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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Putnam, Rufus 1738-1824 (search)
regiment in Wayne's brigade, and served to the end of the campaign. He was made a brigadier-general in 1783. He was aide to General Lincoln in quelling Shays's insurrection (1787), and in 1788, as superintendent of the Ohio Company, he founded Marietta, the Rufus Putnam. first permanent settlement in the eastern part of the Northwest Territory. He was judge of the Superior Court of that Territory in 1789, and was a brigadier-general in Wayne's campaign against the Indians. As United Statesand in 1788, as superintendent of the Ohio Company, he founded Marietta, the Rufus Putnam. first permanent settlement in the eastern part of the Northwest Territory. He was judge of the Superior Court of that Territory in 1789, and was a brigadier-general in Wayne's campaign against the Indians. As United States commissioner, he made important treaties with some of the tribes. He was United States surveyorgeneral from October, 1793, to September, 1803. He died in Marietta, O., May 1, 1824.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Scioto Company. (search)
Scioto Company. Soon after the settlement of Marietta was commenced (see Ohio Company), an association was formed called The Scioto Land Company. The history of that company is involved in some obscurity. Col. William Duer, of New York, was an active member. It was founded in the East. They, at first, purchased lands of the Ohio Company, and appointed Joel Barlow their agent in Europe to make sales of them. Barlow had been sent to England by the Ohio Company for the same purpose. His in 1789, and sales were effected to companies and individuals in France. On Feb. 19, 1790, 218 emigrants sailed from Havre to settle on these lands. They arrived at Alexandria, Va., on May 3, crossed over to the Ohio River, and went down to Marietta, where about fifty of them settled, and the remainder went to another point below, opposite the mouth of the Great Kanawha, where they formed a settlement called Gallipolis (town of the French). These emigrants were to be furnished with supplies
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman, William Tecumseh 1820-1829 (search)
tion in front was, at least, perilous; so Sherman began a series of successful flanking movements. When he flanked the Confederates at Dalton, they fell back to Resaca Station, on the Oostenaula River, on the line of the railway between Chattanooga and Atlanta. There a sharp battle was fought on May 15. Johnston took his next position at Allatoona Pass, and Sherman massed his troops at Dallas, westward of that post, where a severe battle was fought May 25. Johnston finally pressed on to Marietta and Atlanta, where, towards the middle of July, he was succeeded by Hood. The latter city was captured by Sherman, who entered it Sept. 2, 1864. Late in October Sherman prepared for a march through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah. See Atlanta. When he resolved to march through the heart of Georgia from Atlanta to the sea, he delegated to General Thomas full power over all the troops under his (Sherman's) command excepting four corps. He also gave him command of two divisions of A.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tupper, Benjamin 1738-1792 (search)
that year he commanded the gunboats and galleys in the Hudson River; served under Gates in the Northern army in 1777; was in the battle of Monmouth the next year; and before the end of the war was made a brigadier-general. Tupper was one of the originators of the Ohio Land Company, and was appointed surveyor of Ohio lands in 1785. In suppressing Shays's insurrection (q. v.) he was distinguished. He settled at Marietta in 1787, and became judge in 1788. He died in Marietta, O., in June, 1792.that year he commanded the gunboats and galleys in the Hudson River; served under Gates in the Northern army in 1777; was in the battle of Monmouth the next year; and before the end of the war was made a brigadier-general. Tupper was one of the originators of the Ohio Land Company, and was appointed surveyor of Ohio lands in 1785. In suppressing Shays's insurrection (q. v.) he was distinguished. He settled at Marietta in 1787, and became judge in 1788. He died in Marietta, O., in June, 1792.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ut1633WindsorEnglish4,750 6Maryland1634St. Mary'sEnglish11,124 7Rhode Island1636ProvidenceEnglish1,308 8Delaware1638WilmingtonSwedes2,120 9North Carolina1650Chowan RiverEnglish50,704 10New Jersey1664ElizabethEnglish8,320 11South Carolina1670Ashley RiverEnglish34,000 12Pennsylvania1682PhiladelphiaEnglish43,000 13Georgia1733SavannahEnglish58,000 14Vermont1724Fort DummerEnglish179110,212 15Kentucky1775BoonesboroEnglish179237,680 16Tennessee1757Fort LondonEnglish179645,600 17Ohio1788MariettaEnglish180239,964 18Louisiana1699IbervilleFrench181249,346 19Indiana1730VincennesFrench181638,809 20Mississippi1716NatchezFrench181747,156 21Illinois1720KaskaskiaFrench181855,410 22Alabama1711MobileFrench181950.722 23Maine1625BristolFrench182035,000 24Missouri1764St. LouisFrench182165,350 25Arkansas1685Arkansas PostFrench183652,198 26Michigan1670DetroitFrench183756,451 27Florida1565St. AugustineSpanish184559,268 28Texas1692San AntonioSpanish1845274,356 29Iowa1833BurlingtonEnglish
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio, (search)
nt in Ohio......April 2, 1788 They land at Marietta......April 7, 1788 First meeting of the ag..August, 1788 First court held in Ohio at Marietta......Sept. 2, 1788 Act confirming the terrnd a judge of Northwestern Territory, dies at Marietta......1789 Hamilton county formed......Jan.n Tupper, chief promoter of the settlement of Marietta, dies there......1792 First newspaper of tlished to sell public lands, at Steubenville, Marietta, Cincinnati, and Chillicothe......May 10, 180pple takes the first ship, 100 tons, built at Marietta, down the Ohio and Mississippi to Havana, andthan Meigs, Jr., one of the first settlers of Marietta and governor of the State, 1810-14, dies at MMarietta......March 29, 1825 Great tornado, the Burlington storm, passes through Licking county...o on the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky., to Marietta; 150 lives lost and property destroyed to thersary of the settlement of Ohio celebrated at Marietta......1883 Great flood of the Ohio; thousan[2 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Varnum, James Mitchell 1748- (search)
he Revolution. He was made colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in January, 1775, and soon afterwards entered the Continental army, becoming brigadier-general in February, 1777. He was at Red Bank (Fort Mercer), in command of all the troops on the Jersey side of the Delaware, when the British took Philadelphia; and it was under his direction that Major Thayer made his gallant defence of Fort Mifflin (q. v.). General Varnum was at Valley Forge the following winter; took part in the battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778) ; joined Sullivan in his expedition to Rhode Island, serving under the immediate orders of Lafayette, and resigned in 1779, when he was chosen major-general of militia, which office he held until his death. In the Continental Congress (1780-82 and 1786-87) he was very active, and an eloquent speaker. Appointed judge of the Supreme Court in the Northwestern Territory, he removed to Marietta, O., in June, 1788, and held the office until his death there, Jan. 10, 1789.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walker, Charles Manning 1834- (search)
Walker, Charles Manning 1834- Journalist; born in Athens, O., Dec. 25, 1834; graduated at the University of Ohio in 1854; clerk in the United States Treasury Department in 1861-63, and fifth auditor there in 1862-69; head clerk of the Postoffice Department in 1883-85; subsequently became associate editor of the Indianapolis journal. He is the author of History of Athens county, O.; First settlement of Ohio at Marietta; Life of Oliver P. Morton; Life of Alvin P. Hovey, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whipple, Abraham 1733- (search)
ston at the time of the siege and capture of that city in 1780. On March 21 of that year, the British marine force, under Admiral Arbuthnot, crossed the bar at Charleston. It consisted of one 54-gun ship, two 44-gun ships, four of thirty-two guns, and the Sandwich, also an armed ship. Whipple was in the outer harbor with a flotilla of small vessels. Finding he could not prevent the British ships from passing the bar, he fell back to the waters immediately in front of Charleston and transferred all the crews and Abraham Whipple. guns of his vessels, excepting one, to the batteries on the shore. The commodore sunk most of his own and some merchant vessels near Shute's Folly, at the mouth of the Cooper River, to prevent British vessels from entering it. After the capture of the city he lost his vessels, was made a prisoner, and so continued during the remainder of the war. On the formation of the Ohio Company he took his family and settled at Marietta, where he died, May 29, 1819.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodbridge, William 1780-1861 (search)
Woodbridge, William 1780-1861 Governor; born in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 20, 1780; went with his father to Marietta, O., in 1791, being one of the first settlers of the Northwestern Territory; was admitted to the bar in 1806; prosecuting attorney for New London county, O., in 1808-14; made secretary of Michigan Territory by President Madison, and settled in Detroit; member of Congress in 1819-20; judge of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1828-32; governor of Michigan in 1840-41, member of the United States Senate in 1841-47. He died in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 20, 1861.
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