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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 18 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cabinet, President's (search)
June 4, 1874 Lot M. Morrill July 7, 1876 John Sherman March 8, 1877 William Windom March 5, 1881 Charles J. Folger Oct. 27, 1881 Walter Q. Gresham Sept.24, 1884 Hugh McCulloch Oct. 28, 1884 Daniel Manning March 6, 1886 Charles S. Fairchild April 1, 1887 William Windom March 5, 1889 Charles Foster Feb. 21, 1891 John G. Carlisle March.6, 1893 Lyman J. Gage March 5, 1897 March 5, 1901 Secretaries of War. Henry Knox Sept. 12, 1789 Timothy Pickering Jan. 2, 1795 James McHenryJan. 27, 1796 Samuel Dexter May 13, 1800 Roger Griswold Feb. 3, 1801 Henry Dearborn March 5, 1801 William Eustis March 7, 1809 John Armstrong Jan. 13, 1813 James Monroe Sept.27, 1814 William H. Crawford Aug. 1, 1815 George Graham Ad interim John C. Calhoun Oct. 8, 1817 James Barbour March 7, 1825 Peter B. Porter May 26, 1828 John H. Eaton March 9, 1829 Lewis Cass Aug. 1, 1831 Joel R. Poinsett .March 7, 1837 John Bell March 5,1841 John C. Spencer Oct. 12, 1841 James
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Constitution of the United States (search)
New Hampshire. John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman. Massachusetts. Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King. Connecticut. Wm. Saml. Johnson, Roger Sherman. New York. Alexander Hamilton. New Jersey. Wil: Livingston, David Brearley, Wm. Paterson, Jona: Dayton. Pennsylvania. B. Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robt. Morris, Geo. Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Gouv. Morris. Delaware. Geo: Read, Jaco: Broom, John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Gunning Bedford, Jun. Maryland. James Mchenry, Danl. Carroll, Dan of St. Thos. Jenifer. Virginia. John Blair, James Madison, Jr. North Carolina. Wm. Blount, Hugh Williamson, Richd. Dobbs Spaight. South Carolina. J. Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Pierce Butler. Georgia. William Few, Abr. Baldwin. Attest: William Jackson, Secretary. Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The following amendments were proposed at the first session of the First Congress of the United States, which w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Essex Junta, the. (search)
Essex Junta, the. The course of President John Adams, who was anxious for a renomination and election, caused a fatal schism in the Federal party. He looked to the Southern States as his chief hope in the coming election; and believing McHenry and Pickering, of his cabinet, to be unpopular there, he abruptly called upon them to resign. McHenry instantly complied, but Pickering refused, when Adams dismissed him with little ceremony. This event produced much excitement. Bitter animosities were engendered, and criminations and recriminations ensued. The open war in the Federal party was waged by a few leaders, several of whom lived in the maritime county of Essex, Mass., the early home of Pickering, and on that account the irritated President called his assailants and opposers the Essex Junta. He denounced them as slaves to British influence—some lured by monarchical proclivities and others by British gold. A pamphlet from the pen of Hamilton, whom Adams, in conversation, ha
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Federal convention, the. (search)
David Brearley, William Churchill Hous- Signatures to the Constitution. Signatures to the Constitution. Signatures to the Constitution. ton, William Paterson, John Neilson, William Livingston, Abraham Clark, and Jonathan Dayton; Pennsylvania—Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Fitzsimons, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris, and Benjamin Franklin; Delaware—George Read, Gunning Bedford, Jr., John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, and Jacob Broom; Maryland—James McHenry, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Carroll, John Francis Mercer, and Luther Martin; Virginia—George Washington, Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph, John Blair, James Madison, Jr., George Mason, and George Wythe. Patrick Henry having declined the appointment, George McClure was nominated to supply his place; North Carolina—Richard Caswell, Alexander Martin, William Richardson Davie, Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Willie Jones. Richard Caswell having resigned, William Blount was appointe
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln, Abraham 1809- (search)
efore them the question of prohibiting slavery in that Territory; and four of the thirty-nine who afterwards framed the Constitution were in that Congress, and voted on that question. Of these Roger Sherman, Thomas Mifflin, and Hugh Williamson voted for the prohibition, thus showing that, in their understanding, no line dividing local from federal authority, nor anything else, properly forbade the federal government to control as to slavery in federal territory. The other of the four, James McHenry, voted against the prohibition, showing that for some cause he thought it improper to vote for it. In 1787, still before the Constitution, but while the convention was in session framing it, and while the Northwestern Territory still was the only Territory owned by the United States, the same question of prohibiting slavery in the Territory again came before the Congress of the Confederation; and two more of the thirty-nine who afterwards signed the Constitution were in that Congress,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McHenry, James 1753-1816 (search)
McHenry, James 1753-1816 Statesman: born in Ireland, Nov. 16, 1753; emigrated to the United States in 1771; served during the Revolutionary War as surgeon. On May 15, 1778, he was made Washington's private secretary, which office he held for two years, when he was transferred to the staff of Lafayette. He was a member of the Maryland Senate in 1781-86, and of Congress in 1783-86. Washington appointed him Secretary of War in January, 1796, and he served until 1801. He died in Baltimore, Md., May 3, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stobo, Robert 1727- (search)
Stobo, Robert 1727- Military officer; born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1727; settled in Virginia early in life; appointed senior captain in a regiment recruited to oppose the French in 1754; and directed the construction of Fort Necessity. When Maj. George Washington was forced to surrender the place he was one of the hostages given to the French; was later imprisoned in Quebec, but escaped with several companions on a third attempt, and after thirty-eight days of travel and hardship reached the British army at Louisburg; was promoted major while in captivity; went to England in 1760; and was commissioned captain in the 15th Foot. He left a valuable manuscript, which was edited by James McHenry under the title Memoirs of Maj. Robert Stobo, of the Virginia Regiment. He died after 1770.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
al bankruptcy act......April 4, 1800 Territory of Indiana organized......May 7, 1800 Stricter law against the slave-trade......May 10, 1800 Congress establishes four land offices for the sale of public lands in the Northwest Territory (Ohio)......May 10, 1800 Connecticut resigns jurisdiction over the Western Reserve......May 13, 1800 First session (last meeting in Philadelphia) adjourns......May 14, 1800 President Adams removes Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State, and James McHenry, Secretary of War......May, 1800 United States government removes from Philadelphia to the new capital, Washington......July, 1800 Frigate George Washington, Capt. William Bainbridge, carries to Algiers the Dey's tribute-money, and is required to carry the Dey's ambassador to Constantinople......September, 1800 Envoys to France negotiate a convention for eight years, preventing open war......Sept. 30, 1800 [Ratified by France, July 31, 1801, and by the United States, Dec. 19,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, (search)
olis, Major-General Smallwood president......Nov. 21, 1783 United States Congress meets at Annapolis......Nov. 26, 1783 Washington resigns his commission as commander-in-chief, at the State-house in Annapolis......Dec. 23, 1783 Delegates from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York assemble at Annapolis to consider the condition of the nation, and request all the States to send delegates to a convention at Philadelphia the following May......September, 1786 James McHenry, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, and Daniel Carroll, delegates from Maryland to the convention at Philadelphia, sign the Constitution of the United States......Sept. 17, 1787 Maryland adopts the Constitution......April 28, 1788 Robert H. Harrison, of Maryland, nominated associate justice of the Supreme Court......Sept. 26, 1789 John Carroll, D. D., consecrated bishop of Baltimore, with jurisdiction over all the Catholics in the United States, the first bishop consecrated in the Un
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., List of Massachusetts officers, and soldiers who died as prisoners. (search)
s. Inf.,Annapolis, Md.,June 25, 1864. McGowan, William A.,12th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 10, 1864. McGrath, Christopher,16th Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,Feb. 28, 1864. McGrath, Lewis,23d Mass. Inf.,Florence, S. C.,Oct. 10, 1864. McGuany, M.,*20th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Jan. 17, 1865. McGuire, Andrew,58th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 9, 1864. McGuire, Hugh,58th Mass. Inf.,Annapolis, Md.,April 4, 1865. McGurty, Patrick,28th Mass. Inf.,Belle Isle, Va.,Dec. 28, 1863. McHenry, James,2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 22, 1864. McHugh, W. S.,*2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 18, 1864. McHughes, Miles,20th Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,Jan. 27, 1864. McInstry, Van Buren,36th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Feb. 15, 1864. McIntosh, William H., Corp.,42d Mass. Inf.,Houston, Tex.,Feb. 10, 1863. McIntyre, —, Corp.,*24th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Dec.--, 1864. McIntyre, Horace,1st Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 13, 1864. McIntyre, William,25th Mass. Inf.,Mi
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