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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indiana, (search)
h bound it on the north. Ohio lies to the east and Illinois bounds it on the west. It is limited in lat. by 37° 47′ to 41° 46′ N., and in long. by 84° 49′ to 88° 2′ W. Area, 36,350 square miles, in ninety-two counties. Population, 1890, 2,192,404; 1900, 2,516,462. Capital, Indianapolis. Robert Cavalier de la Salle and Henri Tonti, with a party of thirty-three, ascend the St. Joseph River to the site of South Bend, thence by portage to the Kankakee and down the Illinois River......December, 1679 La Salle, returning from Montreal with supplies for Tonti at Fort Crevecoeur, makes the portage from the St. Joseph to the Kankakee......November, 1680 Mention made of one Sieur Dubinson as commandant at a post near the site of Lafayette, called Ouiatenon......1719 Sieur de Vincennes mentioned as commandant at the poste de Ouabache (English, Wabash), now Vincennes......1727 [Supposed to have been settled about 1722.] Mission established at Post Vincennes by Sebastian
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
Gorges to Maine for about $6,000......May 6, 1677 Governor Leverett dies in office......March 16, 1679 Simon Bradstreet made governor, then seventy-six years of age......May, 1679 Edward Randolph, collector of customs at Boston......December, 1679 Stoughton and Bulkely return to Boston, unsuccessful in their efforts to conciliate the English government......December, 1679 Massachusetts becomes the lord proprietary of Maine, and, in obedience to an ordinance of the General Court,December, 1679 Massachusetts becomes the lord proprietary of Maine, and, in obedience to an ordinance of the General Court, Massachusetts proceeds to organize the government of Maine......1680 Edward Randolph sends over a memorial to the King, urging proceedings against the charter of Massachusetts......1683 Charter of Massachusetts Bay vacated in England......June 18, 1684 King James II. proclaimed in Boston......April 20, 1685 Copy of the judgment of the forfeiture of the charter of Massachusetts received at Boston......July 2, 1685 [This charter had guided the colony for fifty-five years.] Plym