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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nelson, Thomas -1789 (search)
Nelson, Thomas -1789 Military officer; in Yorktown, Va., Dec. 26, 1738; was educated at Cambridge, England, and, returning home when not yet twenty-one years of pedition of Matthews, in May, 1779, caused him to organize the militia to The Nelson mansion. repel it; and a call for a loan of $2,000,000 having been made by the State, Nelson raised the larger portion of it on his own personal security. He also advanced the money to pay the arrears of two Virginia regiments, who would not maitish lines, the supposed headquarters of Cornwallis. After the surrender, General Nelson passed the rest of his days in The Nelson Tombs at Yorktown. retirement, poor that his remaining possessions were sold to pay his debts. The statue of Nelson is one of the six composing a part of the Washington monument at Richmond. The remains of Thomas Nelson were interred in the old family cemetery at Yorktown, where, until 1860, some of the old monuments were well preserved. Among them was tha
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Virginia, (search)
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