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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eustis , William , 1753 -1825 (search)
Eustis, William, 1753-1825
Physician; born in Cambridge, Mass., June 10, 1753; died in Boston, Feb. 6, 1825; was graduated at Harvard in 1772, and studied medicine under Dr. Joseph Warren.
As a surgeon he served throughout the Revolutionary War, and was a member of the Massachusetts legislature from 1788 to 1794.
He was in the governor's council two years, and was in Congress from 1800 to 1805, and from 1820 to 1823. Secretary of War from 1809 until 1812, he then resigned, for there was much fault found with his administration.
In 1815 he was sent as minister to Holland, and was governor of Massachusetts in 1824, dying while in office, Feb. 6, 1825.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayne , Robert young -1839 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Simpson , James Hervey 1813 -1883 (search)
Simpson, James Hervey 1813-1883
Military officer; born in New Jersey, March 9, 1813; graduated at West Point in 1832, entering the artillery corps.
He was aide to General Eustis in the Seminole War, and in 1838 became a lieutenant in the corps of topographical engineers.
He was colonel of the 4th New Jersey Volunteers in the Pensacola campaign, and was afterwards chief engineer of the Department of Ohio.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted brigadiergeneral, United States army.
Having been on surveying expeditions in the West, he published a Journal of a military reconnoissance from Santa Fe to the Navajo country; A report on the Union Pacific Railroad and its branches; and Essay on Coronado's March in search of the seven cities of Cibola.
He died in St. Paul, Minn., March 2, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spoliation claims. (search)