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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bladensburg , battle of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), George (Augustus) 1683 - (search)
George (Augustus) 1683-
King of Great Britain; son of the preceding and Sophia Dorothea; born in Hanover, Oct. 20, 1683.
In his childhood and youth he was neglected by his father, and was brought up by his grandmother, the Electress Sophia.
In 1705 he married a daughter of the Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, a woman of superior character and ability.
He was made a peer of England the next year, with the chief title of Duke of Cambridge.
He was a brave soldier under the Duke of Marlborough.
In 1714 he accompanied his father to England, and was proclaimed Prince of Wales Sept. 22. The prince and his father hated each other cordially, and he was made an instrument of intrigue against the latter.
The Princess of Wales was very popular, and the father also hated her. At one time the King proposed to send the prince to America, there to be disposed of so that he should have no more trouble with him. He was crowned King Oct. 11, 1727.
His most able minister was Walpole (as he
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Government, instrument of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hudson , Charles 1795 -1881 (search)
Hudson, Charles 1795-1881
Author; born in Marlboro, Mass., Nov. 14, 1795; became a Universalist clergyman in 1819, and was pastor at Westminster, Mass., for twenty years; was a member of Congress in 1841-49.
He was the author of History of Westminster; History of Lexington; Genealogical register of Lexington families.
He also prepared congressional reports, including Protective policy; Capital punishment; The northeastern boundary; and The incompetency of witnesses on account of religious belief.
He died in Lexington, Mass., May 4, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pitt , William 1708 -1778 (search)
Pitt, William 1708-1778
The Great commoner ; born in Westminster, England, Nov. 15, 1708; educated at Eton and Oxford, he entered Parliament in 1735, where he was the most formidable opponent of Robert Walpole.
In 1744 the famous Duchess of Marlborough bequeathed him $50,000 for having defended the laws of his country and endeavoring to save it from ruin.
Afterwards Sir William Pynsent left him the whole of his fortune.
He held the office of vice-treasurer of Ireland (1746), and soon afterwards was made paymaster of the army and one of the privy council.
In 1755 he was
William Pitt. dismissed from office, but in 1757 was made secretary of state, and soon infused his own energy into every part of the public service, placing England in the front rank of nations.
By his energy in pressing the war in America (see French and Indian War) he added Canada to the British Empire and decided for all time the future of the Mississippi Valley.
All through the progress of the disput
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sanborn , Alvan Francis 1866 - (search)
Sanborn, Alvan Francis 1866-
Journalist; born in Marlboro, Mass., July 8, 1866; graduated at Amherst College in 1887; associate editor of International Cyclopaedia in 1891; author of a series of studies of New England towns, a study of beggars, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spottswood , Sir Alexander 1676 -1740 (search)
Spottswood, Sir Alexander 1676-1740
Colonial governor; born in Tangier, Africa, in 1676; served in the army under the Duke of Marlborough; was wounded in the battle of Blenheim; was governor of Virginia in 1710-23.
In 1736 he was colonial postmaster, and in 1739 commander of the forces intended to operate against Florida.
The French, in pursuance of their policy for spreading their dominions in America, had always concealed from the English all knowledge of the country beyond the Apalachian range of mountains.
In 1714 Governor Spottswood resolved to acquire some knowledge of that mysterious region, and he went in person, with a few attendants, over those lofty ranges to the headwaters of the Tennessee and Kentucky rivers.
He made the first certain discovery of a passage through those everlasting hills; but the country was very little known to Europeans until the middle of the eighteenth century.
Spottswood was a zealous friend of the College of William and Mary and of effor