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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Amherst , Sir Jeffrey , 1717 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Asbury , Francis , 1745 -1816 (search)
Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816
First bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America; born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. Aug. 26, 1745.
In his twenty-third year he became an itinerant preacher under the guidance of John Wesley, and came to the United States in 1771.
The next year Wesley appointed him general superintendent of the Methodist churches in America, and he held that office until the close of the Revolution, when the Methodists here organized as a body separate from the Church in England. Mr. Asbury was consecrated bishop by Dr. Coke in 1784.
After that, for thirty-two years, he travelled yearly through the United States, ordaining not less than 3,000 ministers, and preaching not less than 17.000 sermons.
He died in Spottsylvania, Va., March 31, 1816.
Ashe, John, 1720-
Military officer: born in Grovely, Brunswick co., N. C., in 1720; was in the North Carolina legislature for several years, and was speaker in 1762-65.
He warmly opposed the Stamp Act: assisted Governor Tryon in suppressing the Regulator movement in 1771, but soon afterwards became a zealous Whig.
He was an active patriot, and because he led 500 men to destroy Fort Johnson he was denounced as a rebel.
Raising and equipping a regiment at his own expense, he was appointed brigadier-general of the Wilmington District in April. 1776.
He joined Lincoln in South Carolina in 1778; and after he was defeated at Brier Creek, in March, 1779, he returned home.
General Ashe suffered much at the hands of the British at Wilmington after the battle at Guilford, and died of small-pox, which he had contracted in prison, in Sampson county, N. C., Oct. 24, 1781.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartram , William , 1739 -1823 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blakeley , Johnston , 1771 - (search)
Blakeley, Johnston, 1771-
Naval officer; born at Seaford, Down, ireland, in October, 1771 ; was educated at the University of North Carolina, and entered the navy, as midshipman, Feb. 5, 1800.
He was made lieutenant in 1807, master-commander in 1813, and captain in 1814.
He commanded the brig Enterprise in protecting the American coast-trade.
In August, 1814, he was appointed to the command of the Wasp, which captured
Johnston Blakeley. the Reindeer.
For this exploit Congress voted him a gold medal.
Capturing the brig Atlanta on Sept. 21, that vessel was sent to Savannah, and brought the last intelligence of the Wasp.
It is supposed she foundered in a gale, as no tidings were ever heard of her afterwards.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Boone , Daniel , 1735 -1820 (search)
Boone, Daniel, 1735-1820
Explorer; born in Bucks county, Pa., Feb. 11, 1735.
From his youth he was a famous hunter, and, while yet a minor, he emigrated, with his father, to North Carolina, where he married.
In May, 1759, Boone and five others went to explore the forests of Kentucky.
There he was captured by some Indians, but escaped, and returned home in 1771.
In 1773 he led a party of settlers to the wilds he had explored; and in 1774 conducted a party of surveyors to the
Daniel Boone. falls of the Ohio (now Louisville). He had taken his family with the other families to Kentucky in 1773, where they were in perpetual danger from the barbarians of the forest.
He had several fights with the Indians; and in 1775 he built a fort on the Kentucky River on the present site of Boonesboro.
In 1777 several attacks were made on this fort by the Indians.
They was repulsed, but in February, 1778.
Boone was captured by them, and taken to Chillicothe, beyond the Ohio, and thence to D
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bowdoin , James , 1727 -1790 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brackenridge , Hugh Henry , 1748 -1816 (search)
Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, 1748-1816
Jurist; born in Scotland in 1748; was graduated at Princeton in 1771, in the same class with James Madison.
He and Philip Freneau together wrote The rising glory of America, a dialogue which formed a part of the graduating exercises.
During the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794 he used all his influence to bring about a settlement between the government and the rebels.
He also wrote Incidents of the insurrection in Western Pennsylvania in defence of his action.
He died in Carlisle, Pa., June 25, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Charles Brockden , 1771 -1810 (search)
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810
Author; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 1771: studied law, but abandoned it for literature.
In addition to novels and works of literature he published An address to Franklin: an address to Congress on foreign commerce.
He was the first American author who made literature his profession.
He died in Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1810.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burke , Edmund , 1730 -1797 (search)