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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ate......Sept. 14, 1837 Passes the Senate by a small majority......Oct. 4, 1837 Defeated in the House (see Aug. 6, 1846)......Oct. 14, 1837 Patriot War in Canada commences......1837 First session (extra) adjourns......Oct. 16, 1837 Osceola, the Seminole chief, with a party of seventy warriors, visits the camp of General Jesup under stipulations of safety, and is detained as prisoner......Oct. 21, 1837 [He was confined in Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., where he died, Jan. 31, 1838.] Many citizens of the United States along the borders of Canada join the insurgents in the Patriot War during the autumn......1837 Elijah P. Lovejoy shot while defending his printing-press and paper at Alton, Ill., from the attack of a pro-slavery mob......Nov. 7, 1837 Second session assembles......Dec. 4, 1837 Wendell Phillips's first abolition speech in Faneuil Hall, Boston, to protest against the murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy......Dec. 8, 1837 Col. Zachary Taylor defeats
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wright, Rebecca McPherson (search)
Wright, Rebecca McPherson Spy; born near Winchester, Va., Jan. 31, 1838. On Sept. 16, 1864, General Sheridan sent her a message which was carried in the mouth of a negro. It contained these words: Can you inform me of the position of Early's forces, the number of divisions in his army, and the strength of all or any of them, and his probable or reported intentions? Have any more troops arrived from Richmond, or are any more coming or reported to be coming? Upon the information received from her Sheridan planned the assault upon Winchester. She was appointed a clerk in the United States Treasury Department in 1868; and married William C. Bonsai in 1871.