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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 7 7 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
colonists and as a nation, are as follows: French and Indian War. Great MeadowsMay 28, 1754 Fort NecessityJuly 4, 1754 Fort Beau SejourJune 16, 1755 Fort GaspereauxJune 17, 1755 MonongahelaJuly 9, 1755 Bloody Pond (near Lake George) Sept. 8, 1755 Head of Lake GeorgeSept. 8, 1755 OswegoAug. 14, 1756 Fort William HenryJuly 6, 1757 Near TiconderogaJuly 6, 1758 TiconderogaJuly 8, 1758 LouisburgJuly 26, 1758 Fort FrontenacAug. 27, 1758 Alleghany MountainsSept. 21, 1758 Fort NiagarSept. 8, 1755 OswegoAug. 14, 1756 Fort William HenryJuly 6, 1757 Near TiconderogaJuly 6, 1758 TiconderogaJuly 8, 1758 LouisburgJuly 26, 1758 Fort FrontenacAug. 27, 1758 Alleghany MountainsSept. 21, 1758 Fort NiagaraJuly 25, 1759 MontmorenciJuly 31, 1759 Plains of AbrahamSept. 13, 1759 SilleryApril 28, 1760 Revolutionary War. LexingtonApril 19, 1775 Bunker (Breed's) HillJune 17, 1775 Near Montreal (Ethan Allen captured)Sept. 25, 1775 St. John's (Siege and Capture of)Oct. and Nov. 1775 Great BridgeDec. 9, 1775 QuebecDec. 31, 1775 Moore's Creek BridgeFeb. 27, 1776 Boston (Evacuation of)Mar. 17, 1776 Cedar RapidsMay 9, 1776 Three RiversJune 8, 1776 Fort Sullivan (Charleston Harbor）June 28, 177
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron, 1701-1757 (search)
Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron, 1701-1757 Military officer; born in Saxony in 1701; was lieutenant-colonel of cavalry under Marshal Saxe, and was made brigadier-general of infantry in 1748, and commander of Brest. In 1755 he was sent to Canada with the rank of major-general; and in an attack upon the fortified encampment of Gen. William Johnson at the head of Lake George (Sept. 8, 1755) he was so severely wounded that he died in Surenne, near Paris, Sept. 8, 1757.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hendrick, (search)
Hendrick, Mohawk chief; born about 1680; was son of a Mohegan chief, and married Hunnis, a Mohawk maiden, daughter of a chief. He was a leading spirit in that nation, wise in council and eloquent in speech. He attended the colonial con- Hendrick. vention at Albany in 1754, and in 1755 joined Gen. William Johnson with 200 Mohawk warriors, at the head of Lake George. In company with Colonel Williams, he and his followers were ambushed at Rocky Brook, near Lake George, and he was slain, Sept. 8, 1755.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tyng, Edward 1683-1755 (search)
Tyng, Edward 1683-1755 Naval officer; born in Massachusetts about 1683; commanded the Massachusetts in the Cape Breton expedition in 1745, and captured the French man-of-war Vigilante of sixty-four guns. He died in Boston, Mass., Sept. 8, 1755.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, at Albany to consider a colonial confederacy......June 19, 1754 [Articles of union drawn by Benjamin Franklin.] King's College (now Columbia University), New York City, founded, Rev. W. S. Johnson, D. D., first president......1754 Sir Charles Hardy, governor......1755 Fort Edward and Fort William Henry built......1755 Battle of Lake George. Defeat of the French, and capture of their leader, Baron Dieskau......Sept. 8, 1755 [He was exchanged in 1763, and, returning to France, was pensioned.] Fort Oswego, with 1,600 men, 120 cannon, fourteen mortars, two sloops, and 200 boats and bateaux, surrenders to Montcalm......Aug. 14, 1756 Montcalm, governor of Canada, besieges Fort William Henry with about 8,000 French and 2,000 Indians......Aug. 2, 1757 Colonel Monroe surrenders with the garrison of nearly 3,000 (Fort William Henry)......Aug. 9, 1757 James De Lancey, governor; Sir Charles Hardy goes
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams, Ephraim 1715- (search)
Williams, Ephraim 1715- Military officer; born in Newtown, Mass., Feb. 24, 1715; was a mariner in early life, and made several voyages to Europe. From 1740 to 1748 he served against the French, in Canada, as captain of a provincial company. He joined the New York forces under Gen. William Johnson, in 1755, and, falling in an Indian ambush, was killed near Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755. Before joining in this expedition he made his will, bequeathing his property to a township west of Fort Massachusetts, on the condition that it should be called Williamstown, the money to be used for the establishment and maintenance of a free school. The school was opened in 1791, and was incorporated a college in 1793, under the title of Williams College (q. v.).
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
63; William, b. 2 Feb. 1665, grad. H. C. 1683, minister at Hatfield, d. 1741; John, b. 31 Oct. 1667; Eleazar, b. 22 Oct. 1669, rem. to Stonington, and d. 1725; Hannah, b. 8 Oct. 1671; Thomas, b. 23 Dec. 1673; by second w. (Judith Cooper), Peter, b. 31 Aug. 1680, d. 1732; Elizabeth; Mary; Sarah, b. 2 Oct. 1688; Ephraim, b. 21 Oct. 1691, a Colonel, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Jackson, by whom he had Eleazer, b. 23 Feb. 1715, a Colonel, and the founder of Williams College, slain in battle 8 Sept. 1755; and Thomas, b. 1 Ap. 1718, a physician in Hatfield, d. 1775; he d. when on a visit at Hatfield Aug. 1754, a. 63. 2. John, perhaps s. of Isaac (1), though Jackson says that Isaac's son John removed to Stonington, Conn., res. at Menot., and by w. Mary had Jason, b. 1 Nov. 1694, living in 1748; John, b. 22 May 1697; Nathaniel, b. 31 Oct. 1699, pub. Anna Davies 30 July 1738, d. at Menot. s. p. 20 July 1748; Mary, b. 26 Oct. 1701; Martha, b. 29 June 1704; Damaris, b. 17 Feb. 1706-7, m.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, W. (search)
63; William, b. 2 Feb. 1665, grad. H. C. 1683, minister at Hatfield, d. 1741; John, b. 31 Oct. 1667; Eleazar, b. 22 Oct. 1669, rem. to Stonington, and d. 1725; Hannah, b. 8 Oct. 1671; Thomas, b. 23 Dec. 1673; by second w. (Judith Cooper), Peter, b. 31 Aug. 1680, d. 1732; Elizabeth; Mary; Sarah, b. 2 Oct. 1688; Ephraim, b. 21 Oct. 1691, a Colonel, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Jackson, by whom he had Eleazer, b. 23 Feb. 1715, a Colonel, and the founder of Williams College, slain in battle 8 Sept. 1755; and Thomas, b. 1 Ap. 1718, a physician in Hatfield, d. 1775; he d. when on a visit at Hatfield Aug. 1754, a. 63. 2. John, perhaps s. of Isaac (1), though Jackson says that Isaac's son John removed to Stonington, Conn., res. at Menot., and by w. Mary had Jason, b. 1 Nov. 1694, living in 1748; John, b. 22 May 1697; Nathaniel, b. 31 Oct. 1699, pub. Anna Davies 30 July 1738, d. at Menot. s. p. 20 July 1748; Mary, b. 26 Oct. 1701; Martha, b. 29 June 1704; Damaris, b. 17 Feb. 1706-7, m.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
merican scalps were sought for by the wakeful savage, to be strung together for the adornment of the wigwam. Towards the end of August, the untrained forces, which, with Indians, amounted to thirty-four hundred men, were conducted by William Johnson across the portage of twelve miles, to the southern shore of the Lake, which the French called the Lake of the Holy Sacrament I found, said Johnson, a mere wilderness; never was house or fort erected here before; Johnson to Lords of Trade, 8 Sept. 1755. and naming the waters Lake George, he cleared space for a camp of five thousand men. The lake protects him on the north; his flanks are covered by a thick wood and a swamp. The tents of the husbandmen and mechanics, who form his summer army, are spread on a rising ground; but no fortifications are raised, nor is even a trench thrown up. Elisha Hawley to his brother Joseph Hawley. Seth Pomroy's Journal. On week-days, the men, accustomed to freedom, saunter to and fro in idleness; or s