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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harris , William Thaddeus 1826 -1854 (search)
Harris, William Thaddeus 1826-1854
Author; born in Milton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1826; graduated at Harvard College in 1846.
He was the author of Epitaphs from the old burying-ground at Cambridge, and editor of History of New England and of the third volume of the Historical and Genealogical register.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 19, 1854.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hutchinson , Thomas 1711 -1780 (search)
McDonald, Flora 1720-
Heroine; born in Milton, South Vist, Hebrides, in 1720; rescued Charles Edward Stuart, the Pretender, from his pursuers in 1746; married Allan McDonald in 1750; came to America in 1773, and settled among other Scotch families at Cross Creek (now Fayetteville), N. C. When the Revolutionary War broke out, she and her husband, like most of the Scotch people, espoused the cause of the crown.
Her husband was a captain of the Loyal Highlanders in North Carolina, and was among the defeated at Moore's Creek Bridge After experiencing various trials because of their political position.
Flora and her family returned to Scotland before the close of the war, in which two of their sons were loyalist officers.
One of them, John, became a distinguished man, and a fellow of the Royal Society.
On her voyage to Scotland from America the ship was attacked by an enemy, and Flora, though nearly sixty years of age, bravely engaged in the fight and had her arm broken.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nicholas , Wilson Cary 1757 -1820 (search)
Nicholas, Wilson Cary 1757-1820
Legislator; born in Hanover, Va., about 1757; son of Robert Carter Nicholas; was educated at the College of William and Mary; served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, and was commander of Washington's Lifeguard at the time of its disbandment in 1783.
He was United States Senator in 1799-1804; member of Congress in 1807; collector of the ports of Norfolk and Portsmouth in 1804-7; and governor of Virginia in 1814-17.
He died in Milton, Va., Oct. 10, 1820.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Russell , Jonathan 1771 -1832 (search)
Russell, Jonathan 1771-1832
Diplomatist; born in Providence, R. I., in 1771; graduated at Brown University in 1791; studied law; but became a merchant, and his taste led him into political life, though he never sought office.
He was one of the commissioners who negotiated the treaty at Ghent, in 1814; and after that was United States minister at Stockholm, Sweden, for several years.
On his return to the United States, he settled at Mendon, Mass., which district he represented in Congress in 1821-23.
Although he was a forcible and elegant writer, little is known of his literary productions excepting an oration delivered in Providence on July 4, 1800, and his published correspondence while in Europe.
He died in Milton, Mass., Feb. 19, 1832.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vose , Joseph 1738 -1816 (search)
Vose, Joseph 1738-1816
Military officer; born in Milton, Mass., Nov. 26, 1738; led the expedition which destroyed the light-house and hay on islands in Boston Harbor, May 27, 1775.
In November he was made lieutenant-colonel of Greaton's regiment, and accompanied it to Canada in the spring of 1776.
In 1777 he joined the main army in New Jersey, and his last military service was under Lafayette at Yorktown.
He died in Milton, Mass., May 22, 1816.
Vose, Joseph 1738-1816
Military officer; born in Milton, Mass., Nov. 26, 1738; led the expedition which destroyed the light-house and hay on islands in Boston Harbor, May 27, 1775.
In November he was made lieutenant-colonel of Greaton's regiment, and accompanied it to Canada in the spring of 1776.
In 1777 he joined the main army in New Jersey, and his last military service was under Lafayette at Yorktown.
He died in Milton, Mass., May 22, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whittier , John Greenleaf 1807 -1892 (search)