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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Laurance, John 1750-1810 (search)
to the bar in 1772, and married the daughter of General McDougall, on whose staff he served. He was also in Washington s military family. He was judge-advocate at the court of inquiry in Major Andreas case; was a member of Congress in 1785-86; State Senator in 1789; and member of the Congress from 1789 to 1793. He was also judge of the United States district court of New York from 1794 to 1796, and of the United States Supreme Court from 1796 to 1800. He died in New York in November, 1810. to the bar in 1772, and married the daughter of General McDougall, on whose staff he served. He was also in Washington s military family. He was judge-advocate at the court of inquiry in Major Andreas case; was a member of Congress in 1785-86; State Senator in 1789; and member of the Congress from 1789 to 1793. He was also judge of the United States district court of New York from 1794 to 1796, and of the United States Supreme Court from 1796 to 1800. He died in New York in November, 1810.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln, Levi 1749-1820 (search)
Lincoln, Levi 1749-1820 Statesman; born in Hingham, Mass., May 15, 1749; graduated at Harvard in 1772; member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1796 and a State Senator in 1797. In 1800 he was elected to Congress and served until Feb. 6, 1801, when he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States, and for a short period was acting Secretary of State. He died in Worcester, Mass., April 14, 1820.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacKINAWinaw, or Michilimackinac (search)
ound Island. exciting amusement. They did so. At length a ball, making a lofty curve in the air, fell near the pickets. It was a preconcerted signal. The warriors rushed towards the fort as if in quest of the ball, when their hands suddenly pulled gleaming hatchets from beneath their blankets and began a massacre of the garrison; but, hearing that a strong British force was approaching, the Indians abandoned the fort and fled. This fort came into the possession of the United States in 1796, when the Fort MacKINAWINAWinawinaw. Northwestern posts were given up by the British in compliance with the treaty of peace in 1783. The fortification called Fort Holmes, on the high southwest bluff of the island, was garrisoned in 1812 by a small force of Americans, under the command of Lieut. Porter Hancks, of the United States artillery. It was supported by the higher ground in the rear, on which was a stockade, defended by two block-houses, each mounting a brass 6-pounder. It was i
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McKinney, Mordecai -1867 (search)
McKinney, Mordecai -1867 Lawyer; born. near Carlisle, Pa., about 1796; graduated at Dickinson College in 1814; admitted to the bar in 1817; began practice in Harrisburg; and was made deputy attorneygeneral of Miami county in 1821. Later he devoted his time to compiling works on law. His publications include The Pennsylvania justice of the peace; The United States constitutional manual; Our government; The American magistrate and Civil officer: a manual for popular use; Pennsylvania tax laws; and Digest of the laws of Pennsylvania relative to Banks and bankers. He died in Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 17, 1867.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mann, Horace 1796-1859 (search)
Mann, Horace 1796-1859 Educator; born in Franklin, Mass., May 4. 1796; graduated at Brown University in 1819; studied law in Litchfield, Conn., and began practice in Dedham in 1823; was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1823-33, and of the Senate in 1833-37. He was always distinguished for his efforts to promote popular education and temperance. He made Boston his residence in 1833, and in 1837-48 was secretary of the Massachusetts board of education. He effected salutary changes in the system of education in Massachusetts and in the laws pertaining to it, and in 1843 visited Europe to examine the educational systems there. From 1848 to 1853 he was the successor of John Quincy Adams in Congress, and, like him, advocated measures for the extinction of slavery in the republic. From 1852 until his death he was president of Antioch College, Ohio. Dr. Mann's annual reports Horace Mann. on education deservedly rank high, and some of them were highly exto
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, State of. (search)
862 to 1864 Thomas Swann1865 to 1867 Oden Bowie1868 to 1871 W. P. Whyte1872 to 1874 James B. Groome1875 John lee Carroll1876 to 1879 William T. Hamilton1880 to 1883 Robert M. McLane1884 to 1887 Elihu E. Jackson1888 to 1891 Frank Brown1892 to 1896 Lloyd Lowndes1896 to 1900 John W. Smith1900 to — United States Senators Name.No. of Congress.Term. Charles Carroll1st to 2d1789 to 1793 John Henry1st to 5th1789 to 1797 Richard Potts2d to 4th1793 to 1796 John Eager Howard4th to 7th1796 to 1803 James Lloyd5th to 6th1798 to 1800 William Hindman6th to 7th1800 to 1803 Robert Wright7th to 9th1801 to 1806 Samuel Smith8th to 13th1803 to 1815 Philip Reed9th to 12th1806 to 1813 Robert Henry Goldsborough13th to 15th1813 to 1819 Robert G. Harper14th1816 Alexander C. Hanson14th to 15th1817 to 1819 Edward Lloyd16th to 19th1819 to 1826 William Pinkney16th to 17th1820 to 1822 Samuel Smith17th1822 Ezekiel F. Chambers19th to 23d1826 to 1834 Joseph Kent23d to 25th1833 to 1837 R
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)
publican.1901 to 1902 W. Murray CraneRepublican.1901 to 1902 United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. Tristram Dalton1st1789 to 1791 Caleb Strong1st to 4th1789 to 1796 George Cabot2d to 4th1791 to 1796 Benjamin Goodhue4th to 6th1796 to 1800 Theodore Sedgwick4th to 5th1796 to 1798 Samuel Dexter6th1799 to 1800 Dwight Foster6th to 7th1800 to 1803 Jonathan Mason6th to 7th1800 to 1803 John Quincy Adams8th to 10th1803 to 1808 Timothy Pickering8th to 11th1803 to 1811 James Ll1796 to 1798 Samuel Dexter6th1799 to 1800 Dwight Foster6th to 7th1800 to 1803 Jonathan Mason6th to 7th1800 to 1803 John Quincy Adams8th to 10th1803 to 1808 Timothy Pickering8th to 11th1803 to 1811 James Lloyd, Jr10th to 12th1808 to 1811 Joseph B. Varnum12th to 14th1811 to 1817 Christopher Gore13th to 14th1813 to1816 Eli P. Ashmun14th to 15th1816 to 1816 Prentiss Mellen15th to 16th1818 to 1820 Harrison Gray Otis15th to 17th1817 to 1822 Elijah H. Mills16th to 19th1820 to 1827 James Lloyd17th to 19th1822 to 1826 Nathaniel Silsbee19th to 23d1826 to 1835 Daniel Webster20th to 26th1827 to 1841 John Davis24th to 26th1835 to 1840 Rufus Choate26th to 28th1841 to 1845 Isaac C. Bates26th to 28th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Matthews, George 1739-1812 (search)
Matthews, George 1739-1812 Military officer; born in Augusta county, Va., in 1739; led a company in the battle of Point Pleasant, and was colonel of the 9th Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War. Made a prisoner at the battle of Germantown, he was a captive in a prison-ship until exchanged, late in 1781, when he joined Greene's army with his regiment. After the war he settled in Georgia, and was governor of the State from 1793 to 1796. From 1789 to 1791 he was a member of Congress. He was afterwards brigadiergeneral of the Georgia militia, with which he was active in taking possession of Florida, by order of the President (see Florida), and the capture of Amelia Island (q. v.). He died in Augusta, Ga., Aug. 30, 1812.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Michigan, (search)
others in 1668. Three years later Fort Mackinaw was established, and in 1701 Detroit was founded. Michigan made slow progress in population from that time until it was made a Territory Seal of the State of Michigan. of the United States. It came into possession of the English by the treaty of 1763; suffered from the conspiracy of Pontiac (q. v.); and it was some time after the treaty of peace, in 1783, before the British gave up the territory. The Americans did not take possession until 1796. At first it was a part of the Northwest Territory, and afterwards it formed a part of the Territory of Indiana. It was erected into an independent Territory in 1805, with William Hull (q. v.) as its first governor. In August, 1812, it fell into the hands of the British (see Detroit), and remained so until the fall of 1813, when General Harrison reconquered it (Thames, battle of the). In consequence of alarming despatches from Hull, in Detroit, in July, 1812, a force to support him was or
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Military Academy, United States (search)
Military Academy, United States A government institution at West Point, N. Y.; established by act of Congress, March 16, 1802, for the purpose of educating and training young men in the theory and practice of military science, to become officers in the United States army. Attempts had been made by Washington in 1793 and 1796 to have Congress establish an institution for this purpose. Cadets are appointed, one from each congressional district, Territory, and the District of Columbia, by the Secretary of War, at the request of the Representative or Delegate in Congress of the district or Territory in which the applicant is an actual resident. There are also thirty appointments at large, specially conferred by the President of the United States. In 1901 there were three extra cadets at the Academy, who were authorized by Congress to enter it at their own expense, from Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. The Representative may nominate a legally qualified second candidate, to b
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