[893] Cheever (spr. Tschihwer), George Barrell, geb. 1807 zu Hallowell in Maine, studirte Theologie in Andover (Massachusetts), wurde 1832 Pastor in Salem, besuchte 1836 Europa u. wurde 1839 Pastor in New-York; 1844 machte er eine zweite Reise nach Europa. Er gab The American common place book of prose, 1828 u. The American common place book of poetry, 1820, heraus u. schr.: Studies in poetry, 1830; Selections from archbishop Leighton, 1832; Foreign correspondence with the New-York Observer, 1837; Gods hand in America, 1841; The argument for punishment by death, 1842; Lectures on Pilgrim's Progress, New-York 1843 u. 1849; Hierarchical lectures, 1844; Wanderings of a pilgrim in the shadow of Mount Blanc and the Jungfrau Alp, New-York 1846; The Journal of the pilgrims at-Plymouth in New-England in 1620, ebd. 1848 u. 1849; The hill difficulty, ebd. 1849; Windings of the river of the water of life, ebd. 1849 u. 1851; Sacred streams, ebd. 1852; Voices of nature to her foster child, the soul of Man, ebd. 1852; Right of the Bible in our schools, ebd. 1854; Ch. war 1845 u. 1846 Redacteur des New-York Evangelist.