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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fowle, Daniel 1715-1787 (search)
Fowle, Daniel 1715-1787 Printer; born in Charlestown. Mass., in 1715; learned the art of printing, and began business in Boston in 1740, where, from 1748 to 1750, he was joint partner with Gamaliel Rogers in publishing the Independent Advertiser. They had published the American magazine from 1743 to 1746, and were the first in America to print the New Testament. Mr. Fowle settled in Portsmouth, N. H.; and there, in October, 1756, began the publication of the New Hampshire gazette. He died in Portsmouth, N. H., in June, 1787.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gibbon, Edward 1737- (search)
ox: King George, in a fright, lest Gibbon should write The story of Britain's disgrace, Thought no means more sure his pen to secure Than to give the historian a place. But his caution is vain, 'tis the curse of his reign That his projects should never succeed; Though he write not a line, yet a cause of Decline In the author's example we read. Edward Gibbon. On the downfall of the North administration, and the loss of his salary, Gibbon left England and went to live at Lausanne, Switzerland. There he completed his great work in June, 1787, and, sending the manuscript to England, it was issued on his fifty-first birthday. It is said that his booksellers realized a profit on the work of $300,000, while the author's profits were only $30,000. On setting out for England, in the spring of 1793, he was afflicted with a very serious malady, which he had long concealed, until it finally developed into a fatal disorder, which terminated his life suddenly in London, Jan. 16, 1794.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ning proposed separation of Kentucky from Virginia......Dec. 27, 1784 Second convention at Danville addresses Assembly of Virginia and people of Kentucky in favor of separation......May 23, 1785 First act of Virginia favoring the separation of Kentucky on conditions......January, 1786 Second act of Virginia postpones separation until Jan. 1, 1789......October, 1786 Gen. James Wilkinson descends the Mississippi to New Orleans with a small cargo of tobacco and other products......June, 1787 First newspaper published in Kentucky, and the first west of the Alleghanies, the KentuckyGazette, issued by John and Fielding Bradford, at Lexington......August, 1787 Fifth convention at Danville unanimously decides on separation on the terms offered by Virginia......Sept. 17, 1787 Eleven of the fourteen Kentucky delegates in the Virginia convention vote against adopting the Constitution of the United States......June 28, 178S Intrigues of the Spanish government in Kentucky,