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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arbitration, tribunal of, (search)
f the depredations of the Confederate cruiser Alabama (see Alabama, the). For arbitrators, the United States appointed Charles Francis Adams, and Great Britain Sir Alexander Cockburn. The two governments jointly invited the Emperor of Brazil, the King of Italy, and the President of the Swiss Confederation, each to appoint an arbitrator. The Emperor appointed Baron d'itazuba, the King chose Count Frederick Selopis, and the President of the Swiss Confederation appointed James Staempfli. J. C. Bancroft Davis was appointed agent of the United States, and Lord Tenterden that of Great Britain. These several gentlemen formed the Tribunal of arbitration. They assembled at Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 15, 1871, when Count Selopis was chosen to preside. After two meetings they adjourned to the middle of January, 1872. A final meeting was held in September the same year, and on the 14th of that month they announced their decision on the Alabama claims. That decision was a decree that the gov
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield, James Abram 1831-1881 (search)
ye seemed to foresee the destiny of the place. I spent some time, said he, in viewing the rivers. The land in the fork has the absolute command of both. On this spot Fort Pitt was afterwards built, and still later the city of Pittsburg. As Bancroft has said, After creating in imagination a fortress and city, his party swam across the Alleghany, and wrapped their blankets around them for the night on the northwest bank. Proceeding down the Ohio to Logstown, he held a council with the Sha the south shore of Erie, the first English-speaking people that sailed its waters. Near the mouth of the Grand River they met in council the chiefs of the great warrior Pontiac. A few weeks later they took possession of Detroit. Thus, says Mr. Bancroft, was Michigan won by Great Britain, though not for itself. There were those who foresaw that the acquisition of Canada was the prelude of American independence. Late in December Rogers returned to the Maumee; and, setting out from the poi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greene, George Washington 1811-1883 (search)
Greene, George Washington 1811-1883 Author; born in East Greenwich, R. I., April 8, 1811; was educated at Brown College; became Professor of History at Cornell University in 1872. His publications include Historical view of the American Revolution; Nathanael Greene; An examination of the ninth volume of Bancroft's history; The German element in the War of American Independence; Short history of Rhode Island, etc. He died in East Greenwich, R. I., Feb. 2, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hutchinson, Thomas 1711-1780 (search)
commerce; and that Rhode Island had accompanied its refusal with a sneer at the selfishness of the Bostonians. The King had heard and believed that the Boston clergy preached toleration for all kinds of immoralities for the sake of liberty, and scores of other tales, which Hutchinson did not deny; and for two hours the conversation went on, until the King was satisfied that Boston would be unsupported in its rebellious attitude by the other colonies. The author of this intelligence, says Bancroft, became at once a favorite, was offered the rank of a baronet, and was consulted as an oracle by Gibbon, the historian, and other politicians at court. Boston tea party. In his history of Massachusetts Bay, Governor Hutchinson gives the following account of the destruction of tea in Boston Harbor: The Assembly being prorogued, there was again room to hope for a few months of freedom from civil contention. The complaint against the governor was gone to England; the salaries of th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Joint high commission. (search)
Williams, United States Senator from Oregon. Queen Victoria appointed George Frederick Samuel, Earl de Gray and Earl of Ripon; Sir Stratford Henry Northcote; Sir Edward Thornton, her minister at Washington; Sir Alexander McDonald, of the privy council of Canada, and attorney-general of that province; and Montague Bernard, Professor of International Law in Oxford University. The commissioners first met in Washington, Feb. 27, 1871. Lord Tenterden, secretary of the British commission, and J. C. Bancroft Davis, assistant Secretary of State of the United States, were chosen clerks of the Joint High Commission. The commissioners of the United States were instructed to consider: (1) the fisheries; (2) the navigation of the St. Lawrence River; (3) reciprocal trade between the United States and the Dominion of Canada; (4) the Northwest water boundary and the island of San Juan; (5) the claims of the United States against Great Britain for compensation for injuries committed by Confederate c
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de 1757- (search)
without risking the discovery of my secret, and by consenting to take this journey I knew I could better conceal my preparations for a greater one. This last measure was also thought most expedient by Mm. Franklin and Deane, for the doctor himself was then in France; and, although I did not venture to go to his home, for fear of being seen, I corresponded with him through M. Carmichael, an American less generally known. I arrived in London with M. de Poix; and I first paid my respects to Bancroft, the American, and afterwards to his British Majesty. A youth of nineteen may be, perhaps too fond of playing a trick upon the King he is going to fight with, of dancing at the house of Lord Germain, minister for the English colonies, and at the house of Lord Rawdon, who had just returned from New York, and of seeing at the opera that Clinton whom he was afterwards to meet at Monmouth. But, while I concealed my intentions, I openly avowed my sentiments. I often defended the Americans; I
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln, Abraham 1809- (search)
n there any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's 250 years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword; as was said 3,000 years ago, so still it must be said, that the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. See als Bancroft, George; emancipation proclamations; Gettysburg.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
9S.b2 Marcellusa4,400CollierI.1,200S.b2 Hannibal4,291CollierS.1,100S.b2 Leonidas4,242CollierS.1,100S.b2 Lebanon3,375CollierI......S.b4 Justin3,300CollierS......S.b2 Southerya3,100CollierI......S.b2 Pompeya3,085CollierS......S.b2 Zafiroa2,000Supply-shipS.......... General Alava1,400TransportS.770S.b4 Yankton975Gunboat (converted)S.750S.b8 Vesuvius929Dynamite-gun vesselS.3,795T. S.b3 Petrel892GunboatS.1,095S.c4 Scorpion850Gunboat (converted)S.2,800T. S.b8 Fern840TenderW.300S.b3 Bancroft839GunboatS.1,213T. S.c4 Vixen806Gunboat (converted)S.1,250S.b4 Gloucester786Gunboat (converted)S.2,000S.b10 Michigan685CruiserI.365P.b6 Wasp630Gunboat (converted)S.1,800S.b6 Frolic607Gunboat (converted)S.550S.b4 Dorothea594Gunboat (converted)S.1,558S.b10 El Cano560GunboatS.660T. S... Pinta550GunboatI.310S.b2 Strangera546Gunboat (converted)I......S.b5 Peoria488Gunboat (converted)S......S.b7 Hist472Gunboat (converted)S.500S.b6 Eagle434Gunboat (converted)S.850S.b6 Hornet425Gunboat
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Supreme Court, United States (search)
ited States comprised the following justices: Chief-Justice.Born.Appointed. Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois18331888 Associate Justices. John M. Harland. Kentucky18331877 Horace Gray, Massachusetts18281881 David J. Brewer, Kansas18371889 Henry B. Brown, Michigan18361890 Associate Justices—Continued.Born.Appointed. George Shiras, Jr., Pennsylvania18321892 Edward D. White. Louisiana18451894 Rufus W. Peckham New York18371895 Joseph McKenna, California18431898 Reporter. J. C. Bancroft Davis, New York. Clerk. J. H. McKenney, District of Columbia. Marshal. John M. Wright, Kentucky. The salary of the chief-justice of the United States is $10,500; associate justices, $10,000 each; of the reporter, $1,500; marshal, $3,500; clerk of the Supreme Court, $6,000. The country was divided into nine circuits, to each of which a justice of the Supreme Court was assigned. The circuits and their judges were: Circuit.Judges.Appointed. 1.Le Baron B. Colt, Rhode I
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Swett, Samuel 1782-1866 (search)
Swett, Samuel 1782-1866 Author; born in Newburyport, Mass., June 9, 1782; graduated at Harvard College in 1800; was admitted to the bar, but became a merchant; served in the War of 1812. He was the author of Sketch of Bunker Hill battle; Sketches of a few distinguished men of Newburyport; Who was the commander at Bunker Hill? with remarks on Frothingham's history of the battle; Defence of Colonel Pickering against Bancroft's history; Original planning and construction of Bunker Hill monument, etc. He died in Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 1866.
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