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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Campbell, William, Lord (search)
Campbell, William, Lord Royal governor; younger brother of the fifth Duke of Argyll; became a captain in the British navy in August, 1762; was in Parliament in 1764; governor of Nova Scotia 1766-73; and was appointed governor of South Carolina, where he had acquired large possessions by his marriage to an American lady, in 1774. He arrived at Charleston in July, 1775; was received with courtesy; and soon summoned a meeting of the Assembly. They came, declined to do business, and adjourned on their own authority. The Committee of Safety proceeded in their preparations for resistance without regard to the presence of the governor. Lord Campbell professed great love for the people. His sincerity was suspected, and the hollowness of his professions was soon proved. Early in September Colonel Moultrie, by order of the Committee of Safety, proceeded to take possession of a small post on Sullivan's Island, in Charleston Harbor. The small garrison fled to the British sloops-of-war
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Susquehanna settlers. (search)
squehanna River—the beautiful valley of Wyoming. The proprietaries of Pennsylvania claimed that this land was within the limits of their charter. Prior occupancy by the Dutch and the settlement of boundaries had created an exception in favor of New York and New Jersey; but all the country west of the Delaware within the same parallel of latitude with Connecticut was still claimed by that colony as a part of its domain. The French and Indian War prevented any attempt at settlement until August, 1762, when 105 settlers came from Connecticut into the Wyoming Valley, but, owing to the lateness of the season, soon returned. Coming back early in May, 1763, they settled in the same valley. Proclamations were issued by Pennsylvania and writs of ejectment were placed in the hands of the sheriff of Northampton county. In the autumn of 1763 a war-party of the Six Nations descended the Susquehanna and murdered Teedyuscung, the beloved old chief of the Delawares, and charged the crime upon th