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Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for James Agnew or search for James Agnew in all documents.
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Agnew, James,
A British general; came to America late in 1775; participated in the military movements in and about Boston: and was engaged in the battle of Long Island, where, and in subsequent campaigns, he commanded the 4th Brigade of the royal army.
He accompanied ex-Governor Tryon in his marauding expedition to Danbury, Conn., in the spring of 1777.
He was slightly wounded in the battle of Brandywine (Sept. 11), and in the battle of Germantown (Oct. 4, 1777) he was killed.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blennerhassett , Harman 1764 - (search)
Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-
Scholar; born in Hampshire, England, Oct. 8, 1764 or 1765; was of Irish descent: educated at the University of Dublin; studied law and practised there; and in 1796 married the beautiful Adelaide Agnew, daughter of General Agnew.
who was killed in the battle at Germantown, 1777.
Being a republican in principle, he became involved in the political troubles in Ireland in 1798.
Blennerhassett's Island residence. when he sold his estates in England.
and came to America with an ample fortune.
He purchased an island in the Ohio River.
nearly opposite Marietta, built an elegant mansion, furnished it luxuriantly, and there he and his accomplished wife were living in happiness and contentment, surrounded by books.
philosophical apparatus, pictures, and other means for intellectual culture, when Aaron Burr entered that paradise, and tempted and ruined its dwellers.
A mob of militiamen laid the island waste, in a degree.
and Blennerhassett and his wife