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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bellingham , Richard 1592 - (search)
Bellingham, Richard, 1592-
Colonial governor; born in England in 1592.
Bred a lawyer, he came to America in 1634, and was chosen deputy governor of Massachusetts the next year.
He was elected governor, in opposition to Winthrop, in 1641.
He was rechosen in 1654, and in 1666, after the death of Governor Endicott, continuing in office the rest of his life.
His administration was a somewhat stormy one.
Bellingham was so opposed to all innovations in religious matters that he was severe in his conduct towards the Friends, or Quakers.
He died Dec. 7, 1672.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brenton , William 1666 -1674 (search)
Brenton, William, 1666-1674
Royal governor; born in England; was governor of Rhode Island in 1666 under the charter from Charles II., and was one of the original nine proprietors of Rhode Island. Brenton's Point and Brenton's Reef in Narraganset Bay were named after him. He died in Newport, R. I., in 1674.
Brenton, William, 1666-1674
Royal governor; born in England; was governor of Rhode Island in 1666 under the charter from Charles II., and was one of the original nine proprietors of Rhode Island. Brenton's Point and Brenton's Reef in Narraganset Bay were named after him. He died in Newport, R. I., in 1674.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carr , Sir Robert 1664 -1667 (search)
Carr, Sir Robert 1664-1667
Commissioner; born in Northumberland, England.
In 1664 he was appointed, with Sir Richard Nicolls (q. v.) and others, on a commission to regulate the affairs of New England, and to take possession of New Netherland (q. v.). The commission came on a fleet which had been fitted out to operate against the Dutch settlers on the Hudson.
Carr and Nichols gained possession of New Netherland Aug. 27, 1664, and named it New York in honor of the Duke of York.
On Sept. 24 of the same year Fort Orange surrendered to the English, and was renamed Albany.
In February, 1665, Carr and his associates went to Boston, but the colonists there declined to recognize them, as did also the towns in New Hampshire.
In Maine, however, the commissioners were well received, and a new government was established in that colony, which lasted from 1666 to 1668.
He died in Bristol, England, June 1, 1667.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cheeshahteaumuck , Caleb 1646 -1666 (search)
Cheeshahteaumuck, Caleb 1646-1666
Indian; born in Massachusetts in 1646; graduated at Harvard College in 1665, being the only Indian who received a degree from that institution.
He died in Charlestown, Mass., in 1666.
Cheeshahteaumuck, Caleb 1646-1666
Indian; born in Massachusetts in 1646; graduated at Harvard College in 1665, being the only Indian who received a degree from that institution.
He died in Charlestown, Mass., in 1666.
Clap, Roger 1609-1691
Pioneer; born in Salcomb, England, April, 1609; settled in Dorchester, Mass., with Maverick and others in 1630; was representative of the town in 1652-66, and also held a number of military and civil offices.
In 1665-86 he was captain of Castle William.
He wrote a memorial of the New England worthies, and other Memoirs, which were first published in 1731 by Rev. Thomas Prince, and later republished by the Historical Society of Dorchester.
He died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 2, 1691.
Cotton.
Mention is made of cotton planted as an experiment in the region of the Carolinas so early as 1621, and its limited growth there is noted in 1666.
In 1736 it was cultivated in gardens as far north as latitude 36°, on the eastern shore of Maryland. Forty years later it was cultivated on Cape May, N. J.; but it was almost unknown, except as a garden plant, until after the Revolutionary War. At the beginning of that conflict General Delagall had thirty acres under cultivation near Savannah, Ga. In 1748 seven bags of cotton-wool were exported to England from Charleston, S. C., valued at £ 3 11s. 5d. a bag. There were two or three other small shipments afterwards, before the war. At Liverpool eight bags shipped from the United States in 1784 were seized, on the ground that so much cotton could not be produced in the United States.
In 1786 the first seaisland cotton was raised, off the coast of Georgia, and its exportation began in 1788 by Alexander Bissell, of St. Simon's Is
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eliot , John ,1754 -1690 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Green , Bartholomew 1666 -1732 (search)
Green, Bartholomew 1666-1732
Publisher: born in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 12, 1666; son of Samuel Green; succeeded his father as printer, in Boston, and on April 24, 1704, he issued the first number of the Boston news-letter, a publication issued by him during his life.
He published the Weekly news-letter, which was combined with the other, and it was called the Boston weekly news-letter.
He died in Boston, Dec. 28, 1732.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hudson Bay Company , the. (search)
Hudson Bay Company, the.
In 1666 Captain Gillam was sent from England in a ship to search for a northwest passage to India through Hudson Bay.
He sailed into Baffin Bay but was turned back at lat. 75° N. by the ice-pack.
He then entered Hudson Bay, and sailed to the southern end of it, where, at the mouth of a river which he named Rupert, he built a fort which he named Charles, and laid the foundations of a fur-trade with the natives.
Two years afterwards the Hudson Bay Company was chartered.
The King gave to Prince Rupert, and several lords, knights, and merchants associated with him, a charter, under the title of the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay.
The charter ceded to the company the whole trade of the waters within the entrance to Hudson Strait and of the adjacent territories.
The original sum invested by the company was a little more than $50,000. No trade in the world was so profitable as that engaged in by the Hudson Bay Comp