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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Sketch of the principal maritime expeditions. (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
Bahama Islands, the,
Were granted by Charles H. (1667) to the eight courtiers to whom he granted the Carolinas.
They had sent William Sayle to bring them some account of the Carolina coast.
His vessel was driven by a storm among the Bahama Islands, lying eastward of Florida.
There he gained much knowledge of them, especially of New Providence, the chief among them.
On his return to England, King Charles gave a patent for the Bahamas to the proprietors of Carolina, and they were annexed.
At that time these islands were uninhabited, and the group was a favorite resort for the buccaneers, thus becoming notorious.
The island of New Providence had a good harbor, but the arid soil did not invite cultivation.
It is now a favorite resort for invalids.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barre Antoine Le Fevre De La
Barre, Antoine Le Fevre De La,
French general and author; born about 1605; was appointed lieutenant-general of the army in 1667, and sent against the English in the West Indies.
After a successful campaign he was appointed governor of Canada in 1682, and held the office for three years. In 1684 he prepared for an expedition from Canada to the country of the five Nations (q. v.). His forces consisted of 700 Canadians, 130 regular soldiers, and 200 Indians.
Detained, by an epidemic disease among the French soldiers, at Fort Frontenac for six weeks, he was compelled to conclude the campaign with a treaty.
He crossed Lake Ontario for that purpose, and at a designated place was met by Oneidas, Onondagas, and Cayugas, the Mohawks and Senecas refusing to attend.
Barre assumed much dignity.
Seated on a chair of state, with his French and Indian officers forming a circle around him, he addressed himself to Garangula, the Onondaga chief, in a very haughty speech, which he concluded wit
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carr , Sir Robert 1664 -1667 (search)
Carr, Sir Robert 1664-1667
Commissioner; born in Northumberland, England.
In 1664 he was appointed, with Sir Richard Nicolls (q. v.) and others, on a commission to regulate the affairs of New England, and to take possession of New Netherland (q. v.). The commission came on a fleet which had been fitted out to operate against the Dutch settlers on the Hudson.
Carr and Nichols gained possession of New Netherland Aug. 27, 1664, and named it New York in honor of the Duke of York.
On Sept. 24 of the same year Fort Orange surrendered to the English, and was renamed Albany.
In February, 1665, Carr and his associates went to Boston, but the colonists there declined to recognize them, as did also the towns in New Hampshire.
In Maine, however, the commissioners were well received, and a new government was established in that colony, which lasted from 1666 to 1668.
He died in Bristol, England, June 1, 1667.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Castine , Vincent , Baron De 1665 - (search)
Castine, Vincent, Baron De 1665-
Military officer; born in Orleans, France; a scion of a noble family.
At the age of
Remains of Fort Castine. seventeen years, he was colonel of the King's body-guard, and when the regiment to which he belonged was sent to Canada (1665) he went with it and remained after it was disbanded.
In 1667 he established a trading-post and built a fort at or near the mouth of the Penobscot River, and married the daughter of a Penobscot chief.
By him Christianity was first introduced among the natives of that region.
He gained great influence over them.
During his absence in 1688, his establishment was pillaged by the English, and he became their bitter foe. He taught the Indians around him the use of fire-arms, and he frequently co-operated with them in their attacks on the northeastern frontier.
In 1696, with 200 Indians, he assisted Iberville in the capture of the fort at Pemaquid.
In 1706-7 he assisted in the defence of Port Royal, and was wounde
Clarke, Walter
Colonial governor; deputy-governor of Rhode Island in 1675-67; governor in 1676-79; deputy in 1679-86; and then governor again.
In 1687 he was compelled to surrender the government into the hands of the royal governor who had been commissioned in England; and in 1688 became a member of the governor's council under the new commission.
In 1696, eight years after the overthrow of the royal governor, he was again elected governor, but after two years resigned.
Griffin, the
The vessel of La Salle, on Lake Erie; built early in 1667, at the mouth of Cayuga Creek, not far below the site of Buffalo, and near the foot of Squaw Island.
She was armed with a battery of seven small cannon and some muskets, and floated a flag bearing the device of an eagle.
In August, the same year, she sailed for the western end of Lake Erie.
This was the beginning of the commerce on the Great Lakes.
Hale, John 1636-
Clergyman; born in Charlestown, Mass., June 9, 1636; graduated at Harvard in 1657; ordained pastor of Beverly in 1667.
He approved the prosecution of alleged witches during the Salem witchcraft excitement in 1692, and in 1697 published an inquiry into the nature of witchcraft.
He died May 15, 1700.
Jenks, Joseph -1683
Inventor; born near London; came to America in 1645, and is supposed to have been the first brassfounder on this continent.
On May 6, 1648, he secured a patent from the Massachusetts legislature for a water-mill and for a saw-mill.
In 1652 he made the dies, it is said, for the silver coinage—the pine-tree money of that province.
In 1654 he made a fire-engine for Boston, and in 1655 he received a patent for an improved method of manufacturing scythes.
In 1667 he had an appropriation for the encouragement of wire-drawing.
He died in Lynn, Mass., in 1683