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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 (search)
Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 Patriot and educator; born in Donegal county, Ireland, in 1705; came to America in 1735; and in 1752 he took charge of an academy in Philadelphia. From 1755 until his death he was Vice-provost and Professor of Moral Philosophy of the College of Pennsylvania. His chief claim to honor among men is that he was the tutor of a large number of Americans who were conspicuous actors in the events of the Revolution that accomplished the independence of the United States of America. He died in Philadelphia. Nov. 28, 1779.
The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], $100 reward. (search)
to the gallant General Sarsfield. Thomas Corcoran, the father of the young Colonel, served with distinction in the West Indies as an officer of the British army, and afterwards retired on half pay. In that period the British Government rigidly selected the officers of the army from aristocratic circles. Colonel Corcoran entered the Irish constabulary at the age of 19, and continued in that service till he attained his 22d year. He was then stationed at Creeslough, in the county of Donegal, in the North of Ireland — a locality celebrated for its Orange fends and bitter hostility to the Roman Catholic faith, of which Colonel Corcoran was a member.--No locality could have been more favorable to impress a young and ardent mind with hostility to British institutions, as the obsolete privileges and customs of days when the word and not the Gospel was made the means of publishing religion were resumed by the Orangement, on the anniversary of the defeat of papal armies in by-gone ce
The Daily Dispatch: September 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], In Memoriam. (search)
In Memoriam. --Departed this life, suddenly, in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday morning, Sept. 16th, 1862, at a few minutes past 12 M., Eleanor Mary, the affectionate wife of Mr. O. A. Ericsson, and youngest daughter of the late William and Jane Smyth, of "Myroe." Donegal county, Ireland. The subject of this notice was one of those amiable beings who now and then one meets in the world's cases, as we press onward through its vicissitudes to a happier one, still causing us to linger in its lap, amidst its cares and its sorrows, as we pursue life's journey; and endears the world to us, be it one of joy or sorrow, of clouds or sunshine — she was so cheerful, so amiable, generous, kind, and affectionate. Truly, in life she was beautiful, in death sublime — she died so calm and composed, and conscious to the last. She died as she lived, a sincere Christian, with a blessed hope of immortality. The cold earth never closed over a warmer heart or a purer spirit, and, though her for