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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colorado, (search)
rnment called to assist in settling city hall troubles......June, 1894 Adjutant-General Tarsney assaulted and maltreated at Colorado Springs......June 23, 1894 Great fire destroying Cripple Creek......April, 1896 Strike of Leadville miners inaugurated......June 19, 1896 Strike of coal-miners at Walsenburg, resulting in international complications......December, 1896 Leadville strike settled and militia returned......Feb. 22, 1897 Governor Adams furnishes United States government with regiment of volunteers for service in the Philippines......May 9, 1898 Colorado and Northwestern Railway completed......October, 1898 Italian riots at Lake City......March, 1899 Return of 1st Colorado Volunteers from Philippines......September, 1900 State capitol completed......December, 1900 James B. Orman inaugurated governor......Jan. 8, 1901 Serious strike of foreign miners at Telluride, July 2 (amicably adjusted by Governor Orman, July 6)......1901 Connecticut
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
and others explore the lands and harbors of Connecticut on the seacoast, and select Quinipiack (nownwick......1639 Fourteen capital laws of Connecticut enacted, founded on passages of Scripture..ut purchases of Col. George Fenwick the old Connecticut patent for £1,600, and assumes jurisdictionnors and magistrates receive no salaries in Connecticut up to......1648 [Then the governor's salom Connecticut, fix the western boundary of Connecticut, beginning on the east side of Mamaroneck C94 Boundary of 1683 between New York and Connecticut confirmed by William III.......1700 Char8 Joint survey made between New York and Connecticut......1731 Connecticut furnishes 1,000 me seeks in England consecration as bishop of Connecticut; being refused, he is consecrated by three Connecticut frees her slaves......1784 Connecticut makes a qualified cession to the United Sta Western Reserve, Ohio......May 30, 1800 Connecticut opposed to war of......1812 New London b[37 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
rivers......Aug. 13, 1790 Two brass cannon, taken at Yorktown, are presented to the Chatham artillery of Savannah, by General Washington, in appreciation of their part in his reception in Savannah; one bears the inscription, Surrendered by the capitulation of York Town, Oct. 19, 1781. Honi soit qui mal y pense—G. R. with the imperial crown......1791 General Washington, on a Presidential tour, arrives at Savannah and is received with enthusiasm......May 13, 1791 Eli Whitney, of Connecticut, while residing in Georgia, invents the cotton-gin......May 27, 1793 General Clarke, claiming that by the treaty of 1790 certain lands on the south side of the Oconee River had been improperly ceded to the Creeks by the United States, takes possession, defying Georgia and United States, but is driven out......Oct. 12, 1794 Seat of government removed from Augusta to Louisville, now county seat of Jefferson county......May 16, 1795 Rescinding act signed by Governor Irwin, who was e
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
Atlantic Ocean and the States of Rhode Island and Connecticut. Immediately on its western boundaries lie Rhodeer and friends remove from Newtown (Cambridge) to Connecticut, and found Hartford......June, 1636 John Oldha Four of the New England colonies, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Plymouth, and New Haven, unite as the United cols; Massachusetts to raise 527, Plymouth, 158, and Connecticut, 315......Sept. 9, 1675 [Gov. Josiah Winslow, 5 Several bodies of troops from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Plymouth, numbering about 1,000, unite aboutngland and New York unite. Governor Winthrop, of Connecticut, commands the land forces, and Sir William Phipps nothing.] Boundary between Massachusetts and: Connecticut located......1713 Schooners invented and built Troops—of which Massachusetts furnished 3,250, Connecticut 500, and New Hampshire 300—rendezvous at Canseau.ode Island and Delaware, each two; Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Caroli
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Hampshire, (search)
ing to the colony of Massachusetts, founded......1638 Burdet succeeded by Capt. John Underhill......1638 People of Portsmouth form a provisional government......1639 Provisional government established at Dover......Oct. 22, 1640 Four governments in New Hampshire subscribe to a union with Massachusetts, April 14, 1641, which goes into effect, giving New Hampshire's representatives a vote in town affairs without regard to religious qualifications......Oct. 9, 1641 Colonies of Connecticut, New Haven, New Plymouth, and Massachusetts (including New Hampshire) form a confederacy......1642 White Mountains explored by Captain Neal......1642 Quakers William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson executed for returning to the province after banishment......Oct. 27, 1659 William Leddra hanged for being a Quaker......March 14. 1660 Warrant issued at Dover, directing three Quakeresses to be whipped out of the province. Stripped and tied to a cart, they are publicly whipped at
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Jersey, (search)
ase and release, to be called Nova Caesaria, or New Jersey......June 23-24, 1664 By license from Colonel Nicholls, governor under the Duke of York, a company, the Elizabethtown associates, purchase the site of Elizabethtown from Indians, and establish the first permanent settlement in New Jersey......Oct. 28, 1664 Philip Carteret, appointed first English governor of New Jersey, arrives at Elizabethtown with thirty settlers......August, 1665 Newark settled by thirty families from Connecticut......May 17, 1666 Grant of 276 acres issued for Hoboken......May 12, 1668 Session of the first legislative Assembly of New Jersey held at Elizabethtown......May 26, 1668 Bergen chartered......Sept. 22, 1668 Settlers under grants from Governor Nicholls form an independent government whose deputies at Elizabethtown elect James Carteret governor......May 14, 1672 Gov. Philip Carteret returns to England to lay the matter of the government of New Jersey before the proprietors...
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
io, and the river St. Lawrence; on the east lie Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; on the south, the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; on the westcolony of New England......1627 Dutch inform Plymouth of the Fresh River (Connecticut)......1627 Population of Manhattan estimated at 270......1628 Kiliaen r each county......1683 Agreement as to the boundary between New York and Connecticut......Nov. 28, 1683 Governor Dongan commissions James Graham first recordenor Burnet succeeded by John Montgomery......April 15, 1728 Boundary with Connecticut established......May, 1731 Governor Montgomery dies......July 1, 1731 .1753 Convention representing New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, at Albany to consider a colonial confction of game and fish established by law......June 26, 1880 New York and Connecticut joint boundary commission award to New York a small strip 4.68 square miles
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
the head of 500 British troops, advances from Carlisle to the relief of Fort Pitt......July, 1763 When within a half-mile of Bushy Run, and about 25 miles from Fort Pitt, he is attacked by the Indians......Aug. 5, 1763 Battle continues during the day, and begins again at early dawn. Bouquet feigns a retreat, bringing the Indians within the circle of his troops and defeating them. His loss was eight officers and 115 privates. He reaches and relieves Fort Pitt......Aug. 10, 1763 Connecticut colony in the Wyoming Valley driven out by the Indians......Oct. 15, 1763 Surveyors Mason and Dixon begin running the southern boundary-line (see this record, 1682)......Dec. 9, 1763 Barbarities of Indians at this time disposed the frontiersmen to destroy every Indian—enemy or not. A remnant of a friendly tribe at Conestoga is massacred by frontiersmen termed Paxton boys ; a few escape and flee to Lancaster for refuge, but are followed and killed. The pursuers hearing of friendly I
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
ed States, is bounded on the north and east by Massachusetts, on the west by Connecticut, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. Block Island, about 9 miles from thin England a commission, signed by John Bradshaw, to govern Rhode Island and Connecticut during his life, with a council of six, to be named by the people and approv..Nov. 24, 1663 Boundary dispute between Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut settled by a royal commission......1664 Westerly incorporated as a town..ed in Narraganset, with a court of records, civil and military officers, and Connecticut and Rhode Island excluded from jurisdiction......June, 1686 The Atherton Yearly meeting of Friends established at Newport......1700 Boundary with Connecticut established......May 12, 1703 Two sloops, manned by 120 men, Capt. John Wof £ 100 or an annual income of £ 2......Feb. 18, 1724 Boundary-line with Connecticut signed at Westerly......Sept. 27, 1728 George Berkely, dean of Derry, aft
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vermont, (search)
mont, A New England State, is bounded on the north by the province of Quebec, east by New Hampshire, south by Massachusetts, and west by New York and Lake Champlain. It lies between 42° 44′ to 45° 43′ N. lat., and 71° 38′ to 73° 25′ W. long. Area, 9,565 square miles, in fourteen counties. Population, 1890, 332,422; 1900, 343,641. Capital, Montpelier. Samuel de Champlain explores the lake bearing his name......1609 About 44,000 acres in southern Vermont, granted to the colony of Connecticut, in 1715, as an equivalent for lands granted by Massachusetts in Connecticut territory, transferred to William Dummer, Anthony Stoddard, William Brattle, and John White......1716 Fort Dummer built by the colony of Massachusetts on the Connecticut River at Brattleboro......1724 French settle at Chimney Point, Addison township, Vt......1730 Township Number One, now Westminster, laid out between the great falls and the land grant of 1716, by the General Court of Massachusetts..
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