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See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
LAWRENCE, See also:AMOS 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 (1814–1886) , See also:American philanthropist, son of Amos Lawrence, was See also:born in Groton, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the 31st of See also:July 1814. He graduated at Harvard in 1835, went into business in See also:Lowell, and in 1837 established in See also:Boston his own counting-See also:house, which from 1843 to 1858 was the See also:firm of Lawrence & See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason, and which was a selling See also:agent for the Cocheco See also:mills of See also:Dover, New See also:Hampshire, and for other textile factories. Lawrence established a See also:hosiery and See also:knitting See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill at See also:Ipswich—the first of importance in the See also:country—and was a director in many large corporations. He was greatly interested in the claims of Eleazer See also:Williams of See also:Green See also:Bay, See also:Wisconsin, and through loans to this " lost dauphin " came into See also:possession of much See also:land in Wisconsin; in 1849 he founded at See also:Appleton, Wisconsin, a school named in his See also:honour Lawrence university (now Lawrence See also:college). He also contributed to funds for the colonization of See also:free negroes in See also:Liberia. In 1854 he became treasurer of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid See also:Company (reorganized in 1855 as the New See also:England Emigrant Aid Company), which sent 1300 settlers to See also:Kansas, where the See also:city of Lawrence was named in his honour. He contributedpersonally for the famous See also:Sharp rifles, which, packed as " books " and " primers," were shipped to Kansas and afterwards came into the hands of See also:John See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown, who had been a protege of Lawrence. During the contest in Kansas, Lawrence wrote frequently to See also:President See also:Pierce (his See also:mother's See also:nephew) in behalf of the free-See also:state settlers; and when John Brown was arrested he appealed to the See also:governor of See also:Virginia to secure for him a lawful trial. On See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson and others in Kansas he repeatedly urged the See also:necessity of offering no armed resistance to the Federal See also:government; and he deplored Brown's fanaticism. In 1858 and in 186o he was the Whig See also:candidate for governor of Massachusetts. Till the very outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War he was a "See also:law and See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order" See also:man, and he did his best to secure the See also:adoption of the See also:Crittenden See also:compromise; but he took an active See also:part in drilling troops, and in 1862 he raised a See also:battalion of See also:cavalry which became the 2nd Massachusetts See also:Regiment of Cavalry, of which See also:Charles See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell Lowell was See also:colonel. Lawrence was a member of the See also:Protestant Episcopal 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 and built (1873–188o) Lawrence See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, See also:Cam-See also:bridge, for the Episcopal theological school, of which he was treasurer. In 1857–1862 he was treasurer of Harvard college, and in 1879–1885 was an overseer. He died in Nahant, See also:Mass., on the 22nd of See also:August 1886.
See 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 Lawrence, See also:Life of Amos A. Lawrence, with Extracts from his See also:Diary and See also:Correspondence (Boston, 1888).
His son, WILLIAM LAWRENCE (1850– ), graduated in 1871 at Harvard, and in 1875 at the Episcopal theological school, where, after being See also:rector of See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
Grace Church, Lawrence, Mass., in 1876–1884, he was See also:professor of See also:homiletics and natural See also:theology in 1884–1893 and See also:dean in 1888–1893. In 1893 he succeeded See also:Phillips See also:Brooks as Protestant Episcopal See also:bishop of Massachusetts. He wrote A Life of See also:Roger See also:Wolcott, Governor of Massachusetts (1902).
End of Article: LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
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