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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Genest, or Genet, Edmond Charles 1765-1834 (search)
s threats nor the persuasion of Jefferson. He denounced the President as unfaithful to the wishes of the people, and resolved to force him to call Congress together. Washington, on his return to Philadelphia, and informed of the insolence of Genest, exclaimed, Is the minister of the French republic to set the acts of the government at defiance with impunity? His cabinet answered No! The most exacting country could not counsel longer forbearance, and the French government was requested, July, 1793, to recall its minister; and it was done. There was a reaction in the public mind towards a more patriotic attitude. The insolence of Genest had shocked the national pride. On April 22, 1793, the President issued a proclamation of neutrality, which the radical Democrats denounced as an edict of royalty. Genest—succeeded by M. Fouchet, a man equally indiscreet— did not leave the country, as he did not think it prudent to return. Marrying the daughter of Gov. George Clinton, he became a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacKENZIEenzie, Sir Alexander 1755-1820 (search)
MacKENZIEenzie, Sir Alexander 1755-1820 Explorer; born in Inverness. Scotland, about 1755; was early engaged in the fur-trade in Canada. He set out to explore the vast wilderness northward in June, 1789, having spent a year previously in England studying astronomy and navigation. At the western part of the Great Slave Lake he entered a river in an unexplored wilderness, and gave his name to it. Its course was followed until July 12, when his voyage was terminated by ice and he returned to his place of departure, Fort Chippewayan. He had reached lat. 69° 1′ N. In October, 1792, He crossed the continent to the Pacific Ocean, which he reached in July, 1793, in lat. 51° 21′ N. He returned, went to England, and published (1801) Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Lawrence, through the continent of North America, to the frozen and Pacific oceans, in the years 1789 and 1793, with excellent maps. He was knighted in 1802, and died in Dalhousie, Scotland, March 12,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
......Dec. 6, 1790 First bank of the United States established at Philadelphia......February, 1791 Anthracite coal discovered in Carbon county. The Lehigh Coal Company organized in Philadelphia, but fail to find a market......1791 Purchase of the triangle bordering on Lake Erie, and containing Erie Harbor, completed......March, 1792 United States mint established in Philadelphia (the only one in the United States until 1835)......1792 Yellow fever rages in Philadelphia......July, 1793 Whiskey insurrection......1794 First turnpike-road in the United States completed from Philadelphia to Lancaster, 62 miles......1794 Four daily stages run between Philadelphia and New York, and one between Philadelphia and Baltimore......1796 Resistance to the federal house tax, known as the hot-water war, suppressed......1798 Capital of the State removed to Lancaster (Philadelphia had been the capital 117 years)......April 3, 1799 United States government removed from Ph