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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Meigs, return Jonathan 1734-1823 (search)
with a company to Cambridge after the affair at Lexington; accompanied Arnold to Quebec, with the rank of major, where he was made prisoner; and having raised a regiment in 1777, was made a colonel, and performed a brilliant exploit at Sag Harbor (q. v.). He commanded a regiment at Stony Point (q. v.), and served faithfully to the end of the war. He was one of the first settlers of Marietta, O. He died in the Cherokee agency, Ga., Jan. 28, 1823. Jurist; born in Middletown, Conn., in November, 1765; son of the preceding; graduated at Yale College in 1785; and went with his father to Marietta, O., in 1788. There he took a conspicuous part in public affairs, and was often engaged in Indian fights. In 1803-4 he was chief-justice of Ohio; and for two years he was commander of the St. Charles district of Louisiana, with the brevet of colonel, U. S. A. He was a United States district judge in Michigan; United States Senator from 1808 to 1810; and governor of Ohio from 1810 to 1814. H
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Moore, Sir Henry 1713- (search)
Moore, Sir Henry 1713- Colonial governor; born in Jamaica, West Indies, in 1713; was made governor of that island in 1756; and for his services in suppressing a slave insurrection there was rewarded with the title of baronet. He was appointed governor of New York in 1764; arrived in November, 1765, in the midst of the Stamp Act excitement; and held the office until his death, Sept. 11, 1769.