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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Delaware, (search)
nor of Virginia. It had been discovered by Hudson in 1609. In 1629 Samuel Godyn, a director of the Dutch West India Company, bought of the Indians a tract of land near the mouth of the Delaware; and the next year De Vries, with twenty colonists from Holland, settled near the site of Lewes. The colony was destroyed by the natives three years afterwards, and the Indians had sole possession of that district until 1638, when a colony of Swedes and Finns State seal of Delaware. landed on Cape Henlopen, and purchased the lands along the bay and river as far north as the falls at Trenton (see New Sweden). They built Fort Christiana near the site of Wilmington. Their settlements were mostly planted within the present limits of Pennsylvania. The Swedes were conquered by the Dutch of Old Swedish Church, Wilmington, Delaware. New Netherland in 1655, and from that time until 1664, when New Netherland was conquered by the English, the territory was claimed by the Dutch, and controlled b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garcia, Calixto 1836- (search)
was compelled to surrender, and was sent to Madrid, where he spent seventeen years under the surveillance of the po- Calixto Garcia. lice. In September, 1895, he crossed the frontier into France, sailed to New York, and on Jan. 26, 1896, planned a filibustering expedition which was successful. Afterwards, while fitting out another expedition, he was arrested by the United States government. He forfeited his bail, and on March 15, 1896, met the Bermuda, a filibustering steamer, off Cape Henlopen, and reached Cuba with sixty-two Cubans, six field-guns, and a quantity of dynamite. He won several brilliant victories, among them that at Victoria de los Yunos, the loss of which was one of the reasons for the recall of General Weyler. After the occupation of Santiago by the Americans, Garcia withdrew from the Cuban army, because General Shafter would not turn over to him the command of Santiago; but he was subsequently reconciled to the new military conditions. In November of the s
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Monroe, James 1759-1870 (search)
ideration whether it may not be expedient to authorize the executive to enter into an arrangement with the several States through which the road passes to establish tolls each within its limits, for the purpose of defraying the expense of future repairs, and of providing also, by suitable penalties, for its protection against future injuries. The act of Congress of May 7, 1822, appropriated the sum of $22,700 for the purpose of erecting two piers as a shelter for vessels from ice near Cape Henlopen, Delaware Bay. To effect the object of the act, the officers of the board of engineers, with Commodore Bainbridge, were directed to prepare plans and estimates of piers sufficient to answer the purpose intended by the act. It appears by their report, which accompanies the documents from the War Department, that the appropriation is not adequate to the purpose intended; and, as the piers would be of great service, both to the navigation of the Delaware Bay and the protection of vessels o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Sweden, founding of (search)
ere then called the Brazates. The Azores? The ships which went under the command of Governor Printz sailed along the coast of Portugal, and down the coast of Africa, until they found the eastern passage, then directly over to America, leaving the Canaries If they sailed due west to Antigua, they must have gone down south to the latitude of the Cape de Verde Islands. high up to the north. They landed at Antigua, then continued their voyage northward, past Virginia and Maryland, to Cape Henlopen. Yet, in view of the astonishingly long route which they took, the voyage was quick enough in six months time—from Stockholm on Aug. 16, 1642, to the new fort of Christina, in New Sweden, on Feb. 15, 1643. The Swedes who emigrated to America belonged partly to a trading company, provided with a charter, who, for their services, according to their condition or agreement, were to receive pay and monthly wages; a part of them also went at their own impulse to try their fortune. For the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
, made an arrangement to cede the sovereignty of his province to the Queen for the consideration of about $60,000, reserving to himself the quit-rents and property in the soil. The consummation of this bargain was prevented by Penn being prostrated by paralysis (1712). In 1733 the proprietary of Maryland agreed with the heirs of Penn that the boundary-line between their respective provinces and Delaware should be as follows: For the southern boundary of Delaware, a line commencing at Cape Henlopen, to be drawn due west from Delaware Bay to the Chesapeake. The west boundary of Delaware was to be a tangent drawn from the middle point of this line to a circle of 12 miles radius around New Castle. A due west line, continued northward to a parallel of latitude 15 miles south of Philadelphia, was to be the southern boundary of Pennsylvania. On his arrival in Maryland, the proprietary, on the plea of misrepresentation, refused to be bound by this agreement. He petitioned the King to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, (search)
ceives his grant to territory west of the Delaware and north of Maryland......1681 In the contest between William Penn and Lord Baltimore, Penn claims 39° as the beginning of the parallel of 40° ; and the King and council decide that the Maryland charter only included lands uncultivated and inhabited by savages, and that therefore the territory along the Delaware was not included; that the peninsula between the two bays be divided equally, all east of a line drawn from the latitude of Cape Henlopen to the 40th degree to belong to Penn......November, 1685 Council of nine deputies, with William Joseph as president, appointed by Lord Baltimore, govern the province during his absence in England......1685 Deputies failing to proclaim William and Mary rulers in the province, a convention of Protestants (termed Associators), John Coode at the head, assembles for the defence of the Protestant religion, and asserting the rights of King William and Queen Mary to the province of Maryla
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
eside with triple vote; laws proposed to be submitted to the people, afterwards to delegates. Forty fundamental laws agreed upon by Penn and the intended emigrants, were added......April 25, 1682 Pennsylvania, though not included in Duke of York's charter, had been claimed by governors of New York; to perfect his title, Penn obtains from the duke a quit claim to Pennsylvania, also two deeds of feoffment, of town of New Castle with a circle of 12 miles round, and of district thence to Cape Henlopen......Aug. 21, 1682 Penn, accompanied by 100 colonists, sails in the Welcome, Sept. 1, and lands at New Castle......Oct. 27, 1682 [Twenty-three ships arrive in the Delaware this year with colonists for Pennsylvania.] Penn reaches Upland and calls it Chester......Oct. 29, 1682 Spacious brick residence built at a cost of £ 7,000 for Penn on Pennsbury Manor, opposite Burlington, about 20 miles above Philadelphia......1682 Penn visits New Jersey, New York, and Long Island, and