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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 32 6 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 7 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clarke, Robert 1829-1899 (search)
Clarke, Robert 1829-1899 Publisher; born in Scotland, May 1, 1829; settled in Cincinnati, O., in 1840. He edited Col. George Rogers Clarke's campaign in the Illinois in 1778-79; Captain James Smith's captivity, and Pioneer biographies. He is the author of The prehistoric remains which were found on the site of the City of Cincinnati, with a vindication of the Cincinnati tablet. He died in Cincinnati, Aug. 6, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kentucky, (search)
enetrated to the Kentucky, and, on June 14, 1775, completed a log fort on the site of the present Boonesboro. He soon brought his family there, and planted the first permanent settlement in Kentucky. Mrs. Boone and her daughters were the first white women who ever stood on the banks of the Kentucky River. The precarious tenure by which places that were settled in Kentucky by Boone and others were held, while the land was subjected to bloody incursions by Indians, was changed after George Rogers Clarke's operations in Ohio had made the tribes there no longer invaders of the soil south of that river. The number of stations began to multiply. A blockhouse was built (April, 1779) on the site of the city of Lexington. By a law of Virginia (May, 1779), all persons who had settled west of the mountains before June, 1778, were entitled to claim 400 acres of land, without any payment: and they had a right of pre-emption to an adjoining 1,000 acres for a very small sum of money, while the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kickapoos, (search)
an tribe found by the French missionaries, towards the close of the seventeenth century, on the Wisconsin River. They were great rovers; were closely allied to the Miamis; and in 1712 joined the Foxes in an attack upon Detroit, and in wars long afterwards. They were reduced in 1747 to about eighty warriors, and when the English conquered Canada in 1763 there were about 100 Kickapoos on the Wabash. They joined Pontiac in his conspiracy, but soon made peace; and in 1779 they joined George Rogers Clarke in his expedition against the British in the Northwest. Showing hostility to the Americans, their settlement on the Wabash was desolated in 1791; but they were not absolutely subdued until the treaty at Greenville in 1795, after Wayne's decisive victory, when they ceded a part of their land for a small annuity. In the early part of the nineteenth century the Kickapoos made other cessions of territory; and in 1811 they joined Tecumseh and fought the Americans at Tippecanoe. In the W
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lewis, Meriwether (search)
some person with him of known competence to the direction of the enterprise, in the event of accident to himself, he proposed William Clarke, brother of Gen. George Rogers Clarke, who was approved, and, with that view, received a commission of captain. In April, 1803, a draft of his instructions were sent to Captain Lewis, and pril of the preceding year, 1805, until their actual return to St. Louis. It was in the middle of February, 1807, before Captain Lewis, with his companion, Captain Clarke, reached the city of Washington, where Congress was then in session. That body granted the two chiefs and their followers the donation of lands which they had been encouraged to expect in reward of their toil and dangers. Captain Lewis was soon afterwards appointed governor of Louisiana, and Captain Clarke a general of its militia, and agent of the United States for Indian affairs in that department. A considerable time intervened before the governor's arrival at St. Louis. He fo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
, British retreat June 28, 1778 Molly Pitcher commissioned sergeant by Washington for bravery at Monmouth June 29, 1778 Massacre of inhabitants in Wyoming Valley, Pa., by Indians and ToriesJuly 4, 1778 Expedition from Virginia under Maj. George Rogers Clarke captures the British fort at Kaskaskia July 4, 1778 Articles of Confederation signed by delegates from eight States—New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, and South CarolinaJuly 9, 17Gardiner driven from Port Royal Island by General Moultrie Feb. 3, 1779 Franklin commissioned sole minister plenipotentiary to France, and Adams recalled Feb., 1779 Battle of Kettle Creek, Ga., American victory Feb. 14, 1779 Americans under Major Clarke capture Vincennes Feb. 20, 1779 Battle of Brier Creek, Ga., British victory March 3, 1779 Salt works at Horseneck, Conn., destroyed by General TryonMarch 26, 1779 American ministers recalled, except at Versailles and Madrid April, 1779 Ame
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
ent there......1772 Deed to the Illinois Land Company from the chiefs of Indian tribes in Illinois for two immense tracts of land in southern Illinois, bought July 5, recorded at Kaskaskia......Sept. 2, 1773 American expedition under George Rogers Clarke conquers Illinois without bloodshed, occupying Kaskaskia......July 4, 1778 Territory conquered by Colonel Clarke is made by the legislature of Virginia into Illinois county......October, 1778 Col. John Todd proclaims from Kaskaskia aColonel Clarke is made by the legislature of Virginia into Illinois county......October, 1778 Col. John Todd proclaims from Kaskaskia a temporary government for Illinois......June 15, 1779 Illinois included in the Virginia act of cession to the United States, Dec. 20, 1783, the deed of which is executed......March 1, 1784 Illinois included in Northwest Territory, organized by act of Congress......July 13, 1787 Maj.-Gen. Arthur St. Clair, elected by Congress governor of the Northwest Territory, arrives at Kaskaskia February, 1790 By act of Congress 400 acres are granted to every head of family who had improved farms
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indiana, (search)
ost Vincennes by Sebastian L. Meurin......1749 Garrison at Ouiatenon, under Lieutenant Jenkins, surrenders to Indians, who distribute the English prisoners among neighboring French traders......1763 On a proclamation by the British commandant, Edward Abbott, many inhabitants of Post Vincennes swear allegiance to Great Britain......May, 1777 Inhabitants of Vincennes throw off allegiance to Great Britain and declare themselves citizens of the United States at the suggestion of Col. George R. Clarke......July 18, 1778 Captain Helm placed in charge of Post Vincennes by Colonel Clarke and his garrison of one man surrenders, with the honors of war, to British force under Gov. Henry Hamilton......Dec. 15, 1778 Governor Hamilton surrenders Vincennes to the Americans under Colonel Clarke......Feb. 24, 1779 Court of civil and criminal jurisdiction organized at Vincennes......June, 1779 An expedition against Detroit organized by La Balme, a Frenchman of Kaskaskia, who plun
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ch and 400 Indians, besieges Boonesboro for thirteen days, till by treaty siege is raised......Sept. 7, 1778 Col. George Rogers Clarke, moving against British posts on the Wabash and Mississippi, leaves several families at the falls of the Ohio, ttlement and pre-emption for raising a crop of corn in the county in 1176 ......Oct. 13, 1779 In retaliation for Colonel Clarke's successes in Illinois, Colonel Byrd, of the British army, is sent against Ruddle's and Martin's stations in Kentuckn, built on the Mississippi River, 5 miles below the mouth of the Ohio. Besieged by Chickasaw Indians, reinforced by General Clarke from Kaskaskia, and soon after abandoned as too remote to hold......1780 Captain Estill, in pursuit of Indians whoear Mount Sterling, and in the fight loses his life......March 22, 1782 Battle of Blue Licks......Aug. 19, 1782 General Clarke, with 1,050 men, ends Indian invasions in Kentucky......November, 1782 A district court opened at Harrodsburg.....
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
rginia......June, 177（ State constitution adopted, and colonial government ceases in Virginia......June 29, 1776 Kentucky made a county of Virginia......1776 Henry Clay born in The Slashes, Hanover county......April 12, 1777 Maj. George Rogers Clarke sent by Governor Henry with an expedition against the British fort at Kaskaskia (now in Illinois), and captures it......July 4, 1778 He also occupies Vincennes......August, 1778 All territory northwest of the Ohio River occupied by Clarke is made by the Virginia Assembly into the county of Illinois......October, 1778 Col. John Todd appointed its county lieutenant......Dec. 12, 1778 Richmond becomes the capital of the State......1779 Virginia tenders to Congress the entire region beyond the Ohio......1780 Virginia charters the town of Louisville, Ky......1780 Virginia issues $30,000,000, and makes it legal tender at $40 for $1......1780 Benedict Arnold, with 1,600 men, enters the James River by order of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
.....1788 Captain Meares sails from Nootka southward, rediscovers and names Mount Olympus, and discovers and names Shoalwater Bay......July 5, 1788 Capt. Robert Gray discovers Gray Harbor, which he names Bulfinch Harbor, and Columbia River, which he enters......May 11, 1792 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends Columbia River about 100 miles......October–November, 1792 Puget Sound discovered, named, and explored by George Vancouver......April–July, 1792 Lewis and Clarke United States government exploring expedition descends the Columbia River, reaching its mouth......Nov. 5, 1805 Capt. Meriwether Lewis explores the coast from Columbia River to Shoalwater Bay......Nov. 18, 1805 Astoria, first American settlement on Pacific coast, established by John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company......April 12, 1811 Fort Okanagan, built by David Stuart on the Okanagan, a branch of the Columbia......August, 1811 Pierre Dorion and two others massacred by Indians
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