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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gray, Robert 1755-1806 (search)
Gray, Robert 1755-1806 Explorer; born in Tiverton, R. I., in 1755; was captain of the Washington, which was sent in 1787 to the northwest coast to trade with the Indians by a number of Boston merchants. In 1790 he returned by way of the Pacific Ocean on board the Columbia, which vessel had accompanied the Washington, and was thus the first to sail around the world under the American flag. Later he made a second trip to the Northwest, and on May 11, 1791, discovered the mouth of the great river, which he named Columbia. He died in Charleston, S. C., in 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
a......Oct. 24, 1791 Speaker of the House, Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut. Gen. Arthur St. Clair's expedition against the Indians of Ohio surprised and routed......Nov. 4, 1791 Congress grants a bounty for fishingvessels......Feb. 16, 1792 Post-office department reorganized......Feb. 20, 1792 United States mint established......April 2, 1792 Tariff amended......May 2, 1792 Laws organizing the militia......May 8, 1792 First session adjourns......May 8, 1792 Capt. Robert Gray, in the Columbia, discovers the mouth (lat. 46° 10′ N.) of the river Columbia......May 11, 1792 Kentucky admitted (the fifteenth State)......June 1, 1792 Second session opens at Philadelphia......Nov. 5, 1792 Second Presidential election......Nov. 6, 1792 President's salary fixed at $25,000......Feb. 8, 1793 Electoral count......Feb. 13, 1793 [George Washington, of Virginia, received 132 electoral votes (all); John Adams, of Massachusetts, 77 votes; and George Clin
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oregon, (search)
and Nevada, to the Columbia River, which separates the State from Washington on the north in lat. 46° 15′ N. Idaho lies to the east, the Snake River forming about half of the eastern boundary. It is limited in longitude between 116° 45′ to 124° 30′ W. Area, 96,030 square miles, in thirty-one counties. Population, 1890, 313,767; 1900, 413,536. Capital, Salem. A Spanish expedition, sent out under Bruno Heceta in the Santiago, discovers the mouth of the Columbia River......1775 Captain Robert Gray enters the Columbia River in the American ship Columbia from Boston......May 7, 1792 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends the Columbia River about 100 miles to the region of the cascades......October–November, 1792 By purchase, the United States acquires the claims of France to Oregon......April 30, 1803 Lewis and Clarke United States government expedition descends the Columbia to its mouth, where it arrives......Nov. 5, 1805 Captain Nathaniel Winship, a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
f Juan de Fuca explored and named by Captain Meares after a Greek mariner of that name......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 ding at Fort Vancouver......Oct. 29, 1832 Fort Nisqually built by Archibald McDonald 4 or 5 miles from the mouth of the Nisqually River.......1833 Mission station established at Waiilatpu, near Walla Walla, by the Revs. Whitman, Spaulding, and Gray......1836 Lieut. R. E. Johnson, of the United States exploring expedition, with three men from Nisqually, visits Forts Okanagan, Colville, Lapwai, and Walla Walla, and returns by Yakima River......May–July, 1841 Michael T. Simmons, with five
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wolfe, James 1727- (search)
why Should we be melancholy, boys? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die? But the cloud of a gloomy presentiment soon overcast his spirits, and at past midnight, when the heavens were hung with black clouds, and the boats were floating silently back with the tide to the intended landing-place at the chosen ascent to the General James Wolfe. (from a portrait by Schaak, in the National portrait Gallery, London.) Plains of Abraham, he repeated in a low tone, to the officers around him, this touching stanza of Gray's Elegy in a country Church-yard: The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour— The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Now, gentlemen, said Wolfe, I would rather be the author of that poem than the possessor of the glory of beating the French to-morrow. He was killed the next day, and expired just as the shouts of victory of the English fell upon his almost unconscious ear
The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Robert Y. Conrad, Couch, Custis, Dent, Deskins, Early, Echols, French, Fugate, Gillespie, Graham, Gray, Goggin, Hale, Cyrus Hall, Ephraim B. Hall, Haymond, Hoge, Hubbard, Hughes, Hull, Jackson, Peter , Custis, Deskins, Echos, Fisher. Flournoy, French, Fugate, Garland, Gillespie, Graham, Gravely, Gray, Goggin, John Goode, Jr., Hate, Addison Hall, Ephraim B. Hall, L. S. Hall, Hammond, Harvie, Haymoch, Critcher, Custis, Dent, Deskins, Dorman, Early, Flournoy, French, Fugate, Gillespie, Gravely, Gray, Addison Hall, Ephraim B. Hall, Haymond, Hoge, Hubbard, Hughes, Jackson, Janney, Marmaduke Johnsouch, Critcher, Custis, Dent, Deskins, Dorman, Early, Echols, French, Fugate. Gilles pie, Gravely, Gray, Addison Hall, Eph B. Hall, Hammond, Haymond, Hoge, Holladay, Hubbard, Hughes, Jackson, Janney, Mcher, Custis, Dent, Deskins, Early, Echos, Flournoy, French, Fugate, Garland, Gillespie, Gravely, Gray, Goggin, Addison Hall, Cyrus Hall, Ephraim B. Hall, Hammond, Haymond, Hoge, Holladay, Hubbard, Hu
The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening session, (search)
-8. Nays.--Messrs. Armstrong. Aston, Baldwin, A. M. Barbour, Baylor, Berlin, Boggess, Brent. Brown, Burdett, Campbell, Carlile, Carter, C. B. Conrad, R. Y. Conrad, Couch, Critcher, Custis, Deskins, Early, French, Fugate, Gillespie, Gravely, Gray, Goggin, A. Hall, E. B. Hall, Hammond, Haymond, Hoge, Holladay, Hubbard, Jackson, Janney, M. Johnson, P. C. Johnston, Lewis McComas, McGrew, McNeil, Marshall, Maslin, Masters. Moffett, Moore, Nelson, Orrick, Osburn, Parks, Patrick, Pendleton, Porgess, Boyd, Brauch, Brent, Brown, Bruce, Burdett, Burley, Byrne, Campbell, Caperton, Carlile, Carter, C. B. Conrad, R. Y. Conrad, Couch, Critcher, Custis, Dent, Deskins, Dorman, Early, Echols, Flournoy, French, Fugate, Garland, Gillesple, Gravely, Gray, A. Hall, C. Hall, E. B. Hall, Hammond, Haymond, Hoge, Holladay, Hubbard, Jackson, Janney, Marmaduke Johnson, Peter C. Johnston, Kilby, Lewis, McComas, McGrew, McNeil, Macfarland, Chas. K. Mallory, Marshall, Marr, Marye, Sr., Maslin, Masters, Moff
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Partition of territory in the Old Union. (search)
For the wounded. --We have received from Robert Gray, Esq, of Graysville, Georgia, a box containing several articles useful for the sick and wounded soldiers, which we have seat to the Ladies' Aid Society. according to his directions. Mr. Gray also sent by another hand $20 to aid the Society. Nursing the Sick--Letters received from ladies who represent that they are wil ling to assist in nursing the sick and wounded soldiers, have been handed over to those who can best inform them raysville, Georgia, a box containing several articles useful for the sick and wounded soldiers, which we have seat to the Ladies' Aid Society. according to his directions. Mr. Gray also sent by another hand $20 to aid the Society. Nursing the Sick--Letters received from ladies who represent that they are wil ling to assist in nursing the sick and wounded soldiers, have been handed over to those who can best inform them upon the subject. We cannot ourselves answer their interrogatories.
The Daily Dispatch: October 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Interesting letter from a Young soldier to his Father. (search)
Death of a very old citizen. --Mr. Robert Gray, long and favorably known as a bookseller, and probably, at the time of his death, the oldest citizen, died in Fredericksburg on Monday, aged 88 years.
The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], The capture of the Henry Lewis. (search)
eming, Virginia. A. C. Landstreet, Virginia. W. M. Mallow, Virginia. A. J. Sigler, Virginia. John T. Mays, Virginia. John Driskell, Virginia. Chas. Nott, Virginia. T. T. Buck, of Alabama. J. W. Davis, Alabama. J. O. Perkins, Alabama. Richard Poole, Alabama. J. H. Howard, Alabama. W. A. Prince, Alabama. J. S. Walker, Alabama. Robt. Paulding, Alabama. W. C. Humphries, of Georgia. A. T. Holmes, of Georgia. S. Branch, of Georgia. J. Kershaw, of Georgia. R. Gray, of Georgia. J. Bulkley, of Georgia. --Hammond, of Georgia. Jas Silks, of South Carolina. Thomas Hays, of Louisiana. M. O'Kieff, of Louisiana. W. Davis, of Mississippi. Geo. Howard, of Maryland. A. P. Rose, formerly of New York. The men look well, and seem overjoyed to be once more on Southern soil. They left Washington for Fortress Monroe on Friday evening last, and were sent to Norfolk under a flag of truce. There were but few ships at Old Point, and these seemed to
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