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Cow-boys.
During the Revolution a band of marauders, consisting mostly of Tory refugees who adhered to the British interests, infested the neutral ground in Westchester county, N. Y., between the American and British lines, and because they stole many cattle were called Cowboys.
They generally plundered the Whigs, or adherents of the Continental Congress; but, like their opponents, the Skinners, they were not always scrupulous in the choice of their victims.
In recent years the phrase has been applied to the men employed on the great cattle-ranches of the West and Southwest.
They are a fearless set of fellows and expert horsemen.
Many modern cow-boys were mustered into the two volunteer cavalry regiments for service in the war with Spain (1898), popularly known as the Rough Riders.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dawson , Henry Barton , 1821 - (search)
Dawson, Henry Barton, 1821-
Author; born in Lincolnshire, England, June 8, 1821; came to New York with his parents in 1834.
He is the author of Battles of the United States by sea and land; Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship; Westchester county in the Revolution, etc. For many years he was editor of the Historical magazine.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wright , Henrietta Christine , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), French refugees in America . (search)
French refugees in America.
The colony of Huguenots planted in America by Coligni disappeared, but the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (q. v.) in 1685 caused another and larger emigration to America.
The refugees in England had been kindly assisted there, and after the accession of William and Mary Parliament voted $75,000 to be distributed among persons of quality and all such as, through age or infirmity, were unable to support themselves.
The King sent a large body of them to Virginia, and lands were allotted them on the James River; others purchased lands of the proprietaries of Carolina, and settled on the Santee River; while others—merchants and artisans—settled in Charleston.
These Huguenots were a valuable acquisition to the colonies.
In the South they planted vineyards and made wine.
A large number of them settled in the province of New York, chiefly in Westchester and Ulster counties, and in the city of New Y
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoe , Richard March 1812 -1833 (search)
Hoe, Richard March 1812-1833
Manufacturer; born in New York City, Sept. 12, 1812; son of Robert Hoe, an ingenious mechanic, born in Leicestershire, England, in 1784; and died in Westchester county, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1833.
He was a builder and arrived in New York in 1803, when he relinquished his trade and began the manufacture of printing-materials and of a hand-press invented by his brother-in-law, Peter Smith.
Making great improvements in printing-presses, his business increased, but, his health failing, in 1832 his eldest son, Richard, took charge of the business, with two partners.
Meanwhile Richard had made material improvements in the manufacture of saws, and the production of these implements became an important part of their business.
In 1837 Richard went to England to obtain a patent for an improved method of grinding saws.
His observation of printing-presses in use there enabled him to make very great improvements in printing-machines.
He patented his lightning pres