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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Daniel, John Moncure, 1825-1865 (search)
Daniel, John Moncure, 1825-1865 Editor; born in Stafford county, Va., Oct. 24, 1825; in 1853 was appointed minister to Italy, where he almost caused a rupture of diplomatic relations. Garibaldi requested Daniel to annex Nice to the United States, but Daniel declined on the ground that such action would be contrary to the Monroe doctrine. When the Civil War broke out Daniel hastened home and entered the Confederate army, but resigned in consequence of severe wounds, when he resumed the editorship of the Richmond Examiner, in which he attacked Jefferson Davis, and in which he predicted in 1864 the early collapse of the Confederacy. He died in Richmond, Va., March 30, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Daniel, Peter Vivian, 1784-1860 (search)
Daniel, Peter Vivian, 1784-1860 Statesman; born in Stafford county, Va., April 24, 1784; graduated at Princeton in 1805; appointed judge of the United States Circuit Court in 1836; and to the United States Supreme Court in 1841. He died in Richmond, Va., June 30, 1860.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davenport, Henry Kallock, 1820-1872 (search)
Davenport, Henry Kallock, 1820-1872 Naval officer; born in Savannah, Ga., Dec. 10, 1820; joined the navy in 1838; commanded the steamer Hetzel in 1861-64; took part in the engagements on James River and off Roanoke Island; and was promoted captain in 1868. He died in Franzensbad, Bohemia, Aug. 18, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis, Varina Anne Jefferson, 1864-1898 (search)
Davis, Varina Anne Jefferson, 1864-1898 author; second daughter of Jefferson Davis; born in Richmond, Va., June 27, 1864; known popularly in the South as the Daughter of the Confederacy. Her childhood was mostly spent abroad, and for several years she devoted herself to literature. Her works include An Irish knight of the nineteenth century; Sketch of the life of Robert Emmet; The veiled Doctor; Foreign education for American girls; and A romance of summer seas. She died at Narraganset Pier, R. I., Sept. 18, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Delaware, Lord (search)
Delaware, Lord The 3d Lord Delaware succeeded his father in 1602; appointed governor of Virginia in 1609; and arrived at Jamestown, June 9, 1610. He built two forts at the mouth of the James River, which he named Henry and Charles respectively, in honor of the King's sons. In 1611 he sailed for the West Indies, but was driven back by a storm and landed at the mouth of the Delaware River, from whence he sailed for England. In 1618 he embarked for Virginia and died on the voyage.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ducking-stool. (search)
Ducking-stool. The English colonies in America continued for a long time the manners and customs of their native land; among others, that of the use of the ducking-stool for the punishment of inveterate scolding women. Bishop Meade, in Old churches, ministers, and families in Virginia, says, If a woman was convicted of slander, her husband was made to pay five hundred-weight of tobacco ; but the law proving insufficient, the penalty was changed to ducking. Places for ducking were prepared at court-houses. An instance is mentioned of a woman who was ordered to be ducked three times from a vessel lying in the James River. The woman was tied to a chair at the longer end of a lever, controlled at the shorter end by men with a rope. The stool being planted firmly, the woman was raised on the lever, and then lowered so as to be plunged under the water.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809 (search)
ceiver-general paying the full value of the powder. Henry sent the money to the public treasury and returned home. In November, 1775, Lord Dunmore proceeded in the war-ship Fowey to Norfolk, where he proclaimed freedom to all slaves who should join the royal standard, which he had unfurled, and take up arms against the rebels. He declared martial law throughout Virginia, and made Norfolk the rendezvous for a British fleet. He sent marauding parties on the shores of the Elizabeth and James rivers to distress the Whig inhabitants. Being repelled with spirit, he resolved to strike a severe blow that should produce terror. He began to lay waste the country around. The people were aroused and the militia were rapidly gathering for the defence of the inhabitants, when Dunmore, becoming alarmed, constructed batteries at Norfolk, armed the Tories and negroes, and fortified a passage over the Elizabeth River, known as the Great Bridge, a point where he expected the militiamen to march
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dutch Gap Canal. (search)
Dutch Gap Canal. There is a sharp bend in the James River between the Appomattox and Richmond, where the stream, after flowing several miles, approaches itself within 500 yards. To flank Confederate works and to shorten the passage of the river 6 or 7 miles, General Butler set a large force of colored troops at work, in the summer of 1864, in cutting a canal for the passage of vessels across this peninsula. This canal was completed, with the exception of blowing out the bulkhead, at the The canal was then swept by Confederate cannon, and could not be dredged. As a military operation, it was a failure. It was excavated in 140 days, and has since been made navigable. While a greater part of the National naval force on the James River was on the expedition against Fort Fisher (q. v.)the Confederates sent down from the shelter of Fort Darling, on Drewry's Bluff, a squadron of vessels for the purpose of breaking the obstructions at the lower end of the Dutch Gap Canal, and de
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Electricity in the nineteenth century. (search)
. The plan survives, however, in the electric automobile, best adapted to cities, where facilities for charging and caring for the batteries can be had. The modern overhead trolley, or underrunning trolley, as it is called, seems to have been first invented by Van Depoele, and used by him in practical electric railway work about 1886 and thereafter. The year 1888 may be said to mark the beginning of this work, and in that year Frank J. Sprague put into operation the electric line at Richmond, Va., using the under-running trolley. The Richmond line was the first large undertaking. It had about 13 miles of track, numerous curves, and grades of from 3 to 10 per cent. The Richmond installation, kept in operation as it was in spite of all difficulties, convinced Mr. Henry M. Whitney and the directors of the West End Street Railway, of Boston, of the feasibility of equipping the entire railway system of Boston electrically. The West End Company, with 200 miles of track in and arou
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fires, Great. (search)
Fires, Great. The following is a list of the most notable fires in the United States: Theatre at Richmond, Va.; the governor and many leading citizens perishedDec. 26, 1811 New York City, 600 warehouses, etc.; loss, $20,000,000Dec. 16, 1835 Washington, D. C., destroying general post-office and patent-office, with 10,000 valuable models, drawings, etcDec. 15, 1836 Charleston, S. C., 1,158 buildings, covering 145 acresApril 27, 1838 New York City, 46 buildings; loss, $10,000,000Sept. 6, 1839 Pittsburg, Pa., 1,000 buildings; loss about $6,000,000April 10, 1845 New York City, 1,300 dwellings destroyedJune 28, 1845 New York City, 302 stores and dwellings, 4 lives, and $6,000,000 of propertyJuly 19, 1845 Albany, N. Y., 600 buildings, besides steamboats, piers, etc.; 24 acres burned over; loss, $3,000,000Sept. 9, 1848 St. Louis, Mo., 15 blocks of houses and 23 steamboats; loss estimated at $3,000,000May 17, 1849 San Francisco, Cal., nearly 2,500 buildings burned; estim
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