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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Algonquian, or Algonkian, Indians , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bienville , Jean Baptiste le moyne , 1680 -1701 (search)
Bienville, Jean Baptiste le moyne, 1680-1701
Pioneer; brother of Le Moyne Iberville, who founded a French settlement at Biloxi, near the mouth of the Mississippi, in 1698; born in Montreal, Feb. 23, 1680.
For several years he was in the French naval service with Iberville, and accompanied him with his brother Sauville to Louisiana.
In 1699 Bienville explored the country around Biloxi.
Sauville was appointed governor of Louisiana in 1699, and the next year Bienville constructed a fort 54 miles above the mouth of the river.
Sauville died in 1701, when Bienville took charge of the colony, transferring the seat of government to Mobile.
In 1704 he was joined by his brother Chateaugay, who brought seventeen settlers from France.
Soon afterwards a ship brought twenty young women as wives for settlers at Mobile.
Iberville soon afterwards died, and Bienville, charged with misconduct, was dismissed from office in 1707.
His successor dying on his way from( France, bienville retained
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Peyster , Abraham , 1658 -1728 (search)
De Peyster, Abraham, 1658-1728
Jurist; born in New Amsterdam (New York), July 8, 1658; eldest son of Johannes De Peyster, a noted merchant of his day. Between 1691 and 1695 he was mayor of the city of New York; was first assistant justice and then chief-justice of New York, and was one of the King's council under Governor Hyde (afterwards Lord Cornbury), and as its president was acting-governor for a time in 1701. Judge De Peyster was colonel of the forces in New York and treasurer of that province and New Jersey.
He was a personal friend and correspondent of William Penn.
Having amassed considerable wealth, he built a fine mansion, which stood, until 1856, in Pearl street. It was used by Washington as his headquarters for a while in 1776.
He died in New York City Aug. 10, 1728.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dieskau , Ludwig August , Baron , 1701 -1757 (search)
Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron, 1701-1757
Military officer; born in Saxony in 1701; was lieutenant-colonel of cavalry under Marshal Saxe, and was made brigadier-general of infantry in 1748, and commander of Brest.
In 1755 he was sent to Canada with the rank of major-general; and in an attack upon the fortified encampment of Gen. William Johnson at the head of Lake George (Sept. 8, 1755) he was so severely wounded that he died in Surenne, near Paris, Sept. 8, 1757.
Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron, 1701-1757
Military officer; born in Saxony in 1701; was lieutenant-colonel of cavalry under Marshal Saxe, and was made brigadier-general of infantry in 1748, and commander of Brest.
In 1755 he was sent to Canada with the rank of major-general; and in an attack upon the fortified encampment of Gen. William Johnson at the head of Lake George (Sept. 8, 1755) he was so severely wounded that he died in Surenne, near Paris, Sept. 8, 1757.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gospel , Society for the Propagation of the. Edward Winslow (q. V.) (search)
Gospel, Society for the Propagation of the. Edward Winslow (q. V.)
The third governor of the Plymouth colony, became greatly interested in the spiritual concerns of the Indians of New England; and when, in 1649, he went to England on account of the colony, he induced leading men there to join in the formation of a society for the propagation of the Gospel among the natives in America.
The society soon afterwards began its work in America, and gradually extended its labors to other English colonies.
In 1701 (June 16) it was incorporated under the title of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
William III.
zealously promoted the operations of the society, for he perceived that in a community of religion there was security for political obedience.
The society still exists, and its operations are widely extended over the East and West Indies, Southern Africa, Australia, and islands of the Southern Ocean.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton , Andrew 1686 -1703 (search)
Hamilton, Andrew 1686-1703
Governor; born in Scotland; sent to East Jersey by its proprietaries in 1686; became acting governor in 1687; returned to England in 1689; appointed governor of East Jersey in 1692; deposed in 1697, and reappointed in 1699.
William Penn made him deputy governor of Pennsylvania in 1701.
Hamilton obtained the first patent from the crown for a postal service in 1694.
He died in Burlington, N. J., April 20, 1703.
Lawyer; born in Scotland, about 1676; acquired much distinction by his defence of the liberty of the press on the trial of Zenger in New York.
He filled many public stations in Pennsylvania, including that of speaker of the Assembly, which he resigned in 1739 in consequence of physical infirmity.
He died in Philadelphia Aug. 4, 1741.
See Zenger, John Peter.