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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jervis, John Bloomfield 1795-1885 (search)
Jervis, John Bloomfield 1795-1885 Engineer; born in Huntington, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1795; assisted in the construction of the Erie and the Delaware and Hudson canals. He was connected with railroads from their first introduction, and made many improvements in locomotives; and was chief engineer of the Croton aqueduct in 1836. He is the author of A description of the Croton Aqueduct; A report of the Hudson River Railroad; Railway property; Labor and capital, etc. He died in Rome, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
uisiana......Nov. 1, 1793 Citizens of Kentucky meet at Lexington and pass resolutions in reference to free navigation of the Mississippi......May 24, 1794 Thomas Powers sent by Carondelet, Spanish governor of Louisiana, to treat with the people of Kentucky for the navigation of the Mississippi......July, 1795 Daniel Boone moves to the west of the Mississippi River......1795 Lexington public library established (400 volumes)......1795 First charter of Newport adopted......Dec. 14, 1795 Thomas Powers again sent by Carondelet to Kentucky with the outline of a provisional treaty and a letter to Judge Sebastian to concert a separation of Kentucky from the Union......July 12, 1797 Henry Clay removes from Virginia and opens a law office in Lexington......November, 1797 Endowment by the legislature of five educational academies in Kentucky, each with 6,000 acres of land......Feb. 10, 1798 John Fitch, inventor of steamboat, dies at Bardstown, aged fifty-five......J