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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tupper, Benjamin 1738-1792 (search)
Tupper, Benjamin 1738-1792 Military officer; born in Stoughton, Mass., in August, 1738; was a soldier in the French and Indian War, and afterwards taught school in Easton. He was very active in the siege of Boston, and was colonel of a Massachusetts regiment early in 1776. In August of that year he commanded the gunboats and galleys in the Hudson River; served under Gates in the Northern army in 1777; was in the battle of Monmouth the next year; and before the end of the war was made a brigadier-general. Tupper was one of the originators of the Ohio Land Company, and was appointed surveyor of Ohio lands in 1785. In suppressing Shays's insurrection (q. v.) he was distinguished. He settled at Marietta in 1787, and became judge in 1788. He died in Marietta, O., in June, 1792.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Delaware, (search)
ident of Continental Congress......July 10, 1781 Richard Basset, Gunning Bedford, Jr., Jacob Broom, John Dickinson, and George Read sign the Constitution of the United States as representatives from Delaware......Sept. 17, 1787 Delaware first State to adopt the federal Constitution, and without amendments......Dec. 7, 1787 New constitution, framed by a convention at New Castle, changes the name to The State of Delaware, and goes into operation without submission to the people......June, 1792 Act appropriating receipts from marriage and tavern licenses for a school fund......1796 James A. Bayard, of Delaware, appointed minister plenipotentiary to France......Feb. 19, 1801 Du Pont powder-mills near Wilmington established by Eleuthere Irenee Du Pont de Nemours......1802 Caesar Rodney, of Delaware, appointed Attorney-General of United States......Jan. 20, 1807 James A. Bayard, one of the negotiators of the treaty of Ghent, signed......Dec. 24, 1814 Caesar Rodney