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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barry, John, 1745-1803 (search)
of a man. He was publicly thanked by Washington. When Howe took Philadelphia, late in 1777, Barry took the Effingham Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. up the Delaware with the hope the Delaware with the hope of saving her, but she was burned by the British. Howe had offered him a large bribe if he would deliver the ship to him at Philadelphia, but it was scornfully rejected. Barry took command of the Raleigh, 32, in September, 1778, but British cruisers compelled him to run her ashore in Penobscot Bay. In the frigate Alliance, in 1781, he sailed for France with Col. John Laurens, who was sent on a special mission; and afterwards he cruised successfully with that ship. At the close of May he captured the Atlanta and Trespass, after a severe fight. Returning in October, the Alliance was refitted, and, after taking Lafayette and the Count de Noailles to France, Barry cruised in the West Indies very successfully until May, 1782. After the reorganization of the United States navy in 17
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hampden, action at. (search)
sport, and nine launches, commanded by Commodore Barrie, and 700 soldiers, led by Lieutenant-Colonel St. John. The expedition sailed on Sept. 1, 1814, and the next morning General Gosselin took possession of Belfast, on the western shore of Penobscot Bay, at the head of 600 troops. The expedition landed some troops at Frankfort, which marched up the western side of the river. The flotilla, with the remainder, sailed on, and arrived near Hampden at five o'clock in the evening, when the troopLieutenant Wadsworth. With the remainder of his guns, he took position on the wharf with about 200 seamen and marines, prepared to defend his crippled ship to the last extremity. She had been much damaged by striking a rock when she entered Penobscot Bay, and had run up to Hampden to avoid capture. The British detachment landed at Frankfort, and moved forward cautiously, in a dense fog, to join the other invaders, with a vanguard of riflemen. Blake had sent a body of militia to confront the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), John Adams, the (search)
the Adams (Capt. Charles .Morris) observed twenty-five merchant vessels, with two ships-of-war, bearing down upon her with a fair wind. Morris abandoned his prize, and gave the Adams wings for flight from danger. In April she entered the harbor of Savannah for supplies, and on May 5 sailed for the Manila Reef to watch for the Jamaica convoy, but the fleet passed her in the night. She gave chase in the morning, but was kept at bay by two vessels of war. She crossed the Atlantic, and on July 3 was off the Irish coast, where she was chased by British vessels, but always escaped. For nearly two months the weather was foggy, cold, and damp, because the ocean was dotted with icebergs. Her crew sickened, and Captain Morris determined to go into port. He entered Penobscot Bay, and was nearly disabled by striking a rock, Aug. 17, 1814, and made his way up the Penobscot River to Hampden. British vessels followed, and to prevent her falling into the hands of his enemy, Morris burned her.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New England. (search)
tons, sailed from Milford Haven under the command of Pring, who commanded the larger vessel in person. William Browne was master of the Discoverer, accompanied by Robert Galterns as supercargo or general agent of the expedition They entered Penobscot Bay early in June, and went up the Penobscot River some distance: then, sailing along the coast, they entered the mouths of the Saco and other principal streams of Maine; and finally, sailing southward, they landed on a large island abounding wich, 1605, taking the shorter passage pursued by Gosnold; but storms delayed him so that it was six weeks before he saw the American coast at Nantucket Turning northward, he sailed up a large river 40 miles and set up crosses. He then entered Penobscot Bay, where he opened traffic with the natives. At length Weymouth thought he observed signs of treachery on the part of the Indians, and he determined to resent the affront. He invited some of the leading Indians to a feast on board of his vess
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherbrooke, Sir John Coape 1760-1830 (search)
me lieutenant-general in the British army in 1811. Early in July, 1814, Commodore Hardy sailed secretly from Halifax, with a considerable land and naval force, and captured Eastport, Me., without much opposition. This easy conquest encouraged the British to attempt the seizure of the whole region between Passamaquoddy Bay and the Penobscot River. A strong squadron, under Admiral Griffith, bearing about 4,000 troops, led by Sherbrooke, then governor of Nova Scotia, captured Castine, on Penobscot Bay, and also Belfast, and went up the Penobscot River to Hampden, a few miles below Bangor, to capture or destroy the American corvette John Adams, which, caught in that stream, had gone up so far to escape from the British. The militia, called to defend Hampden and the Adams, fled when the British approached, and the object of the latter was accomplished. Captain Morris, commander of the Adams, burned her to prevent her falling into the hands of the British. The latter pressed on to B
ell and Discoverer, from Bristol, England, commanded by Martin Pring, enter Penobscot Bay and the mouth of a river, probably the Saco......June 7, 1603 Henry IV. St. Croix Island, and spends the winter there......1604 De Monts enters Penobscot Bay, erects a cross at Kennebec, and takes possession in the name of the King. anchors at Monhegan Island, May 17, 1605; St. George's Island, May 19, and Penobscot Bay, June 12. After pleasant intercourse with natives, he seizes and carries aine fixed at lat. 43° 49′ 12″, its eastern terminus on White Head Island in Penobscot Bay, Massachusetts appoints four commissioners, who open a court at Pemaquid an Colonel Church leads an expedition against the enemy in the east, visits Penobscot Bay, and proceeds as far as the Bay of Fundy. He returns, having destroyed alleneral Court sets off from Lincoln county the new counties of Hancock, from Penobscot Bay to the head of Gouldsborough River, and Washington, east of Hancock......Ju
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrecks. (search)
lyn navy-yard; vessel entirely destroyed; twenty-six lives lost......June 4, 1829 Brig Billow lost in storm on Ragged Island, N. S.; all on board, 137 in number, perish......April 9, 1831 Lady Sherbrooke, from Londonderry to Quebec; lost near Cape Ray; 273 persons perish; thirty-two only saved......Aug. 19, 1831 Ship Lady of the Lake, on passage to Quebec, wrecked on an iceberg; 215 lives lost......May 11, 1833 Steamboat Royal Tar, of St. John's, N. B., destroyed by fire in Penobscot Bay; thirty-two lives lost......Oct. 25, 1836 Ship Bristol, on passage from Liverpool to New York, wrecked near Rockaway, L. I.; seventy lives lost......Nov. 20, 1836 Ship Mexico, from Liverpool, wrecked on Hempstead Beach, L. I.; 108 lives lost......Jan. 3, 1837 Steamboat Home, on passage from New York to Charleston, S. C., wrecked in a gale near Ocracoke; about 100 lives lost......Oct. 9, 1837 Steamboat Pulaski, from Savannah to Baltimore, bursts a boiler off coast of North Car
Rockland, Knox County, Maine a city of 8,500 pop., on Penobscot Bay. Extensively engaged in ship building and foreign and domestic commerce. Has very extensive lime stone quaries.
Belfast, Waldo County, Maine a city of 5,500 pop., at the head of Penobscot Bay, possessing a fine harbor. Quite extensively engaged in ship building and foreign and domestic commerce.
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Appendix (search)
ectic of a dying year! The hermit priest, who lingers now On the Bald Mountain's shrubless brow, The gray and thunder-smitten pile Which marks afar the Desert Isle, Mt. Desert Island, the Bald Mountain upon which overlooks Frenchman's and Penobscot Bay. It was upon this island that the Jesuits made their earliest settlement. While gazing on the scene below, May half forget the dreams of home, That nightly with his slumbers come,— The tranquil skies of sunny France, The peasant's harvest sand Special use—upon all occasions—to all the English inhabiting these parts; yet Pleasant and Profitable to the view of all Mene: p. 110, c. 21. Note 19, page 368. Mt. Desert Island, the Bald Mountain upon which overlooks Frenchman's and Penobscot Bay. It was upon this island that the Jesuits made their earliest settlement. Note 20, page 369. Father Hennepin, a missionary among the Iroquois, mentions that the Indians believed him to be a conjurer, and that they were particularly afraid<