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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cooper , miles 1735 -1785 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornwallis , Lord Charles 1738 -1805 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Covenhoven , Robert 1755 -1846 (search)
Covenhoven, Robert 1755-1846
Military officer; born in Monmouth county, N. J., Dec. 17, 1755.
His ancestors were from Holland, and among the earlier settlers in New Jersey.
About the beginning of the Revolution they moved to the region near the west branch of the Susquehanna River.
He joined the Continental army under Washington in 1776, participated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and then returned to northern Pennsylvania, where he was employed in the defence of the frontier against the Indians.
An incident in his life furnishes a glimpse of the state of society at that time.
In February, 1778, Covenhoven was married to Mercy Kelsey in New Jersey.
While the nuptial ceremony was in progress, it was interrupted by the sudden arrival of a troop of Hessian soldiers.
The groom escaped through a window, but, returning at night, he carried away his bride to his Pennsylvania home.
From that time until the close of the war he participated as watcher, guide, and soldier i
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Croghan , George 1746 -1782 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cumberland , Fort, action at (search)
Cumberland, Fort, action at
At the head of the Bay of Fundy the British had maintained Fort Cumberland from 1755.
In 1776 only a small garrison was there to take care of the public property.
Capt. Jonathan Eddy, a native of Massachusetts, who had lived many years in the vicinity of the fort, believing it might be easily captured, applied to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts for men and supplies for that purpose.
These were not furnished, and Eddy returned to Nova Scotia, where he raised a few men, and on the night of Nov. 20, 1776, attacked the fort.
Apprised of the movement, the little garrison, prepared, repulsed the assailants.
A British reinforcement soon arrived, and the assailants fled in haste.
The inhabitants, who had joined the standard of Eddy, soon saw their houses in flames, and then, fearing British vengeance, made their way to New England in a famishing condition.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cutler , Manasseh 1742 -1823 (search)
Cutler, Manasseh 1742-1823
Clergyman; born in Killingly, Conn., May 3, 1742; graduated at Yale College in 1765; studied theology; was ordained in 1771; was a chaplain of a regiment in the army in 1776; became an excellent botanist; and gave the first scientific description of the plants of New England.
As agent for the Ohio Company in 1787, he bought 1,500,000 acres of land northwest of the Ohio, and started the first company of emigrants to that region, who founded the town of Marietta in April, 1787.
He travelled thither in a sulky (a two-wheeled, oneseated carriage), 750 miles in twenty-nine days. He was a member of Congress in 1800-4.
He died in Hamilton, Mass., July 28, 1823.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dacres , James Richard , 1788 -1828 (search)
Dacres, James Richard, 1788-1828
Naval officer; born in Suffolk, England, Aug. 22, 1788;
James Richard Dacres. son of Vice-Admiral Dacres, who was a commander in the battle with Arnold on Lake Champlain in 1776.
The son entered the royal navy in 1796, and, being placed in command of the frigate Guerriere in 1811, was sent to fight the Americans.
He proudly boasted that he would send the Constitution to Davy Jones's locker when he should be so fortunate as to meet her. She had escaped him in her famous retreat, but willingly met and fought the Guerriere afterwards.
Dacres was then captain.
He attained the rank of flag-officer in 1838, and in 1845 was vice-admiral and commander-in-chief of the fleet at the Cape of Good Hope.
He was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic fund at Lloyd's, in consideration of his wound.
He was married, in 1810, to Arabella Boyd, who died in 1828.
He died in Hampshire, England, Dec. 4, 1853.
See U. S. S. Constitution (frigate).
Dale, Richard,
Naval officer; born near Norfolk, Va., Nov. 6, 1756; went to sea at twelve years of age, and at nineteen commanded a merchant vessel.
He was first a lieutenant in the Virginia navy, and entered the Continental navy, as midshipman, in 1776.
He was captured in 1777, and confined in Mill Prison, England, from which he escaped, but was recaptured in London and taken back.
The next year, he escaped, reached France, joined Paul Jones, and soon became lieutenant of the Bon Homme Richard, receiving a wound in the famous battle with the Serapis.
He continued to do good service
Richard Dale. to the end of the war, and in 1794 was made captain.
He commanded the squadron ordered to the Mediterranean in 1801, and in April, 1802, returning home, he resigned his commission.
He spent the latter years of his life in ease in Philadelphia, where he died, Feb. 24, 1826.
The remains of Commodore Dale were buried in Christ Church-yard, Philadelphia, and over the grave is a whit
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana , Francis , 1743 -1811 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davie , William Richardson , -1820 (search)
Davie, William Richardson, -1820
Military officer; born near Whitehaven, England, June 20, 1756; came to America in 1764 with his father, and settled in South Carolina with his uncle, who educated him at the College of New Jersey (where
William Richardson Davie. he graduated in 1776), and adopted him as his heir.
He prepared himself for the law as a profession, but became an active soldier in the Revolution in a troop of dragoons.
When he was in command of the troop he annexed it to Pulaski's Legion.
He fought at Stono, Hanging Rock, and Rocky Mount; and at the head of a legionary corps, with the rank of major, he opposed the advance of Cornwallis into North Carolina.
After the overthrow of the American army at Camden he saved the remnant of it; and he was a most efficient commissary under General Greene in the Southern Department.
He rose to great eminence as a lawyer after the war, and was a delegate to the convention that framed the national Constitution, but sickness at