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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fellows, John 1733-1808 (search)
Fellows, John 1733-1808 Military officer; born in Pomfret, Conn., in 1733; was in the French and Indian War (q. v.); was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775; led a company of minute-men to Cambridge after the skirmish at Lexington, and was made brigadiergeneral of militia in June, 1776. He commanded a brigade in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, and Bemis's Heights, and was very active in the capture of Burgoyne, October, 1777. After the war he was high sheriff of Berkshire county. He died in Sheffield, Mass., Aug. 1, 1808.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
oard the Austrian brig Huzzar, approved......Aug. 4, 1854 First session adjourns......Aug. 7, 1854 Ostend manifesto issued......Oct. 18, 1854 Andrew H. Reeder, of Pennsylvania, appointed governor of Kansas by President Pierce......1854 Second session assembles......Dec. 4, 1854 Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, elected president pro tem. of the Senate......Dec. 5, 1854 Congress assents to the cession by Massachusetts to New York of Boston corner, the southwesterly corner of Berkshire county, approved......Jan. 3, 1855 Annexation of the Sandwich Islands discussed in Congress (strongly opposed by England)......January, 1855 Panama Railroad completed; first train from ocean to ocean......Jan. 28, 1855 Rights of citizenship secured to children of citizens born in foreign territory by an act approved......Feb. 10, 1855 Grade of lieutenant-general by brevet revived by a resolution approved......Feb. 15, 1855 [This rank was immediately conferred upon Maj.-Gen. Winf
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
shipped South. He was subsequently liberated by purchase, and settled in Canada.] A convention in Worcester declares in favor of a new political organization, to be called the Republican party......July 20, 1854 State convention of the Republican party, held at Worcester, nominates Henry Wilson for governor and Increase Sumner for lieutenant-governor......Sept. 7, 1854 Congress consents to the cession by Massachusetts to New York of Boston Corner, the southwesterly corner of Berkshire county......Jan. 3, 1855 Sumner's speech in the United States Senate on the admission of Kansas, known as the Crime against Kansas ......May 20, 1856 Senator Sumner assaulted and beaten down by Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina, in the Senate chamber......May 22, 1856 Adjutant-general's report shows the State to have 147,682 men enrolled in the militia, and 5,771 are in active service......1858 Pemberton mills, at Lawrence, fall by reason of defect in building, and afterwards ta