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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Congress, Continental (search)
g from that time until the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1788. From 1781 to 1788 Congress met annually on the first Monday in November, which time was fixed by the articles of Confederation (q. v.). The presidents of the Continental Congress were: Name.Where From.When Elected. Peyton RandolphVirginiaSept. 5, 1774. Henry MiddletonSouth CarolinaOct. 2, 1774. Peyton RandolphVirginiaMay 10, 1775. John HancockMassachusettsMay 24, 1775. Henry LaurensSouth CarolinaNov. 1, 1777. John JayNew YorkDec. 10, 1778. Samuel HuntingtonConnecticutSept. 28, 1779. Thomas McKeanDelawareJuly 10, 1781. John HansonMarylandNov. 5, 1781. Elias BoudinotNew JerseyNov. 4, 1782. Thomas MifflinPennsylvaniaNov. 3, 1783. Richard Henry LeeVirginiaNov. 30, 1784. Nathan GorhamMassachusettsJune 6, 1786. Arthur St. ClairPennsylvaniaFeb. 2, 1787. Cyrus GriffinVirginiaJan. 22, 1788. The colonists had been compelled to take up arms in self-defence. To justify this act, Congress ag
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flag, National. (search)
ion of Congress by cutting up sheets to form the white stripes, bits of scarlet cloth for the red stripes, and the blue ground for the stars was composed of portions of a cloth cloak belonging to Capt. Abraham Swartwout, of Dutchess county, N. Y. This flag was unfurled over the fort on Aug. 3, 1777. Paul Jones was appointed to the Ranger on June 14, 1777, and he claimed that he was the first to display the stars and stripes on a naval vessel. the Ranger sailed from Portsmouth, N. H., on Nov. 1, 1777. It is probable that the national flag was first unfurled in battle on the banks of the Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777, the first battle after its adoption. The Culpeper flag. It first appeared over a foreign stronghold, June 28, 1778, when Captain Rathbone, of the American sloop-of-war Providence, with his crew and some escaped prisoners, captured Fort Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands. The captors were menaced by the people, when the stars and stripes were nailed to the flagsta
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
adelphia......March 4, 1777 [John Hancock, president.] Fourth Continental Congress adjourns, 199 days session......Sept. 18, 1777 Fifth Continental Congress meets at Lancaster, Pa., and adjourns; one day's session......Sept. 27, 1777 [Hancock, president.] Sixth Continental Congress meets at York, Pa.......Sept. 30, 1777 [Hancock, president.] Henry Laurens, of South Carolina, chosen president of Congress to succeed Hancock, resigned on account of ill-health......Nov. 1, 1777 Gen. John Cadwallader seriously wounds General Conway in a duel......Feb. 5, 1778 Congress prescribes an oath for officers of the army......February, 1778 Count Pulaski raises a legion in Maryland......1778 Sixth Continental Congress adjourns, 272 days session......June 27, 1778 Seventh Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia......July 2, 1778 [Henry Laurens, president.] Francis Hopkinson elected treasurer of loans by Congress......July 27, 1778 Territory nor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
eyward, Jr., James Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton, and Edward Rutledge sign the Declaration of Independence......1776 Colonel Williamson, with 2,000 men, marches against the Cherokees, Sept. 13, and lays waste all their settlements east of the Apalachian Mountains......September, 1776 Cherokee Indians by treaty cede to South Carolina all their land eastward of the Unaka Mountains......May 20, 1777 Henry Laurens, of South Carolina, chosen president of the Continental Congress......Nov. 1, 1777 Constitution passed by the General Assembly as an act, March 19, 1778, goes into effect......November, 1778 State Supreme Court declares the constitutions of 1776 and 1778 acts of General Assembly, which it could repeal or amend......1779 Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Lincoln takes command of all the forces to the southward; establishes his first post at Purysburg on the Savannah River......1779 President Lowndes lays a general embargo, and prohibits the sailing of vessels from any port