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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 10 2 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 8 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bahama Islands, the, (search)
Bahama Islands, the, Were granted by Charles H. (1667) to the eight courtiers to whom he granted the Carolinas. They had sent William Sayle to bring them some account of the Carolina coast. His vessel was driven by a storm among the Bahama Islands, lying eastward of Florida. There he gained much knowledge of them, especially of New Providence, the chief among them. On his return to England, King Charles gave a patent for the Bahamas to the proprietors of Carolina, and they were annexed. At that time these islands were uninhabited, and the group was a favorite resort for the buccaneers, thus becoming notorious. The island of New Providence had a good harbor, but the arid soil did not invite cultivation. It is now a favorite resort for invalids.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of South Carolina, (search)
Carolina. The region was granted to eight of the favorites of Charles II., in 1663, and in 1670 they sent three ships with emigrants, under the direction of Sir William Sayle and Joseph West, to plant a colony below Cape Fear. They entered Port Royal Sound, landed on Beaufort Island, on the spot where the Huguenots had dwelt, and there Sayle died, in 1671. The immigrants soon afterwards abandoned Beaufort, entered Charleston Harbor, went up the Ashley River, and seated themselves on its banks, a few miles above the site of Charleston. West exercised the authority of chief magistrate until the arrival of Gov. Sir John Yeamans, in December, 1671, with fiftal Constitution March 11, 1869. Population in 1890, 1,151,149; in 1900, 1,340,316. See United States, South Carolina, in vol. IX. Proprietary governors. William SayleappointedJuly 26, 1669 Joseph WestappointedAug. 28, 1671 Sir John YeamansappointedDec. 26, 1671 .Joseph WestappointedAug. 13, 1674 Joseph MortonappointedSep
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
and 36° N., to the Earl of Clarendon and seven others, who form a proprietary and call the country Carolina......March 20, 1663 Grant of land to the Earl of Clarendon and others enlarged and extended to lat. 29° N......June 30, 1665 Capt. William Sayle explores the coast......1667 Settlement near Port Royal by a few English colonists with William Sayle as governor......1670 Settlers at Port Royal remove to the western bank of the Ashley River and found Old Charleston......1671 William Sayle as governor......1670 Settlers at Port Royal remove to the western bank of the Ashley River and found Old Charleston......1671 Settlement at Charleston increased by a small colony from Barbadoes under Sir John Yeamans. With this colony came the first slaves in South Carolina......1671 Freemen of Carolina meet at Charleston and elect representatives for the civil government of the colony......1674 Fundamental constitutions framed by John Locke, and amended by the Earl of Shaftesbury in 1669, are put into operation in South Carolina......1674 By invitation a colony of Dutch from New York settle on the southwest