Word: justin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...National House of Representatives has passed a bill for the incorporation of the American Historical Association. Among the incorporators named are Mr. Justin Winsor of Harvard, ex-president A. D. White of Cornell, and the Hon. George Bancroft...
...proposed to give a complimentary dinner soon to Professor Lovering in honor of his election as professor emeritus and of his service of fifty years as full professor in the university. The committee in charge consists of Mr. Justin Winsor and Professors Agassiz and Trowbridge...
...Historical Society held its first regular meeting at the house of Mr. Justin Winsor on Sparks street, Thurs-evening. An executive committee, consisting of the president and secretary and J. M. Newell, F. E. Zinkeisen, and M. Whitridge was appointed. This committee will take charge of the work of the Society during the winter and will arrange programmes for the meeting. Dr. Charles Gross and Mr. Bendelari, of the Department of History, were unanimously elected members and a number of names were presented for consideration...
...meeting was one of the largest in the history of the Society, many of the instructors in the University and a number of graduates being present. Mr. Justin Winsor, the host of the evening, read to those who were present an account of an incident which occurred at Plymouth during the period of excitement attending the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765. By means of a large map, Mr. Winsor examined the features of Plymouth Harbor and incidentally the adventures of the people of the Mayflower on that stormy Friday night when they first landed on American soil...
Since the completion of his "Memorial History of Boston," Mr. Justin Winsor, at present the librarian of Harvard, has devoted his attention to editing a "Narrative and Critical History of America." The work covers the ground up to the civil war, and the first of the eight volumes is devoted to the period before the European discoveries. The book is a collection of articles by various writers, with critical essays and notes by Mr. Windsor. The history is not continuous, and only the salient points of each period are treated. A knowledge of American history is requisite for the reader...