REVERDY See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• REVERDY JOHNSON (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

JOHNSON (1796–1876)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader and jurist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ANNAPOLIS

Annapolis, See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland, on the 21st of May 1796 . 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 See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson (177o–1824), was a distinguished lawyer, who served in both houses of the Maryland See also:

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

General See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, as See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state (18o6–1811), as a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the 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 of appeals (1811–1821), and as a See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of his state (1821–1824) . Reverdy graduated from St John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college in 1812 . He then 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 in his father's 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, 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 in 1815 and began to practise in Upper See also:

• MARLBOROUGH
• MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF (1650-1722)

Marlborough, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

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

George's 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 . In 1817 he removed to See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore, See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle on points of learning . Between him and the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy, indeed, there was a strong religious and political sympathy . He was a zealous churchman, and, though he had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession, was to the last a Jacobite in See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart . The social position of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel's paternal grandfather, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Johnson, remains obscure; his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was the daughter of See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

Ford, " a little See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire Gent." At a 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 (now the Johnson Museum) in the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

Market Square, See also:

• LICHFIELD

Lichfield, Samuel Johnson was born on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1709 and baptized on the same See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day at St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's, Lichfield . In the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical, intellectual and moral peculiarities which. afterwards distinguished the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man were plainly discernible: See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• MUSCULAR

muscular strength accompanied by much awkwardness and many infirmities; great quickness of parts, with a morbid See also:

• PRO

pro I pensity to See also:

• SLOTH

sloth and procrastination; a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind and generous heart, with a gloomy and irritable See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper . He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint, and his parents were weak enough to believe that the royal See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch would cure him . In his third See also:

• YEAR

year he was taken up to See also:

• LONDON

London, inspected by the court surgeon, prayed over by the court chaplains and stroked and presented with a piece of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne . Her See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand was applied in vain .

The boy's features, which were originally See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble and not irregular, were distorted by his malady . His cheeks were deeply scarred . He lost for a 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 the sight of one See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye; and he saw but very imperfectly with the other . But the force of his mind overcame every impediment . Indolent as he was, he acquired knowledge with such ease and rapidity that at every school (such as those at Lichfield and See also:

• STOURBRIDGE

Stourbridge) to which he was sent he was soon the best See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar . From sixteen to eighteen he resided at See also:

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

home, and was See also:

• LEFT

left to his own devices . He learned much at this time, though his studies were without guidance and without See also:

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

plan . He ransacked his father's shelves, dipped into a multitude of books, read what was interesting, and passed over what was dull An See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way; but much that was dull to ordinary lads was interesting to Samuel . He read little See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek; for his proficiency in that See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language was not such that he could take much See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure in the masters of See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic See also:

• POETRY

poetry and eloquence . But he had left school a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good Latinist, and he soon acquired an extensive knowledge of Latin literature . He was peculiarlyF attracted by the See also:

• WORKS

works of the great restorers of learning . Once, while searching for some apples, he found a huge See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• PETRARCH (1304-1374)

Petrarch's works .

The name excited his curiosity, and he eagerly devoured hundreds of pages . Indeed, the diction and versification of his own Latin compositions show that he had paid at least as much See also:

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

attention to See also:

• MODERN

modern copies from the See also:

• ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

antique as to the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• MODELS

models . While he was thus irregularly educating himself, his See also:

• FAMILY

family was sinking into hopeless poverty . Old See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael Johnson was much better qualified to See also:

• PORE

pore over books, and to talk about them, than to See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in them . His business declined; his debts increased; it was with difficulty that the daily expenses of his See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household were defrayed . It was out of his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to support his son at either university; but a wealthy See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour offered assistance; and, in reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value, Samuel was entered at See also:

• PEMBROKE
• PEMBROKE (Penfro)
• PEMBROKE, EARLS OF

Pembroke College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . When the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young scholar presented himself to the rulers of that society, they were amazed not more by his ungainly figure and See also:

• ECCENTRIC (from Gr. F,c, out of, and Kivrpov, centre)

eccentric See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners than by the quantity of extensive and curious See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information which he had picked up during many months of desultory but not unprofitable study . On the first day of his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence he surprised his teachers by quoting See also:

• MACROBIUS, AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS

Macrobius; and one of the most learned among them declared that he had never known a fresh-man of equal attainments . At Oxford Johnson resided barely over two years, possibly less . He was poor, even to raggedness; and his See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance excited a mirth and a pity which were equally intolerable to his haughty spirit . He was driven from the quadrangle of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ 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 by the sneering looks which the members of that aristocratical society See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast at the holes in his shoes . Some charitable See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person placed a new pair at his See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door; but he spurned them away where he became the professional See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin, William See also:

• PINKNEY, WILLIAM (1764–1822)

Pinkney and See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger B .

See also:

• TANEY, ROGER BROOKE (1777—1864)

Taney; with See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris he reported the decisions of the court of appeals in Harris and Johnson's Reports (18to–1827); and in 1818 he was appointed See also:

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

chief See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of insolvent debtors . From 1821 to 1825 he was a state senator; from 1825 to 1845 he devoted himself to his practice; from 1845 to 1849, as a Whig, he was a member of the See also:

• UNITED

United States 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; and from 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 1849 to See also:

• JULY

July 185o he was attorney-general of the United States . In 1856 he became identified with the conservative wing of the Democratic party, and four years later supported See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen A . See also:

• DOUGLAS
• DOUGLAS, GAVIN (1474?-1522)
• DOUGLAS, JOHN (1721—1807.)
• DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES
• DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD
• DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (18,3–1861)

Douglas for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency . In 1861 he was a delegate from Maryland to the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace See also:

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

convention at See also:

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

Washington; in 1861–1862 he was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates . After the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans he was commissioned by See also:

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

Lincoln to revise the decisions of the military commandant, General B . F . See also:

• BUTLER
• BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
• BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
• BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
• BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
• BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
• BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
• BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
• BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
• BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

Butler, in regard to See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign governments, and reversed all those decisions to the entire See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . In 1863 he again took his seat in the United States Senate . In 1868 he was appointed See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to Great See also:

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

Britain and soon after his arrival in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England negotiated the Johnson-See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon treaty for the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of disputes arising out of 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; this, however, the Senate refused to ratify, and he returned home on the See also:

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

accession of General U . S . 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 to the presidency .

Again resuming his practice he was engaged by the 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 in the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of Ku-Klux cases . He died on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1876 at Annapolis . He repudiated the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of See also:

• SECESSION

secession, and pleaded for See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise and conciliation . Opposed to the Reconstruction See also:

• MEASURES

measures, he voted for them on the ground that it was better to accept than reject them, since they were probably the best that could be obtained . As a lawyer he was engaged during his later years in most of the especially important cases in the Supreme Court of the United States and in the courts of Maryland .