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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cobb , Jonathan Holmes 1799 -1882 (search)
Cobb, Jonathan Holmes 1799-1882
Manufacturer; born in Sharon, Mass., July 8, 1799; graduated at Harvard College in 1817; and was one of the first to introduce the manufacture of silk in the United States.
In 1831 he published Manual of the Mulberry-tree and the culture of silk. Two years later Congress ordered 2,000 copies of this work for public distribution to promote the cultivation of mulberry-trees.
In 1835 Mr. Cobb became superintendent of the first silk-manufacturing company organized in New England.
He died in Dedham, Mass., March 12, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sampson , Deborah 1760 -1827 (search)
Sampson, Deborah 1760-1827
Heroine; born in Plympton, mass., Dec. 17, 1760; was moved by patriotic feeling to disguise her sex and enter the Continental army when less than eighteen years old. Under the name of Robert Shurtleff she joined the 4th Massachusetts Regiment and served for three years in the ranks; received a sabre-cut in the temple in an action near Tarrytown; and soon afterwards was shot in the shoulder.
During the campaign around Yorktown she had an attack of brain fever, and was taken to a hospital in Philadelphia, where her sex was discovered.
Upon her recovery she was sent to Washington, who gave her an honorable discharge, some advice, and a purse of money.
After the war she was invited to the capital, and congress voted her a grant of lands and a pension.
She wrote an autobiography entitled The Female review.
She died in Sharon, Mass., April 29, 1827.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zionists, (search)