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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 1: travellers and observers, 1763-1846 (search)
during the Late War with France ; and he probably was captured with Burk's company of rangers in 1757, when he was wounded in his Leg at the bloody Massacree of the unhappy Garrison of Fort William Henry at Lake George. The war over, he says he began to think of exploring the most unknown parts of England's new territory. In the opinion of a severe critic, Professor Edward G. Bourne, Carver's actual journey was limited to this: he went from Boston to Michilimackinac, thence by way of the Fox River and the Wisconsin to the Mississippi, and thence up the Minnesota; returning, he explored northern Wisconsin and the northern shore of Lake Superior. Failing in Boston to publish an account of his discoveries, in 1769 he went to England with a project for further exploration in the North-west. The pecuniary aid accorded him as a needy person by the Government would argue some recognition of his services. He evidently enlisted the sympathy of Dr. Lettsom and others who took an interest i
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois (search)
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois a town of 14,000 pop., on Fox River and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 40 miles from Chicago. Engaged in manufacturing, and the center of a large grain trade.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Dundee, Kane County, Illinois (search)
Dundee, Kane County, Illinois a town of 3,000 pop., on Fox River, and the Fox River Valley Railroad. Dundee, Kane County, Illinois a town of 3,000 pop., on Fox River, and the Fox River Valley Railroad.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois (search)
Elgin, Kane County, Illinois a town of 6,000 pop., on Fox River, and the Galena & Chicago Railroad, 42 miles from Chicago. The river furnishes power which is employed in various manufactures.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Geneva, Kane County, Illinois (search)
Geneva, Kane County, Illinois a town of 2,000 pop., on Fox River and a branch of the North-western Railroad, 36 miles from Chicago. Engaged in manufacturing farming tools and other articles.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois (search)
Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois a town of 1,200 pop., on Fox River, 52 miles from Chicago.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Illinois, Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois (search)
Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois a town of 10,000 pop., on Illinois River, near the mouth of Fox River, on the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, 84 miles from Chicago. The falls in the river at this point furnish abundance of water power, which is employed in various manufactures. Immense quantities of grain are shipped from this point.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXII (search)
atter hardly implies a band of Indians distinct from the Chippewas; but history recognizes, as a separate Algonquin tribe near Green Bay, the Menomonies, who were found there in 1669, who retained their ancient territory long after the period of French and of English supremacy, and who prove their high antiquity as a nation by the singular character of their dialect. South-west of the Menomonies, the restless Sacs and Foxes, ever dreaded by the French, held the passes from Green Bay and Fox River to the Mississippi, and, with insatiate avidity, roamed, in pursuit of contest, over the whole country between the Wiscon sin and the upper branches of the Illinois. The Shaw. nees are said to have an affinity with this nation: that the Kickapoos, who established themselves, by con- Morse, App. 222. quest, in the north of Illinois, are but a branch of it is demonstrated by their speech. So numerous and so widely extended were the tribes Chap. XXII.} of the Algonquin family. They we
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 27: (search)
above named papers were received; Letters of William Franklin and Benjamin Franklin, 1766; Franklin's Writings, IV. 233, &c. This plan for a colony in Illinois should not be confounded with the transactions respecting Vandalia, or as it has been called, Walpole's Grant, which was a tract south of the Ohio. Their proposal embraced the whole Western territory bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio, a line along the Wabash and Maumee to Lake Erie, and thence across Michigan, Green Bay, and the Fox River, to the mouth of Chap. XXVII.} 1766. Oct. the Wisconsin. From the Reasons, &c., section 8. The tract was thought to contain sixty-three millions of acres, the like of which could nowhere be found. Benjamin Franklin favored the enterprise which promised fortune to its undertakers, and to America some new security for a mild colonial Administration. It was the wish of Shelburne, B. Franklin to his son, 11 Oct. 1766. who loved to take counsel with the great philosopher on the interes
The Daily Dispatch: October 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Wanted (search)
e refrained from giving the reports publicly lest they might prove exaggerated, and unnecessarily excite our markets: but yesterday we conversed with several intelligent gentlemen, who confirm the gloomiest statement received. Along the line of the Dixon Air Line Railroad the damage is the most severe. In that part of the country the wheat was mostly harvested with "headers," and the stack imperfectly built, so that drenching rains have thoroughly saturated them. Along the valley of the Fox river the wheat in the stacks is nearly all growing, and some of them are reported to be "a mass of growing pulp"--the grain growing like tort on the top of them. Along the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincey Railroad, also, the damage is extensive, though not quite so bad as on the other Northern roads. In confirmation of these reports, it is proper to state that during the past three or four days a very large proportion of the wheat received is inspected and "rejected," in consequence of it
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