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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Winds, William 1727-1789 (search)
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Winthrop, Robert Charles 1809-1894 (search)
rge measure of State rights—resting not only on the division of powers among legislative and executive departments, but resting also on the distribution of powers between the States and the nation, both deriving their original authority from the people, and exercising that authority for the people. This was the system contemplated by the declaration of 1776. This was the system approximated to by the confederation of 1778-81. This was the system finally consummated by the Constitution of 1789. And under this system our great example of self-government has been held up before the nations, fulfilling, so far as it has fulfilled it, that lofty mission which is recognized to-day as liberty enlightening the world. Let me not speak of that example in any vainglorious spirit. Let me not seem to arrogate for my country anything of superior wisdom or virtue. Who will pretend that we have always made the most of our independence, or the best of our liberty? Who will maintain that we
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wolcott, Oliver 1747-1797 (search)
ds 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 Ciditor 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 1, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodbury, Levi 1789- (search)
Woodbury, Levi 1789- Jurist; born in Francestown, N. H., Dec. 22, 1789; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1809; admitted to the bar in 1812; chosen clerk of the State Senate in 1816; in the same year was appointed a judge of the superior court. He removed to Portsmouth in 1819, was chosen governor of New Hampshire in 1823; speaker of the House in 1825; United States Senator, 1825; and in 1831 was appointed Secretary of the Navy. He was Secretary of the Treasury from 1834 to 1841, when he was again returned to the United States Senate. In Congress Senator Woodbury was a recognized leader of the Democratic party. In 1845 he was appointed one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and died while in office, in Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 4, 1851.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wythe, George 1726-1806 (search)
me very eminent in his profession for learning, industry, and eloquence. For many years he was a prominent member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1764, as chairman of the committee appointed by the House of Burgesses, he reported a petition to the King, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a protest to the House of Commons, against the proposed Stamp Act, which were so bold in their tone that the House feared they were treasonable and refused to accept them until they were materially modified. He was Professor of Law from 1779 to 1789 in the College of William and Mary. He was an influential member of Congress from 1775 to 1777, when he was chosen speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, and was appointed judge of the State high court of chancery. On the reorganization of the court of equity, he was made sole chancellor, and held the office over twenty years. Later he emancipated his slaves, and gave them means for subsistence. He died in Richmond, Va., June 8, 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yankee, (search)
Yankee, A term popularly applied to citizens of the United States, and especially to those of New England birth. There have been several theories advanced as to the origin of this word. According to Thierry, it was a corruption of Jankin, a diminutive of John, which was a nickname given by the Dutch colonists of New York to their neighbors in the Connecticut settlements. Dr. William Gordon, who wrote a history of the Revolutionary War, first published in 1789, had another theory. He said that it was a cant word in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1713, used to denote especial excellence, as a yankee good horse, yankee good cider, etc. He supposed that it was originally a by-word in the college, and, being taken by the students into other parts of the country, gradually obtained general currency in New England, and at length came to be taken up in other parts of the country, and applied to New-Englanders as a term of slight reproach. Still another origin is given by Aubury, an E
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