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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Murphy, Henry Cruse 1810-1882 (search)
Murphy, Henry Cruse 1810-1882 Lawyer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 5, 1810; graduated at Columbia College in 1830; admitted to the bar in 1833; elected to Congress in 1843 and 1846; was United States minister to Holland in 1857-61. Throughout his life he was interested in the study of history, especially that pertaining to the period of Dutch ascendency in New York. He translated and added notes to Voyage from Holland to America; Broad advice to the New Netherlands; The first minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in the United States; Henry Hudson in Holland; An inquiry into the origin and objects of the voyage which led to the discovery of the Hudson River; Anthology of the New Netherlands, or translations from the early Dutch poets of New York, with memoirs of their lives. He was the author of The voyage of Verrazano; and a Memoir of Hermann Ernst Ludewig. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Netherland. (search)
of, at The Hague, repaired deputies from the Amsterdam company of merchants and traders to have an audience with the States-General of Holland, to solicit a Seal of New Netherland. charter for the region in America which the discoveries of Henry Hudson had revealed to the world. That was in 1614 They sent twelve high and mighty lords, among them the noble John of Barneveld. The deputies spread a map before them, told them of the adventures of their agents in the region of the Hudson River,h vessel (April 18, 1633), and avowed his determination to ascend the river and trade with the Indians. He was in the English service, and claimed that the country belonged to the English, because it had been discovered by a subject of England, Hudson. Van Twiller ordered the Orange flag to be raised over Fort Amsterdam as the best defiance of the intruder. Eelkins as promptly ran up the English flag above his vessel (the William), weighed anchor, and sailed up the river. This audacity enra
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Sweden, founding of (search)
ific Ocean: all this was included in New England. The rest remained under Virginia. About the same time the Hollanders undertook to steal into these American harbors. They took a fancy to the shores of the bay called by the Indians Menahados, and the river Mohaan. Evidently, the Mohawk, although we do not anywhere else find that river so called. The connection would indicate the Hudson River, but that is never so designated, but was called by the natives the Cohatatea or Oiogue. Henry Hudson, an Englishman in the service of the Holland East India Company, had first discovered those places, and called the bay after his own name, Hudson's Bay. This East India Company, in the year 1608, sold its right to the country, which it based upon its priority of discovery, to some Hollanders. These obtained from the States-General of Holland an exclusive privilege (privilegiumn exclusivum) to the country, and took the name of The West India Company of Amsterdam. In the year 1610 they b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, colony of (search)
rmed a part of the colony. The company, encouraged by successful trading, nurtured the colony. In 1626 they sent over Peter Minuit as governor, who bought Manhattan Island of the natives, containing, it was estimated, 22,000 acres. At its southern end he built a fort, calling it Fort Amsterdam, and the village that grew up near it was afterwards named New Amsterdam (q. v.). The States-General constituted it a county of Holland. So it was that, within fifteen years after the discoveries of Hudson, the foundations of this great commonwealth were firmly laid by industrious and virtuous families, most of them voluntary exiles from their native lands, to avoid persecution on account of theological dogmas. These were followed by others, equally good and industrious. In 1629 the company gave to the settlers a charter of privileges and exemptions, which encouraged the emigration of thrifty farmers from the fatherland. As much land was offered to such emigrants as they could cultivate,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
surrender of General Lincoln, had been commander-in-chief in the SouthMarch, 1780 General Clinton lays siege to Charleston April 10, 1780 Battle at Monk's Corner, S. C.April 14, 1780 Lafayette rejoins the army, after a visit to France, bringing a commission from the French government to Washington as lieutenant-general and vice-admiral of France, so that he may be commander-in-chief of the united forces of France and the United States May 11, 1780 Fort Moultrie, S. C., surrendered to Captain Hudson of the British navyMay 6, 1780 Charleston, S. C., capitulatesMay 12, 1780 Massacre of Americans under Colonel Buford at Waxhaw, on the North Carolina border, by British under Tarleton May 29, 1780 General Clinton proclaims South Carolina subject to England June 3, 1780 Battle of Ramsour's Mills, N. C.June 20, 1780 Battle at Springfield, N. J.; General Clinton burns the town June 23, 1780 French army of 6,000 men, under Rochambeau, reaches Newport Harbor, R. I. July 10, 1780 Battle
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steamboats, Hudson River (search)
, every Tuesday morning at nine o'clock. prices of passage. From New York to Verplanck's Point, $2; West Point, $2.50 Newburgh, $3 ; Wappinger's Creek, $3.25; Poughkeepsie, $3.50; Hyde Park, $4; Esopus, $4.25; Red Hook, $4.50; Catskill, $5; Hudson, $5; Coxsackie, $5.50; Kinderhook, $5.75; Albany, $7. From Albany to Kinderhook, $1.50; Coxsackie, $2; Hudson, $2: Catskill, $2.25; Red Hook, $2.75; Esopus, $3; Hyde Park, $3.25; Poughkeepsie, $3.50; Wappinger's Creek, $4; Newburgh, $4.25; WesHudson, $2: Catskill, $2.25; Red Hook, $2.75; Esopus, $3; Hyde Park, $3.25; Poughkeepsie, $3.50; Wappinger's Creek, $4; Newburgh, $4.25; West Point, $4.75; Verplanck's Point, $5.25; New York, $7. All other way passengers to pay at the rate of $1 for every twenty miles. No one can be taken on board and put on shore, however short the distance, for less than $1. Young persons from two to ten years of age to pay half price. Children under two years, one-fourth price. Servants who use a berth, twothirds price: half price if none. The invention of the steamboat. The following historical account of the application of steam
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Frobisher, Sir Martin, born in England in 1536; died in Plymouth, England, Nov. 7, 1594; discovers Frobisher's Strait......July 21, 1576 Drake, Sir Francis, born in England in 1537 (?); died in Puerto Bello, Dec. 27, 1595; explores the coast of California in 1578-79; first Englishman to sail around the globe, reaching England......1580 Davis, John, born in England in 1550; died on the coast of Malacca in 1605; discoverer of Davis's Strait in 1585; of the Falkland Islands......1592 Hudson, Henry, born in England; discoverer and explorer of the Hudson River in the interests of the Dutch, September, 1609, and Hudson Bay in 1611. Sent adrift in an open boat by his crew and never heard of afterwards......1611 under the Continental Congress For previous history see each State separately. Pursuant to arrangements made by committees appointed in the colonies to confer regarding the interests and safety of the colonies, and termed committees of correspondence, delegates we
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Delaware, (search)
sapeake Bay. Its western boundary is a line drawn north from this point, tangent to a circle having a radius of 12 miles and with New Castle as its centre. An arc of this circle forms the northern boundary of the State, and separates it from Pennsylvania in about lat. 39° 50′. Delaware River and Bay separate if from New Jersey on the east, and Maryland lies to the south and west. Area, 2,050 square miles, in three counties. Population, 1890, 168,493; 1900, 184,735. Capital, Dover. Henry Hudson discovers the Delaware River......Aug. 28, 1609 Lord de la Warr, governor of Virginia, enters the bay called by his name......1610 Samuel Godyn, a director in the Dutch West India Company, purchases 16 Dutch square miles from the natives, at the mouth of the Delaware......July 25, 1630 David Petersen de Vries makes a small settlement at the Hoorn-kill, now Lewes, just within the entrance to Delaware Bay, and calls it Swanendael......March, 1631 De Vries having left the colony
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
vicinity, is called Cape Cod; the voyagers land; this is the first spot upon which the first known English discoverers of Massachusetts set foot......May 15, 1602 Martin Pring, in the Speedwell, of sixty tons, and William Browne, in the Discoverer, of twenty-six tons, make discoveries along the New England coast......1603 Capt. George Weymouth, with twenty-eight men, in the Archangel, explores the coast of Massachusetts and Maine, also the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers......1605 Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River......1609 Capt. John Smith explores the coast from the Penobscot River to Cape Cod, and names the country New England......1614 Capt. John Smith publishes his Description of New England, to invite permanent settlements there......1616 A disease among the Indians nearly depopulates the New England coast......1616-18 Great patent of New England passes the seals......Nov. 3, 1620 [This patent, which has scarcely a parallel in the history of the worl
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Jersey, (search)
New Jersey, One of the middle Atlantic States of the United States of America, lies between lat. 38° 56′ and 41° 21′ N., and long. 73° 53' 51″ and 75° 33′ W. It is bounded on the north by New York, east by New York and Atlantic Ocean, south by Delaware Bay, and west by Delaware and Pennsylvania, from which it is separated by the Delaware River. Area, 8,715 square miles, in twenty-one counties. Population in 1890, 1,444,933; 1900, 1,883,669. Capital, Trenton. Henry Hudson, in the ship Half Moon, enters Delaware Bay, Aug. 28, 1609, and coasts the eastern shore of New Jersey on his way to Sandy Hook, where he anchors......Sept. 3, 1609 First Dutch settlement on the Delaware is made near Gloucester, N. J., where Fort Nassau is built......1623 Capt. Thomas Young, receiving a commission from Charles I., sails up the Delaware River to Trenton Falls......Sept. 1, 1634 Number of English families settle on Salem Creek, at a place called by the Indians Asamohaking......164
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