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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), Cowell , Benjamin 1781 -1860 (search)
Cowell, Benjamin 1781-1860
Historian; born in Wrentham, Mass., in 1781; graduated at Brown University in 1803; settled in Providence, R. I., became chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas; and was author of The spirit of ‘76.
He died in Providence, R. I., May 6, 1860.
Cowell, Benjamin 1781-1860
Historian; born in Wrentham, Mass., in 1781; graduated at Brown University in 1803; settled in Providence, R. I., became chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas; and was author of The spirit of ‘76.
He died in Providence, R. I., May 6, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Craig , Sir James Henry 1749 - (search)
Craig, Sir James Henry 1749-
Military officer; born in Gibraltar in 1749; entered the British army as ensign in 1763, was aide-de-camp to General Boyd at Gibraltar in 1770, and came to America in 1774.
He remained in service here from the battle of Bunker Hill until the evacuation of Charleston, in 1781, when he held the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
He was made a major-general in 1794, lieutenant-general in 1801, and governorgeneral and commander-in-chief of Canada in 1807.
Totally unfit for civil rule, he was a petty oppressor as governor; his administration was short, and he returned to England in 1811, where he died Jan. 12, 1812.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Craik , James 1731 -1814 (search)
Craik, James 1731-1814
Physician; born in Scotland in 1731; came to America in early life, and practised his profession in Fairfax county, Va. He was the intimate friend and family physician of Washington; was with him in his expedition against the French in 1754, and in Braddock's campaign in 1755.
In 1775 he was placed in the medical department of the Continental army, and rose to the first rank.
He unearthed many of the secrets of the Conway cabal and did much to defeat the conspiracy.
He was director of the army hospital at Yorktown in the siege of that place, in 1781, and after the Revolution settled near Mount Vernon, where he was the principal attendant of Washington in his last illness.
He died in Fairfax county, Va., Feb. 6, 1814.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cruger , Henry , Jr. 1739 -1780 (search)
Cruger, Henry, Jr. 1739-1780
Merchant; born in New York City, in 1739.
His father became a merchant in Bristol, England, where he died in 1780.
Henry was associated with him in trade, and succeeded him as mayor of Bristol in 1781.
He had been elected to Parliament as the colleague of Edmund Burke in 1774, and was re-elected in 1784, and on all occasions advocated conciliatory measures towards his countrymen.
After the war he became a merchant in New York, and, while yet a member of the British Parliament, was elected to the Senate of the State of New York.
He died in New York, April 24, 1827.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Custis , George Washington Parke 1781 - (search)
Custis, George Washington Parke 1781-
adopted son of George Washington; born in Mount Airy, Md., April 30, 1781; was a grandson of Mrs. Washington.
His father was John Parke Custis, and his mother was Eleanor Calvert, of Maryland.
At the siege of Yorktown his father was aide-de-camp to Washington; was seized with camp-fever; retired to Eltham, and there died before Washington (who hastened thither immediately after the surrender) could reach his bedside.
Washington afterwards adopted his two children—Eleanor Parke and George Washington Parke Custis—as his own. Their early home was at Mount Vernon.
George was educated partly at Princeton, and was eighteen years of age at the time of Washington's death, who made him an executor of his will and left him a handsome estate, on which he lived, until his death, Oct. 10, 1857, in literary, artistic, and agricultural pursuits.
In his early days Mr. Custis was an eloquent speaker; and in his later years he produced a series of histor
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), Davis , John , 1761 -1847 (search)
Davis, John, 1761-1847
Jurist; born in Plymouth, Mass., Jan. 25, 1761; graduated at Harvard College in 1781; admitted to the bar and began practice at Plymouth in 1786.
He was the last surviving member of the convention that adopted the federal Constitution; comptroller of the United States Treasury in 1795-96; and eminent for his knowledge of the history of New England.
In 1813 he made an address on the Landing of the Pilgrims before the Massachusetts Historical Society, over which he presided in 1818-43.
His publications include an edition of Morton's New England Memorial, with many important notes; Eulogy on George Washington; and An attempt to explain the inscription on Dighton Rock.
He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 14, 1847.
Statesman; born in Northboro, Mass., Jan. 13, 1787; graduated at Yale in 1812; admitted to the bar in 1815; member of Congress in 1824-34, during which time he opposed Henry Clay; and was elected to the United States Senate in 1835, and resigne
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dearborn , Henry , 1751 - (search)