Named Entity Results, 1751 AD

Jenkins, John 1751-1827 Military officer; born in New London, Conn., Nov. 27, 1751; served throughout the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant; and during the Wyoming massacre commanded Forty Fort. He died in Wyoming, Pa., March 19, 1827.

Ledyard, John 1751- Explorer; born in Groton, Conn., in 1751; was educated at Dartmouth College for a missionary to the Indians, and spent several months among the Six Nations. Having a resistless desire for travel, he shipped at New London as a common sailor, and from England accompanied Captain Cook in his last voyage around the world as corporal of marines. He vainly tried to set on foot a trading expedition to the northwest coast of North America, and went to Europe in 1784. He star1751; was educated at Dartmouth College for a missionary to the Indians, and spent several months among the Six Nations. Having a resistless desire for travel, he shipped at New London as a common sailor, and from England accompanied Captain Cook in his last voyage around the world as corporal of marines. He vainly tried to set on foot a trading expedition to the northwest coast of North America, and went to Europe in 1784. He started on a journey through the northern part of Europe and Asia and across Bering Strait to America in 1786-87. He walked around the whole coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, reaching St. Petersburg in the latter part of March, 1787, without money, shoes, or stockings. He had journeyed 1,400 miles on foot in less than seven weeks. Thence he went to Siberia, but was arrested at Irkutsk in February, 1788, conducted to the frontiers of Poland, and there dismissed with an intimation that if he returned in

McPherson, William 1751- Military officer born in Philadelphia in 1751; was appointed a cadet in the British army at the age of thirteen; and became adjutant of a regiment. He joined the continental army on the Hudson at the close of 1779 and was made a brevet-major by washington. Serving as aide to Lafayette for a while, he was appointed to the command of a partisan corps of cavalry, which served in Virginia in 1781. President Washington appointed him surveyor of the port of Philadelphia1751; was appointed a cadet in the British army at the age of thirteen; and became adjutant of a regiment. He joined the continental army on the Hudson at the close of 1779 and was made a brevet-major by washington. Serving as aide to Lafayette for a while, he was appointed to the command of a partisan corps of cavalry, which served in Virginia in 1781. President Washington appointed him surveyor of the port of Philadelphia in 1789; inspector of revenue in 1792; and naval officer late in 1793, which post he held until his death, Nov. 5, 1813. He was made brigadiergeneral of the provisional army in 1798. His brother, John, was aide to general Montgomery, and perished with him at the siege of Quebec (q. v.).

Madison, James 1751- Fourth President of the United States, from March 4, 1809, to March 4, 1817; Republican; born in Port Conway, Va., March 16, 1751; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1771, studied law, and in 1776 was elected to a seat in the Virginia Assembly. He became a member of the executive council in 1778, and was sent to Congress in 1779. In that body he continually opposed the issue of paper money by the States. He was active until the peace in 1783, when he retired to private life, but was drawn out Montpelier, the home of Madison. again as a delegate to the convention that framed the national Constitution. In that body he took a prominent part in the debates, and wrote some of the papers in The Federalist, which advocated the adoption of that instrument. He was also in the Virginia Convention in 1788 that ratified the Constitution. A member of Congress from 1789 to 1797, Madison did much in the establishment of the nation on a firm foundation. Unitin

in Maryland on a negro supposed to have been murdered by his master; surgeons received fees for dissecting and viewing the corpse, one hogshead of tobaccoSept. 24, 1657 Treatise on small-pox and measles published at Boston by Thomas Thacher; a sheet 15 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches—the first medical work published in America1677 First quarantine act passed by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania1700 First general hospital chartered in the colonies—Pennsylvania hospital of Philadelphia—organized 1751, openedDec., 1756 Medical department, University of Pennsylvania, founded1765 College of Physicians and Surgeons, medical department of King's College, New York, established1767 First clinical instruction in America given by Thomas Bond in Pennsylvania hospital1769 Term doctor first applied to medical practitioners or physitians in America (Toner）1769 Medical department, Harvard University, founded1783 Philadelphia Dispensary for the gratuitous treatment of the sick poor, first in the

Murray, James 1712-1794 Governor of Canada; born in Scotland, about 1712; fourth son of Lord Elibank; entered the British army in 1751, and served with Wolfe in Europe and America, being brigadier-general in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758. Junior brigadier-general at the capture of Quebec (of which city he was made military governor), he held it against great odds when assailed by De Levi. He was made major-general in 1762, and the next year was again governor of Quebec. He was governor of Minorca in 1778; made a gallant but unsuccessful defence of the fortress there in 1781; and died in Sussex, England, June 8, 1794.

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.

Piqua, council at Late in 1750 the Ohio Land Company sent Christopher Gist, a dweller near the Yadkin, to explore the Ohio region as far as the falls at Louisville. He arrived at the Scioto Valley early in 1751, and was kindly received by the great sachem of the Miami Confederacy, rivals of the Six Nations, with whom they were at peace. Agents of Pennsylvania and Virginia were there, intending to make a treaty of friendship and alliance; and there, also, were white traders. The council was held at Piqua, far up the Scioto Valley. It was then a town of 400 families, the largest in the Ohio region (population in 1900, 9,090). On Feb. 21 the treaty was concluded, and just as it was signed some Ottawas came with presents from the governor of Canada. They were admitted to the council, and expressed a desire for a renewal of friendship with the French. A sachem arose, and, setting up the colors of the English and the French, denounced the latter as enemies of the Miamis. Having

Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha) Seneca Indian, chief of the Wolf tribe; born near Geneva, N. Y., in 1751. He was swiftfooted, fluent-tongued, and always held great influence over his people. During the Revolutionary War he fought for the British King with his eloquence in arousing his people, but seems not to have been very active as a soldier on the war-path. Brant spoke of him as a coward and not Red-Jacket's medal. always honest. He first appears conspicuous in history at the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1784. It was on that occasion that Red Jacket. Red Jacket's fame as an orator was established. In all the dealings with white people concerning the lands in western New York, Red Jacket was always the defender of the rights of his people. His paganism never yielded to the influences of Christianity, and he was the most inveterate enemy of the missionaries sent to his nation. It was under his leadership that the Senecas became the allies of the Americans against the British

Ripley, Ezra 1751-1841 Clergyman; born in Woodstock, Conn., May 1, 1751; graduated at Harvard in 1776; ordained in 1778. In a pamphlet entitled A history of the fight at Concord, he proved that though the enemy had fired first at Lexington, the Americans fired first in Concord, his own town. He died in Concord, Mass., Sept. 21, 1841.