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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Balfour , Nisbet , 1743 -1823 (search)
Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823
British military officer; born in Dunbog, Scotland.
in 1743.
He was a son of an auctioneer and bookseller in Edinburgh; entered the British army as an ensign in 1761; commanded a company in 1770; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill in June, 1775.
and again in the battle of Long Island.
He was sent home with despatches after the capture of New York in 1776, and was brevetted major in November following.
Served under Lord Cornwallis in Pennsylvania and the Carolinas; and was in command at Charleston in 1781, when he reluctantly obeyed the command of Lord Rawdon to execute Isaac Hayne (q. v.). He was then lieutenant-colonel.
He was made colonel and aide-de-camp to his king in 1782.
a major-general in 1793. lieutenant-general in 1798, and general in 1803.
He died in Dunbog, Oct. 10, 1823.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beecher , Henry Ward , 1813 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bell , Alexander Graham , 1847 - (search)
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-
Inventor; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 3, 1847; son of Alexander Melville; was educated in Edinburgh and London universities.
In 1870 he went to Canada, and thence to Boston in 1872, and became Professor of Vocal Physiology in the Boston University.
He invented the telephone, which was first exhibited at the Centenntial Exposition in 1876.
He also invented the photophone.
Borough, or Burgh,
Originally a company of ten families living together, afterwards a town, incorporated or not, in Great Britain, which sent a representative to Parliament.
Also a castle, a walled town, or other fortified place.
In the United States the word is generally applied to an incorporated town or village, especially in Pennsylvania.
The city of Greater New York, which went into existence on Jan. 1, 1898, is comprised of five boroughs.
Both borough and burgh are also used as terminations of place-names, and, in the United States, under the ruling of the board on Geographic names (q. v.), the forms are now boro and burg. The difference between burgh and berg in terminology is that the former means that the place is a borough as above described, and the latter a place on or near a mountain.
An exception to the rule is found in the case of Edinburgh, Scotland, in which the h is retained, and in Pittsburgh, Pa., where the people insist on retaining the h.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Campbell , John 1708 -1806 (search)
Campbell, John 1708-1806
Author; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 8, 1708; began his literary career early in life.
His publications relating to the United States include Concise history of Spanish America; Voyages and travels from Columbus to Anson; And trade of Great Britain to America.
He died Dec. 28, 1775.
Military officer; born in Strachur, Scotland; joined the British army in 1745; later came to America and while participating in the attack on Fort Ticonderoga in 1758 was wounded; promoted lieutenant-general in 1787.
When the Revolutionary War broke out he was lieutenant-colonel of the 37th Foot, and commanded the British forces in west Florida until compelled to surrender Pensacola to the Spanish, May 10, 1781.
He died in 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Lancey , Oliver , 1708 -1785 (search)
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.
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.
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.
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