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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burgoyne , Sir John , 1723 -1792 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burke , Thomas , 1747 -1783 (search)
Burke, Thomas, 1747-1783
Governor, born in Ireland about 1747; went to Virginia when seventeen years old, and in time engaged in the practice of medicine.
Then he studied law, and in 1774 moved to Hillsboro.
He had written against the stamp act and other obnoxious measures, and he took a conspicuous part in politics in North Carolina.
He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1776; was engaged a short time in the army, and was a member of Congress from December, 1776, until early in 1781, when he was chosen governor of the State.
In September of that year he was seized by Tories, and kept a prisoner on James Island, near Charleston, four months; after which he was regularly exchanged, resumed his duties of governor, but soon retired to private life.
He died in Hillsboro, N. C., Dec. 2, 1783.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clymer , George 1739 -1813 (search)
Clymer, George 1739-1813
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Philadelphia in 1739; was an active patriot during the war for independence, and a member of the council of safety in Philadelphia.
In July, 1775, he was made joint treasurer of Pennsylvania with Mr. Hillegas; and when, in December, 1776.
Congress fled to Baltimore, Clymer was one of the commissioners left in Philadelphia to attend to the public interests.
In 1777 he was a commissioner to treat with the Indians at Fort Pitt; and in 1780 he assisted in organizing the Bank of North America.
At the close of the war he made his residence at Princeton, N. J.; and in 1784 was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature.
In 1787 he was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution, and was a member of the first Congress under it. A collector of the excise duties in 1791 which led to the Whiskey insurrection (q. v.), and serving on a commission to treat with Southern Indians, Mr. Clymer, afte
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morris , Robert 1734 -1806 (search)
Newport, capture of
Early in December, 1776, a British fleet, with 6,000 troops on board, appeared off Newport,
The old State-House. R. I. The few troops stationed there evacuated the town without attempting to defend it. Commodore Hopkins had several Continental vessels lying there, with a number of privateers.
With these he escaped up the bay, and was effectually blockaded at Providence.
When Washington heard of this invasion he sent Generals Arnold and Spencer to the defence of Rhode Island.
This possession of Newport, the second town in size and importance in New England, produced general alarm and great annoyance to the inhabitants east of the Hudson.
French fleet and army blockaded.
Washington had hoped the French army, which arrived at Newport, July 10, would march to the Hudson River, and, with their assistance, expected to drive the British from the city of New York.
But it was compelled to stand on the defensive there.
Six British ships-of-the-line, which h