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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams, Abigail (Smith）, (search)
Adams, Abigail (Smith）, Wife of President John Adams; born in Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 23, 1744; daughter of the Rev. William Smith; was married Aug. 25, 1764, when Mr. Adams was a rising young lawyer in Boston. In 1784 she joined her husband in France, and in the following year went with him to London, where neither her husband nor herself received the courtesies due their position. In 1789-1810 she resided at the seat of the national government, and passed the remainder of her life in the Quincy part of Braintree, dying Oct. 28, 1818. Her correspondence, preserved in Familiar letters of John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, during the Revolution, throws important light upon the life of the times which it cover
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864 (search)
Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864 Financier; born in Weymouth, Mass., in 1788; went to England as the agent of William Gray & Son, Boston, and was thrown into intimate relations with the Hopes, Barings, and other great commercial firms. In 1826 he entered into partnership with John Baring, and afterwards became the senior partner of the firm of Baring Brothers & Co. In 1854 he was appointed umpire between the British and American commissioners in the adjustment of claims between citizens of Great Britain and the United States growing out of the War of 1812. In 1852 Mr. Bates offered $50,000 to the city of Boston for the establishment of a free public library, and afterwards gave the library some 30,000 volumes. He died in London, England, Sept. 24, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cranch, William 1769- (search)
Cranch, William 1769- Jurist; born in Weymouth, Mass., July 17, 1769; graduated at Harvard in 1789; admitted to the bar in 1790; appointed judge of the circuit court of the District of Columbia in 1801; chiefjustice of the same court in 1805, which office he held until his death, Sept. 1, 1855.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Latitudinarians, (search)
ntury, as evinced by the organization of the Brattle Street Church in Boston. Their practice of what was denominated the half-way covenant — of admitting to the holy communion all persons not immoral in their lives; indeed, to all the privileges of church-membership—shocked the Mathers and others; and when, presently, Harvard College passed under the control of the new party, theocracy in New England expired, and the absolute reign of theological rule was at an end. The result on the intellectual history of New England was important. Some Independents attempted to establish a Latitudinarian church at Weymouth in 1639. The theocratic government of Boston, zealous for the preservation of the purity of the faith, promptly suppressed this movement. The intended pastor (Lenthall) was forced to make a humble apology, and soon found it expedient to take refuge in Rhode Island. Several laymen who had been active in the matter were heavily fined; one was whipped, and one was disfranchi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Philip, King (search)
perished in the fire. Fully 1,000 warriors were slain or wounded, and several hundred were made prisoners. The English lost 86 killed and 150 wounded. Canonchet was slain, but Philip escaped and took refuge again with the Nipmucks. During the winter (1675-76) he vainly asked the Mohawks to join him, but tribes eastward of Massachusetts became his allies. In the spring of 1676 the work of destruction began. In the course of a few weeks the war extended over a space of almost 300 miles. Weymouth, Groton, Medfield, Lancaster, and Marlborough, in Massachusetts, were laid in ashes. Warwick and Providence, in Rhode Island, were burned, and isolated dwellings of settlers were everywhere laid waste. About 600 inhabitants of New England were killed in battle or murdered; twelve or thirteen towns were destroyed entirely, and about 600 buildings, chiefly dwelling-houses, were burned. The colonists had contracted an enormous debt for that period. Quarrels at length weakened the Indians.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
neat cattle imported into New England......March 24, 1624 Population of Plymouth colony, 180, and number of dwelling-houses, thirty-two; a substantial fort, a vessel of forty-four tons, with smaller boats; large tracts of land under cultivation, and enclosures for the cattle, goats, swine, and poultry......spring, 1624 Capt. Robert Gorges returns to England early in......1624 A few settlers remain at Wessagusset; some families come from Weymouth, England, and the name is changed to Weymouth......1624 Settlement commenced at Cape Ann with the intention of connecting the settlement with the fishing interests......1624 William Bradford again elected governor of Plymouth colony......1624 John Lyford and John Oldham expelled from the colony......1624 Captain Wollaston and about thirty others commence a settlement at a place they call Mount Wollaston (now Quincy)......1625 Thomas Morton on the departure of Wollaston takes charge, and changes the name to Merry Mount.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Willis, Henry Parker 1874- (search)
Willis, Henry Parker 1874- Educator; born in Weymouth, Mass., Aug. 14, 1874; graduated at the University of Chicago in 1894; studied abroad; and was called to the chair of Economics and Political Science in Washington and Lee University in 1898. He is the author of History of the Latin Monetary Union; Report of the Monetary commission, etc.