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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Lancey, Oliver, 1708-1785 (search)
British army in 1766, and rose to major in 1773; was with the British army in Boston during the siege in 1775-76, and accompanied it to Nova Scotia. He returned with it to Staten Island in June, and commanded the British cavalry when the army invaded Long Island in August, which formed the advance of the right column. To him General Woodhull surrendered under promise of protection, but it was not afforded, and the patriot was murdered. He was active under Sir Henry Clinton throughout the war. In 1781 he succeeded Major Andre as adjutant-general, and on his return to England undertook the arrangement of the claims of the loyalists for compensation for losses in America. He was also at the head of a commission for settling all army accounts during the war. Because of defalcations in his public accounts, he was removed from office. He was elected to Parliament in 1796; was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1801, and to general in 1812. He died in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 3, 1822.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Geddes, James Lorraine 1827-1887 (search)
Geddes, James Lorraine 1827-1887 Military officer; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 19, 1827; emigrated to Canada in 1837; subsequently returned to the continent and enlisted in the Indian army, serving in the Punjab campaign; emigrated to Iowa in 1857; at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted as a private, but soon received a commission, and ultimately was made brevet brigadier-general of volunteers. He wrote a number of war songs which became very popular, among them The stars and stripes and The soldier's battle-prayer. He died in Ames, Ia., Feb. 21, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall, David 1714-1772 (search)
Hall, David 1714-1772 Printer; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1714; emigrated to America in 1747; became a partner of Benjamin Franklin, but the partnership was dissolved in 1766, when the firm of Hall & Sellers was established. This firm ad the printing of the Pennsylvania colonial currency and also the Continental money issued by authority of Congress. He died in Philadelphia, Dec. 24, 1772.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Law, James 1838- (search)
Law, James 1838- Veterinary surgeon; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Feb. 13, 1838; was educated at the veterinary schools of Edinburgh, Paris, Lyons, and London; was Professor of Anatomy and Materia Medica in the Edinburgh New Veterinary College in 1860-65; Professor of Veterinary Science in Cornell University in 1868-96; and, later, became Director of the New York State Veterinary College and Professor of the Principles and Practice of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Sanitary Science, and Veterinary Therapeutics at Cornell. His publications include General and descriptive Anatomy of domestic animals; Farmers' Veterinary adviser; Text-book of Veterinary medicine, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Law, John 1671-1729 (search)
Law, John 1671-1729 Financier; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April, 1671. He killed Edward Wilson in a duel, April, 1694, in London; was found guilty of murder, but fled to the Continent, where he became a gambler. During his travels over Europe he was an enthusiastic advocate of original schemes for banking and for the issue of paper money. With others, he established, in Paris, the Banque Generale, in May, 1716. Notes were accepted in payment for taxes, and they even commanded a premium over specie. About the same time he secured control of the French territory in America called Louisiana. In 1717 the Compagnie d'occident was incorporated for the purposes of trade and colonization. This enterprise became known as The Mississippi scheme, or The system. Not long after this the same company got control of the East India and China companies, which were then called Compagnie des Indes. It also absorbed the African Company, the mint, and the powers of the receivers-general
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McIlwaine, Richard 1834- (search)
McIlwaine, Richard 1834- Clergyman; born in Petersburg, Va., May 20, 1834; graduated at Hampden-Sidney College in 1853, and afterwards studied at the Union Theological Seminary of Virginia, and at the Free Church College of Edinburgh, Scotland. Returning to the United States, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister in December, 1858. Subsequently he held pastorates at Amelia, Farmville, and Lynchburg, Va. He served in the Confederate army as lieutenant and chaplain of the 44th Virginia Regiment. In 1872-83 he was secretary of the boards of home and foreign missions of the Southern Presbyterian Church, and in the latter year became president of Hampden-Sidney College.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sankey, Ira David 1840- (search)
Sankey, Ira David 1840- Singer; born in Edinburgh, Pa., Aug. 28, 1840; settled in Newcastle, Pa., where he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church; became interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association; and while attending the international convention of that association in Indianapolis in 1870 met Dwight L. Moody (q. v.), whom he joined as a solo singer in his evangelistic work. His books of Gospel hymns and Sacred songs and Solos have been translated into many languages and circulated throughout the whole world.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sheaffe, Sir Roger Hale 1763-1851 (search)
Sheaffe, Sir Roger Hale 1763-1851 Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., July 15, 1763. Earl Percy made his headquarters at the house of the mother of young Sheaffe, and he provided for the lad a military education and a commission in a regiment of foot in 1773. Sheaffe performed various military services in Europe, and in 1812 went to Canada with the rank of major-general. After the fall of Brock at Queenston, Sheaffe took command of the forces and gained a victory there. For this service he was knighted (Jan. 16, 1813). In April of the same year he defended York, and was made a full general in 1828. He died in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 17, 1851.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smibert, or Smybert, John 1684-1751 (search)
Smibert, or Smybert, John 1684-1751 Portrait-painter; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, about 1684; studied in Italy and painted in London, and in 1728 accompanied Dean Berkeley to America. He painted the portraits of many New England worthies. The only portrait of Jonathan Edwards ever made was painted by Smibert, who died in Boston in 1751. Smibert introduced portrait-painting into America. He was not an artist of the first rank, for the arts were then at a low ebb in England; but the best portraits that we have of the eminent magistrates and divines in New England and New York, who lived between 1725 and 1751, are from his pencil. While with Berkeley at Newport he painted a group of portraits, including the dean and a part of his family, in which the figure of the artist appears. The picture belongs to Yale College.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tytler, Patrick Fraser 1791-1849 (search)
Tytler, Patrick Fraser 1791-1849 Historian; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 30, 1791; was educated at the University of Edinburgh; admitted to the bar in Scotland, but devoted himself to biographical and historical researches; and wrote Sir Walter Raleigh; An Historical view of the progress of discovery on the Northern coasts of America, etc. He died in Great Malvern, England, Dec. 24, 1849.
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