John Lothrop Motley was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
John Lothrop Motley
Motley, circa 1855–1865
The Rise of the Dutch Republic by John Lothrop Motley
History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1800–1899
The history of Dedham, Massachusetts, from 1800 to 1899 saw growth and change come to the town. In fact, the town changed as much during the first few decades of the 19th century as it did in all of its previous history.
The Dedham Board of Selectmen. Clockwise from top left: Benjamin Weatherbee, Augustus Bradford Endicott, J.Bradford Baker, Ezra W. Taft, and Samuel E. Pond.
The First Church of Dedham and church green.
William and Cornelia Gould with their children.
The Dedham Train Station was located in Dedham Square where the parking lot now is.