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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Minot , George Richards 1758 -1802 (search)
Minot, George Richards 1758-1802
Jurist; born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 22, 1758; graduated at Harvard College in 1778; began law practice in Boston; became probate judge for Suffolk county in 1792; and was secretary of the convention which adopted the national Constitution.
His publications include Eulogy on Washington; History of the Insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786; and Continuation of the
Hutchinson's history of Massachusetts Bay from the year 1748, with an introductory sketch of events from its original settlement.
He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1802.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Plymouth Declaration of rights. (search)
Shawmut
A peninsula with three hills which caused it to be called Tri-mountain, on which Boston was built, was discovered by the Pilgrims in 1621.
A boat with ten men was sent to explore Massachusetts Bay.
Towards the south they saw the blue hills from which the Indian name Massachusetts was derived.
Two or three rivers entered the bay, and peninsulas jutted into it; and so attractive were its shores that the Pilgrims regretted they had not seated themselves there.
When Winthrop and a large colony came (1630), they landed at Salem, and some of them settled at Charlestown.
Sickness prevailed among them.
Observing a fine spring of water on Shawmut, and believing its high ground to be more healthy than at Charlestown, Winthrop settled there and founded Boston (q. v. ).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slafter , Edmund Farwell 1816 - (search)
Slafter, Edmund Farwell 1816-
Author; born in Norwich, Vt., May 30, 1816; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1840, and took a course in Andover Theological Seminary; was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1845; rector of St. John's, Boston, Mass., in 1846-53.
Later he became register of the diocese of Massachusetts.
His publications include Sir William Alexander and American Colonization; Voyages of the Northmen to America; John Checkly, or the evolution of religious tolerance in Massachusetts Bay; History and causes of incorrect latitudes as recorded in the journals of early writers, navigators, and explorers, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State sovereignty. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thanksgiving day (search)
Thanksgiving day
The first recorded public thanksgiving appointed by authority, in America, was proclaimed in Massachusetts Bay in 1831.
Owing to the great scarcity of provisions and consequent menace of starvation, Feb. 22 was appointed to be observed as a fast-day.
Before that time a long-expected vessel arrived, laden with provisions, and the fast-day was changed into one of thanksgiving.
The practice was sometimes observed in New Netherland.
Governor Kieft proclaimed a public thanksgiving, to be held in February, 1644, on account of a victory over the Indians; and again, in 1645, because of the conclusion of peace.
Thanksgivings and fasts, sometimes general and sometimes partial, were appointed in the several colonies, and early in the Revolutionary War the Continental Congress adopted the practice.
The days appointed during the war were as follows: Thursday, July 20, 1775; Friday, May 17, 1776; and another, to be fixed by the several States, ordered by resolution, Dec.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)