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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Custis, George Washington Parke 1781- (search)
Custis, George Washington Parke 1781- adopted son of George Washington; born in Mount Airy, Md., April 30, 1781; was a grandson of Mrs. Washington. His father was John Parke Custis, and his mother was Eleanor Calvert, of Maryland. At the siege of Yorktown his father was aide-de-camp to Washington; was seized with camp-fever; retired to Eltham, and there died before Washington (who hastened thither immediately after the surrender) could reach his bedside. Washington afterwards adopted his two children—Eleanor Parke and George Washington Parke Custis—as his own. Their early home was at Mount Vernon. George was educated partly at Princeton, and was eighteen years of age at the time of Washington's death, who made him an executor of his will and left him a handsome estate, on which he lived, until his death, Oct. 10, 1857, in literary, artistic, and agricultural pursuits. In his early days Mr. Custis was an eloquent speaker; and in his later years he produced a series of histor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mississippi, (search)
Jackson, by order of the governor of west Florida......1778 Gen. don Bernardo de Galvez, proposing to expel the English from Florida, storms Fort Bute, Sept. 7, 1779, and captures Baton Rouge, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickinson, who surrenders all west Florida upon the Mississippi, including Fort Panmure and the district of Natchez, to the Spanish......Sept. 21, 1779 Fort Panmure surrendered by the Spaniards to insurgents, under the British flag, after a siege of a week......April 30, 1781 Don Carlos de Grandpre, appointed civil and military commander of the district of Natchez, July 29, 1781, takes measures to punish insurgents who had not fled after the capture of Pensacola, and imprisons seven, charged with promoting a general rebellion against government in the district of Natchez......1781 Definitive treaty of peace establishes the southern boundary of the United States at the 31st parallel N. lat., from the Mississippi to the St. Mary's River; but in ceding Flo
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 24: (search)
uch as the nature of the service will admit of, or avail himself of the leave of coming home; as no good can arise to the service if there is not full confidence between the general and the minister. Quoted in Clinton's Private Despatch of 30 April, 1781. But, instead of resigning, he hastened to warn Germain: Operations in the Chesapeake are attended with great risk, unless we are sure of a permanent superiority at sea. I cannot agree to the opinion given me by Lord Cornwallis. Clinton to Germain, 23 April, 1781. I tremble for the fatal consequences which may ensue. Ibid., 30 April, 1781. Private. But the subordinate general had from Wilmington written to the secretary, that a serious attempt upon Virginia would be the most solid plan; Cornwallis to Germain, 18 April, 1781, in Tarleton, 385. and Germain hastened to instruct Clinton: Lord Cornwallis's opinion entirely coincides with mine of the great importance of pushing the war on the side of Virginia with all the fo
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], Pay no tribute to the enemy. (search)
s effects; and, to his indignation, that this person, to save his houses from the torch, his plantation from ruins and his slaves from capture, had paid the tribute required. The rebuke which he administered to the urgent, who thus compromised his honor, has been preserved, and is to be found in the volumes of his correspondence. It is pertinent to the present crisis, and we reproduce it as worthy of consideration and imitation: To Lund Washington, at Mount Vernon. New Windsor, 30th April, 1781. Dear Lund: I am very sorry to hear of your loss I am a little sorry to hear of my own; but that which gives me most concern is, that you should so on board the enemy's vessels and furnish them with refreshments. It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard that, in consequence of your non compliance with their request, they had burns my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and should have reflec