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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)
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.
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), 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.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Young men's Christian associations, (search)