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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indiana, (search)
by act approved......March 11, 1813 Books, papers, and records destroyed by the burning of the office of the recorder of Knox county......January, 1814 One thousand Miamis, reduced to destitution, assemble at Fort Wayne to obtain food......January, 1814 Settlement of Harmony, on the Wabash, 50 miles from its mouth, formed by a German community under Frederick Rapp, from Pennsylvania......1814 Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Indiana at Madison, incorporated by legislature......Sept. 6, 1814 Bank of Vincennes incorporated......Sept. 10, 1814 Congress passes an enabling act for Indiana; the northern boundary a line drawn east and west 10 miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michigan......April 19, 1816 Ordinance accepting the enabling act passed by a convention which meets at Corydon, June 10......June 29, 1816 State constitution adopted by convention......June 29, 1816 Jonathan Jennings inaugurated first governor at Corydon......Nov. 7, 1816 Indian
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vincennes (search)
Vincennes A city and county seat of Knox county, Ind., on the Wabash River, 58 miles south of Terre Haute. A French mission was established here in 1702, and soon afterwards a fort. With the surrender of Canada, Vincennes passed into the possession of the British, and on Feb. 26, 1779, it was captured from them by General Clark. On the organization of the Territory of Indiana in 1800 the town became the seat of government, and remained so till 1814, when a change was made to Corydon. On Sept. 6, 1814, it was incorporated as a borough, and on Feb. 13, 1856, was chartered as a city. See Clark, George Rogers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, D. C. (search)
to set the public property on fire rather than let it fall into the hands of the invaders. He applied the torch at about the same moment when Ross and his guard entered the city. Property valued at about $1,000,000 was destroyed. The value of the entire property destroyed at Washington, by the Americans and the British, was about $2,000,000. For these calamities the public were disposed to hold the Secretary of War responsible. The clamor against him was so great that he resigned, Sept. 6, 1814. At the close of 1860, when South Carolina had passed an ordinance of secession, the enemies of the government were bold and defiant at the national capital. Secession cockades appeared in the streets. The newspapers there were generally filled with seditious matter. Virginia newspapers had already suggested the capture of Fortress Monroe, the Gosport navyyard, and the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, preparatory to the seizure of the national capital and its archives. The Confederates