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See also:STEVENS, 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 (1819—1886) , See also:American bibliographer, was See also:born in See also:Barnet, See also:Vermont, on the 24th of See also:August 1819. He studied at See also:Middlebury See also:College, Vermont, in 1838—1839, graduated at Yale in 1843 and studied at the See also:Cambridge (See also:Massachusetts) See also:Law School in 1843—1844. 'In 1845 he went to See also:London, where he was employed during most of the See also:remainder of his See also:life as a See also:collector of Americana for the See also:British Museum and for various public and private American See also:libraries. He was engaged by See also:Sir See also:Anthony See also:Panizzi, librarian of the British Museum, to collect See also:historical books, documents, See also:journals, &c., concerning See also:North and See also:South See also:America; and he was purchasing See also:agent for the Smithsonian Institution and for the library of See also:Congress, as well as for See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Lenox, of New See also:York, for whom he secured much of the valuable Americana in the Lenox library in that See also:city, and for the See also:John See also:Carter 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 library, at See also:Providence, Rhode See also:Island. He became a member of the Society of Antiquaries in 1852, and in 1877 was a member of the See also:committee which organized the See also:Caxton See also:Exhibition, for which he catalogued the collection of Bibles. He died at South See also:Hampstead, See also:England, on the 28th of See also:February 1886.
His See also:principal compilations and publications were: an See also:Analytical See also:Index to the Colonial Documents of New See also:Jersey in the See also:State See also:Paper 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 in England (1858), constituting vol. v. of the New Jersey Historical Society's. Collections; Collection of Historical Papers See also:relating to Rhode Island ... 1640–1775 (6 vols.), for the John Carter Brown library; historical indexes of the colonial documents relating to See also:Maryland (ro vols.), now in the library of the Maryland Historical Society; and a collection of papers relating to See also:Virginia for the See also:period 1585–1775, incomplete, deposited in the Virginia state library in 1858; a valuable See also:Catalogue of American Maps in the Library of the British Museum (1856); catalogues of American, of Mexican and other See also:Spanish-American and of See also:Canadian and other British North American books in the library of the British Museum; Historical and See also:Geographical Notes on the Earliest Discoveries in America, 1153–1530, with Comments on the Earliest Maps and Charts, &c. (18691, See also:Sebastian See also:Cabot – John Cabot =o (1870) ; The Bibles in the Caxton Exhibition, 1877 (1878) ; and Recollections of Mr James Lenox, of New York, and the Formation of his Library (1886).
His See also:brother, See also:BENJAMIN See also:FRANKLIN STEVENS (1833-1902), also a bibliographer, was born at Barnet, Vermont, on the19th of February 1833, was educated at the university of Vermont, and in 186o became associated with his brother in London. For about See also:thirty years he was engaged in preparing a See also:chronological See also:list and alphabetical index of American state papers in See also:English, See also:French, Dutch and Spanish archives, covering the period from 1763 to 1784, and he prepared more than 2000 facsimiles of important American historical See also:manuscripts found in See also:European archives and relating to the period between 1773 and 1783. He also acted as purchasing agent for various American libraries, and for about thirty years before his See also:death was See also:United States despatch agent at London and had See also:charge of the See also:mail intended for the vessels of the United States See also:navy serving in See also:Atlantic or European stations. He died at See also:Surbiton, See also:Surrey, England, on the 5th of See also:March 1902.
His principal publications include See also:Campaign in Virginia, 1781: an Exact Reprint of Six Rare See also:Pamphlets on the See also:Clinton-See also:Cornwallis Controversy, with ... See also:Manuscript Notes by Sir Henry Clinton; with a Supplement containing Extracts from the Journals of the See also:House of Lords (1888) ; Facsimiles of Manuscripts in European Archives Relating to America, 1773–1783, with Descriptions, References and See also:Translations (25 vols., 1889–1898) ; See also:General Sir 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 See also:Howe's Orderly See also:Book at See also:Charlestown, See also:Boston and See also:Halifax (189o); and See also:Columbus: His Own Book of Privileges, 15oz (1893).
End of Article: STEVENS, HENRY (1819—1886)
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