228:"We beg to inform the patrons of this Review, and all interested, that the work will continue to be published as heretofore, at No. 18 Nassau Street, and that the plan for its improvement, devised by the late editor, will be carried out. To this end have engaged the services of James D. Whelpley, Esq.; a gentleman who has been connected with the Review from the beginning, as one of its most valuable contributors, and for a year past, intimately associated with the late lamented editor in conducting it; and in whose abilities, principles, and judgement, we have the utmost confidence.
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other man. It was my great misfortune in early life to have no father. It was not only a misfortune but a constant cause of regret and sorrow. Mr. Silliman, by the dignity and kindness of his life, impressed me with just views, and by the facilities which he afforded me when young, enabled me to acquire a truly scientific and practical education. I remember too, all the little social benefits and kindnesses which I received in his family, and I remember them with gratitude and a pleasure which is more pure as years advance.
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the injustice of the war into which we had been forced, and studying only by what means to escape...I succeeded with a few others in working my way to the seaport and then stealing in the darkness of night on board a vessel, and then to
California, from which I came at once to New York...My brother Philip was shot through the head at the
264:(1824–1860) led a force of 110 men on a private expedition to Central America with the intention of forcibly establishing a colony based on slave labor in Nicaragua. Walker managed to take control of the country and had himself elected president in July 1856. According to Whelpley's Yale class secretary,
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Whelpley died on April 15, 1872, from the complications of tuberculosis. The following year, his friend and business partner Jacob Storer married Whelpley's widow. Jacob Storer died in Boston on November 11, 1902, and Mary Louise Whelpley Storer died in San Diego, California on March 19, 1932.
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arrangements were nearly complete when he heard that ...had gone to
Honduras to take forcible advantage of the colonists' labors and establish a military despotism and slavery over the country. Accompanied by an armed party of fifty men, Dr. Whelpley went to Honduras to protect what he could there,
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It is claimed by the designers...that copper can in this way be produced at about one third the cost of the ordinary method. The small consumption of fuel, and the mechanical facilities afforded for handling great masses of material, are such, that the new method will probably be found especially
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Anna Maria
Whelpley died on July 9, 1860, and the following year Dr. Whelpley married a second time, at Dedham, Massachusetts, to Mary Louise Breed (October 11, 1841 – May 19, 1932), the Virginia-born daughter of a Baptist minister. They lived in Boston where they had three children: author James
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Honduras to develop the resources of that country and bring it into closer relations with the United States. To this end he obtained extensive grants of land and valuable commercial privileges from the Honduras Government. He commenced the
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Melanchthon Whelpley was pastor of the Wall Street Church...He was settled when only about twenty-one, was a most eloquent man, but suffered from dyspepsia; he lived in Greenwich Street back of Trinity Church. Some adventurous man had put up four small houses on White
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After his second marriage, and as early as 1863, Whelpley formed a partnership with Col. Jacob Jones Storer (1826–1902), to design and manufacturer mining equipment. (Storer, a New
Hampshire born son of Adm. George Washington Storer, had entered military service as a major with the
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James Whelpley was born in New York City on January 23, 1817, the son of Rev. Philip Melanchthon Whelpley (December 22, 1794 – July 17, 1824) and his wife, Abigail Fitch Davenport (November 17, 1791 – June 1864). Philip Whelpley was, from May 1815 until his death, the pastor of the
763: : March 10, 2021), Abigail F Davenport Whelpley in entry for James D Whelpley and Maria Louisa Breed, September 19, 1861; citing Dedham, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,019.
634: : March 2, 2021), Abagail F Whelpley, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 25, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
298:, "our physician had an opportunity at this, as at several other haciendas, of rendering some important medical and surgical services, for which a great deal of sincere gratitude was expressed by the relatives of the patients."
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published numerous accounts of Walker's activities in Central America (many if not all written by Whelpley) beginning on January 3, 1857, and concluding on October 13, 1860, with a report of Walker's capture and execution.
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224:. In 1847, Whelpley moved to New York to help an ailing Colton edit the journal. In January 1848, after Colton's death, his executors introduced Whelpley in the journal's seventh volume:
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Crushing and Pulverizing Machinery Breakers and Pulverizers, Invented and Patented by James D. Whelpley and Jacob J. Storer, Manufactured and Sold by Jacob J. Storer
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Street, then just opened, near Broadway, and as Mr. Whelpley felt the need of exercise, and the rent was very low, he ventured to hire one of these.
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Whelpley & Storer's New Method of Separating Metals from Sulphurets and Other Ores, with a Brief Description of Furnace and Machinery Employed
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on September 23, 1862, was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 1, 1863, and was mustered out in May 1864 owing to disability.) In 1867,
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building of steamers and barges for the navigation of the Honduras rivers...and secured more than 3,000 emigrants for the proposed colony.
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James D. Whelpley, M.D., "On the Fusion of Wrought or Fibrous Iron in the Large Way in Reverberatory Furnaces," in
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advantageous, in the treatment of low-grade ores, in regions where transportation is difficult, and fuel scarce.
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Patent No. 41,250, Furnace for the Improvement in Burning, Roasting and Smelting Ores, patented January 12, 1864.
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James D. Whelpley, "Critical Examination of the Ideas of Inertia and Gravitation," in
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Whelpley, who minded not having a father, found a mentor in
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