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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cushing , William 1732 -1810 (search)
Cushing, William 1732-1810
Jurist; born in Scituate, Mass., March 1, 1732; graduated at Harvard University in 1751; studied law; became eminent in his profession; was attorney-general of Massachusetts; a judge of probate in 1768; judge of the Superior Court in 1772; and in 1777 succeeded his father as chief-justice of that court.
Under the Massachusetts constitution of 1788 he was made chief-justice of the State; and in 1789 President Washington appointed him a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
He offered him the chief-justiceship in 1796, as the successor of Jay, but he declined it. He administered the oath of office to Washington in his second inauguration.
He died in Scituate, Sept. 13, 1810.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cutler , Ephraim 1767 -1853 (search)
Cutler, Ephraim 1767-1853
Surveyor; born in Edgarton.
Mass., in 1767; appointed agent of the Ohio Company in 1788; removed to Ohio in 1794; appointed judge of Common Pleas in 1795.
He was the author of History of the first settlement of Amestown, Ohio, etc. He died in Amestown, O., in 1853.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dacres , James Richard , 1788 -1828 (search)
Dacres, James Richard, 1788-1828
Naval officer; born in Suffolk, England, Aug. 22, 1788;
James Richard Dacres. son of Vice-Admiral Dacres, who was a commander in the battle with Arnold on Lake Champlain in 1776.
The son entered the royal navy in 1796, and, being placed in command of the frigate Guerriere in 1811, was sent to fight the Americans.
He proudly boasted that he would send the Constitution to Davy Jones's locker when he should be so fortunate as to meet her. She had escaped him in her famous retreat, but willingly met and fought the Guerriere afterwards.
Dacres was then captain.
He attained the rank of flag-officer in 1838, and in 1845 was vice-admiral and commander-in-chief of the fleet at the Cape of Good Hope.
He was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic fund at Lloyd's, in consideration of his wound.
He was married, in 1810, to Arabella Boyd, who died in 1828.
He died in Hampshire, England, Dec. 4, 1853.
See U. S. S. Constitution (frigate).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dane , Nathan , 1752 -1835 (search)
Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835
Jurist; born at Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 27, 1752; graduated at Harvard in 1778.
An able lawyer and an influential member of Congress (1785-88), he was the framer of the celebrated ordinance of 1787.
He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature several years, and was engaged to revise the laws of the State (1799), and revise and publish the charters (1811) which had been granted therein.
Mr. Dane was a member of the Hartford Convention (see Hartford) in 1814.
His work entitled A. General abridgment and digest of American law, in 9 large volumes (1823-29), is a monument of his learning and industry.
He founded the Dane professorship of law in Harvard University.
He died in Beverly, Feb. 15, 1835.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dayton , Elias , 1737 -1807 (search)
Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807
Military officer; born in Elizabethtown, N. J., in July, 1737; fought with the Jersey Blues under Wolfe at Quebec; was member of the committee of safety at the beginning of the Revolution, and became colonel of the 3d New Jersey Regiment.
He served in New York and New Jersey; fought in several battles, the last at Yorktown, and in January, 1783, was made a brigadier-general.
He was a member of Congress in 1787-88, and was afterwards in the New Jersey legislature.
He died in Elizabethtown, July 17, 1807.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dickinson , John , 1732 -1808 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Duane , James , 1733 -1797 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Edwards , Pierrepont , 1750 -1826 (search)
Edwards, Pierrepont, 1750-1826
Jurist; born in Northampton, Mass., April 8, 1750; the youngest son of Jonathan Edwards, Sr.; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1768.
His youth was spent among the Stockbridge Indians, where his father was missionary, and he acquired the language perfectly.
He became an eminent lawyer; espoused the cause of the patriots, and fought for liberty in the army of the Revolution.
He was a member of the Congress of the Confederation in 1787-88, and in the Connecticut convention warmly advocated the adoption of the national Constitution.
He was judge of the United States District Court in Connecticut at the time of his father's death.
Mr. Edwards was the founder of the Toleration party in Connecticut, which made him exceedingly unpopular with the Calvinists.
He died in Bridgeport, Conn., April 5, 1826.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elbert , Samuel , 1743 -1788 (search)
Elbert, Samuel, 1743-1788
Military officer; born in Prince William parish, S. C., in 1743; was made captain of a grenadier company in 1774; joined the Revolutionary army in 1776.
He led an expedition into East Florida in April, 1778, and took Fort Oglethorpe; afterwards displayed great bravery in the assault on Savannah in December, 1778.
He was captured by the British in the engagement at Brier Creek, March 3, 1779; afterwards was exchanged and re-entered the American army; was brevetted brigadier-general, Nov. 3, 1783; became governor of Georgia in 1785.
He died in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 2, 1788.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eustis , William , 1753 -1825 (search)
Eustis, William, 1753-1825
Physician; born in Cambridge, Mass., June 10, 1753; died in Boston, Feb. 6, 1825; was graduated at Harvard in 1772, and studied medicine under Dr. Joseph Warren.
As a surgeon he served throughout the Revolutionary War, and was a member of the Massachusetts legislature from 1788 to 1794.
He was in the governor's council two years, and was in Congress from 1800 to 1805, and from 1820 to 1823. Secretary of War from 1809 until 1812, he then resigned, for there was much fault found with his administration.
In 1815 he was sent as minister to Holland, and was governor of Massachusetts in 1824, dying while in office, Feb. 6, 1825.