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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fry, Joshua 1754-1754 (search)
Fry, Joshua 1754-1754 Military officer; born in Somersetshire, England; educated at Oxford, and was professor of mathematics in the College of William and Mary, in Virginia. He served in public civil life in Virginia, and in 1754 was intrusted with the command of an expedition against the French on the head-waters of the Ohio. He died at a place at the mouth of Will's Creek (now Cumberland), Md., while conducting the expedition, May 31, 1754. He had been colonel of the militia (1750) and a member of the governor's council. When Frye died, the command of the expedition to the Ohio was assumed by George Washington, who had been second in command.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Senate, United States (search)
enty years. Sixty-three Senators have served as presidents pro tempore. They belonged to twenty-two different States, Virginia leading with six; Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Vermont each had three; Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island each had two; Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, and New York each had one. The present incumbent (Mr. Frye) is from Maine. The other important officers of the Senate are the secretary and sergeant-atarms. The secretary, in addition to his responsibility for the official conduct of a large number of clerks, readers, reporters, copyists, and other subordinates about his office, has charge of everything connected with the records, journals, reports, bills, and other documents, papers, and proceedings of the Senate, legislative and executive. The secretary is also a disbursing officer and gives
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thayer, Simeon 1737-1800 (search)
Thayer, Simeon 1737-1800 Military officer; born in Mendon, Mass., April 30, 1737; he served with the Rhode Island troops in the French and Indian War, and in 1757 in the Massachusetts line, under Colonel Frye and Rogers the Ranger. He was taken prisoner in 1757 at Fort William Henry. He accompanied Arnold in his famous expedition to Quebec (1775), and was made prisoner; but was exchanged in July, 1777, and was prominent in the defence of Red Bank and Fort Mifflin, where he was major. He was wounded in the battle of Monmouth; served in New Jersey in 1780, and in 1781 retired from the service. He left a Journal of the invasion of Canada in 1775, which was published in 1867. He died in Cumberland, R. I., Oct. 14, 1800.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ishing in Canadian waters......May 9, 1894 Richard Croker resigns as a member of the executive, and as chairman of the finance committee of Tammany Hall; John McQuade succeeds him......May 10, 1894 General assembly of the Presbyterian Church convicts Prof. Henry P. Smith of heresy by a vote of 396 to 101......May 26, 1894 Kelly's industrial army, 1,100 strong, reaches St. Louis May 28; divides, and proceeds down the Mississippi and up the Ohio towards Washington......May 31, 1894 Frye's California army arrives in detachments at Washington early part of......June, 1894 Rhode Island legislature elects ex-Gov. George P. Wetmore as successor to United States Senator Dixon......June 12, 1894 American Railway Union boycott of the Pullman Palace Car Company grows into a general Western railroad strike......June 27, 1894 Bill making the first Monday in September a legal holiday, Labor day, in the United States, approved......June 28, 1894 Rear-Adm. William Grenville Te
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 3: college days at Bowdoin; United States Military Academy (search)
s amount. The highest that was paid at any club was $1.75 per week. During my last year, with several classmates of special selection, I boarded at Mrs. Hall's, not far from the Tontine Hotel, for $1.50 per week. This board did not include what was called the term bill, which, for room rent, tuition, and incidentals, was paid to the treasurer of the college. In my class were thirty-six students. One only, Dr. Holmes, a surgeon in the army, died during the Civil War. Another, William P. Frye, of just my age, truly a most distinguished citizen, is now a United States Senator and President pro ter. of the United States Senate. John S. Sewall, D. D., for a time in the United States Navy, has just retired with accumulated honor from the Presidency of the Bangor Theological Seminary. Carroll S. Everett was, long before his death, a professor in Harvard College and at the head of the Divinity School of that institution. My classmates were scattered hither and thither over the
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
mmary of Work in 1866, II, 293-308. Summary of Work in 1867, II, 331-349. Summary, 11, 350-373. Fremont, John C., I, 201, 256, 257; II, 167, 168. French Army Maneuvers, II, 539-542. French, J. W., I, 91, 99, 100. French, S. G., II, 56, 59, 60. French, W. H., I, 183, 186, 197, 222, 238, 244-246, 248, 296, 299, 300, 302, 338, 340, 341, 360, 363, 393, 398. Frisbee, Henry N., 1I, 557. Frissell, H. B., II, 408. Frost, L. S., II, 378. Fry, J. B., 1, 90, 101, 158. Frye, William P., I, 38. Fulkerson, W. H., II, 587. Fuller, J. W., II, 4, 18. Fuller, Melville, I, 39. Fullerton, J. 3., I, 522, 530; II, 216, 241, 297. Gamble, William, I, 406. Gardner, Asa Bird, II, 450. Garland, Samuel, I, 280. Garnett, H. H., II, 317, 320, 321. Garnett, Robert S., I, 54, 435, 439. Garrard, Kenner, I, 520, 528, 542, 579, 590, 592, 594, 595; II, 7, 27, 28. Geary, J. W., I, 430, 432, 433, 461, 465-469, 476, 494, 516, 544, 545, 616-618; II, 94. Gebha