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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Robinson, Sir Frederick Phillipse 1763-1852 (search)
Robinson, Sir Frederick Phillipse 1763-1852 Military officer; son of Beverly, the loyalist, born in the Hudson Highlands in September, 1763. In 1777, though only fourteen years of age, he was made ensign of his father's regiment of American loyalists. He was wounded and made prisoner at the capture of Stony Point. He left the United States with his father in 1783, and served in the West Indies, Spain, and Canada, rising to the rank of general in 1841. He commanded a brigade at the battle of Vittoria, Spain; was wounded at the siege of St. Sebastian; and at the close of the Peninsular War went to Canada as commander-in-chief of the forces there, and was engaged in the events of the War of 1812-15. General Robinson was Governor of Upper Canada in 1815-16, and in the former year was knighted. He received the Grand Cross in 1838. He died in Brighton, England, Jan. 1, 1852.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio, (search)
8 Columbus and Xenia Railroad opened to Cincinnati......1850 Population, 1,980,329; 48.6 to square mile......1850 Railroad opened from Cleveland to Columbus, 135 miles......1851 Second constitution of the State: Convention met at Columbus, May 6, 1850; adjourned, July 7, on account of the cholera; reassembled at Cincinnati, Dec. 2; completed its labors......March 10, 1851 Ratified by the people, 126,663 to 109,699......1852 Governor's term of office two years from......Jan. 1, 1852 Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad opened......1852 Laws reorganizing common schools, creating State school commissioner, board of education, abolishing rate bills, State tax of 1/2 mill yearly in place of county tax......March 14, 1853 Cleveland and Toledo Railroad opened......1853 Railroad opened from Wheeling, Va., to Columbus, 137 miles......1854 Baldwin University opened at Berea......1856 Ohio State and Union Law School opened at Cleveland......1856 It is made a p