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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Acland , John Dyke 1750 - (search)
Acland, John Dyke, 1750-
Military officer;
Maj. John Dyke Acland. was with Burgoyne in his invasion of northern New York in 1777, and at the
Christina Harriet Acland. same time he was a member of Parliament.
In the battle of Saratoga (Oct. 7, 1777) he was severely wounded — shot through the legs — and made a prisoner.
Taken to the American headquarters on Bemis's Heights, his devoted wife, Lady Harriet, was permitted to pass through the lines and attend him. She was kindly received
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , William 1710 -1780 (search)
Allen, William, 1710-1780
jurist; born in Philadelphia about 1710; married a daughter of Andrew Hamilton, a distinguished lawyer of Pennsylvania.
whom he succeeded as recorder of Philadelphia in 1741.
He assisted Benjamin West, the painter, in his early struggles, and co-operated with Benjamin Franklin in establishing the College of Pennsylvania. Judge Allen was chief-justice of that State from 1750 to 1774.
A strong loyalist, he withdrew to England in 1774.
In London he published a pamphlet entitled The American crisis, containing a plan for restoring American dependence upon Great Britain.
He died in England in September, 1780.
educator and author; born in Pittsville, Mass., Jan. 2, 1784: graduated at Harvard College in 1802.
After entering the ministry and preaching for some time in western New York, he was elected a regent and assistant librarian of Harvard College.
He was president of Dartmouth College in 1817-20, and of Bowdoin College in 1820-39.
He was the
Bard, John, 1716-1799
Physician; born in Burlington, N. J., Feb. 1, 1716; was of a Huguenot family, and was for seven years a surgeon's apprentice in Philadelphia.
Establishing himself in New York, he soon ranked among the first physicians and surgeons in America.
In 1750 he assisted Dr. Middleton in the first recorded dissection in America.
In 1788 he became the first president of the New York Medical Society; and when, in 1795, the yellow fever raged in New York, he remained at his post, though then nearly eighty years of age. He died in Hyde Park, N. Y., March 30, 1799.
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), Biddle , Nicholas 1750 - (search)
Biddle, Nicholas, 1750-
Naval officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 10, 1750; made
Medal presented to James Biddle by Congress. a voyage to Quebec before he was fourteen years of age. In a voyage to the West Indies he was cast away on an uninhabited island, where he remained two months.
He entered the British navy in 1770.
While a midshipman, he absconded, and became a sailor before the mast in the Carcass, in the exploring expedition of Captain Phipps in which Horatio Nelson served.
Returning to Philadelphia after the commencement of the Revolution, he was appointed to the command of the brig Andrea Doria, under Commodore Hopkins.
In 1776 he captured two transports from Scotland, with 400 Highland troops bound for America.
In February, 1777, he sailed from Philadelphia in the frigate Randolph, and soon carried four valuable prizes into Charleston.
Then he cruised in the West India waters with a small squadron; and in an action with a British 64-gun ship, March 7, 1778
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brevard , Ephraim 1750 - (search)
Brevard, Ephraim, 1750-
Physician; born in Charlotte, N. C., about 1750; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1768; was educated for a physician, and practised the profession in Charlotte.
He was secretary of the famous Mecklenburg Convention.
When the British invaded the Carolinas, he entered the Continental army as a surgeon, and was made a prisoner at Charleston in 1780, Broken with disease, he returned to Charlotte after his release, and died about 1783.
Brevard, Ephraim, 1750-
Physician; born in Charlotte, N. C., about 1750; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1768; was educated for a physician, and practised the profession in Charlotte.
He was secretary of the famous Mecklenburg Convention.
When the British invaded the Carolinas, he entered the Continental army as a surgeon, and was made a prisoner at Charleston in 1780, Broken with disease, he returned to Charlotte after his release, and died about 1783.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Haas , John Philip ,1735 - (search)
De Haas, John Philip, 1735-
Military officer; born in Holland about 1735; was descended from an ancient family in northern France; came to America in 1750; was an ensign in the French and Indian War; participated in a sharp conflict with Indians near Pittsburg; and was colonel of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776.
He served in the American army in Canada, and afterwards at Ticonderoga.
He led his regiment from Lake Champlain to New York, and participated in the battle on Long Island in August, 1776.
In February, 1777, he was promoted to brigadier-general.
General De Haas was a good disciplinarian, and served in various capacities during the entire war with credit to himself and benefit to his adopted country.
The latter years of his life were passed in Philadelphia, where he died June 3, 1786.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Drama, early American. (search)
Drama, early American.
As early as 1733, there appears to have been a sort of theatrical performance in the city of New York.
In October of that year, George Talbot, a merchant, published a notice in Bradford's Gazette, directing inquiries to be made at his store next door to the Play-house.
In 1750 some young Englishmen and Americans got up a coffee-house representation of Otway's Orphans in Boston.
The pressure for entrance to the novelty was so great that a disturbance arose, which gave the authorities reason for taking measures for the suppression of such performances.
At the next session of the legislature a law was made prohibiting theatrical entertainments, because, as it was expressed in the preamble, they tended not only to discourage industry and frugality, but likewise greatly to increase immorality, impiety, and a contempt for religion.
Regular theatrical performances were introduced into America soon afterwards, when, in 1752, a company of actors from London, le