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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bollan , William , 1740 -1776 (search)
Bollan, William, 1740-1776
Lawyer; born in England; came to America about 1740, and settled in Boston.
He married a daughter of Governor Shirley, of Massachusetts, and was appointed collector of customs at Salem and Marblehead.
In 1745 he was sent to England to solicit the reimbursement of more than $800,000 advanced by Massachusetts for the expedition against Cape Breton.
He was successful ; and became agent for Massachusetts in 1762, but was dismissed.
Being in England in 1769, he obtained copies of thirty-three letters written by Governor Bernard and General Gage, calumniating the colonists, and sent then to Boston.
For this act he was denounced in Parliament.
He strongly recommended the British government to pursue conciliatory measures towards the colonists in 1775: and in various ways, in person and in writing, he showed his warm friendship for the Americans.
Mr. Bollan wrote several political pamphlets relating to American affairs: and in 1774 he presented.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), U. S. S. Constitution , or old Ironsides, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gerry , Elbridge 1744 -1814 (search)
Gerry, Elbridge 1744-1814
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Marblehead, Mass., July 17, 1744; graduated at Harvard in 1762; took part in the early strife before the Revolution, and in 1772 represented his native town in the State legislature.
Gerry was the first to propose, in the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, a law for fitting out armed vessels and establishing a court of admiralty.
He took a seat in the Continental Congress early in 1776, signed the Declaration of Independence, and remained in that body, with few intermissions, until 1785.
He was an efficient member of finance committees in the Congress, and was president of the treasury board in 1780.
A delegate in the convention that framed the national Constitution, he was one of those who refused to sign the instrument.
He was a member of Congress from 1789 to 1793, and in 1797 was sent as one of the special envoys on a mission to France.
He was elected governor of Massachusetts by the Democr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Glover , John 1732 -1797 (search)
Glover, John 1732-1797
Military officer; born in Salem, Mass., Nov. 5, 1732; at the beginning of the Revolution raised 1,000 men at Marblehead and joined the army at Cambridge.
His regiment, being composed almost wholly of fishermen, was called the Amphibious Regiment, and in the retreat from Long Island it manned the boats.
It also manned the boats at the crossing of the Delaware before the victory at Trenton.
Glover was made brigadier-general in February, 1777, and joined the Northern s called the Amphibious Regiment, and in the retreat from Long Island it manned the boats.
It also manned the boats at the crossing of the Delaware before the victory at Trenton.
Glover was made brigadier-general in February, 1777, and joined the Northern army under General Schuyler.
He did good service in the campaign of that year, and led Burgoyne's captive troops to Cambridge.
He was afterwards with Greene in New Jersey, and Sullivan in Rhode Island.
He died in Marblehead, Jan. 30, 1797.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Manley , John Mars 1733 -1793 (search)
Manley, John Mars 1733-1793
Naval officer; born in Torquay, England, in 1733; became a seaman in early life; settled in Marblehead; commanded a vessel in the merchant service before the Revolutionary War, and was commissioned captain in the naval service by Washington in the fall of 1775.
He soon captured in Boston Harbor, with the schooner Lee, three valuable prizes laden with heavy guns, mortars, and intrenching tools, much wanted by the patriots besieging Boston.
In August, 1776, Congress commissioned him captain, and placed him in command of the frigate Hancock, thirty-two guns, in which he captured the British man-of-war Fox.
the Hancock was captured in July, 1777, and Manley was a prisoner during nearly the whole of the war. In September, 1782, he commanded the frigate Hague, and cruised in the West Indies.
He died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 12, 1793.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oliver , Benjamin Lynde 1788 -1843 (search)
Oliver, Benjamin Lynde 1788-1843
Author; born in Marblehead, Mass., in 1788; was admitted to the bar. His publications include The rights of an American citizen; Law summary; Forms of practice, or American precedents in personal and real actions; Forms in Chancery, admiralty, and common law, etc. He died in 1843.
Orne, Azor 1731-1796
Military officer; born in Marblehead, Mass., July 22, 1731; was a successful merchant and an active patriot, a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, and long one of the committee of safety.
In organizing the militia, and in collecting arms and ammunition, he was very active.
In January, 1776, he was appointed one of the three Massachusetts major-generals, but did not take the field.
For many years he was a member of the State Senate and council of Massachusetts, and was a zealous advocate of education.
He died in Boston, June 6, 1796.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Puritans, (search)