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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Index, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), Index. (search)
, Tenn., Doc. 137 Bellows, H. W, D. D. D. 38, 96; Doc. 311 Beman, John, huns, P. 148 Bendix, John E., Colonel 7th Regiment, N. Y. S. V., D. 98; Doc. 273 Benjamin, J. P., secession speech of, in the U. S. Senate, D. 8; his failing at college, P. 20; attorney-general, C. S. A., correspondence with Captain C. Lee Moses, P. 132 Bennett, James Gordon, Jr., commissioned in the revenue service, D. 71 Bennett, —, Colonel 28th Regiment, N. Y. S. M., D. 51 Benson, Egbert, Doc. 116 Berk's Station, Va., rebels captured at, D. 97 Berlin, Md., bridge burned at, D. 96 Berry, Jesse H., poem by, P. 104 Berry, Michael, Captain; how he escaped from the South, P. 139 Bethune, George W., D. D., D. 38, 54, Doc. 119, P. 45 Betts, S. R., Doc. 135 Bigler, —, Senator, D. 28; P. 8 Binghamton, N. Y., Union meeting at, 33 Bininger, A. M., D. 39 Binney, Horace, Doc. 178 Birdseye, J. C., of California, D. 38 Black
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (search)
Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 Jurist; born in New York City, June 21, 1746; was graduated at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1765; took an active part in political events preliminary to the war for independence; was a member of the Committee of Safety, and, in 1777, was appointed the first attorney-general of the State of New York. He was also a member of the first State legislature. He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1784 to 1789, and of the new Congress from 1789 tr of the Continental Congress from 1784 to 1789, and of the new Congress from 1789 to 1793, also from 1813 to 1815. From 1789 to 1802, he was a regent of the New York University, judge of the Supreme Court of New York (1794-1801), and of the United States Circuit Court. He was the first president of the New York Historical Society. Judge Benson was the author of a Vindication of the captors of Major Andre;, and a Memoir on Dutch names of places. He died in Jamaica, Long Island, Aug. 24, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kent, James 1763-1847 (search)
Kent, James 1763-1847 Jurist; born in Phillipstown, N. Y., July 31, 1763; studied law James Kent. with Egbert Benson; and began its practice in 1787, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a member of the New York legislature from 1790 to 1793, and became Professor of Law in Columbia College in 1793. Deeply versed in the doctrine of civil law, he was made a master in chancery in 1796; city recorder in 1797; judge of the Supreme Court in 1798; chiefjustice in 1804; and was chancellor from 1814 to 1823. After taking a leading part in the State constitutional convention in 1821, he again became law professor in Columbia College, and the lectures he there delivered form the basis of his able Commentaries on the United States Constitution, published in 4 volumes. He was one of the clearest legal writers of his day. In 1828 he was elected president of the New York Historical Society. He passed his later years in revising and enlarging his Commentaries, and in giving opinions on legal sub
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 77 (search)
o be wished, the rebels and traitors who have defied and insulted that flag must be taught a severe lesson. In the name of God and humanity — in the name of that God above us, laying His requirements upon us, and in the name of that humanity around us, bound to us by a relationship which nothing can sever or annul, the people call upon the Government to make this lesson of rebellion short, terrible, and lasting. The meeting on Stand No. 5 was organized by the unanimous appointment of Egbert Benson, Esq., as Chairman, and Thos. Williams as Secretary. Joseph P. Simpson, Esq., was then introduced as the first speaker, and received with loud applause. He said:-- fellow-citizens — I am very proud to be here before you on this important and momentous occasion. I am proud that you are here, for I believe you are friends to your country, friends to this noble Union of ours. In the war of 1812 I was in the active service of our country, and I performed all the duty that was requir
The Daily Dispatch: September 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], $6 reward (search)
Still, there is no sympathy for Maryland now — chained, insulted, down-trodden Maryland--as there was for the Maryland of that day. New York, where a score of papers have been suppressed for speaking in favor of peace, likewise had much to say about the freedom of speech and the press. On the 18th of August, 1812, there was a great antiwar meeting at Washington Hall. Resolutions, the combined production of Rufus King, Gouverneur Morris, John Jay, Richard Varick, Matthew Clarkson, Egbert Benson and Richard Harrison, against the war, were read, and then-- "After they were read, Mr. David P. Ozden stepped forward with a paper in his hand, which he said contained some supplementary resolutions for their consideration, But which he felt duty to preface with a few remarks. He said it had of late been the fashionable at Washington, and transmitted through the Administration presses, that war being now declared, there must be an end of all further opposition and discussion; w