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H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia., Chapter 12
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 3
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 4
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Newport's News .Nomen non Locus . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alison , Francis 1705 -1779 (search)
Alison, Francis, 1705-1779
Patriot and educator; born in Donegal county, Ireland, in 1705; came to America in 1735; and in 1752 he took charge of an academy in Philadelphia.
From 1755 until his death he was Vice-provost and Professor of Moral Philosophy of the College of Pennsylvania.
His chief claim to honor among men is that he was the tutor of a large number of Americans who were conspicuous actors in the events of the Revolution that accomplished the independence of the United States born in Donegal county, Ireland, in 1705; came to America in 1735; and in 1752 he took charge of an academy in Philadelphia.
From 1755 until his death he was Vice-provost and Professor of Moral Philosophy of the College of Pennsylvania.
His chief claim to honor among men is that he was the tutor of a large number of Americans who were conspicuous actors in the events of the Revolution that accomplished the independence of the United States of America.
He died in Philadelphia.
Nov. 28, 1779.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartlett , Josiah 1729 - (search)
Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-
A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Amesbury, Mass., Nov. 21, 1729; educated in a common school and taught the science of medicine by a practitioner in his native town, he began practice in Kingston, N. H., in 1750, and soon became eminent.
He was a member of the New Hampshire legislature from 1705 until the breaking out of the War of the Revolution.
In 1770 he was appointed by the royal governor lieutenant-colonel of the militia, but on account of his patriotic tendencies he was deprived of the office in 1775.
He was a member of the committee of safety, upon whom for a time devolved the whole executive power of the of government of the State.
A delegate to Congress in 1775-76, he was the first to give his vote for the Declaration of Independence, and its first signer after the President of Congress.
He was with Stark in the Bennington campaign (see Bennington, battle of), in 1777.
as agent of the State to provide medicine and other n
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beverly , Robert 1675 -1716 (search)
Beverly, Robert, 1675-1716
Historian; born in Virginia about 1675.
During Sir Edmund Andros's administration he was clerk of the council, an office his father had held before him. He wrote History of the present State of Virginia (4 volumes, published in London in 1705). This included an account of the first settlement of Virginia, and the history of the government until that time.
Mr. Beverly is said to have been the first American citizen in whose behalf the habeas corpus act was brought into requisition.
He died in 1716.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Charlevoix , Pierre Francois Xavier de
Charlevoix, Pierre Francois Xavier de
Traveller; born in Saint-Quentin, France, Oct. 29, 1682.
He was sent as a Jesuit missionary to Quebec in 1705; later returned to France; and in 1720 again went to Canada.
On his second visit he ascended the St. Lawrence River; travelled through Illinois; and sailed down the Mississippi to New Orleans; and returned to France in 1722.
His publications include Histoire de la nouvelle France.
He died in La Fleche, France, Feb. 1, 1761.
See Jesuit missions.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colden , Cadwallader 1688 - (search)
Colden, Cadwallader 1688-
Physician; born in Dunse, Scotland, Feb. 17, 1688; graduated at the University of Edinburgh in 1705, and became a physician and
Cadwallader Colden. mathematician.
In 1708 he emigrated to Pennsylvania, and returned to his native country in 1712.
He came again to America in 1716, and in 1718 made his abode in New York, where he was made first surveyor-general of the colony, became a master in chancery, and, in 1720, obtained a seat in Governor Burnet's council.
He received a patent for lands in Orange county, N. Y., about 10 miles from Newburg, and there he went to reside in 1755.
Becoming president of the council, he administered the government in 1760, and was made lieutenantgovernor in 1761, which station he held until his death, being repeatedly placed at the head of affairs by the absence or death of governors.
During the Stamp Act excitement the populace burned his coach.
After the return of Governor Tryon in 1775, he retired to his seat on L