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Bliss Perry, The American spirit in lierature: a chronicle of great interpreters 1 1 Browse Search
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James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mather, increase 1639-1723 (search)
Mather, increase 1639-1723 Clergyman; born in Dorchester, Mass., June 21, 1639; was educated at Harvard and Dublin universities, and returned to Boston in 1661, having spent some time in England, preaching occasionally. He was president of Harvard University from 1685 to 1701. He was the first person in the United States upon whom was conferred the degree of D. D. He was an energetic and patriotic public man; took an active part in the political affairs of the colony; was sent to England to obtain redress of grievances; and returned in 1692 with a new charter, and invested with the power to nominate a governor, lieutenant-governor, and council for Massachusetts. Dr. Mather opposed the violent measures promoted by his son, cotton, against persons accused of witchcraft. He wrote a History of the War with the Indians, and other books and pamphlets, to the number of ninety-two. He died in Boston, Aug. 23, 1723.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maurepas, Jean Frederic Phelypeaux, Count de 1701-1781 (search)
Maurepas, Jean Frederic Phelypeaux, Count de 1701-1781 Statesman; born in Versailles, France, July 9, 1701; was minister of state in 1738, and one of the ablest statesmen France ever produced; but because of an epigram on the mistress of Louis XV.—Madame d'etoiles—whom the monarch had just created Marquise de Pompadour, he was removed from office in 1745. He was recalled in 1774, on the accession of Louis XVI., when he restored the exiled Parliament, and began a system of reform. He was instrumental in bringing about the treaty of alliance between France and the United States in 1778. He died in Versailles, Nov. 21, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medicine and Surgery in the United States. (search)
Medical repository, appears1797 Medical department of Dartmouth College established1798 First general quarantine act passes CongressFeb. 23, 1799 First vaccination in United States performed by Benjamin Waterhouse, professor in Harvard College, on his four childrenJuly, 1800 First vaccine institute in the United States organized by James Smith in Baltimore, Md1802 American Dispensatory published by John Redman Coxe1806 Ovariotomy performed incidentally by Robert Houston in Glasgow (1701) and by L'Aumonier, in Rouen (1781), is performed by Ephraim McDowell, of Kentucky1809 United States vaccine agency established by Congress (discontinued in 1822）1813 Work on Therapeutics and Materia Medical, the first in the United States and best in the English language at that time, published by Nathaniel Chapman1817 John Syng Dorsey, of Philadelphia, author of Elements of Surgery (1814), and first surgeon to tie the external iliac artery, died (aged 35）1818 New York Eye and Ear Infirm
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Michigan, (search)
Michigan, Was discovered and settled by French missionaries and furtraders. As early as 1610 the site of Detroit was visited by Frenchmen, and in 1641 some Jesuits reached the falls of St. Mary. The first European settlements within the present limits of Michigan were made there by the establishment of a mission by Father Jacques Marquette (q. v.) and 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
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, State of (search)
to 1647 Peter Stuyvesant May 11, 1647 to 1664 Under the English. Richard NicollsSept. 8, 1664 to 1668 Francis LovelaceAug. 17, 1668to 1673 Dutch resumed. Anthony Colve1673 to 1674 English resumed. Edmund AndrosNov. 10, 1674 to 1683 Thomas DonganAug. 27, 1683 1688 Francis Nicholson.1688 to 1689 Jacob LeislerJune 3, 1689to 1691 Henry SloughterMarch 19, 1691 Richard IngoldsbyJuly 26, 1691 1692 Benjamin FletcherAug. 30, 1692 1698 Richard, Earl Bellomont1698 1701 John Nanfan 1701 to 1702 Lord CornburyMay 3, 1702 to 1708 John, Lord Lovelace Dec. 18, 1708 to 1709 Richard IngoldsbyMay 9, 1709to 1710 Gerardus BeekmanApril 10, 1710 Robert HunterJune 14, 1710 1719 Peter SchuylerJuly 21, 1719 to 1720 William Burnet Sept. 17, 1720to 1728 John MontgomeryApril 15, 1728 to 1731 Rip Van Dam 1731 to 1732 William CosbyAug. 1, 1732to 1736 George Clarke1736 1743 George ClintonSept. 2, 1743to 1753 Sir Sanvers OsborneOct. 10, 1753 James De LanceyOct. 12, 1853 to 1755 Sir
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Norris, Isaac 1701-1766 (search)
Norris, Isaac 1701-1766 Statesman; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 3, 1701; opposed warlike measures when war between Spain and France was imminent in 1739. His supporters were called the Norris party. Later he was elected to the Assembly, of which he was made speaker in 1751-64. When the bell for the old state-house was ordered in England he suggested the inscription Proclaim liberty throughout the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof. He died in Fair Hill, Pa., June 13, 1766.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schuyler, Peter 1710-1762 (search)
e close of the following year he was put in command of the fort at Albany. It was at about that time that Milborne attempted to take possession of the fort. He was successfully resisted by Schuyler and some Mohawk Indians. In 1691 Schuyler led an expedition that penetrated to La Prairie, near Montreal. After several skirmishes, in which he lost nineteen white men and Indians, and killed about 200 Frenchmen and Indians, he returned to Albany. He was a member of the New York Assembly from 1701 until 1713. In 1710 he went to England with five chiefs of the Five Nations, at his own expense, for the purpose of impressing them with the greatness of the English nation, and so detaching them from the French; and to arouse the government to the necessity of assisting the Americans in expelling the French from Canada, then becoming more hostile and powerful every day. After the accession of George I. (1714) he became a member of the King's council in New York. At one time he was its pres
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shawnee Indians (search)
those in the latter region held friendly relations with the Spaniards for a while, when they joined the English in the Carolinas, and were known as Yamasees and Savannahs. At about the time that the English settled at Jamestown (1607), some Southern tribes drove the Shawnees from the Cumberland region, when some of them crossed the Ohio and settled on the Scioto River, at and near the present Chillicothe. Others wandered into Pennsylvania, where, late in the seventeenth century, and also in 1701, they made treaties with William Penn. They also made treaties with the Iroquois after joining the Eries and Andastes in war against the Five Nations in 1672, when the Shawnees were defeated and fled to the land of the Catawbas in South Carolina, but from which they were soon expelled, taking refuge with the Creeks. Finally, they joined their kindred in Ohio when those in Pennsylvania went thither. The Iroquois, who claimed sovereignty over them, drove them farther westward, where they joi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stein, Conrad 1701-1762 (search)
Stein, Conrad 1701-1762 Historian; born in Heidelberg in 1701; Professor of History in the University of Breslau for many years; and published The Atlantis and its connection with America; History of the discoveries of the Scandinavian sailors from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth centuries; History of the American colonies in North America; Spanish Discoverers—Cortez, Pizarro, and Almagro; Historical notices of the discovery of Venezuela; Short description of America; and The Indian race or Re1701; Professor of History in the University of Breslau for many years; and published The Atlantis and its connection with America; History of the discoveries of the Scandinavian sailors from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth centuries; History of the American colonies in North America; Spanish Discoverers—Cortez, Pizarro, and Almagro; Historical notices of the discovery of Venezuela; Short description of America; and The Indian race or Redskins, its history with the German race. He died in Breslau, Germany, in 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stoughton, William 1632-1701 (search)
Stoughton, William 1632-1701 Colonial governor; born in England, May 30, 1632; graduated at Harvard College in 1650; became a clergyman and attained eminence as a preacher; member of the council of Gov. Edmund Andros in 1686-89; lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts in 1692-1701; appointed chief-justice of the Superior Court of the colony in 1692, which office he held during the witchcraft agitation (see witchcraft, Salem). He died in Dorchester, Mass., July 7, 1701. Stoughton, William 1632-1701 Colonial governor; born in England, May 30, 1632; graduated at Harvard College in 1650; became a clergyman and attained eminence as a preacher; member of the council of Gov. Edmund Andros in 1686-89; lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts in 1692-1701; appointed chief-justice of the Superior Court of the colony in 1692, which office he held during the witchcraft agitation (see witchcraft, Salem). He died in Dorchester, Mass., July 7, 1701.
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