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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mather, cotton 1663-1728 (search)
in Boston, Feb. 12, 1663; was one of the most notable of the early New England divines. He graduated at Harvard in 1678, was employed several years in teaching, and was ordained a minister in May, 1684, as colleague of his father, Dr. Increase Mather. The doctrine of special providence he carried to excess. He was credulous and superstitious, and believed he was doing God service by witch-hunting. His Wonders of the invisible world (1692) gives an account of the trials of witchcraft. In 1700 he published More wonders, and seems never to have relinquished his belief in witches and witchcraft. Aside from this peculiarity, he was a most sincere, earnest, indefatigable Christian worker, engaging in every good work; and he was the first to employ the press extensively in this country in the dissemination of tracts treating of temperance, religion, and social morals. He preached and wrote for sailors, Indians, Cotton Mather. and negroes. The number of his published works issued
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mitchell, John 1700-1768 (search)
Mitchell, John 1700-1768 Physician; born in England; came to America and settled in Urbana, Va., in 1700; devoted much time to botanical researches and made valuable contributions to the knowledge of that science. His publications relating to the history of the United States include A map of the British and French dominions in North America; The contest in America between Great Britain and France; and The present State of Great Britain and North America. He died in England in March, 1768. Mitchell, John 1700-1768 Physician; born in England; came to America and settled in Urbana, Va., in 1700; devoted much time to botanical researches and made valuable contributions to the knowledge of that science. His publications relating to the history of the United States include A map of the British and French dominions in North America; The contest in America between Great Britain and France; and The present State of Great Britain and North America. He died in England in March, 1768.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montagu, Charles (search)
Montagu, Charles First Earl of Halifax, statesman; born April 16, 1661; appointed a lord of the treasury in 1692; induced Parliament to raise a large loan, which was the beginning of the national debt of England. He became chancellor of the exchequer in 1694; Baron of Halifax in 1700; Earl of Halifax in 1714. He died May 19, 1715.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morris, Lewis 1671-1746 (search)
, Lewis 1671-1746 Statesman; born in New York City, in 1671; son of Richard Morris, an officer in Cromwell's army, who, after settling in New York, purchased (1650) the tract on which Morrisania was subsequently built. Lewis was judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and a member of the council; for several years was chief-justice of New York and New Jersey, and governor of New Jersey from 1738 to 1746. He died in Kingsbury, N. J., May 21, 1746. His son, Robert Hunter (born about 1700; died Jan. 27, 1764), was chief-justice of New Jersey for twenty years, and for twenty-six years one of the council. A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Morrisania, N. Y., in 1726; graduated at Yale College in 1746, and was in Congress in 1775, serving on some of the most important committees. To him was assigned the delicate task of detaching the Western Indians from the British interest, and early in 1776 he resumed his seat in Congress. His fine estate near New York
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oneida Indians, (search)
lasting Stone, that cannot be moved, shall be the second nation, because you give wise counsel. Very soon after the settlement of Canada they became involved in wars with the French and their Huron and Montagnais allies. In 1653 they joined their neighbors, the Onondagas, in a treaty of peace with the French, and received missionaries from the latter. At that time they had been so reduced by war with southern tribes that they had only 150 warriors. In the general peace with the French, in 1700, they joined their sister nations; and when the Revolutionary War was kindling they alone, of the then Six Nations in the great council, opposed an alliance with the English. They remained faithful to the English-American colonists to the end. In this attitude they were largely held by the influence of Samuel Kirkland, a Protestant missionary, and Gen. Philip Schuyler. Because of this attitude they were subjected to great losses by the ravages of Tories and their neighbors, for which the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Onondaga Indians, (search)
large force of Onondagas ravaged Montreal Island. They again made peace, and in 1668 the French mission was re-established. As the English extended their influence among the Five Nations, the Iroquois were won to their interest, and the Onondagas permitted them to erect a fort in their domain; but when, in 1696, Frontenac invaded their territory, the Onondagas destroyed the fort and their village, and returned to the forests. The French sent deputies to the Onondaga sachems, and then, in 1700, signed the general treaty of peace at Montreal. This was broken in 1709, when the Onondagas again made war on the French, and were alternately hostile and neutral towards them until the overthrow of the French power, in 1763. When the war for independence was kindling, a general council of the confederacy was held at Onondaga Castle. The Oneidas and Tuscaroras opposed an alliance with the English, and each nation was left to act as it pleased in the matter. By this decision the confedera
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pastorius, Francis Daniel -1681 (search)
Pastorius, Francis Daniel -1681 Author of A Particular Geographical Description of the Lately Discovered Province of Pennsylvania situated on the Frontiers of this Western World, America. Published in Frankfort and Leipzig in 1700; translated from the original German by Lewis H. Weiss. John G. Whittier, in an introductory note to his poem, The Pennsylvania Pilgrim, wrote: The beginning of German emigration to America may be traced to the personal influence of William Penn, who in 1677 visited the Continent, and made the acquaintance of an intelligent and highly cultivated circle of Pietists, or Mystics, who, reviving in the seventeenth century the spiritual faith and worship of Tauler and the Friends of God in the fourteenth, gathered about the pastor Spener, and the young and beautiful Eleonora Johanna von Merlau. In this circle originated the Frankfort Land Company, which bought of William Penn, the governor of Pennsylvania, a tract of land near the new city of Philad
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Penn, William 1644- (search)
envious during his life, but always without success, and Lord Macaulay was equally unsuccessful in his assaults upon the honor, honesty, purity, and integrity of the founder of Pennsylvania, for official records have proved the falsity of the allegations made by contemporaries and the eminent historian. Penn had a fine country residence, sometimes called The Palace, on the bank of the Delaware River, nearly opposite Bordentown. It was constructed in 1683, at an expense of about $35,000. In 1700 his city residence in Philadelphia was the Slate-roof House, on the northeast corner of Second Street and Norris's Alley. It was a spacious building for the time, constructed of brick and covered with slate. It was built for another in 1690. Penn occupied it while lie remained in America, and there his son, John Penn, governor of Pennsylvania when the Revolution broke out, was born. In that house the agent of Penn (James Logan) entertained Lord Cornbury, of New York, and his suite of fift
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Protestant churches. (search)
ut the growth of the populations under their rule is thus set forth by comparison: The Roman Catholics, in the year 1500, were ruling over 80,000,000 of people; in 1700, over 90,000,000, and in 1891, over 242,000,000. The Greek Catholics, in 1500, were governing 20,000,000; in 1700, 33,000,000, and in 1891, 128,000,000. The Prot1700, 33,000,000, and in 1891, 128,000,000. The Protestants, in 1500, had not begun to be; in 1700 they held sway over 32,000,000, and in 1891, over 520,000,000. In the four centuries the political power of the Roman Catholics has more than trebled, that of the Greeks has been multiplied by six, and that of the Protestants has sprung from nothing to a control of one-third of the w1700 they held sway over 32,000,000, and in 1891, over 520,000,000. In the four centuries the political power of the Roman Catholics has more than trebled, that of the Greeks has been multiplied by six, and that of the Protestants has sprung from nothing to a control of one-third of the world's population. It is easy to see which of these grand divisions is expanding most rapidly. The Protestant principle of the right of private judgment has resulted in the multiplication of sects. Some variety of organization and ritual might well have grown from the sowing of the light; but the variation which would have ap
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Talon, Pierre 1650- (search)
Talon, Pierre 1650- Explorer; born in Canada after 1650; was with the La Salle expedition to Illinois in 1687. After the murder of La Salle he lived for a time with the Cenis Indians. Later he became an interpreter to Franciscan missionaries who had arrived at the village. Subsequently he went, with a sister and two brothers, to Mexico. He wrote an account of La Salle's death in a work entitled Narrative of Pierre and Jean talon, by the order of Count Ponchartrain, to their arrival at Vera Cruz, Sept. 14, 1698. He died after 1700.
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