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Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
Military officer; a younger brother of Ethan; born in Cornwall, Conn., April 21, 1751.
He was an active patriot, and took a distinguished part in public affairs in Vermont, his adopted State, where he served in the legislature, and was secretary of state, surveyor-general, and a member of the council.
He was a military leader in the war for independence, and was one of the commissioners sent to Congress to oppose the claims of neighboring provinces to jurisdiction in Vermont.
He effected an armistice with the British in Canada in 1781, and by so doing brought about a settlement of the controversy with New York.
As senior major-general of the State militia in 1795, he went to Europe to purchase arms for his commonwealth, and on his way homeward with muskets and cannon he was captured, taken to England, and charged with being an emissary of the French, and intending to supply the Irish malcontents with arms.
After long litigation the matter was settled in
Andre, John, 1751-
British military officer; born in London in 1751; was the son of a Genevan, who was a merchant in London.
After receiving an education at Geneva, young Andre returned, and entered a mercantile house in London when he was eighteen years of age. He was a youth of great genius-painted well and wrote poetry with fluency.
His literary tastes brought to him the acquaintance of literary people.
Among these was the poetess, Anna Seward.
of Lichfield, to whose cousin, Honora S1751; was the son of a Genevan, who was a merchant in London.
After receiving an education at Geneva, young Andre returned, and entered a mercantile house in London when he was eighteen years of age. He was a youth of great genius-painted well and wrote poetry with fluency.
His literary tastes brought to him the acquaintance of literary people.
Among these was the poetess, Anna Seward.
of Lichfield, to whose cousin, Honora Sneyd, Andre became warmly attached.
They were betrothed, but their youth caused a postponement of their nuptials, and Andre entered the army and came to America, in 1774, as lieutenant of the Royal Fusileers.
With them, in Canada, he was taken prisoner by Montgomery, at St. Johns (Nov. 2, 1775), and was sent to Lancaster, Pa. In December, 1776, he was exchanged, and promoted to captain in the British army.
He was appointed aide to General Grey in the summer of 1777, and on the departure of th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barber , Francis 1751 - (search)
Barber, Francis, 1751-
Military officer; born in Princeton, N. J., in 1751; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1767, and became rector of an academy at Elizabeth, N. J., and pastor of the Presbyterian Church there in 1769.
Leaving these posts, he joined the New Jersey line in the Continental army as major, in February, 1776.
In November he was made a lieutenant-colonel, and was afterwards assistant inspector-general under Baron Steuben.
He was active in several battles until 11751; was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1767, and became rector of an academy at Elizabeth, N. J., and pastor of the Presbyterian Church there in 1769.
Leaving these posts, he joined the New Jersey line in the Continental army as major, in February, 1776.
In November he was made a lieutenant-colonel, and was afterwards assistant inspector-general under Baron Steuben.
He was active in several battles until 1779, when he was adjutant-general in Sullivan's campaign, and was wounded in the battle of Newtown.
In 1781 he was successful in quelling the mutiny of Pennsylvania and New Jersey troops.
He was with the army at Newburg in 1783, and was killed by the falling of a tree while he was riding in the edge of a wood, Feb. 11 the same year.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Boscawen , Edward 1711 - (search)
Boscawen, Edward, 1711-
Naval officer; born in Cornwall, England, Aug. 19, 1711; son of Viscount Falmouth; was made a captain in the royal navy in March, 1737.
Distinguished at Porto Bello and Carthagena, he was promoted to the command of a 60-gun ship in 1744, in which he took the Media.
He signalized himself under Anson in the battle off Cape Finisterre in 1747, and against the French in the East Indies as rear-admiral the next year.
He made himself master of Madras, and returned to England in 1751. Admiral of the Blue, he commanded an expedition against Louisburg, Cape Breton, in 1758, with General Amherst.
In 1759 he defeated the French fleet in the Mediterranean, capturing 2,000 prisoners. For these services he was made general of the marines and member of the privy council.
Parliament also granted him a pension of $15,000 a year.
He died Jan. 10, 1761.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bute , John Stuart , Earl of
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of,
Statesman; born in Scotland in 1713; succeeded to his father's titles and estates when he was ten years of age; and, in 1736, married the only daughter of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
In February, 1737, he was selected one of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and appointed lord of the bedchamber of the Prince of Wales in 1738.
The beautiful Princess of Wales gave him her confidence on the death of her husband in 1751, and made him preceptor of her son, afterwards King George III.
Over that youth he gained great influence.
When he ascended the throne, in 1760, George promoted Bute to a privy councillor, and, afterwards, a secretary of state; and, when Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle retired from the cabinet, Bute was made prime minister.
He soon became unpopular, chiefly because the King had discarded the great Pitt, and preferred this Scotch adventurer, whose bad advice was misleading his sovereign.
Insinuations were rife about the too in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cabot , George 1751 -1823 (search)
Cabot, George 1751-1823
Statesman; born in Salem, Mass., Dec. 3, 1751; educated at Harvard College; member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress; also of the State convention which accepted the national Constitution; was a United States Senator in 1791-96; and became the first Secretary of the Navy in 1798.
He died in Boston, Mass., April 18, 1823.
Columbia University,
One of the higher institutions of learning established in the English-American colonies; originally named King's College; afterwards Columbia College; and in 1896 Columbia University.
In 1746 an act was passed by the colonial Assembly of New York for raising £ 2,250, by lottery, for the encouragement of learning and towards the founding of a college.
The sum was increased in 1751, and intrusted to ten trustees, one of whom was a Presbyterian, two were of the Dutch Reformed Church, and seven were Episcopalians.
Rev. Samuel Johnson, of Stratford, Conn., was invited, in 1753, to become president of the proposed institution, and a royal charter constituting King's College was granted Oct. 31, 1754.
The organization was effected in May, 1755.
The persons named in the charter as governors of the college were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal civil officers of the colony, the principal clergymen of the five denominations of Christians in the city of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cushing , William 1732 -1810 (search)
Cushing, William 1732-1810
Jurist; born in Scituate, Mass., March 1, 1732; graduated at Harvard University in 1751; studied law; became eminent in his profession; was attorney-general of Massachusetts; a judge of probate in 1768; judge of the Superior Court in 1772; and in 1777 succeeded his father as chief-justice of that court.
Under the Massachusetts constitution of 1788 he was made chief-justice of the State; and in 1789 President Washington appointed him a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
He offered him the chief-justiceship in 1796, as the successor of Jay, but he declined it. He administered the oath of office to Washington in his second inauguration.
He died in Scituate, Sept. 13, 1810.