Men of the time: a dictionary of contemporaries, containing biographical notices of eminent characters of both sexes.

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893. Also sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's, and other cognate families.

On cover: The Jolliffe, Neill and Janney families of Virginia.

Biographical essays,

Râjah Râmmohun Roy, 1774-1833.--Keshub Chunder Sen, 1838-1884.--Dayânanda Sarasvati, 1827-1883.--Bunyiu Nanjio, 1849.--Kenjiu Kasawara, 1851-1883.--Mohl, 1800-1876 (Contemporary review, Aug. 1878)--Kingsley, 1820-1875 (tr. from Deutsche rundschau, 1877)

Biographical sketches,

Reprinted from the Daily news. cf. Pref.

The Bucks of Wethersfield, Connecticut and the families with which they are connected by marriage, a biographical and genealogical sketch.

Prefatory remarks signed: Albert H. Buck.

A history of Herkimer County : including the upper Mohawk Valley, from the earliest period to the present time ; with a brief notice of the Iroquois Indians, the early German tribes, the Palatine immigrations into the colony of New York, and biographical sketches of the Palatine families, the patentees of Burnetsfield in the year 1725 ; and also biographical notices of the most prominent public men of the county ; with important statistical information /

Includes index.

The lives and opinions of Benj'n Franklin Butler, United States district attorney for the southern district of New York; and Jesse Hoyt, counsellor at law, formerly collector of customs for the port of New York; with anecdotes or biographical sketches of Stephen Allen; George P. Barker [etc] ...

Another edition, practically identical, was issued the same year with the author's name corrected.

History of the Towandas, 1776-1886 : including the aborigines, Pennamites, and Yankees, together with biographical sketches and matters of general importance connected with the county seat /

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical collections of Virginia : containing a collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c., relating to its history and antiquities, together with geographical and statistical descriptions : to which is appended, an historical and descriptive sketch of the District of Columbia : illustrated by over 100 engravings, giving views of the principal towns, seats of eminent men, public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, etc., etc. /

Illustrated by J.W. Barber.

Niles' national register, containing political, historical, geographical, scientifical, statistical, economical, and biographical documents, essays and facts : together with notices of the arts and manufactures, and a record of the events of the times.

Supplements accompany some volumes.

Biographical sketches of eminent itinerant ministers distinguished, for the most part,

Mode of access: Internet.

The prose works of John Milton: with a biographical introduction,

Mode of access: Internet.

Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama : historical and biographical, 1887 /

Includes indexes.

The Arya Samaj : an account of its origin, doctrines, and activities, with a biographical sketch of the founder /

Includes index.

Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present;

"Limited to seven hundred and fifty registered and numbered sets."