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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Creighton , John Orde 1785 -1838 (search)
Creighton, John Orde 1785-1838
Naval officer; born in New York City about 1785; entered the navy in 1800; served with Preble in the expedition to Tripoli; was on the Chesapeake when she was attacked by the Leopard in 1807; was first lieutenant on the President during her fight with the Little Belt in 1811; and commanded the Rattlesnake in 1813.
He was promoted captain in 1816; commanded the Brazilian squadron in 1829-30; and died in Sing Sing, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1838.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , Benjamin Robbins 1809 -1874 (search)
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins 1809-1874
Jurist; born in Watertown, Mass., Nov. 4, 1809; graduated at Harvard in 1829; admitted to the bar in 1832; appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1851; resigned in 1857, when he returned to Boston; was one of the counsel for President Johnson during the impeachment trial.
He died in Newport, R. I., Sept. 15, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dane , Nathan , 1752 -1835 (search)
Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835
Jurist; born at Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 27, 1752; graduated at Harvard in 1778.
An able lawyer and an influential member of Congress (1785-88), he was the framer of the celebrated ordinance of 1787.
He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature several years, and was engaged to revise the laws of the State (1799), and revise and publish the charters (1811) which had been granted therein.
Mr. Dane was a member of the Hartford Convention (see Hartford) in 1814.
His work entitled A. General abridgment and digest of American law, in 9 large volumes (1823-29), is a monument of his learning and industry.
He founded the Dane professorship of law in Harvard University.
He died in Beverly, Feb. 15, 1835.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Debtors. (search)
Debtors.
In almost all countries and times debtors have been subjected to imprisonment.
In the United States even as late as 1829 it was estimated that there were 3,000 debtors in prison in Massachusetts; 10,000 in New York; 7,000 in Pennsylvania; and a like proportion in the other States, many of them imprisoned for small sums.
Imprisonment for debt was abolished in the United States by an act of Congress in 1833, though not fully enforced until 1839. Kentucky had previously abolished the law in 1821; Ohio in 1828; Maryland in 1830; New York in 1831. Connecticut abolished the law in 1837; Alabama in 1848.
In 1828 there were 1,088 debtors imprisoned in Philadelphia; the sum total of their debts was only $25,409, and the expense of keeping them $362,076, which was paid by the city, and the total amount recovered from prisoners by this process was only $295.
Interest-bearing debt.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Despard , John , 1745 -1829 (search)
Despard, John, 1745-1829
Military officer; born in 1745; joined the British army in 1760; came to America in 1773; was present at the capture of Fort Montgomery and of Charleston; and was with Cornwallis in the campaign which culminated in the surrender at Yorktown.
He was promoted colonel in 1795, and major-general in 1798.
He died in Oswestry, England, Sept. 3, 1829.
Eaton, John, 1829-
Educator; born in Sutton, N. H., Dec. 5, 1829; was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1854; applied himself to educational pursuits till 1859, when he entered Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1862, after his ordination, was appointed chaplain of the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
In November of the same year he was made superintendent of freedmen, and later was given supervision of all military posts from Cairo to Natchez and Fort Smith.
In October, 1863, he became colonel of the 63d United States Colored Infantry, and in March, 1865, was brevetted brigadier-general.
He was editor of the Memphis Post in 1866-67, and State superintendent of public instruction in Tennessee in 1867-69.
From 1871 to 1886 he was commissioner of the United States Bureau of Education, and then became president of Marietta College, O., where he remained until 1891; was president of the Sheldon Jackson College of Salt Lake City in 1895-98, when he was appointed inspector of public
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elliott , Jesse Duncan , 1782 -1845 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Engineering. (search)