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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alaskan boundary, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andros , Sir Edmund , -1714 (search)
Andros, Sir Edmund, -1714
Born in London, Dec. 6, 1637.
In 1674 he succeeded his father as bailiff of Guernsey Island.
In the same year he was appointed governor of the province of New York.
He administered public affairs wholly in the interest of his master, the Duke of York.
His private life was unblemished; but such was his public career that he acquired the title of tyrant.
Andros became involved in serious disputes with the colonists.
In 1680 he deposed Philip Carteret, and seized the government of East Jersey.
The next year he was recalled, and retired to Guernsey, after having cleared himself of several charges that had been preferred against him. The New England governments were consolidated in 1686, and Andros was appointed governor-general.
Under instructions, he forbade all printing in those colonies He was authorized to appoint and remove his own council, and with their consent to enact laws, levy taxes, and control the militia.
These privileges were exercise
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carr , Sir Robert 1664 -1667 (search)
Carr, Sir Robert 1664-1667
Commissioner; born in Northumberland, England.
In 1664 he was appointed, with Sir Richard Nicolls (q. v.) and others, on a commission to regulate the affairs of New England, and to take possession of New Netherland (q. v.). The commission came on a fleet which had been fitted out to operate against the Dutch settlers on the Hudson.
Carr and Nichols gained possession of New Netherland Aug. 27, 1664, and named it New York in honor of the Duke of York.
On Sept. 24 of the same year Fort Orange surrendered to the English, and was renamed Albany.
In February, 1665, Carr and his associates went to Boston, but the colonists there declined to recognize them, as did also the towns in New Hampshire.
In Maine, however, the commissioners were well received, and a new government was established in that colony, which lasted from 1666 to 1668.
He died in Bristol, England, June 1, 1667.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carteret , Sir George 1599 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), George (William Frederick) 1737 -1820 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand remonstrance, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morton , or Mourt , George 1585 - (search)
Morton, or Mourt, George 1585-
Author; born in York, England, in 1585; became a Puritan in 1600; settled in Leyden.
Holland, and acted as agent for the Puritans in London till 1620.
He then went to New England, taking reinforcements to the Pilgrims in Plymouth.
He was the author of Mourt's relation of the beginning and proceeding of the English plantation settled at Plymouth in New England.
He died about 1628.
Murray, Lindley 1745-
Grammarian; born in Swatara, Pa., April 22, 1745; was a member of the Society of Friends.
His father was a successful merchant in New York, to which place he removed in 1753.
Lindley Murray. Lindley became a lawyer.
During the Revolution he acquired such a handsome property by mercantile pursuits that he was able to retire from business, and in 1784 went to England for his health.
where he purchased a small estate near York.
In 1787 he published a tract entitled The power of religion on the mind, which passed through many editions.
He is chiefly known as author of an English grammar (1795), an English reader, and an English spelling-book.
He died near York, England, Feb. 16, 1826.