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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 3 3 Browse Search
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 1 1 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 1 1 Browse Search
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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Chapter 3: strategy. (search)
this country was too far removed from the object. The development of the field of operations, comprehending the space which extends from Huninguen to Dunkirk, presented three principal zones: that of the right contained the line of the Rhine, from Huninguen to Landau, and from thence to the Moselle; that of the centre was formed of the interval between the Moselle and the Mense; that of the left comprehended the extent of from Givet to Dunkirk. When France declared war, in the month of April 1792, her intention was to anticipate the union of her enemies; she had then a hundred thousand men upon the extent of the three zones of which we have just spoken, and the Austrians had not over thirty-five thousand in Belgium. It is impossible then to penetrate the motive which prevented the French from conquering that province, where nothing could have resisted them. Four months elapsed from the declaration of war until the assembling the Allied forces. Was it not probable nevertheless, t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coinage, United States (search)
rcle in the middle, with the words American Congress within it, and, in the centre, the sentence We are one. On the other side a sun-dial, with the sun above it, and the word Fugio; and around whole, Continental currency, 1776. Below the dial, Mind business. A few of these pieces, it is said, were struck in a mint at Rupert, Vt. The national Constitution vested the right of coinage exclusively in the national government. The establishment of a mint was authorized by act of Congress in April, 1792, but it did not go into full operation until 1795. During the interval of about three years its operations were chiefly experimental. and hence the variety of silver and copper coins which appeared between 1792 and 1795, now so much sought after by coincollectors. The most noted of these is the Washington cent, or Liberty-cap cent, so called because it has the profile of Washington on one side and a libertycap on the other. The subject of a device for the national coin caused much a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States mints. (search)
United States mints. A mint of the United States was established in Philadelphia, Pa., by act of Congress in April, 1792, and began to coin money the next year, but it was not until January, 1795, that it was put into full operation. It was the only mint until 1835, when other mints were established at Charlotte, N. C., Dahlonega, Ga., and New Orleans, La. In 1854 another was located at San Francisco, Cal., and in 1870 at Carson City, Nev., and shortly after at Denver, Col., although no minting has ever been done at the latter place, only assaying. The mints at Charlotte, N. C., and Dahlonega, Ga., were discontinued in 1861. See coinage; mint, first American. United States of America
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wayne, Anthony 1745- (search)
orses with packs. The men fled back to the city, and soon afterwards evacuated it. Wayne took possession of Drawing-room of General Wayne's House. the city, and of the province of Georgia, which had been held by the British military commanders about four years. It was estimated that Georgia lost in the war 1,000 of its citizens and 4,000 of its slaves (see Georgia). In 1784-85 Wayne served in the Pennsylvania Assembly, and in the convention that ratified the national Constitution. In April, 1792, he was made general-in-chief of the army. The defeat of Gen. Arthur St. Clair (q. v.) spread alarm along the frontiers and indignation throughout the country. General Wayne was appointed his successor. Apprehending that pending negotiations with the Indians, if they failed, would be followed by immediate hostilities against the frontiers, Wayne marched into the Northwestern Territory in the autumn of 1793 with a competent force. He spent the winter at Greenvile, not far from the pl
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), The conflict with slavery (search)
hed; the laborers received wages, and their offences were all tried by a sort of negro court established among themselves: in short, they were practically free. Under this system, in four years and three months there were forty-four births, and but forty-one deaths; and the annual net produce of the plantation was more than three times what it had been before. English Quarterly Magazine and Review, April, 1832. 3. The following evidence was adduced by Pitt in the British Parliament, April, 1792. The assembly of Grenada had themselves stated, that though the negroes were allowed only the afternoon of one day in a week, they would do as much work in that afternoon, when employed for their own benefit, as in the whole day when employed in their master's service. Now after this confession, said Mr. Pitt, the house might burn all its calculations relative to the negro population. A negro, if he worked for himself, could no doubt do double work. By an improvement, then, in the mod
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 9 (search)
ct. ch. 11 Aug. 1782, and had William, b. 1, bap. 6 Oct. 1782, adm. Pct. ch. 20 Feb. 1806, d. 18 May, 1806, a. 24 (Fiske), 23 (g. s.); Hannah, d. 9 (11, Fiske) Apr. 1792, a. 7 (g. s.); Cherry, adm. Pct. ch. 20 Feb. 1806, d. 20 Feb. 1806, a. 18 (g. s.); Jonas, b. 28 Sept. (Charlestown), bap. 18 Oct. 1789, d. 16 (18, Fiske) Apr. 1Apr. 1792, a. 2 (g. s.); Jonathan, bap. 6 Nov. 1791, d. 16 (18, Fiske) Apr. 1792, a. 6 mos. (g. s.); Jonas, bap. 3 Mar. 1793, m. (he of Charlestown) Sophia Wellington, W. Camb. 18 June, 1815, d. (a lieut.) 9 May, 1820, a. 27 (g. s.)—see Wyman, p. 7; Hannah, bap. 26 July, 1795, m. (she of Charlestown) Benjamin Cutter, 2d, W. Camb. 11 JuneApr. 1792, a. 6 mos. (g. s.); Jonas, bap. 3 Mar. 1793, m. (he of Charlestown) Sophia Wellington, W. Camb. 18 June, 1815, d. (a lieut.) 9 May, 1820, a. 27 (g. s.)—see Wyman, p. 7; Hannah, bap. 26 July, 1795, m. (she of Charlestown) Benjamin Cutter, 2d, W. Camb. 11 June, 1815—see Cutter (par. 54）—(d. 15 Oct. 1819, a. 24, Fiske); Mary, bap. 28 Aug. 1803 [m. W. W. Pratt of Shrewsbury, and d. 2 Feb. 1845, a. 41—Ward's Hist. Shrewsbury, 396]. William the father res. in Charlestown End-see Wyman, p. 7—and d. 9 July, 1820, a. 66 (67). His w. Hannah d. 15 Oct. 1818, a. 62 (Fiske), 57 (g. s.).