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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South sea expedition. (search)
nsisted of nine members—namely, H. Hale, philologist; C. Pickering and T. R. Peale, naturalists; The Sayre House, Southampton. J. Couthong, conchologist; J. D. Dana, mineralogist; W. Rich, botanist; J. Drayton and A. T. Agate, draughtsmen; Mr. Brackenridge, horticulturist. The squadron consisted of the frigates Vincennes and Peacock, and the brig Porpoise and schooners Flying-fish and Sea-horse as tenders, with the store-ship Relief. It sailed from Hampton Roads Aug. 18, 1838, and on Jan. 26, 1839, was anchored opposite the mouth of the Rio Negro, Patagonia. The squadron, after touching at various groups of islands in the Pacific, visited New South Wales. Leaving Sydney in December (1839), important discoveries were made in the Antarctic regions. Lieutenant Wilkes then explored the Fiji and Hawaiian islands, and in 1841 visited the northwest coast of North America. He crossed the Pacific from San Francisco, Cal., and visited some of the islands of the Indian Archipelago, and t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Texas, (search)
med ......Oct. 13, 1838 Act of congress approved for carrying into effect the convention of Oct. 13, 1838......Jan. 11, 1839 By act of Texan congress, Dec. 10, 1836, the permanent flag of the republic bears three horizontal stripes of equal width, the upper one white, the middle one blue, with a five-pointed white star in the centre, and the lower one red......Jan. 25, 1839 Congress passes first educational act, appropriating certain lands for a general system of education......Jan. 26, 1839 Congress meets at Austin......November, 1839 France acknowledges the independence of Texas......1839 England, Holland, and Belgium acknowledge the independence of Texas......1840 Expedition under Gen. Hugh McLeod leaves Austin, June 18, 1841, for Santa Fe. When near San Miguel, his force is met by Mexican troops under Damacio Salazar, captured, and marched under guard to the city of Mexico......Oct. 17, 1841 Twelve hundred Mexicans under Gen. Adrian Woll capture San Antoni
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Rensselaer, Stephen 1765-1839 (search)
nt-governor. He presided over the constitutional convention in 1801, and in 1810-11 was one of the commissioners to ascertain the feasibility of a canal to connect the waters of the lakes with the Hudson. From 1816 until his death he was one of the canal commissioners, and for fifteen years president of the board. In 1801 he commanded the State cavalry, with the rank of major-general; and when the War of 1812-15 broke out was chief of the New York State militia. In 1819 he was elected a regent of the State University, and afterwards its chancellor. In 1820 he was president of the State agricultural board, a member of the constitutional convention in 1821, and of Congress from 1823 to 1829. At his expense, and under his direction, a geological survey of New York was made in 1821-23. In 1824 he established at Troy, N. Y., a scientific school for the instruction of teachers, which was incorporated in 1826 as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He died in Albany, Jan. 26, 1839.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Charles Jones Colcock. (search)
od will and respect of men, and they who preserve it through life find their reward in a general esteem and a reputation fairly won. Of Colonel Colcock all this may be truthfully said; he was certainly an admirable citizen, and it is to me a privilege to recall, though imperfectly, the story of a life such as his. The name revives that of his grandfather, Judge Charles Jones Colcock, son of John and Mellicent Colcock, born in Charleston, 11th August, 1777, and died there on the 26th of January, 1839, a noble Roman, who in his day and generation was held in the highest public and private esteem. As a Judge upon the Bench, and afterwards as president of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, managing millions of the funds of the State, he was a conspicuous figure, a man of ability, piety, courage and public spirit. His wife, Mary Woodward Hutson, was one of a noted family of attractive women; their sons were Thomas H., a planter; John, a merchant of Charleston; Richard W., a gr