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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Uniforms of the American army. (search)
d permit in turning the head. At that time many changes were made in the uniform. Officers of the general staff wore cocked hats without feathers; single-breasted blue coats with ten gilt buttons; vest and breeches, or pantaloons, white or buff; high military boots and gilt spurs; and waist-belts of black leather, but no sashes. The rank and file were put into blue coatees, or jackets. The medical officers, whose coats had been dark blue from 1787, were put into black coats in 1812. In 1814 a portion of the army on the Niagara frontier were compelled by circumstances to change from blue to gray. In the army regulations in 1821 dark blue was declared to be the national color. President Jackson, in 1832, tried to restore the facings which were worn in the Revolution, but was only partially successful. When the Civil War broke out in 1861 some of the volunteer troops were dressed in gray. As the Confederates adopted the same color for their regulars, and butternut brown for the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
vention with Great Britain concerning indemnities for the War of 1812-14......Nov. 13, 1826 Second session convenes......Dec. 4, 1826 Co from the United States $430,748.26 for services of her militia, 1812-14......May 31, 1830 First session adjourns......May 31, 1830 John in the Southern States......Dec. 14, 1869 Edwin M. Stanton, born 1814, dies at Washington, D. C.......Dec. 24, 1869 Telegraph operatorsd European tour......May 17, 1877 John L. Motley, historian, born 1814, dies at Dorsetshire, England......May 29, 1877 Ten Molly Maguillar silver certificates......Aug. 4, 1886 Samuel J. Tilden, born 1814, dies at Greystone, N. Y.......Aug. 4, 1886 By joint resolution, e-President and cabinet......Jan. 7, 1890 William D. Kelley, born 1814, the oldest member of the House of Representatives in term of serviccoke regions, Pa.......Feb. 9, 1891 Adm. David Dixon Porter, born 1814, dies at Washington, D. C.......Feb. 13, 1891 Gen. William T. She
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
ng, from the granite quarries of Quincy to Neponset River, commenced......1826 Abbott Academy (for women), Andover, established......1829 Massachusetts obtains from the United States $430,748.26, for services of militia during the War of 1812-14......May 31, 1829 the Liberator (anti-slavery) first published......Jan. 1, 1831 Burning of the St. Ursula Convent at Mount Benedict by a mob on the night of......Aug. 11, 1834 Board of education established and organized......June 29, 1837 of the United States held at Boston; 100 delegates......Aug. 13, 1890 Accident on the Old Colony Railroad near Quincy; twenty killed, thirty-one injured......Aug. 19, 1890 Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, the creator of Mrs. Partington, born 1814, dies at Chelsea......Nov. 25, 1890 Associate Justice Charles Devens, exAttorney-General of the United States, dies at Boston......Jan. 7, 1891 James Russell Lowell, born 1819, dies at Cambridge......Aug. 12, 1891 Phillips Brooks consecra
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
them in fraud of the Continental soldiers......1798 Joseph Gates establishes the Raleigh Register ......1799 Great revival of religion begun in Kentucky in 1801; spreads through Tennessee and North Carolina......1802 Bank of Cape Fear, with branches incorporated, the mother bank at Wilmington......1804 Gold discovered on Meadow Creek, in Carbarrus county, during the year 1801 or 1802. The first considerable amount sent to the United States mint was $11,000 during the year ......1814 State geological and mineralogical survey conducted by Prof. Denison Olmstead, of the University of North Carolina......1817 Reception to Lafayette at Murfreesboro......Feb. 26, 1825 Fund for public schools established by law......1825 State board of internal improvements established......1825 First toll-gate on the Buncombe turnpike from the Saluda Gap via Asheville to the Tennessee line, erected......October, 1827 John Branch, of North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy......
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio, (search)
am S. Rosecrans born at Kingston......Dec. 6, 1819 William Tecumseh Sherman born at Mansfield......Feb. 8, 1820 Population: 581,295, 14.1 to the square mile; fifth State in population......1820 Ulysses S. Grant born at Point Pleasant......April 27, 1822 Rutherford B. Hayes born at Delaware......Oct. 4, 1822 County tax of 1/2 mill levied for the support of common schools......1825 Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., one of the first settlers of Marietta and governor of the State, 1810-14, dies at Marietta......March 29, 1825 Great tornado, the Burlington storm, passes through Licking county......May 18, 1825 Ohio and Lake Erie Canal begun, Governor Clinton, of New York, removing the first shovelful of earth......July 4, 1825 Maumee Canal begun......1825 Lafayette visits Ohio; received with great honor......1825 Ohio Mechanics' Institute established at Cincinnati......1828 County school tax increased to 3/4 mill......1829 Population: 937,903, 22.7 to square
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
1, 1874 Centennial Exposition, at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, opens......May 10, 1876 Great strike of railroad employes, rapidly extending over most of the lines of the northern United States, inaugurated......July 19, 1877 [The strike was not entirely quieted until November.] Natural gas used as fuel in western counties......1884 Johnstown flood......June 1, 1889 William D. Kelley, born in 1814, the oldest member of the House of Representatives, dies in Washington, D. C.......Jan. 9, 1890 Proposal of Mr. Carnegie to expend $1,000,000 for a public library in Pittsburg accepted......Feb. 10, 1890 Cyclone at Wilkesbarre and other towns, killing fourteen, injuring 180, and damaging property to $1,000,000......Aug. 19, 1890 Boundary between Pennsylvania and New York agreed upon by commissioners, March 26, 1886, and confirmed by both legislatures, is approved by Congress......Aug
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vermont, (search)
uly 9, 1793 Constitution of 1793 adopted by the legislature......Nov. 2, 1796 Gov. Thomas Chittenden resigns on account of failing health (1797), and dies at Williston......Aug. 25, 1797 University of Vermont and State agricultural school at Burlington, chartered 1791, opened......1800 Steamboat The Vermont launched at Burlington by John and James Winans......1809 Flag-ship Saratoga, of twenty-six guns, and several small vessels, built upon Otter Creek during the winter of 1813-14, under Thomas Macdonough, engage in the battle of Plattsburg and Lake Champlain; Americans victorious......Sept. 11, 1814 President James Monroe makes a tour through Vermont......1817 Norwich University founded at Norwich......1819 Resolutions of the Vermont legislature presented in the United States Senate, declaring slavery a moral and political evil, and that Congress has the right to prohibit its extension......Dec. 9, 1820 General Lafayette lays the corner-stone of the new uni
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Cortlandt, Pierre 1721-1814 (search)
Van Cortlandt, Pierre 1721-1814 Patriot; born in Cortlandt Manor, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1721; son of Philip Van Cortlandt, third son of Stephanus; was a member of the first Provincial Congress of New York; chairman of the committee of public safety; and was exceedingly active in the patriot cause. Throughout the Revolution he appears to have been the principal administrator of the government of New York; and so obnoxious was he to the British government that it set a bounty on his head. He was the first Lieutenant-governor of New York, and held that office by re-election for eighteen years. He had been one of the committee that framed the constitution of the State of New York in 1777. He died in Cortlandt Manor, N. Y., May 1, 1814.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vanderveer, Abraham 1781-1839 (search)
Vanderveer, Abraham 1781-1839 Legislator; born in Flatbush, New York, Jan. 27, 1781; appointed postmaster of Flatbush, 1814; clerk of the Kings county courts, 1816; elected member of Congress for the district including Kings, Richmond, and Rockland counties in 1836. He died in Brooklyn, July 21, 1839.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Venezuela question. (search)
ess a special message on this question, which for a time caused great excitement and seemed to threaten to involve the United States in a war with Great Britain. This condition of affairs was caused by the sudden renewal by Great Britain of an old claim to territory adjoining British Guiana, but held by Venezuela. This territory contains about 500 square miles and is inhabited by over 100,000 people. It also contains rich gold-mines. The territory had been a subject of dispute ever since 1814, when Holland ceded her South American possessions to Great Britain. In 1841, Robert Schomburgk, acting for Great Britain, erected a boundary-line, claiming for Great Britain the entire Atlantic coast as far as the Orinoco. Venezuela protested and forcibly removed this line. For fifty years after Great Britain made various claims. In 1887 diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela were broken off because of the dispute. In the United States the action of Great Britain was
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