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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stevens, Thomas Holdup 1795-1841 (search)
evens being added by legislative enactment in 1815. He entered the United States navy in 1808, and was made lieutenant in July, 1813. In 1812 he volunteered for lake service, and in December he was severely wounded by a canistershot through his hand while storming a battery at Black Rock, near Buffalo. In the summer of 1813 he superintended the fitting and rigging of Perry's fleet at Erie, and in the battle, Sept. 10, he commanded the sloop Trippe, behaving gallantly. He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 22, 1841. Naval officer; born in Middletown, Conn., May 27, 1819; son of the preceding; entered the navy in 1836; was active in operations on the Southern coast, and in movements against Mobile in the Civil War. He was specially distinguished in operations against Forts Wagner and Sumter in 1863, and in the capture of the Confederate fleet and of Fort Morgan in the summer of 1864. He was promoted rear-admiral in 1879; retired in 1881. He died in Rockville, Md., May 15, 1896.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Minnesota, (search)
sian relief committee of Philadelphia......March 23, 1892 Republican National Convention assembles at Minneapolis......June 7, 1892 Fire in Minneapolis; loss, $2,000,000......Aug. 13, 1893 Forest fires destroy towns of Hinckley and Sandstone, causing the death of 417 people; 2,200 homeless and destitute; property loss about $1,000,000......Sept. 1, 1894 Red Lake Indian reservation diminished to about a quarter part of its former area; the remainder opened for settlement......May 15, 1896 Minnesota supplied four regiments for the Spanish war, being the first State to respond to the President's call......May 7, 1898 Corner-stone of new capitol laid......July 27, 1898 Semi-centennial of the Territory and State celebrated by the old settlers......June 1, 1899 Semi-centennial of the historical society celebrated......Nov. 15, 1899 Population of Minnesota, at the national census, 1,751,394; of its five leading cities: Minneapolis, 202,718; St. Paul, 163,065; Dul