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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
y 29, 1813 Stony CreekJune 6, 1813 Hampton (Defence of)June 13, 1813 Craney IslandJune 22, 1813 Beaver DamsJune 23, 1813 Near Fort GeorgeJuly 8, 1813 Black RockJuly 11, 1813 Fort George (Defence of Outworks)July 17, 1813 Fort StephensonAug. 2, 1813 Stonington (Bombardment of)Aug. 9-11, 1813 Fort MimsAug. 30, 1813 ThamesOct. 5 1813 French CreekNov. 1 and 2, TallasehatcheNov. 3, 1813 TalladegaNov. 9, 1813 Chrysler's FieldNov. 11, 1813 Hillabee TownNov. 18, 1813 AuttoseNov. 29, 18y 29, 1813 Stony CreekJune 6, 1813 Hampton (Defence of)June 13, 1813 Craney IslandJune 22, 1813 Beaver DamsJune 23, 1813 Near Fort GeorgeJuly 8, 1813 Black RockJuly 11, 1813 Fort George (Defence of Outworks)July 17, 1813 Fort StephensonAug. 2, 1813 Stonington (Bombardment of)Aug. 9-11, 1813 Fort MimsAug. 30, 1813 ThamesOct. 5 1813 French CreekNov. 1 and 2, TallasehatcheNov. 3, 1813 TalladegaNov. 9, 1813 Chrysler's FieldNov. 11, 1813 Hillabee TownNov. 18, 1813 AuttoseNov. 29, 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Taxes. (search)
ates......July 24, 1813 Act passed imposing duties on licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign merchandise, and on notes of banks, etc., bonds and obligations discounted by banks, and on certain bills of exchange......Aug. 2, 1813 Direct tax of $3,000,000 imposed on States by counties......Aug. 2, 1813 Duties laid on carriages and harness, except those exclusively employed in husbandry......Dec. 15, 1814 Fifty per cent. added upon licenses to retailers of winesAug. 2, 1813 Duties laid on carriages and harness, except those exclusively employed in husbandry......Dec. 15, 1814 Fifty per cent. added upon licenses to retailers of wines, etc., and 100 per cent. on sales by auction......Dec. 23, 1814 Direct tax of $6,000,000 laid upon the United States annually......Jan. 9, 1815 Internal-revenue tax of $1 per ton imposed on pig-iron; 1 cent per lb. on nails; also tax on candles, paper, hats, umbrellas, playing-cards, boots, tobacco, leather, etc., and an annual duty on household furniture, and gold and silver watches, by act......Jan. 18, 1815 Internal-revenue tax on gold and silver and plated ware, jewelry, and paste-
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
24, 1813 Legislature of Massachusetts remonstrates against the continuance of the war......July 15, 1813 Congress authorizes the loan of $7,500-000......Aug. 2, 1813 Congress lays a direct tax of $3,000,000; number of States, eighteen; New York assessed the most, being $430,141.62; Louisiana the least, $28,295.11......AuAug. 2, 1813 First session (extra) adjourns......Aug. 2, 1813 Second session convenes......Dec. 6, 1813 Embargo established by Congress until Jan. 1, 1815......Dec. 17, 1813 President Madison orders a general court-martial at Albany, N. Y., upon Brig.-Gen. Wm. Hull for the surrender of Detroit......Jan. 3, 1814 An EngAug. 2, 1813 Second session convenes......Dec. 6, 1813 Embargo established by Congress until Jan. 1, 1815......Dec. 17, 1813 President Madison orders a general court-martial at Albany, N. Y., upon Brig.-Gen. Wm. Hull for the surrender of Detroit......Jan. 3, 1814 An English vessel, the Bramble, under a flag of truce, arrives at Annapolis, Md., with offers of peace......Jan. 6, 1814 Congress authorizes increasing the army to 63,000 regular troops, and five years service......January, 1814 Daniel Webster's first speech in the House on the enlistment bill......Jan. 14, 1814 Henry Clay res
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio, (search)
s of the Mormon Bible......1812 General Harrison builds Fort Meigs, Wood county......February, 1813 General Harrison defends this fort against the combined attack of 2,800 British and Indians under General Proctor and the Indian chief Tecumseh......May 1-8, 1813 Fort Meigs again besieged by about 4,000 British and Indians under the same commanders without success......July 21, 1813 Fort Stephenson held by Maj. George Croghan, with 150 men against 1,300 British and Indians......Aug. 2, 1813 Judge John C. Symms, one of the first settlers of Cincinnati, dies there......Feb. 26, 1814 Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secretary of War, 1862-68, born at Steubenville......Dec. 19, 1814 Great financial distress......1815 Columbus made the capital of the State......1816 First steamboat built at Cincinnati......1816 United States bank opened at Cincinnati......Jan. 28, 1817 German community established at Zoar......1817 United States bank opened at Chillicothe......O
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), War of 1812, (search)
1813 Gen. Green Clay is checked in attempting to reinforce Fort Meigs.......May 5, 1813 Fort George, on the west side of Niagara River, near its mouth, is captured by the American troops under General Dearborn......May 27, 1813 Frigate Chesapeake surrenders to the British ship Shannon ......June 1, 1813 Action at Stony Creek, Upper Canada......June 6, 1813 Affair at Beaver Dams, Upper Canada......June 24, 1813 Maj. George Croghan's gallant defence of Fort Stephenson......Aug. 2, 1813 British sloop-of-war Pelican captures the brig Argus in the British channel......Aug. 14, 1813 Massacre at Fort Mimms, Ala., by the Creek Indians......Aug. 30, 1813 Brig Enterprise captures British brig Boxer off the coast of Maine.......Sept. 5, 1813 Perry's victory on Lake Erie......Sept. 10, 1813 Detroit, Mich., reoccupied by the United States forces......Sept. 28, 1813 Battle of the Thames, Upper Canada; Harrison defeats Proctor; death of Tecumseh......Oct. 5, 1813