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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Napier, Sir Charles 1786-1860 (search)
Napier, Sir Charles 1786-1860 Naval officer; born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, March 6, 1786; joined the British navy in 1799; promoted lieutenant and assigned to duty against the French in the West Indies in 1805. He was ordered to the North American fleet on Lake Champlain in 1813; served on the Potomac River in August, 1814; and commanded the long-boats in the actions before Baltimore. He died in London, Nov. 8, 1860.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Patterson, Daniel Tod 1786-1839 (search)
Patterson, Daniel Tod 1786-1839 Naval officer; born in New York, March 6, 1786; entered the navy as midshipman in 1800; was with Bainbridge at Tripoli, and mastercommander in 1813. In 1814 he commanded the naval force at and near New Orleans that co-operated with General Jackson in defence of that city. Patterson was active, afloat and ashore, for nearly forty years. He died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 15, 1839.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 14: civil History. (search)
Walton, Deac. Aaron Hill, and William Winthrop, Esq., be a committee to inquire whether there is any person who is desirous to purchase the house and land belonging to the town, situate near the causeway, which was bought for a workhouse and almshouse, and what price it will fetch; and they are also to inquire whether another place can be purchased in the town that will answer for said purposes, and upon what terms it can be had. The committee having been authorized so to do, reported, March 6, 1786, that they sold the house at public auction for £ 19, 10s.; they afterwards sold the land for £ 37, 10s., both amounting to £ 57. They had also received an offer from the heirs of Abraham Watson of a house and about five acres of land for the sum of £ 60. This estate Formerly owned by Matthew Cox. was on the southwesterly corner of North Avenue and Cedar Street, and was conveyed to the town by deed dated March 9, 1786. The committee reported, June 12, 1786, that an house is nearly f
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Charlestown schools within the peninsula Revolutionary period (search)
e what repairs are necessary for the schoolhouse. The next January Deacon Frothingham receives thirty-six shillings for building the school chimney. October 25, 1784, the selectmen are given power to cut off from the present schoolhouse what is an encroachment on the street, and make of it an engine house, also to fix the other part for a new schoolhouse as soon as possible; and November 1 John Hay and Henry P. Sweetser are appointed to fix the old meeting-house for a school. Voted, 6 March, 1786, to have a grammar (Latin) schoolmaster in this town. (Query: Had there been no school of this rank since the days of Seth Sweetser?) Mr. H. P. Sweetser was added to the committee to see about a grammar master. June 19, 1786. It is voted to sell the old schoolhouse, which is not worth repairing, and build a new one, and to raise £ 100 to build it. Mr. Harris, Samuel Swan, Jr., and H. P. Sweetser, are a committee to build the school, and sell the old one to Captain Calder, and to set t
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], Death of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. (search)
Death of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. The Vanderbilt brings us intelligence of the death of Sir Charles Napier, cousin of Gen. Charles Irving Napier. Sir Charles was born at Falkirk, March 6, 1786. He entered the navy at an early age, and served against the French. In 1809, he had risen to the rank of captain of the fleet, and succeeded in taking Fort Edward, in Martinique. In the following year, he served as a volunteer in the peninsula, and distinguished himself in several battles. In 1811, he was engaged in the expedition fitted out in Sicily, and gained great credit by the capture of the island of Ponza.--For this achievement he was created Cavallere de Ponza by the King of the Two Sicilians.--Afterward, he commanded the frigate Galates, and acquired considerable notoriety by the experiments he made in navigating the vessel by means of stern wheels; he was also among the first promoters of steam navigation. In 1833, he resigned his command and entered the service of Dom Pe