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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address before the Mecklenburg (N. C.) Historical Society. (search)
The New England States resisted all these acquisitions except the last. The political studies of the South all led to freedom, and Southern statesmen have always been on the side of popular rights. Christopher Gadsden, of South Carolina, in a public address at Charleston in 1766, advocated separation from Great Britain, and he was the first man in the American Colonies to propose the es tablishment of American Independence. The first American Congress met in Philadelphia on the 7th of September, 1774. Peyton Randolph, of Virginia, was chosen President, because of his familiarity with all those questions of state-policy and state-craft that might arise. On the 20th of May, the next year, the Scotch-Irish of this county made the first Declaration of Independence, and on the 12th of April, of the following year, the Provincial Congress of North Carolina took the lead of all the States in passing resolutions of Independence. And when the Congress of all the States met in Philadelp
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
rylandSept. 12, 1774 Henry WisnerNew YorkSept. 14, 1774 John Alsop George RossPennsylvaniaSept. 14, 1774 Joseph HewesNorth CarolinaSept. 14, 1774 William Hooper Richard CaswellNorth CarolinaSept. 17, 1774 John DickinsonPennsylvaniaSept. 17, 1774 John HerringNew YorkSept. 26, 1774 Simon BoerumNew YorkOct. 1, 1774 Congress resolves that in determining questions, each colony or province shall have one vote ......Sept. 6, 1774 Rev. Jacob Duche opens Congress with prayer......Sept. 7, 1774 Resolution of Suffolk, Mass., convention (Sept. 6), that no obedience is due to any part of the recent acts of Parliament, approved by Congress......Sept. 10, 1774 Congress rejects a plan for union with Great Britain, proposed by Joseph Galloway, of Pennsylvania, as intended to perpetuate dependence......Sept. 28, 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, west Virginia......Oct. 10, 1774 Congress adopts a Declaration of colonial rights, claiming self-government......Oct. 14, 1774 Ame
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
erous. Among the children of William Manning are the wives of Hon. Henry 0. Houghton, Hon. J. M. S. Williams, and Mr. Henry R. Glover, all residing in Cambridge. 15. William, s. of William (10), was a cordwainer, and resided on the westerly side of Harvard Square, on an estate which he purchased in 1778, and which after his death was sold to Harvard College. He m. Rebecca Oliver 26 Nov. 1772, and d. 10 Dec. 1804, a. 69. She d. 13 Ap. 1821, a. 81. Their children were Rebecca, b. 7 Sept. 1774, and d. 21 Sept. 1774; William, b. 4 Nov. 1775, and d. 22 Sept. 1777. 16. Samuel, s. and only child of Samuel (13), grad. at H. C. 1797, was a physician, and res. principally in Lancaster. He returned to Camb. in 1821, and d. in Oct. 1822. His first wife was Lucy Cogswell, by whom he had Samuel, grad. at H. C. 1822, res. in Baltimore, and d. 16 May 1857; Mary W., m. Dr. A. B. Cleaveland of Baltimore; William, a physician in Michigan; Rebecca, deceased; Joseph and Charles, both of
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, M. (search)
erous. Among the children of William Manning are the wives of Hon. Henry 0. Houghton, Hon. J. M. S. Williams, and Mr. Henry R. Glover, all residing in Cambridge. 15. William, s. of William (10), was a cordwainer, and resided on the westerly side of Harvard Square, on an estate which he purchased in 1778, and which after his death was sold to Harvard College. He m. Rebecca Oliver 26 Nov. 1772, and d. 10 Dec. 1804, a. 69. She d. 13 Ap. 1821, a. 81. Their children were Rebecca, b. 7 Sept. 1774, and d. 21 Sept. 1774; William, b. 4 Nov. 1775, and d. 22 Sept. 1777. 16. Samuel, s. and only child of Samuel (13), grad. at H. C. 1797, was a physician, and res. principally in Lancaster. He returned to Camb. in 1821, and d. in Oct. 1822. His first wife was Lucy Cogswell, by whom he had Samuel, grad. at H. C. 1822, res. in Baltimore, and d. 16 May 1857; Mary W., m. Dr. A. B. Cleaveland of Baltimore; William, a physician in Michigan; Rebecca, deceased; Joseph and Charles, both of