Book/Printed Material Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative,
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Image 1 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative,- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
- Date: 1887
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Image 2 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. ©jap @Wi$t Ifc- Shelf, ,0b UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
- Date: 1887
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Image 3 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative,- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 4 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative,- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 5 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative,- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 6 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative,- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 7 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, ORMSBY MACKNIGHT MITCH EL ASTRONOMER AND GENERAL A BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE BY HIS SON F. A. MITCHEL- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
- Date: 1887
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Image 8 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, Copyright, 1887, By F. A. MITCIIEL. All rights reserved. 1 The Riverside Press, Cambridge Eiectrotyped and Printed by II. 0. Houghton- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 9 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, PBEFACE. At the time of General Mitchel s death an at- tempt was made to give to his countrymen an author- ized account of his services in science and in the army....- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 10 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, PREFACE. records of both sides into the War Department of the United States to be published for general informa- tion. And not till now, a quarter of a century after the events...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
- Date: 1887
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Image 11 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, PREFACE. V I would prefer that this work had fallen into abler hands. Another might have given a more attractive view, but I am convinced that few could have spared the time...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 12 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative,- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 13 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, CONTENTS, PART L SCIENCE. PAGE L Wilderness 1 EL First Independence 11 m. Cadet 19 IV. Traits 25 V. Love 32 VI. Engineer a d Professor 41 VII. The CmcamrATi Observatory. A...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 14 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, vni CONTENTS. PART II. WAR. I. Change .205 II. Cincinnati 210 III. A Limited Department 220 IV. A Proposed Movement 226 V. Kentucky .236 VI. Bowling Green and Nashville 244 VII. Episodes...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 15 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, OMSBY MACKMGHT MITCHEL. PART I. SCIENCE. I. WILDERNESS. On a bright spring morning more than eighty years ago it was the 1st of April, 1804 the wagons of a party moving westward...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 16 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 2 OEMS BY MAC KNIGHT MITCHEL. of the militia. His profession, like that of his an- cestors, as far back as can be traced, was surveyor. He was especially noted for his...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 17 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, WILDERNESS. 3 not relishing her removal, had raided the train and carried her off. The mother was loud in her lamen- tations, but they were of no avail the marriage cer- emony...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 18 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 4 ORMSBY MACKNIGHT MITCHEL. dreaded falls. Bat morning fortunately dawned in time, and they were enabled to reach the shore. On Sunday, the 1st of May, one month after his departure from...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 19 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, WILDERNESS. 5 which the piping of the American mocking-bird rang clearest. The country teemed with deer, bear, and wild turkeys. A lake near by furnished an abun- dance of fish. Grapes, blackberries,...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 20 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 6 RMS BY MAC KNIGHT MITCH EL. comer, giving him an account of this early history of the family. In speaking of this event he says UpoD returning from a journey I...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 21 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, WILDERNESS. 7 ics and astronomy. The last summer of his life was spent in the study of Greek, having only a grammar and the Greek Testament for text-books. One day in the...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 22 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 8 ORMSBY MAC KNIGHT MIT C EEL. written years after, which shows the kind of thought that occupied the child s mind. It was in the month of flowers. The spring opens...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 23 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, WILDERNESS. 9 spoke The Holy Spirit appears to have answered your baby inquiries (for you were in your third year). You there received the idea of Omnipotence, and, thank God, you have...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 24 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 10 ORMSBY MAC KNIGHT MITCHEL. low rays, pointing to the sun before whose face the dark body of the moon is creeping? But a quarter of a century must first pass away....- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 25 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, II. EIEST INDEPENDENCE. The youngster who had been carried so far on horseback from the wilds of Kentucky was between seven and eight years old when the family reached Lebanon. At first...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 26 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 12 ORMSBY MAC KNIGHT MITCH EL. The advantages he had derived from being taught at home, together with a natural aptitude to learn, enabled him to enter classes composed of young men...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 27 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, FIRST INDEPENDENCE. 13 said, you may kill me, but you shall never drive me off this field. On another occasion he was called up before the master for speaking loud in school....- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 28 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 14 OEMS BY MAC KNIGHT MITCH EL. of article from a paper of pins to a plow was sold. Perhaps the term clerk is too exalted a name for his position. Yet...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 29 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, FIRST INDEPENDENCE. 15 who he was, why he had left home, or whither he was going. Boys in those days early became their own masters, and McCoy the wagon-master gave himself no...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 30 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 16 ORMSBY MA C KNIGHT M1TCHEL. for a campfire. It fell to the lot of the assistant to kindle the fire, fetch the water, cook the meals, and prepare the blankets on...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 31 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, FIRST INDEPENDENCE. 17 year. It was soon found expedient to change the location of the business, which was given up at Xenia and reestablished at Lebanon. This was a very pleasant period...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 32 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 18 OEMS BY MACKNIGHT MITCH EL. seem to relish such a plan, remarking that the mili- tary academy was a school where young men were trained to vice and the army. However,...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 33 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, III. CADET. Although from the time the distasteful proposi- tion that he should learn a trade was made to him till the reception of his cadet s appointment young Mitchel managed his...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 34 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 20 RMS BY MAC KNIGHT M1TCHEL. boat for Buffalo. There he embarked on a canal boat for Albany. From Albany he proceeded down the Hudson River to West Point, where he arrived...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 35 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, CADET. There was some black-looking stuff, contained in a i. pan, which was honored with the name of pudding but 1 had already received my dose, so I thought it not expedi-...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 36 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, RMS BY MAC KNIGHT MITCHEL. Among other names called on that evening, so important to young Mitchel, were two destined after- wards to become prominent in an effort to break the power...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 37 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, CADET. 23 pleasantest of Mitchel s life. Suddenly relieved of the irksome duties of a clerk, and the necessity for earning his own living, with nothing to interfere with his disposition to...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 38 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 24 ORMSBY MAC KNIGHT MITCHEL. class of forty-six was that of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel. Upon graduating, Mitchel was assigned to the Second artillery as brevet second lieutenant, there being at the time...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
- Date: 1887
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Image 39 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, IV. TKAITS. BETWEEN the boy of thirteen, setting out to seek his fortune with a teamster in Ohio, and the young assistant professor at West Point, there has come a great change....- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
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Image 40 of Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, astronomer and general; a biographical narrative, 26 ORMSBY MAC KNIGHT MITCHEL. well to take a glance here and there in this record of daily thoughts and incidents, kept in an old blank book intended for taking notes on...- Contributor: Mitchel, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)
- Date: 1887