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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854 (search)
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854 Politician; born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 5, 1805; graduated at Harvard in 1823; studied law with Chancellor Kent; and began its practice in 1827. He is chiefly conspicuous in American history as the chosen governor of what was called the Suffrage party, and attempted to take the place of what was deemed to be the legal State government (see Rhode Island). He was tried for and convicted of high treason, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in 1842, but was pardoned in 1847; and in 1853 the legislature restored to him his civil rights and ordered the record of his sentence to be expunged. He lived to see his party triumph. He died in Providence, Dec. 27, 1854.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flagg, Wilson 1805-1884 (search)
Flagg, Wilson 1805-1884 Naturalist; born in Beverly, Mass., Nov. 5, 1805; was educated at Phillips Andover Academy; entered Harvard in 1823 and three months later left that college to study medicine, which he never practised. When a young man he lectured on natural science, and made a pedestrian tour from Tennessee to Virginia and then home. Later he became interested in political discussions and contributed articles to the Boston Weekly magazine and the Boston Post. In 1840 he wrote almost exclusively for agricultural journals, and his first book was based on his articles in Hovey's magazine of horticulture. Later he contributed largely to the Atlantic monthly. He was employed in the Boston custom-house from 1844 to 1848, and removed to Cambridge, Mass., in 1856. Among his publications are Studies in the field and forest; Woods and by-ways in New England; and Birds and seasons of New England. In 1881 these three books were republished, with new material, under the titles o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oregon, (search)
the Columbia River......1775 Captain Robert Gray enters the Columbia River in the American ship Columbia from Boston......May 7, 1792 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends the Columbia River about 100 miles to the region of the cascades......October–November, 1792 By purchase, the United States acquires the claims of France to Oregon......April 30, 1803 Lewis and Clarke United States government expedition descends the Columbia to its mouth, where it arrives......Nov. 5, 1805 Captain Nathaniel Winship, a New-Englander, builds the first house in Oregon, at Oak Point, on the Columbia......June 4, 1810 Pacific Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor was a leading member, establishes a trading-post at the mouth of the Columbia River, which it calls Astoria......1811 D. McKenzie explores the Willamette River......1812 Convention between the United States and Great Britain for joint occupation of Oregon concluded in London, Oct. 20, 1818, ratified......
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
nd names Shoalwater Bay......July 5, 1788 Capt. Robert Gray discovers Gray Harbor, which he names Bulfinch Harbor, and Columbia River, which he enters......May 11, 1792 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends Columbia River about 100 miles......October–November, 1792 Puget Sound discovered, named, and explored by George Vancouver......April–July, 1792 Lewis and Clarke United States government exploring expedition descends the Columbia River, reaching its mouth......Nov. 5, 1805 Capt. Meriwether Lewis explores the coast from Columbia River to Shoalwater Bay......Nov. 18, 1805 Astoria, first American settlement on Pacific coast, established by John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company......April 12, 1811 Fort Okanagan, built by David Stuart on the Okanagan, a branch of the Columbia......August, 1811 Pierre Dorion and two others massacred by Indians on the Snake River......January, 1814 Fort Walla Walla, on the Columbia River, built by the Hudson Bay Co
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
, and d. 5 June 1852; Joseph, b. 12 Dec. 1797, a merchant in Fredericksburg, Va., m. Narcissa Perry, and d. 22 July 1831; Thomas, b. 1 Jan. 1800, a clergyman in Cambridge, and Pres. of Camb. Bank, and of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad, Editor of the Trumpet, and author of several valuable books, m. Lovice Corbett of Milford 17 Sept. 1821, res. in Cambridgeport, and d. 21 Mar. 1861; Sarah Rand, b. 18 Mar. 1802, m. John Ferguson 1818, and was bur. 10 Aug. 1833; Benjamin Bruce, b. 5 Nov. 1805, a merchant in Fredericksburg, d. unm. 10 Aug. 1829; Abigail Riggs, b. 22 Oct. 1807, m. Lucius R. Paige 5 Oct. 1834, d. 23 Dec. 1843; John McClure, b. 16 Jan. 1810, a merchant in Fredericksburg, and afterwards in New York, m. Martha Eliza Lucas 17 Jan. 1831; Alice Bruce, b. 29 Nov. 1811, d. 22 Nov. 1812; Alice Bruce, b. and d. 8 May 1814. Joseph the f. was a baker, and resided in Boston until about 1806, when he removed to Chs., where he d. 13 Jan. 1814, a. 47; his w. Comfort d. 1830.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, W. (search)
, and d. 5 June 1852; Joseph, b. 12 Dec. 1797, a merchant in Fredericksburg, Va., m. Narcissa Perry, and d. 22 July 1831; Thomas, b. 1 Jan. 1800, a clergyman in Cambridge, and Pres. of Camb. Bank, and of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad, Editor of the Trumpet, and author of several valuable books, m. Lovice Corbett of Milford 17 Sept. 1821, res. in Cambridgeport, and d. 21 Mar. 1861; Sarah Rand, b. 18 Mar. 1802, m. John Ferguson 1818, and was bur. 10 Aug. 1833; Benjamin Bruce, b. 5 Nov. 1805, a merchant in Fredericksburg, d. unm. 10 Aug. 1829; Abigail Riggs, b. 22 Oct. 1807, m. Lucius R. Paige 5 Oct. 1834, d. 23 Dec. 1843; John McClure, b. 16 Jan. 1810, a merchant in Fredericksburg, and afterwards in New York, m. Martha Eliza Lucas 17 Jan. 1831; Alice Bruce, b. 29 Nov. 1811, d. 22 Nov. 1812; Alice Bruce, b. and d. 8 May 1814. Joseph the f. was a baker, and resided in Boston until about 1806, when he removed to Chs., where he d. 13 Jan. 1814, a. 47; his w. Comfort d. 1830.