hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 9 1 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for John B. Nicholson or search for John B. Nicholson in all documents.

Your search returned 5 results in 3 document sections:

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nicholson, John B. 1783-1846 (search)
Nicholson, John B. 1783-1846 Naval officer; born in Richmond, Va., in 1783; was commissioned midshipman in 1800; promoted captain in 1828. When the United States took the British frigate Macedonian he was fourth lieutenant of the former vessel; was first lieutenant of the Peacock when she engaged the Epervier, and after the action towed the latter safely into port. Washington Irving was accustomed to refer to him as Jovial Jack Nicholson. He died in Washington, D. C., Nov. 9, 1846.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peacock, the (search)
shot having struck her hull. Twenty-two of her men were killed or wounded. Only two of the Peacock's men were wounded; and so little was she injured that an hour after the battle she was in perfect fighting order. The Épervier sold for $55,000, and on board of her was found $118,000 in specie. She was such a valuable prize that Warrington determined to take her into Savannah himself. On the way, when abreast of Amelia Island, on the coast of Florida, the Épervier, in charge of Lieut. John B. Nicholson, came near being captured by two English frigates. She entered the Savannah River in safety on May 1, 1814. the Peacock reached the same port on May 4. This capture produced much exultation. Congress thanked Warrington in the name of the nation, and gave him a gold medal. In another cruise to the shores of Portugal soon afterwards, the Peacock captured fourteen vessels, and returned to New York at the end of October. In 1815, after parting with Biddle, Captain Warrington pur
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quebec. (search)
mbarked his troops, and crawled back to Boston with his whole fleet, after it had been dispersed by a tempest. After the reduction of Port Royal, in 1711, Colonel Nicholson went again to England to solicit an expedition against Canada. The ministry acceded to his proposal, and a sufficient armament was ordered for the grand enterprise. Nicholson hastened back, gave notice to the colonies, and prepared for the invasion of Canada by sea and land. Admiral Walker commanded the fleet of sixty-eight vessels of war and transports, bearing about 7,000 men. When the ships arrived at the mouth of the St. Lawrence, after loitering by the way, they were overtaken of them were lost. In the disaster almost 1,000 men perished. At a council of war held a few days afterwards, it was determined to abandon the expedition, and Nicholson, with his ships, returned to England, while the troops were sent to Boston. The arrogant Walker actually claimed credit for himself in retreating, falsely charg