Il National encyclopaedia - Wikizionario di American biografia : essendo la storia degli Stati Uniti come illustrato nella vita dei fondatori, costruttori e difensori della repubblica e degli uomini e delle donne che stanno facendo il lavoro e lo stampaggio del pensiero del tempo presente, edito da illustri biografi, scelto da ciascuno stato rivisto e approvato da i più eminenti storici, gli studiosi e gli uomini di stato del giorno . la caduta del 1854, andput via il famoso manifesto che ha proposto di acquisizionedei di Cuba con la forza nel caso di Spainscontinued rifiuto di vendere l'isola. Disgustato con thefai

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The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . the fall of 1854, andput forth the famous manifesto which proposed theacquisition of Cuba by force in the event of Spainscontinued refusal to sell the island. Disgusted with thefailure of this plan, and scarcely a persona grata_ atthe Spanish court, he gave up his post the followingsummer, resumed his practice at home and promotedthe project of a Tehuantepec canal in Mexico. In1860-61 he had ceased to be a fire-eater, and op-posed the secession of his state, foreseeing and pre-dicting the sad results of a civil war. He went toEurope as an agent of the Confederacy, but sooncame back, was arrested after the capture of New Or-leans in 1863, and confined for some months in FortLafayette; served on Gen. Beauregards staff in thedefence of Charieslon, and was made a brigadier fora special service, but accomplished nothing. He re-tired to Havana, took part in 1864 in Dr. , W. M-Gwins abortive plan to colonize Sonora in Mexico, returned to New Orleans after the war, and diedthere March 16, 1870.. 118 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA HEERMANS, Charles Abram, lawyer, wasborn at Scranton, Pa., March 10, 1843. His father, Sylvanus Heermans, was bom at Wilkes-Barre in1810; his mother, Martha M. Thorp, was born inOswego county, N. Y., in 1817, and both were ofAmerican descent. The family moved to Prestoncounty, W. Va., when Charleswas but four years old. Hisfather was an active politician, and represented his county inthe national whig conventionthat nominated Gen. Scott. In1854 the family was broken up, and Charles was put out tolive with a family in Alleghanycounty, Md., where h

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