left Tammany for the 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 See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

Democracy; in the See also:

• HAYES, RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD (1822–1893)

Hayes-See also:

• TILDEN, SAMUEL JONES (1814-1886)

Tilden See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of that See also:

• YEAR

year he was chairman of the Democratic See also:

• NATIONAL

National 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, and in Congress he was one of the 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 members of the See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint committee which See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up the famous Electoral See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act providing for the Electoral See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission . In 1886 he was elected See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of New York City, his nomination having been forced upon the Democratic Party by the strength of the other nominees, 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 See also:

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

George and See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore See also:

• ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858— )

Roosevelt; his See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration (1887-1888) was thoroughly efficient and creditable, but he See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke with Tammany, was not renominated, ran independently for re-See also:

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

election, and, was defeated . In 1896and 190o he voted the Republican See also:

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

ticket, but did not ally himself with the organization .

He died in New York City on the 18th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1903 . In Congress he was a consistent defender of See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound See also:

• MONEY

money and civil service reform; in municipal politics he was in favour of business administrations and opposed to See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan nominations . He was a leader of those who contended for reform in municipal government, was conspicuous for his public spirit, and exerted a great See also:

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

influence for See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good not only in New York City but in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state and nation . His most famous speech was that made at the opening of the See also:

• BROOKLYN

Brooklyn See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge in 1883 . He was a terse, able and lucid See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker, See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of wit and See also:

• SARCASM

sarcasm, and a fearless critic . He gave liberally to Cooper Union, of which he was trustee and secretary, and which owes much of its success to him; was a trustee of Columbia University from 1901 until his See also:

• DEATH

death, chairman of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of trustees 'of See also:

• BARNARD, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PORTER (1809–1889)
• BARNARD, GEORGE GREY (1863— )
• BARNARD, HENRY (1811-1900)
• BARNARD, JOHN
• BARNARD, LADY ANNE (1750–1825)

Barnard College, and was one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original trustees, first chairman of the board of trustees, and a member of the executive committee of the See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie Institution .