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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bissell , William , -1860 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blodgett , Henry Williams , 1821 - (search)
Blodgett, Henry Williams, 1821-
Jurist; born in Amherst, Mass., July 21, 1821: was educated at Amherst Academy; studied surveying and engineering, and later law, and was admitted to the bar in 1844.
He was a member of the Illinois legislature in 1852-54; a State Senator in 1859-65, and United States district judge of the Northern District of Illinois in 1869-93.
In 1892 he was appointed one of the counsel on the part of the United States before the arbitration tribunal created by treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the purpose of settling the dispute concerning the fur-seals in Bering Sea.
He retired from the bench in 1893.
Boycotting,
A practice which derives its name from Capt. C. C. Boycott, of Lough Mask House, in Mayo, Ireland, who in 1880, as land agent of Lord Erne, an Irish nobleman, evicted a large number of tenants.
These with their friends refused to either work for him or trade with him, and would not permit others to do so. Finally sixty Orangemen from the north of Ireland, armed with revolvers and supported by a strong escort of cavalry, organized themselves into a Boycott relief expedition, and after gathering his crops carried him to a place of safety.
In the United States and England the boycott is sometimes used by trade unions in times of strikes.
More or less stringent laws against boycotting have been enacted in Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Connecticut. Maine. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Alabama. Florida, Georgia. Michigan, North Dakota, Oklahoma. Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Vermont.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carr , Eugene Asa 1830 - (search)
Carr, Eugene Asa 1830-
Military officer; born in Concord, N. Y., March 20, 1830; was graduated at West Point in 1850.
As. a member of mounted rifles, he was engaged in Indian warfare in New Mexico, Texas, and the West; and in 1861 served under Lyon, in Missouri, as colonel of Illinois cavalry.
He commanded a division in the battle at Pea Ridge (q. v.), and was severely wounded.
He was made a brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862.
He commanded a division in the battle at Port Gibson (q. v.) and others preceding the capture of Vicksburg; also in the assaults on that place.
He assisted in the capture of Little Rock, Ark., and the defences of Mobile.
He was retired as brigadier-general and brevet major-general U. S. A. in 1893.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Charlevoix , Pierre Francois Xavier de (search)
Charlevoix, Pierre Francois Xavier de
Traveller; born in Saint-Quentin, France, Oct. 29, 1682.
He was sent as a Jesuit missionary to Quebec in 1705; later returned to France; and in 1720 again went to Canada.
On his second visit he ascended the St. Lawrence River; travelled through Illinois; and sailed down the Mississippi to New Orleans; and returned to France in 1722.
His publications include Histoire de la nouvelle France.
He died in La Fleche, France, Feb. 1, 1761.
See Jesuit missions.
Chicago,
City, port of entry, commercial metropolis of Illinois, and second city in the United States in point of population according to the census of 1900.. It is not only the largest city on the Great Lakes, but is also the largest interior
Chicago art Institute. city in the country.
In 1900 it had an estimated area of 190 1/2 square miles.
The equalized valuation of all taxable property in 1899 was $345,196,419, and the net debt was $14,529,042. The city owned real estate and buildings valued at $67,230,742, including a waterworks plant that cost $28,216,399. In the calendar year 1900, the foreign trade of the city was: Imports, $15,272,178; exports, $8,843,603. The population in 1890 was 1,099,850; in 1900 it had reached 1,698,575.
Early history.—The site of Chicago was a favorite rendezvous for several tribes of Indians in summer.
Its name signifies, in the Pottawatomie tongue, wild onion, or a polecat, both of which abounded in that region.
Of the skin of the pole