surveyorship

And, after all, to be rid of the surveyorship was a relief.

Hawthorne and His Circle Julian Hawthorne 1890

The gratification was the success of George in his application for the surveyorship of Culpeper.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The gratification was the success of George in his application for the surveyorship of Culpeper.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The gratification was the success of George in his application for the surveyorship of Culpeper.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The gratification was the success of George in his application for the surveyorship of Culpeper.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

Second, if this fail, then to make their indignation useful by extorting from the President, as a means of placating them, the surveyorship and naval office.

A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

The Government is not aware of the incalculable service rendered by the facts I learned from this pilot, and I therefore take the present occasion to ask his promotion to the surveyorship of New Orleans, for which I should think him well suited in this crisis.

A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland Sarah Ellen Blackwell

It has been affirmed that Hawthorne made use of the Honorable Mr. Upham, the excellent historian of Salem witchcraft, as a model for Judge Pyncheon, and that this was done in revenge for Mr. Upham's inimical influence in regard to the Salem surveyorship.

The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Stearns, Frank P 1906

Once calamity threatened him; a creditor distrained on the horse and the instruments necessary to his surveyorship; but

Abraham Lincoln Godfrey Rathbone Benson Charnwood 1904

The point of attack was the Salem Post Office, but this proved impracticable, and attention was turned to the Custom House, where either the surveyorship or the naval office might be got.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Woodberry, George E 1902