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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Moravian town, (search)
Moravian town, A settlement in Kent county, Ontario, Canada, on the bank of the River Thames, near which General Harrison defeated General Proctor in battle on Oct. 5, 1813. The settlers were Indians who had been converted to Christianity by the Moravians, who fled to Canada from the Muskingum, in Ohio, in 1792. By an order of the Provincial Council in 1793, about 50,000 acres of land were granted for their use, on which they proceeded to build a church and a village. Rev. John Scott, of Bethlehem, ministered there for some time. At the time of the battle this Christian Indian village had about 100 houses, mostly well built, a schoolhouse and chapel, and very fine gardens.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morrill, Justin Smith 1810- (search)
onsidered at much length by the appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress: and the debates at different times upon the bill in the Senate filed sixty-six columns of the Globe, and in the House seventy-eight columns of the Globe. No argus-eyed debater objected by ally amendment to the discontinuance of the silver dollar. In substance the bill twice passed each House, and was finally agreed upon and reported by a very able and trustworthy committee of conference, where Mr. Sherman, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Bayard appeared on the part of the Senate. . . . The gold standard, it may confidently be asserted, is practically far cheaper than that of silver. I do not insist upon having the gold standard, but if we are to have but one, I think that the best. The expense of maintaining a metallic currency is, of course, greater than that of paper; but it must be borne in mind that a paper currency is only tolerable when convertible at the will of the holder into coin—and no one asks for
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Naylor, Charles 1806- (search)
Naylor, Charles 1806- Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 6, 1806; admitted to the bar in 1828; was a member of Congress 1837-41; took part in the war with Mexico as captain of a company of volunteers, and was in most of the engagements under General Scott. He was appointed governor of the National Palace (the Hall of the Montezumas ), and keeper of the archives of Mexico, which office he held until the evacuation of the American army, June 12, 1848
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
4 to 1821 Walter Lowrie16th to 19th1819 to 1825 William Findley17th to 20th1821 to 1827 William Marks19th to 22d1825 to 1831 Isaac D. Barnard20th to 22d1827 to 1831 George M. Dallas22d to 23d1831 to 1833 William Wilkins22d to 23d1831 to 1834 Samuel McKean23d to 26th1833 to 1839 James Buchanan23d to 29th1834 to 1845 Daniel Sturgeon26th to 32d1839 to 1851 Simon Cameron29th to 31st1845 to 1849 James Cooper31st to 34th1849 to 1855 Richard Brodhead32d to 35th1851 to 1857 William Bigler34th to 37th1855 to 1861 Simon Cameron35th to 37th1857 to 1861 David Wilmot37th to 38th1861 to 1863 Edgar Cowan37th to 40th1861 to 1867 Charles R. Buckalew38th to 41st1863 to 1869 Simon Cameron40th to 45th1867 to 1877 John Scott41st to 44th1869 to 1875 William A. Wallace44th to47th1875 to 1881 James Donald Cameron45th to 55th1877 to 1897 John I. Mitchell47th to 50th1881 to 1887 Matthew S. Quay50th to 56th1887 to 1899 Boies Penrose55th to ——1897 to —— Matthew S. Quay57th to —
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Scott, John 1824-1889 (search)
Scott, John 1824-1889 Legislator; born in Alexandria, Pa., July 14, 1824; received a good education; admitted to the bar in 1846, and practised in Huntingdon; prosecuting attorney in 1846-49; member of the legislature in 1862; and United States Senator in 1869-75. While in the Senate he made an address favoring the adoption of the enforcement bill permitting the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus act in States when Ku-Klux Klan (q. v.) outrages should be perpetrated. He died in Pittsburg, Pa., March 22, 1889. Military officer; born in Jefferson county, O., April 14, 1824; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1845; served in the Mexican War; was taken prisoner at Encarnacion in January, 1847. When the Civil War began he was made lieutenant-colonel of the 3d Iowa Infantry; was colonel of the 2d Iowa Infantry in .1862-64; served as lieutenant-governor of Iowa in 1868; has been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is the author of Encarnacion, or the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Cortlandt, Oliver Stevense 1600-1684 (search)
48; then became a merchant and brewer. He was made colonel of the burgher guard in 1649; was appointed mayor (burgomaster) of New Amsterdam in 1654; and held that office almost without interruption till 1664, when New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British. He was then appointed by Governor Stuyvesant one of the commissioners to arrange a settlement with the British. In 1663 he took a prominent part in settling the Connecticut boundary dispute, and in 1664 in settling the claims of Capt. John Scott to Long Island, and also held trusts under the English governors Nicholls, Lovelace, and Dongan. He died in New York, April 4, 1684. His son, Jacob, born in New York City, July 7, 1658, was a member of the first three William and Mary assemblies, was again a member in 1702-9 and 1710-15; and was mayor of his native city in 1719. He was a large land-holder and one of the most prominent men of his time. His estate of 800 acres at Yonkers was bought by New York City from his descen