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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 12: crimes and Punishments. (search)
Indians being rated with horses and cattle, but could not succeed. No cargoes of slaves were brought into Medford; but how many cargoes of Medford rum went to Africa and the West Indies, and were returned in slaves to Carolina or Rhode Island, we cannot say. The gentlemen of Medford have always disclaimed any participation in the slave-trade. The following extract from a letter, dated Boston, 14th January, 1759, may show what was done at that time. It is as follows :-- Captain William Ellery. Sir,--The Snow Caesar is fully loaded and equipped for sea. My orders are to you, that you embrace the first favorable opportunity of wind and weather, and proceed to the coast of Africa; touching first, if you think proper, at Senegal, where, if you find encouragement, you may part with such part of your cargo as you can sell to your liking, and then proceed down the coast to such ports or places as you judge best to dispose of your cargo to advantage, so as to purchase a cargo of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Declaration of Independence. (search)
nd for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress. John Hancock, President. Attested, Charles Thompson, Secretary. New Hampshire. Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton. Massachusetts Bay. Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry. Rhode Island, Etc. Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery. Connecticut. Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott. New York. William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris. New Jersey. Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark. North Carolina. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. Georgia. Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton. Pennsylvania. Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamiin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, Geor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ellery, William, 1727-1820 (search)
Ellery, William, 1727-1820 A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Newport, R. I., Dec. 22, 1727; graduated at Harvard in 1747; became a merchant in Newport; and was naval officer of Rhode Island in 1770. He afterwards studied and practised law at Newport, and gained a high reputation. An active patriot, he was a member of Congress from 1776 to 1785, excepting two years, and was very useful in matters pertaining to finance and diplomacy. He was especially serviceable as a meg to finance and diplomacy. He was especially serviceable as a member of the marine committee, and of the board of admiralty. During the occupation of Rhode Island by the British he suffered great loss of property, but bore it with quiet cheerfulness as a sacrifice for the public good. He was chief-justice of the Superior Court of Rhode Island, and in 1790 collector of the revenue at Newport. Mr. Ellery was a strenuous advocate of the abolition of slavery. He died in Newport, Feb. 15, 1820.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
nd at Providence, May 1, 1776; abjures allegiance to the British crown......May, 1776 Declaration of Independence celebrated in Rhode Island, which the Assembly names The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ......July, 1776 William Ellery and Stephen Hopkins, representing Rhode Island, sign the Declaration of Independence......1776 Eight thousand British troops land and take possession of Rhode Island......Nov. 28, 1776 Gen. John Sullivan, appointed by Washington to succember, 1776.] Articles of Confederation adopted by Rhode Island......Feb. 9, 1778 British destroy seventy flat-bottomed boats and property on the Kickemuit River, and burn the church and a number of houses at Warren......May 25, 1778 William Ellery, Henry Marchant, and John Collins sign the Articles of Confederation......July 9, 1778 French fleet of eleven sail-of-line ships, under Count d'estaing, appearing off Brenton's Reef, six British war-vessels attempt to leave the harbor. Th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 (search)
the plan, etc. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—seven States— voted in the affirmative; Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina in the negative. North Carolina was divided. As the consent of nine States was necessary, the words could not stand, and were struck out accordingly. Mr. Jefferson voted for the clause, but was overruled by his colleagues. In March of the next year (1785), Mr.. King, of Massachusetts, seconded by Mr. Ellery, of Rhode Island, proposed the formerly rejected article, with this addition: And that this regulation shall be an article of compact, and remain a fundamental principle of the Constitution between the thirteen original States and each of the States described in the resolve, etc. On this clause, which provided the adequate and thorough security, the eight Northern States at that time voted affirmatively, and the four Southern States negatively. The votes of nine States were not yet obtain
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 31: after the battle. (search)
ate William P. R. Estes. Co. E.Sergeant Terrence Gormley. Sergeant Cornelius Russell. Private Daniel Corrigan. Private James Corrigan. Co. F.First Lieutenant William Stone. Second Lieutenant John J. Ferris. Corporal Hugh McPartland. Private Charles E. Marston. Private Johnson Achason. Private William Gibbons. Co. G.Sergeant William H. Tibbetts. Corporal George E. Morse. Private Thomas Kelley. Private John Mann. Private D. F. McNeal. Co. H.Captain J. G. C. Dodge. Corporal William Ellery. Private John W. Anderson. Private Benjamin H. Aikins. Private William H. Bailey. Private Jeremiah Y. Wells. Private Charles A. Brown. Private William A. Bartlett. Co. I.First Lieut. J. G. B. Adams. Sergeant Albert Damon. Sergeant William H. Hoyt. Private Michael O'Brien. Private James A. Coombs. Private George B. Ham. Private Michael Connolly. Co K. First Sergeant William A. McGinnis. Sergeant John W. Hayes. Sergeant Patrick Nolan. Corporal Joseph Libby. Corporal
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Roster of the Nineteenth regiment Massachusetts Volunteers (search)
, (—), Dec. 28, ‘64; 21; N. F.R. Edwards, Wm. P., priv., (B), Nov. 29, ‘62; 11; re-en. Dec. 1, ‘63; disch. Aug. 3, ‘65. Edwards, William, priv., (A), Aug. 10, ‘61; 48; wounded July 3, ‘63; M. O. Aug. 28, ‘64; see also V. R.C. Eggleston, Melville, 2nd lieut., (—), May ,6 ‘65; 20; M. O. June 30, ‘65. Eilers, Heinrich, priv., (H), May 13, 1864; 22; sub. Edward Crowell; abs. pris. June 22, 1864; N. F.R Eldridge, James, priv., (C), Aug. 3, ‘63; 31; sub.; transf. to 20th M. V. Jan. 14, ‘61. Ellery, Wm. P., priv., (H), Nov. 1, 1861; 18; wounded as corp., July 3, 1863, Co. C; disch. Aug. 29, ‘64; re-en. in V. R.C. Elliot, William, priv., (B), June 11, ‘64; 25; M. O. June 30, ‘65 as 1st sergt. Ellis, Alfred, priv., (G), Apr. 15, ‘64; 28; abs. sick since ‘64; N. F.R. Ellis, Joseph, priv., (G), Nov. 19, ‘64; 18; disch. disa. Mar. 11, ‘65; see rej. recruits. Ellsworth, Milton, priv., (C), July 26, ‘61; 19; re-en. Dec. 21, ‘63; disch. June 28, 1865
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
..........................................1, 3, 11, 38 Eighteenth Mississippi, ......................... .............. 30 Eighth Virginia Regiment, ........................................... 30 Eighty-Second New York Regiment,.............................. 300, 327 Eldridge, James, .................................................... 291 Eleventh Maine Regiment,.................... ..................... 360 Ellers, Heindrick, ................................................ 341 Ellery, William,................................................. 249 Elliot, William, ..................................................... 359 Ellis, Alfred,...................................................... 322 Ellsworth, Milton,.................. .........269, 285, 328 Eltham, Va., .................................................... 71 Ely's Ford,............................ ...... ... .......... 303 Embler, Capt., A. Henry,....................... ................ 350 Estes, William P.
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
209, 212, 213 Cassique of Kiawah, the, 317 Cassius, Letters of, 148 Castles in the air, 273 Catechistical guide to sinners, 116 Cato's letters, 118, I18 n., 148 Caty-did, the, 183 Causes of the American Discontents before 1768, 140 Cavaliers of Virginia, the, 312 Censor, 121 Chainbearer, the, 305 Chambers, Ephraim, 115 Chamfort, 188 Champions of freedom, the, 292 Chanfrau, F. J., 228, 229 Channing, W. E. (1780-1842), 86, 330-332, 344, 345 Channing, William Ellery (younger), 341 Channing, William Henry, 333 Chanson des Sauvages, 188 Chapman, W., 231 Character of the province of Maryland, 151 Characteristics of literature, 244 Charlemont, 225 n., 317 Charles I, 34 Charles II, 125 Charles II, 220 Charlevoix, 193 Charlotte, 286 Charlotte Temple, 286 Charms of fancy, 165 Chastellux, F. J., 190 Chateaubriand, 190, 194, 212 Chatham, 91, 99 Chaucer, 176, 265, 274 Chauncy, Charles, 73, 75-78, 79, 80
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, IX: George Bancroft (search)
fault far more serious than this is one which Mr. Bancroft shared with his historical contemporaries, but in which he far exceeded any of them,--an utter ignoring of the very meaning and significance of a quotation-mark. Others of that day sinned. The long controversy between Jared Sparks and Lord Mahon grew out of this,--from the liberties taken by Sparks in editing Washington's letters. Professor Edward T. Channing did the same thing in quoting the racy diaries of his grandfather, William Ellery, and substituting, for instance, in a passage cited as original, We refreshed ourselves with meat and drink, for the far racier We refreshed our Stomachs with Beefsteaks and Grogg. Hildreth, in quoting from the Madison papers, did the same, for the sake not of propriety, but of convenience; even Frothingham made important omissions and variations, without indicating them, in quoting Hooke's remarkable sermon, New England's Teares. But Bancroft is the chief of sinners in this respect; w
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