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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wells, John 1770-1823 (search)
Wells, John 1770-1823 Jurist; born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., in 1770; graduated at Princeton College in 1788; admitted to the bar in 1791; made a justice of the peace in 1797; and won popularity by his skill in replying through the Evening post to an attack upon the Federalists by James Cheetham in an article which appeared in The American citizen. Later he conducted the papers entitled The Federalist, though they received a final revision by Alexander Hamilton. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1823.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williamson, Hugh 1735-1819 (search)
losophical Society appointed to observe the transit of Venus in 1769, of which he published an account; also an account of the transit of Mercury the same year. Being in England to solicit aid for an academy at Newark, N. J., he was examined (1774) before the privy council concerning the destruction of the tea at Boston. He returned home in 1776, and engaged, with his brother, in mercantile pursuits in Charleston, S. C. Afterwards he practised medicine at Edenton, N. C.; served in the North Carolina House of Commons; also as a surgeon in the North Carolina militia (1781-82). He was a delegate in Congress (1782-85 and 1787-88), and in the convention that framed the national Constitution. He was again in Congress in 1790-93, and soon afterwards removed to New York, where he assisted in forming a literary and philosophical society in 1814. In 1786 he published a series of essays on paper currency. In 1812 he published a History of North Carolina. He died in New York, May 22, 1819.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisner, Henry 1725-1790 (search)
Wisner, Henry 1725-1790 Patriot; born in Goshen, N. Y., about 1725; was an assistant justice of the court of common pleas in 1768; representative from Orange county in the New York General Assembly in 1759-69; member of the Continental Congress in 1774, and of the Congress which adopted the Declaration of Independence. He studied powder-making and erected three powder-mills in Orange county, from which a great part of the powder used in the Revolutionary War was supplied. He also aided the patriot cause at the time of the war by having spears and gun-flints made, by repairing the roads in Orange county; and by erecting works and mounting cannon on the Hudson River. He was one of the committee that framed the first constitution of New York in 1777; was State Senator in 1777-82; and a member of the State convention of 1788, which ratified the national Constitution. He died in Goshen, N. Y., in 1790.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wolcott, Oliver 1747-1797 (search)
itchfield, Conn., Jan. 11, 1760; a son of the preceding; graduated at Yale College in 1778, and was a volunteer to repel the British and Hessian marauders on the Connecticut coast towns in 1779. He became a volunteer aide to his father, and was afterwards a commissary officer. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he was employed in the financial affairs of Connecticut; and in 1784 was appointed a commissioner to settle its accounts with the United States. He was comptroller of national accounts in 1788-89, auditor of the United States treasury front 1789 to 1791, comptroller from 1791 to 1795, and Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800, when he was appointed United States circuit judge. In 1802 he engaged in mercantile business in New York City, in which he continued until the breaking out of the War of 1812-15, when, with his son, he established an extensive manufactory of textile goods at Wolcottville, Conn. He was governor of Connecticut in 1818-27. He died in New York City, June
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wyoming Valley, Civil War in the (search)
were killed by soldiers in the employ of Pennsylvania, the people rose in retaliation, led by Col. John Franklin, of Connecticut. Col. John Armstrong was sent (August) with a considerable force to restore order in the valley. All these movements were directed by the Pennsylvania Assembly, contrary to the general sentiment of the people. The hearts of the people of Wyoming were strengthened by the sympathy of good men. The number of settlers increased, and, defying the soldiers under Armstrong, cultivated their lands, and for two years waited for justice. In 1786 they procured the formation of their district into a new county, which they named Luzerne. Col. Timothy Pickering was sent by the authorities of Pennsylvania to harmonize affairs in that county. He succeeded in part, but restless spirits opposed him, and he became a victim to cruel ill-treatment. Quiet was restored (1788), but disputes about land-titles in the Wyoming Valley continued for nearly fifteen years afterwards.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yonkers, (search)
Yonkers, A city in Westchester county, N. Y.; on the Hudson and Bronx rivers; adjoining the northern part of New York City. It is a charming residential place and has important manufactures. The place received its name in 1788; was incorporated as a village in 1855 and as a city in 1872; and is the seat of the The Falls of the Yellowstone. Philipse Manor, erected in 1752, and now the city hall; Greystone, the suburban residence of Samuel J. Tilden; the Hebrew home for the aged and infirm; and the Leake and Watts orphan home. Population in 1900, 47,931.
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