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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, treaty of (search)
which have been or may from time to time be specially designated by the President of the United States and destined for her Britannic Majesty's possessions in North America, may be entered at the proper custom-house, and conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, through the territory of the United States, under such ruled States. It is further agreed that, for the like period, goods, wares, or merchandise, arriving at any of the ports of her Britannic Majesty's possessions in North America, and destined for the United States, may be entered at the proper custom-house and conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, through the said possessarry in United States vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise, from one port or place within the possessions of her Britannic Majesty in North America to another port or place within the said possessions: Provided that a portion of such transportation is made through the territory of the United States by land
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Watauga commonwealth, the (search)
Watauga commonwealth, the A name applied to the first independent civil government established in North America. In 1768 the Six Nations, by the treaty of Fort Stanwix, agreed to surrender all the lands between the Ohio and Tennessee rivers to the English, and many backwoodsmen began settling beyond the mountains before it was known that the Iroquois Indians had ceded lands to which they had no legal right. What is now eastern Tennessee was then western North Carolina, and this region consisted of a most tempting valley, with the Cumberland River on one side and the Great Smoky Mountains on the other. The first settlers in this region were largely from Virginia. In 1769 the first settlement was made on the banks of the Watauga River, the people believing they were still within the domain of Virginia. Two years later, however, a surveyor discovered that the settlement was really within the limits of North Carolina. This fact led to the organization of a civil government for
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 (search)
an had remarked on the analogy of other cases, and quoted the conduct of European governments towards their own subjects settling on this continent, as in point to show that we had been harsh and rigid in selling when we should have given the public lands to settlers. I thought the honorable member had suffered his judgment to be betrayed by a false analogy; that he was struck with an appearance of resemblance where there was no real similitude. I think so still. The first settlers of North America were enterprising spirits, engaged in private adventure, or fleeing from tyranny at home. When arrived here they were forgotten by the mother-country, or remembered only to be oppressed. Carried away again by the appearance of analogy, or struck with the eloquence of the passage, the honorable member yesterday observed that the conduct of government towards the Western emigrants, or my representation of it, brought to his mind a celebrated speech in the British Parliament. It was, si
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webster, Pelatiah 1725-1795 (search)
Webster, Pelatiah 1725-1795 Political economist; born in Lebanon, Conn., in 1725; graduated at Yale College in 1746; took a course in theology, and was pastor in Greenwich, Mass., in 1748-49; removed to Philadelphia, where he engaged in business. During the Revolutionary War he was a stanch patriot; was made a prisoner by the British in 1788; confined in the city jail for 132 days; and had a part of his property confiscated. He was the author of Essays on free-trade and finance; Dissertation on the political Union and Constitution of the thirteen United States of North America; Reasons for repealing the act of the legislature which took away the charter of the Bank of North America; and Political essays on the nature and operation of money, public finances, and other subjects, published during the American War. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., in September, 1795.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weld, Isaac 1774-1856 (search)
Weld, Isaac 1774-1856 Traveller; born in Dublin, Ireland, March 15, 1774; was an extensive traveller on the North American continent, making most of his journeys on foot, horseback, or in a canoe. He was the author of Travels through the States of North America and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. He died in County Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 4, 1856.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Westminster Abbey. (search)
so many of the epitaphs absolutely unreadable. Now cress with me to the fourth pillar on the south side, and you will see on the wall above you a cenotaph of pathetic interest. It is the only one raised by one of the United States of America, and it was placed here in honor of an English officer. It is the memorial erected by an order of the Great and General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Feb. 1, 1759, To Lord Viscount Howe, Brigadier-General of his Majesty's forces in North America, who was slain July 6, 1758, on the march of Ticonderoga, in the thirty-fourth year of his age; in testimony of the sense they had of his services and military virtues, and of the affection their officers and soldiers bore to his command. The figure which mourns over the hero's trophies and armorial bearings represents the genius of Massachusetts Bay. The sum voted by the province for the monument was £ 250. Howe was the idol of his soldiers, in all of whose hardships he shared. Among
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williamson, Peter 1799-1799 (search)
Williamson, Peter 1799-1799 Author; born in Scotland. He was kidnapped at Aberdeen when a child, brought to America, and lived a considerable time among the Cherokee Indians. He then returned to Scotland, where he received damages from his captors and gave the public descriptions of American Indians. He was the author of French and Indian cruelty exemplified, and A brief account of the War in North America. He died in Edinburgh, Scotland, Jan. 19, 1799.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrangel, Ferdinand, Baron von 1796-1870 (search)
Wrangel, Ferdinand, Baron von 1796-1870 Explorer; born in Esthonia, Russia, Dec. 29, 1796; educated in the Naval Academy of St. Petersburg; made two voyages around the world in 1817-19 and 1825-27; commanded an expedition to the Polar Sea in 1820-24; and was governor of the Russian possessions in North America (Alaska) in 1829-34. He died in Dorpat, Russia, June 6, 1870. wrecks
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Young men's Christian associations, (search)
rooms for boys, kitchen, and janitor's den. Religious and moral instruction, work in behalf of personal purity, temperance, etc., instruction in various branches of knowledge, practical and theoretical, social gatherings, entertainments and games, an employ- Young men's Christian Association—the 23d Street branch, New York City. ment bureau, boarding-house register, savings fund, medical club, and visitation of the sick, are features. There are two well-equipped training-schools at Springfield, Mass., and Chicago, Ill. Of the 5,075 associations in the world, 1,429 are in North America. The total membership of these American associations is 228,568; they occupy 344 buildings of their own, valued at $19,847,930, and have a total net property of $19,341,272, including 656 libraries, containing 474,685 volumes. They employ 1,275 general secretaries and other salaried officials, and expended during the last fiscal year for current expenses—local, State, and international—$2,77
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