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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New England. (search)
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583) and Bartholomew Gosnold (1602) visited the New England coast, and the latter planted a temporary colony there The account given by Gosnold excited desires on the part of friends of Sir Walter Raleigh to make new efforts to found settlements in America, especially in the northeastern parts. Richard Hakluyt, who was learned in naval and commercial science (see Hakluyt, Richard), Martin Pring, and Bartholomew Gosnold, all friends of Raleigh, induced merchants of Bristol to fit out two ships in the spring of 1603 to visit the coasts discovered by Gosnold. Early in April (a fortnight after the death of Queen Elizabeth), the Speedwell, of 50 tons, and the Discoverer, 26 tons, sailed from Milford Haven under the command of Pring, who commanded the larger vessel in person. William Browne was master of the Discoverer, accompanied by Robert Galterns as supercargo or general agent of the expedition They entered Penobscot Bay early in June, and went up the Penobs
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Sweden, founding of (search)
are was appointed governor of Virginia in 1610, and arrived at Jamestown on June 10 of the same year. He probably entered the Delaware on his way to Virginia. The reader will notice various inaccuracies in these early pages. was the first who discovered the bay in which the Indian river Poutaxat debouched, and gave his name, Delaware, to both the river and the bay, in the year 1600. These countries were repeatedly visited by the English: first by those sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh from Bristol, in the year 1603, and afterwards by Sir G. Popham and Captain James Davis, but little more was accomplished than that they learned to know the people, erected some small places and forts, which, however, were soon destroyed by the savages. In the year 1606 a body of emigrants was sent to the northern regions, by two companies, called the London and the Bristol Companies. The former settled southward on the Chesapeake Bay; the latter, on the Kennebeck, or Sagadahoc, River. Each had its
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newfoundland. (search)
a patent was granted to the Earl of Northampton, Lord Chief Baron Tanfuld, Sir Francis Bacon, then solicitor-general, and other gentlemen of distinction, and some Bristol merchants, for a part of the island of Newfoundland. There were forty-four persons named in the charter, and the company was named The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the Cities of London and Bristol for the Colony and Plantation in Newfoundland. John Guy, of Bristol, was soon sent out with a colony of thirty-nine persons to Newfoundland, and began a settlement at Conception Bay. The domain lay between lat. 46° and 52° N., together with the seas and islands lying withe Cities of London and Bristol for the Colony and Plantation in Newfoundland. John Guy, of Bristol, was soon sent out with a colony of thirty-nine persons to Newfoundland, and began a settlement at Conception Bay. The domain lay between lat. 46° and 52° N., together with the seas and islands lying within 10 leagues of the co
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oliver, Thomas 1734-1815 (search)
Oliver, Thomas 1734-1815 Royal governor; born in Dorchester, Mass., Jan. 5, 1734; graduated at Harvard in 1753; succeeded Lieut.-Gov. Andrew Oliver (of another family) in March, 1774, and in September following was compelled by the people of Boston to resign. He took refuge with the British troops in Boston, and fled with them to Halifax in 1776, and thence to England. He died in Bristol, England, Nov. 29, 1815.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Skinner, Cortlandt 1728-1799 (search)
Skinner, Cortlandt 1728-1799 Military officer; born in New Jersey in 1728; a grandson of Stephen Van Cortlandt, of Van Cortlandt's Manor, N. Y. In 1775 he was attorney-general of New Jersey. He organized three battalions of loyalists, called New Jersey volunteers, and was given the commission of brigadier-general. He went to England after the war, where he received compensation for losses as a loyalist. He died in Bristol, England, in 1799. Skinners, a predatory band in the Revolutionary War whose members professed to be Whigs, and who plundered the Tory families living on the Neutral Ground, in Westchester county, N. Y., between the British and American lines. They were not very scrupulous in their choice of victims, plunder being their chief aim. See Cow-boys.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stage-coaches, (search)
757 the London and Manchester stage-coach made the trip, 187 miles, in three days regularly, afterwards Travelling by stage coach. reduced to nineteen hours, and the London and Edinburgh stage-coach ultimately made the distance between these cities, 400 miles, in forty hours, including all stops, etc., the roads being excellent, the coaches and service admirable, and the number of horses equal to the number of miles—namely, 400—and the relays frequent. The first mail-coach was set up at Bristol by John Palmer, Aug. 2, 1784. In the United States the first stage was run between New York City and Boston, 1732, probably not regularly and not long continued. In 1756 there was one stage-coach running between New York City and Philadelphia, distance ninety miles, time, three days. In 1765 a second stage-coach was put on. In 1790 the line was increased to four coaches, and in 1811 there were four coaches each way daily. The first line, named the Expedition, from Philadelphia to Paulu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
of the ocean between Europe and America was postponed until June, 1838, when the Great Western crossed the Atlantic from Bristol to New York in eighteen days. From that time steam navigation between the continents has been regularly kept up, and theh River as a tugboat1834 Great Western Steamship Company formed, and keel of the Great Western (1,340 tons) laid at Bristol, England1836 Peninsular Steamship Company founded1837 Captain Ericsson's screw steamer, Francis B. Ogden, makes 10 miles per hour on the ThamesApril, 1837 First voyage of the steamship Great Western, launched July 19, 1837, from Bristol to New YorkApril 8-23, 1838 Sirius, built at London, crosses the Atlantic in 18 1/2 days, reaching New York under steam a few hours b with iron hull, designed by I. K. Brunel (3,443 tons, 322 feet long, 51 feet broad), launched July 19, 1843, sails from BristolJan. 23, 1845 Pacific Mail Steamship Company organized1847 Collins line of American steamships formed and subsidized by
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tucker, Josiah 1711-1799 (search)
Tucker, Josiah 1711-1799 Clergyman; born in Laugharne, Wales, in 1711; educated at Oxford, he took orders, and was for many years a rector in Bristol; in 1758 he was Dean of Gloucester; he was a prolific writer on political and religious subjects, and published several tracts on the dispute between Great Britain and the American colonies, which attracted much attention. The British ministry knew more of the differences of opinion in the Continental Congress than did the Americans, for Galloway had let out the secret to friends of the crown. This fact encouraged Lord Seal and signature of Tryon. North and his colleagues to believe that a little firmness on the part of Great Britain would shake the resolution and break up the apparent union of the colonists. It was known that a large portion of the most respectable and influential of the inhabitants of the colonies were warmly attached to the mother-country. In several colonies there was a strong prejudice felt towards New
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
the American side......Dec. 29, 1837 President issues a proclamation of neutrality as regards the disturbance in Canada......Jan. 5, 1838 Duel between William J. Graves, of Kentucky, and Jonathan Cilley, of New Hampshire, members of the House......Feb. 24, 1838 [Fought with rifles; Cilley killed at the third shot.] First regular passage by steamer across the Atlantic completed by the Great Western and Sirius. Sirius seventeen days from London, and Great Western fifteen days from Bristol. Both arrive at New York City......April 23, 1838 Banks in New England and New York resume specie payments......May 10, 1838 Iowa receives a territorial government......June 12, 1838 Second session adjourns......July 9, 1838 United States exploring expedition to the Antarctic and Pacific oceans, under command of Lieut. Charles Wilkes, sails from Hampton Roads......Aug. 18, 1838 Third session assembles......Dec. 3, 1838 Charles G. Atherton, of New Hampshire, introduces a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
the eastern and northern boundary; the Canadian province of Quebec lies to the northwest, and New Hampshire to the west below lat. 45° 20′. Area, 33,040 square miles in sixteen counties. Population, 1890, 661,086; 1900, 694,466. Capital, Augusta, since 1832. First Englishman known to have conducted an expedition to the shores of Maine, then Norumbega, was John Walker, in the service of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, who reached the Penobscot River......1580 Speedwell and Discoverer, from Bristol, England, commanded by Martin Pring, enter Penobscot Bay and the mouth of a river, probably the Saco......June 7, 1603 Henry IV. of France grants to Pierre de Gast Sieur de Monts all the territory between lat. 40° and 46° N., and appoints him governor of the country, which is called Acadia......Nov. 8, 1603 De Monts, accompanied by M. de Poutrincourt, and Samuel Champlain, visits his patent, and discovers Passamaquoddy Bay and the Schoodic or St. Croix River......May, 1604 Later in th
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