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Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT VICESIMUM SECUNDUM. (search)
Asia, the,
The name of the British man-of-war which brought Governor Tryon to New York (June, 1775), and anchored off the Battery, foot of Broadway.
A party led by John Lamb, a captain of artillery, proceeded, on the evening of Aug. 23, to remove the cannons from that battery and the fort (for war seemed inevitable) and take them to a place of safety.
There was, also.
an independent corps, under Colonel Lasher, and a body of citizens, guided by Isaac Sears.
The captain of the Asia, informed of the intended movement.
sent a barge filled with armed men to watch the patriots.
The latter, indiscreetly, sent a musket-ball among the men in the barge, killing and wounding several.
It was answered by a volley.
the Asia hurled three round shot ashore in quick succession.
Lamb ordered the drums to beat to arms; the church-bells in the city were rung, and, while all was confusion and alarm, the war-ship fired a broadside.
Others rapidly followed.
Several houses were injured by the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Balfour , Nisbet , 1743 -1823 (search)
Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823
British military officer; born in Dunbog, Scotland.
in 1743.
He was a son of an auctioneer and bookseller in Edinburgh; entered the British army as an ensign in 1761; commanded a company in 1770; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill in June, 1775.
and again in the battle of Long Island.
He was sent home with despatches after the capture of New York in 1776, and was brevetted major in November following.
Served under Lord Cornwallis in Pennsylvania and the Carolinas; and was in command at Charleston in 1781, when he reluctantly obeyed the command of Lord Rawdon to execute Isaac Hayne (q. v.). He was then lieutenant-colonel.
He was made colonel and aide-de-camp to his king in 1782.
a major-general in 1793. lieutenant-general in 1798, and general in 1803.
He died in Dunbog, Oct. 10, 1823.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flag, National. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gates , Horatio 1728 -1806 (search)
Gates, Horatio 1728-1806
Military officer; born in Maldon, England, in 1728; was a godson of Horace Walpole; entered the British army in his youth, and rose rapidly to the rank of major; came to America; was severely wounded at Braddock's defeat (1755); and was aide to General Monckton in the expedition against Martinique in 1762.
After the peace he bought an estate in Virginia, and when the Revolutionary War broke out Congress appointed him (June, 1775) adjutant-general of the Continental army, with the rank of brigadier-general.
In 1776-77 he was twice in command of the Northern army, having, through intrigue, displaced General Schuyler.
He gained undeserved honors as commander of the troops that defeated and captured Burgoyne and his army in the fall of 1777.
He soon afterwards intrigued for the position of Washington as commander-inchief, using his power as president of the board of war for the purpose, but ignominously failed.
In June, 1780, he was
Horatio Gates. made
Hancock, John 1737-
Statesman; born in Quincy, Mass., Jan. 12, 1737; graduated at Harvard in 1754; and, becoming a merchant with his uncle, inherited that gentleman's large fortune and extensive business.
He was one of the most active of the Massachusetts Sons of liberty (q. v.), and, with Samuel Adams, was outlawed by Gage in June, 1775.
Hancock was a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1766, and was chosen president of the Provincial Congress in October, 1774.
He was a delegate to the first Continental Congress, and continued in that body until 1778.
As president of Congress, he first placed his bold signature to the Declaration of Independence.
In February, 1778, he was appointed first majorgeneral of the Massachusetts militia, and took part in Sullivan's campaign in Rhode Island in August following.
He was a member of the Massachusetts State convention in 1780, and governor of the State from 1780 to 1785, and from 1787 till his death in Quincy, Oct. 8, 1793.
He was pre
Huger, Isaac -1797
Military officer; born on Limerick Plantation, S. C., March 19, 1742.
He and his four brothers—Daniel, John, Francis, and Benjamin—were distinguished in the struggle for independence, the latter falling in the lines at Charleston, May 11, 1780.
They were of Huguenot descent.
Isaac was in the Cherokee expedition in 1760, and entered the patriot army of South Carolina as lieutenant-colonel in June, 1775.
He rose to brigadier-general in January, 1779, for active and gallant services.
In the attack on Savannah, in the fall of that year, he led the Georgia and South Carolina militia.
His force was defeated and dispersed by Tarleton at Monk's Corner, S. C. He distinguished himself under Greene, especially at Guilford and Hobkirk's Hill (q. v.). He died in Charleston, S. C., Oct. 17, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jefferson , Thomas 1743 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lewis , Morgan 1754 -1844 (search)
Lewis, Morgan 1754-1844
Jurist; born in New York City, Oct. 16, 1754; son of Francis Lewis; graduated at Princeton in 1773.
He studied law with John Jay, and joined the army at Cambridge in June, 1775.
He was on the staff of General Gates with the rank of colonel in January, 1776, and soon afterwards became quartermaster-general of the Northern army.
He was active during the war, and at its close was admitted to the bar, and practised in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was a judge of the court of common pleas and of the superior court of the State in 1792, being, the year before, attorney-general.
He was chief-justice in 1801, and governor from 1804 to 1807.
In 1812 he was appointed quartermastergeneral with the rank of brigadier-general, and was promoted to major-general in 1813.
He was active on the Niagara frontier in 1814, and was placed in command of the defenses of the city of New York.
After the war he devoted himself to literature and agriculture.
In 1832 he delivered th