Word: washington
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...appointed assistant in 1825 and again in 1841, and in 1856 was appointed librarian, the number of volumes has increased from 50,000 to 155,000. These, together with the libraries of the various schools, make up a library surpassed by only two in America, the one at Washington and the Boston Public. In the last report of the examining committee before the Board of Overseers, it was recommended that the students in history should have greater facilities for reference to and the study of the historical portion of the library, which is known as the most complete...
...evacuation of Boston, March, 1776, the College conferred on Washington the degree of Doctor of Laws, which was then given for the first time. At the request of the Legislature the tutors were required to give written declarations of their political principles, and after the return from Concord one student who had been absent was refused readmission, because he had been "using the most impudent, insulting, and abusive language against the American Congress and General Court...
Wadsworth House, built 1726; first headquarters of Washington and Lee, July 2, 1775; officers' headquarters during the siege of Boston...
...rich in anecdote and interesting reminiscence, and will form a valuable souvenir of "Centennial Year," as it contains light gossip, extracts from letters, and song and story which are not to be found in the more pretentious historical works. Published and for sale by LOCKWOOD, BROOKS, & Co., 301 Washington St., Boston...
...this office till 1852, when he removed to Cambridge and took part in the computation of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. In 1857 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy, and for several months afterwards was Assistant in the United States Naval Observatory at Washington. He was then made Superintendent of the American Ephemeris, and returned to Cambridge. He continued to perform the duties of his office until his appointment in 1866 to the post of Phillips Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory of Harvard College. He was also appointed Professor of Geodesy...