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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medals. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Moore , Sir Henry 1713 - (search)
Moore, Sir Henry 1713-
Colonial governor; born in Jamaica, West Indies, in 1713; was made governor of that island in 1756; and for his services in suppressing a slave insurrection there was rewarded with the title of baronet.
He was appointed governor of New York in 1764; arrived in November, 1765, in the midst of the Stamp Act excitement; and held the office until his death, Sept. 11, 1769.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Onderdonk , Henry 1804 -1886 (search)
Onderdonk, Henry 1804-1886
Author; born in North Hempstead, N. Y., June 11, 1804; graduated at Columbia in 1827.
Among his publications are Revolutionary histories of Queens; New York; Suffolk; And Kings counties; Long Island and New York in the Olden times; The annals of Hempstead, N. Y., etc. He died in Jamaica, N. Y., June 22, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pastorius , Francis Daniel -1681 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Perry , Oliver Hazard 1785 -1819 (search)
Seabury, Samuel 1729-
First Protestant bishop in the United States; born in Groton, Conn., Nov. 30, 1729; graduated at Yale College in 1748.
Going to Scotland to study medicine, his attention was turned to theology.
Although the son of a Congregational minister, he received ordination as a minister of the Church of England in London in 1743.
On his return he first settled as a minister in New Brunswick, N. J., then in Jamaica, L. I. (1756-66), and finally in Westchester county, N. Y., where he remained until the beginning of the Revolutionary War. He was a loyalist, and at one time was chaplain of the King's American Regiment.
Becoming obnoxious to the patriots as the suspected author of some Tory pamphlets, the Connecticut Light-horsemen, under Sears, seized him and took him to Connecticut, where he was imprisoned for a time.
His authorship was not proven, and he was released, and while the British held possession of New York he spent most of his time in that city.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slavery. (search)