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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers 8 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hudson, Henry (search)
his name in the far north of the western hemisphere, and intended to winter there; but a majority of his crew became mutinous and compelled him to sail homeward. On the way his son and seven of his men who had remained faithful to him were seized by the mutineers, and, with the commander, were placed in an open shallop and abandoned on the icy sea, where, of course, they soon perished. The names of the wretched passengers in that little vessel, left to perish, were Henry Hudson, John Hudson, Arnold Ludlow, Shadrach Fanna, Philip Staffe, Thomas Woodhouse, Adam Moore, Henry King, and Michael Bute. The compassionate carpenter of the ship furnished them with a fowlingpiece, some powder and shot, some meal and an iron pot to cook it in, and a few other things. They were towed by the ship out of the ice-floes to the open sea, and then cut adrift. The fate of the castaways was revealed by one of the mutineers. England sent an expedition in search of them, but no trace could be found.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pitt, William 1708-1778 (search)
s. In this strait the confused aristocracy turned to Pitt (then suffering from gout, out of office, and physically feeble but morally strong), as the only man who could save the nation from ruin. Like a giant, he directed the affairs of the nation—in England, on the Continent, and in America —with so much wisdom that in two short years that country was placed at the head of nationalities in power and glory. When Pitt resigned the seals of office (1761) there was great public discontent. Bute soon felt it, and he said to a friend, I am no stranger to the language held in this city— Our darling's resignation is owing to Lord Bute, and he must answer for all the consequences. The King, too, felt unpleasant forebodings. He showered kind words upon the retiring statesman, and offered to confer a title of honor upon him, but it was then declined. He accepted for his wife the honorary title of Baroness of Chatham, with a pension for her, her husband, and their eldest son, of $15,000<