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 LOTHROP See also:

• MOTLEY
• JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY (1814–1897)

MOTLEY (1814–1897)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American historian, son of 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:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

Motley, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 15th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1814 at See also:

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

Dorchester (now a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston), See also:

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

Massachusetts, and graduated at Harvard in 1831 . He then studied at See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, becoming a friend of See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck at Gottingen, and after a See also:

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

period of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European- travel returned in 1834 to See also:

• AMERICA

America, where he continued his legal studies . In 1837 he married See also:

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

Mary See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin (d . 1874), a See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park Benjamin, and in 1839 he published anonymously a novel entitled See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton's See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, or the See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of a Provincial . In 1841 he entered the See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic service as secretary of See also:

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

legation in See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, but resigned his See also:

• POST

post within three months . Returning to America, he soon entered definitely upon a See also:

• LITERARY

literary career . Besides contributing various See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical essays to 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, including a remarkable See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the Polity of the Puritans, he published in 1849, again anonymously, a second novel, entitled Merry See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount, a See also:

• ROMANCE

Romance of the Massachusetts See also:

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

Colony . About 1846 the project of See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing a See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland had begun to take shape in his mind, and he had already done a large amount of See also:

• WORK

work on this subject when, finding the materials at his disposal in the See also:

• UNITED

United States inadequate, he went to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in 1851 . The next five years were spent at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels and the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague in investigation of the archives, which resulted in 1856 in the publication of The Rise of the Dutch See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic, which became very popular . It speedily passed through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, was translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, and also into' Dutch, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian . In 186o Motley published the first two volumes of its continuation, The United See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands . This work was on a larger See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale, and embodied the results of a still greater amount of See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research .

It was brought down to the truce of 1609 by two additional volumes, published in 1867 . In 1861, just after 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 had broken out in America, Motley wrote two letters to The Times defending the Federal position, and these letters, afterwards reprinted as a pamphlet entitled Causes of the Civil War in America, made a favourable impression on 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:

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

Lincoln . Partly owing to this essay, Motley was appointed United States See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria in x86f, a position which he filled with See also:

• GREAT

great success until his resignation in 1867 . Two years later he was sent to represent his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in See also:

• LONDON

London, but in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 187o he was recalled by President 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 . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short visit to Holland, he again took up his See also:

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

residence in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where the See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• DEATH

Death 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 Barnevold appeared in two volumes in 1874 . See also:

• ILL

Ill See also:

• HEALTH

health now began to interfere with his literary work, and he died at Frampton 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, near Dorchester, See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset, on the 29th of May 1877, leaving three daughters . The merits of Motley as an historian are undeniably great . He has told the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of a stirring period in the history of the See also:

• WORLD

world with full See also:

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

attention to the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the actors and strict fidelity to the vivid details of the See also:

• ACTION

action . But it may safely be said that his See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale is best where most unvarnished, and probably no writer of the same See also:

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

rank has owed less to the See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere sparkle of highly polished literary See also:

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

style . An excellent edition of his historical See also:

• WORKS

works was published in nine volumes in London in 1903-1904 . See the See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley, edited by G . W .

See also:

• CURTIS, GEORGE TICKNOR (1812-1894)
• CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1824-1892)

Curtis (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, 1889); O . W . See also:

• HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (18o9-1894)

Holmes, John Lothrop Motley, a Memoir (Boston, 1878) ; M . D . See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

Conway, See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

Biographical Introduction to The Rise of the Dutch Republic (London, 1896) ; and John Lothrop Motley and his See also:

• FAMILY

Family: Further Letters and Records (1910), edited by his daughter, Mrs Susan St John Mildmay .