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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Congress, Continental (search)
iaSept. 5, 1774. Henry MiddletonSouth CarolinaOct. 2, 1774. Peyton RandolphVirginiaMay 10, 1775. John HancockMassachusettsMay 24, 1775. Henry LaurensSouth CarolinaNov. 1, 1777. John JayNew YorkDec. 10, 1778. Samuel HuntingtonConnecticutSept. 28, 1779. Thomas McKeanDelawareJuly 10, 1781. John HansonMarylandNov. 5, 1781. Elias BoudinotNew JerseyNov. 4, 1782. Thomas MifflinPennsylvaniaNov. 3, 1783. Richard Henry LeeVirginiaNov. 30, 1784. Nathan GorhamMassachusettsJune 6, 1786. Arthur St. ClairPennsylvaniaFeb. 2, 1787. Cyrus GriffinVirginiaJan. 22, 1788. The colonists had been compelled to take up arms in self-defence. To justify this act, Congress agreed to a manifesto (July 6, 1775), in which they set forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms. After a temperate but spirited preamble, presenting an historical view of the origin, progress, and conduct of the colonies, and of the measures of the British government towards them since 1763, they specified the v
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Ohio, (search)
he national government; and, on the 14th, pledged the entire power and resources of the State for a strict maintenance of the Constitution and laws of the general government by whomsoever administered. These promises and pledges were fulfilled to the utmost, the State furnishing to the National army during the war 317,133 soldiers. Population in 1890, 3,672,316; in 1900, 4,157,545. See United States, Ohio, in vol. IX. Territorial governors Name.Term BeganTerm expired.Politics. Arthur St. Clair17881802.... Charles W. Byrd18021803.... State governors. Edward Tiffin18031807.... Thomas Kirker18071808.... Samuel Huntington18081810.... Return Jonathan Meigs18101814.... Othniel Looker18141814.... Thomas Worthington18141818.... Ethan Allen Brown18181822... Allen Trimble18221822.... Jeremiah Morrow18221826.... Allen Trimble18261830.... Duncan McArthur18301832.... Robert Lucas18321836Democrat. Joseph Vance18361838Whig. Wilson Shannon18381840Democrat. Thomas Corwin184
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Okemos, -1886 (search)
Okemos, -1886 Indian chief; nephew of Pontiac (q. v.). When a boy he fought the Americans under Arthur St. Clair and Anthony Wayne, and took an active part in the War of 1812, receiving a severe wound in the attack on Fort Meigs. He died in Lansing, Mich., December. 1886, probably much over 100 years of age.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), St. Clair, Arthur 1734-1818 (search)
St. Clair, Arthur 1734-1818 Military officer; born in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, in 1734; was a grandson of the Earl of Roslyn, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He studied medicine under the celebrated Hunter, of London, but inheriting a large sum of money from his mother, he purchased an ensign's commission in a regiment of foot (May 13, 1757) and came in Boscawen's fleet to America in 1758. He was with Amherst at the capture of Louisburg, and, promoted to lieutenant in April, 1759, distinguished himself, under Wolfe, at Quebec. In May, 1760, he married, at Boston, a half-sister of Governor Bowdoin; resigned his commission in 1762, and in 1764 settled in Ligonier Valley, Pa., where he established mills and built a fine dwelling-house. Having held, by appointment. several civil offices of trust, he became a colonel of militia in 1775, and in the fall of that year accompanied Pennsylvania commissioners to treat with the Western Indians at Fort Pitt. As colo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
y following......Sept. 11, 1786 Connecticut makes a qualified cession to the United States of all territory south of 41° N. lat., and west of a line 120 miles west of Pennsylvania......Sept. 14, 1786 Shays's Rebellion in Massachusetts......1786 Ordinance establishing a United States mint passed by Congress......Oct. 16, 1786 Twelfth Continental Congress adjourns; 362 days session......Nov. 3, 1786 Thirteenth Continental Congress meets at New York......Nov. 6, 1786 Arthur St. Clair, of Pennsylvania, chosen president of Congress......Feb. 2, 1787 Congress advises the States to send delegates to a convention in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, to meet May 14......Feb. 21, 1787 Congress by ordinance provides government for the territory northwest of the Ohio (now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin)......July 13, 1787 Treaty between the United States and Morocco ratified......July 18, 1787 South Carolina cedes to the Unit