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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Acquisition of Territory. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Abigail (Smith ) , (search)
Adams, Abigail (Smith),
Wife of President John Adams; born in Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 23, 1744; daughter of the Rev. William Smith; was married Aug. 25, 1764, when Mr. Adams was a rising young lawyer in Boston.
In 1784 she joined her husband in France, and in the following year went with him to London, where neither her husband nor herself received the courtesies due their position.
In 1789-1810 she resided at the seat of the national government, and passed the remainder of her life in the Quincy part of Braintree, dying Oct. 28, 1818.
Her correspondence, preserved in Familiar letters of John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, during the Revolution, throws important light upon the life of the times which it cover
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agricultural societies. (search)
Agricultural societies.
The first society in the United States was formed by planters of South Carolina in 1784, and it is yet in existence.
The next year the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture was formed, and in 1791 citizens of New York organized a similar society.
In 1792 the Massachusetts Society for promoting Agriculture was organized.
These were city institutions, and not composed of practical farmers.
They dealt with facts and theories.
The majority of husbandmen then did not hear nor heed their appeals for improvements.
But finally the more intelligent of that class of citizens became interested, and a convention of practical farmers in the District of Columbia, held in 1809, resulted in the formation of the Columbian Agricultural Society for the Promotion of Rural and Domestic Economy.
They offered premiums; and their fair, held in May, 1810, is believed to be the first exhibition of its kind in this country.
Elkanah Watson (q. v.) founded the Berkshir
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , William Henry , 1784 - (search)
Allen, William Henry, 1784-
Naval officer; born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 21, 1784; entered the navy as a midshipman in April, 1800, and sailed in the frigate George Washington to Algiers.
He afterwards
William Henry Allen. went to the Mediterranean in the Philadelphia, under Barron; then in the John Adams, under Rodgers; and in 1804 as sailing-master to the Congress.
He was in the Frigate Constitution in 1805; and in 1807 he was third lieutenant of the Chesapeake when she was attacked by the Leopard.
It was Lieutenant Allen who drew up the memorial of the officers of the Chesapeake to the Secretary of the Navy, urging the arrest and trial of Barron for neglect of duty.
In 1809 he was made first lieutenant of the frigate United States, under Decatur.
He behaved bravely in the conflict with the Macedonian; and after her capture took her safely into New York Harbor, Jan. 1, 1813.
In July, 1813, he was promoted to master-commandant while he was on his voyage in the brig Angu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Armstrong , John , 1758 -1843 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Asbury , Francis , 1745 -1816 (search)
Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816
First bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America; born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. Aug. 26, 1745.
In his twenty-third year he became an itinerant preacher under the guidance of John Wesley, and came to the United States in 1771.
The next year Wesley appointed him general superintendent of the Methodist churches in America, and he held that office until the close of the Revolution, when the Methodists here organized as a body separate from the Church in England. Mr. Asbury was consecrated bishop by Dr. Coke in 1784.
After that, for thirty-two years, he travelled yearly through the United States, ordaining not less than 3,000 ministers, and preaching not less than 17.000 sermons.
He died in Spottsylvania, Va., March 31, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barton , William , 1784 -1831 (search)
Barton, William, 1784-1831
Military officer; born in Warren, R. I., May 26, 1784.
Holding the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Rhode Island militia, he, with a small party, crossed Narraganset Bay in the night (July 10, 1777) and seized and carried away the British General Prescott (see Prescott, Richard). For this service Congress gave him a sword and a commission of colonel in the Continental army.
He was wounded at Bristol Ferry in August, 1778, and was disabled from further service in the war. He was a member of the Rhode Island convention
William Barton. which finally adopted the national Constitution.
He died in Providence, R. I., Oct. 22, 1831.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bayard , James Ashton , 1767 - (search)
Bayard, James Ashton, 1767-
Statesman; born in Philadelphia, July 28, 1767; of Huguenot descent; was graduated at Princeton in 1784; studied law under Gen. Joseph Reed; was admitted to the bar in 1787, and, settling in Delaware, soon acquired a high reputation as a lawyer.
Mr. Bayard was a member of Congress from 1797 to 1803, and a conspicuous leader of the Federal party.
In 1804 he was elected to the United States Senate, in which he distinguished himself in conducting the impeachment of Senator Blount.
He was chiefly instrumental in securing the election of Jefferson over Burr in 1800; and made, in the House of Representatives, in 1802, a powerful defence of the existing judiciary system, which was soon overthrown.
He was in the Senate when war was declared against Great Britain in 1812.
In May, 1813, he left the United States on a mission to St. Petersburg, to treat for peace with Great
James Ashton Bayard. Britain under Russian mediation.
The mission was fruitless.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baylor , George , 1752 -1784 (search)
Baylor, George, 1752-1784
Military officer; born in Newmarket, Va., Jan. 12, 1752.
Soon after Washington's arrival at Cambridge in 1778, he appointed (Aug. 15) young Baylor as his aide.
He was a participant in the battle at Trenton, and carried the news of the victory to Congress, when that body presented him with a horse caparisoned for service, and made him colonel of dragoons (Jan. 8, 1777). On the night of Sept. 27, 1778, his troop of horse, lying in barns, unarmed, near old Tappan, were surprised at midnight by the British while asleep.
The British had silently cut off a sergeant's patrol and fell suddenly upon the sleeping troopers.
The latter, without arms and powerless, asked for quarter.
General Grey had given special orders not to grant quarter, and out of 104 prisoners sixty-seven were killed or wounded.
Some of the men were bayoneted in cold blood.
Baylor was wounded and made prisoner.
He died in Bridgetown, Barbadoes.
in March, 1784.