hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 5 5 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 1 1 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for November, 1778 AD or search for November, 1778 AD in all documents.

Your search returned 5 results in 5 document sections:

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Convention troops. (search)
Convention troops. When Burgoyne's army surrendered to General Gates, these generals agreed that the prisoners (over 5,000) should be marched to Cambridge, near Boston, to embark for England, on their parole not to serve again against the Americans. Suspecting that the parole would be violated, Congress, after ratifying, revoked it. As the British government did not recognize the authority of Congress, these troops remained near Boston until Congress, owing to the scarcity of supplies in New England, ordered them to Virginia, whither they went, October and November, 1778, 4,000 remaining at Charlottesville until October, 1780, when the British were removed to Fort Frederick, in Maryland, and the Germans to Winchester, their numbers reduced to 2,100. Soon after they were removed to Lancaster, and some to East Windsor, Conn. In the course of 1782 they were dispersed by exchange or desertion. See Burgoyne, Sir John.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Franklin, William 1729-1813 (search)
1758. In 1762 he was appointed governor of the province of New Jersey, remaining loyal to the crown when the Revolution broke out, and in January, 1776, a guard was put over him at his residence at Perth Amboy. He gave his parole that he would not leave the province. In June (1776) he called a meeting of the legislature of New Jersey, for which offence, defiance of public opinion, he was arrested and sent to Connecticut, where for more than two years he was strictly guarded, when, in November, 1778, he was exchanged. He remained in New York, and was active as president of the Board of Associated Loyalists until 1782, when he sailed for England, where he was allowed by the government $9,000 and a pension of $4,000 a year. His father willed him lands in Nova Scotia and forgave him all his debts, nothing more. In his will, Dr. Franklin observed concerning this son, from whom he was estranged: The part he acted against me in the late war, which is of public notoriety, will account
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, James 1720-1806 (search)
Smith, James 1720-1806 A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Ireland, about 1720; educated at the College of Philadelphia; became a lawyer and surveyor; and in 1774 raised the first volunteer company in Pennsylvania to resist British oppression. He was also an active patriot in civil affairs, and was largely instrumental in kindling the flame of resistance in his province. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Convention (1775) and the convention (June, 1776) that framed a new government for the province. He seconded the resolution of Dr. Rush, in the Provincial Convention, in favor of declaring independence. This was unanimously adopted, signed by the members, and presented to Congress a few days before that body adopted the famous Declaration. On June 20, 1776, he was elected a delegate in Congress, and he remained so until November, 1778. In 1780 he was a member of the new Pennsylvania Assembly. He died in York, Pa., July 11, 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
[At the same time the King's arms are removed.] Massachusetts quota of troops to serve for three years or during the war is fifteen battalions......Sept. 10, 1776 Fourth of July, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, observed in Boston......1777 Massachusetts' apportionment of the war debt, $820,000......October, 1777 [Largest apportionment of any of the States.] General Gates supersedes General Heath in command of the forces stationed in Massachusetts......November, 1778 State constitution framed by a convention met at Boston, Sept. 1, 1779; labor completed, March 2, 1780; submitted to the people and ratified......1780 Academy of Arts and Sciences incorporated at Boston, James Bowdoin president......May 4, 1780 Dark day Friday......May 19, 1780 John Hancock first governor......1780 Population of the State, 316,900......1780 Phillips Academy, Andover, founded, April 21, 1778; incorporated......Oct. 4, 1780 Population of Massachusetts:
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
.1776 Colonel Williamson, with 2,000 men, marches against the Cherokees, Sept. 13, and lays waste all their settlements east of the Apalachian Mountains......September, 1776 Cherokee Indians by treaty cede to South Carolina all their land eastward of the Unaka Mountains......May 20, 1777 Henry Laurens, of South Carolina, chosen president of the Continental Congress......Nov. 1, 1777 Constitution passed by the General Assembly as an act, March 19, 1778, goes into effect......November, 1778 State Supreme Court declares the constitutions of 1776 and 1778 acts of General Assembly, which it could repeal or amend......1779 Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Lincoln takes command of all the forces to the southward; establishes his first post at Purysburg on the Savannah River......1779 President Lowndes lays a general embargo, and prohibits the sailing of vessels from any port of the State......1779 British under Major Gardiner driven from Port Royal Island by General Moultrie......