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Laconia,
The name given by Gorges and Mason to the portion of New England granted to them, extending from the Merrimac to the Kennebec, and from the ocean to the St. Lawrence.
The proprietors induced several merchants to join them in their adventure, and sent out a colony of fishermen, a part of whom settled at the mouth of the Piscataqua, now Portsmouth, N. H. Others settled on the site of Dover, 8 miles farther up the river.
The Laconia Company did not prosper, and the towns were little more than fishing-stations.
See New Hampshire.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ladd , William 1778 -1841 (search)
Ladd, William 1778-1841
Philanthropist; born in Exeter, N. H., May 10, 1778; graduated at Harvard in 1797; became an active champion of peace and took a conspicuous part in organizing the American Peace Society, of which he was for many years president.
He wrote many essays in favor of peace, and edited the Friend of peace and Harbinger of peace newspapers, devoted to the cause.
He went so far as to deny the right to maintain defensive war. He died in Portsmouth, N. H., April 9, 1841.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Langdon , John 1739 -1819 (search)
Langdon, John 1739-1819
Statesman; born in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1739; was a successful merchant, and took an early and active part in the events preceding the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Continental Congress (1775-76), but in June, in the latter year, he resigned his seat and became navy agent.
He was speaker of the Assembly, and was ready to make any reasonable sacrifice to promote the cause.
When means were needed to support a New Hampshire regiment, he g ennington.
He was active in civil affairs, also, all through the war, serving in the Continental Congress and his State legislature.
In 1785 he was president of New Hampshire, and in 1787 was one of the framers of the federal Constitution.
He was governor of his State in 1788, and again from 1805 to 1811; was United States Senator from 1789 to 1801, and declined the office of Secretary of the Navy (1811) and of Vice-President of the United States (1812). He died in Portsmouth, Sept. 18, 1819.
Lear, Tobias 1762-
Diplomatist; born in Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 19, 1762; graduated at Harvard in 1783, and became private secretary to Washington in 1785.
The latter remembered Mr. Lear liberally in his will.
In 1801 he was American consul-general in Santo Domingo, and from 1804 to 1812 held the same office at Algiers.
Mr. Lear was an accountant in the War Department at the time of his death, in Washington, D. C., Oct. 10, 1816.
Long, Pierce 1739-
Legislator; born in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1739; was a member of the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire in 1775, and became colonel of a regiment, which he commanded in the retreat from Ticonderoga in July, 1777.
He defeated a pursuing British force at Fort Anne, and was serving as a volunteer at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne.
Colonel Long was in Congress from 1784 to 1786; a State councillor from 1786 to 1789; and collector of the port of Portsmouth at the ttor; born in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1739; was a member of the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire in 1775, and became colonel of a regiment, which he commanded in the retreat from Ticonderoga in July, 1777.
He defeated a pursuing British force at Fort Anne, and was serving as a volunteer at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne.
Colonel Long was in Congress from 1784 to 1786; a State councillor from 1786 to 1789; and collector of the port of Portsmouth at the time of his death, April 3, 1789.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Parrott , Enoch Greenleaf 1814 -1879 (search)
Parrott, Enoch Greenleaf 1814-1879
Naval officer; born in Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 10, 1814; entered the navy as midshipman in 1831, and was with Commodore Perry on the coast of Africa in 1843.
In the frigate Congress he assisted at the capture of Guaymas and Mazatlan on the Mexican Pacific coast, and in 1861 was made commander.
He assisted in the destruction of the war-vessels at Norfolk and the navy-yard opposite, in April, 1861, and was at the capture of the Savannah.
In active service on the Atlantic coast from the Chesapeake to Georgia, and on the James River, he was in command of the Monadnock in the two attacks on Fort Fisher, and was at the surrender of Charleston.
He became a rear-admiral in 1873; retired in 1874.
He died in New York City, May 10, 1879.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pearson , George Frederick 1796 -1867 (search)
Pearson, George Frederick 1796-1867
Naval officer; born in Exeter, N. H., Feb. 6; 1796; entered the navy as midshipman.
March 11, 1815, and rose to captain in 1855. While he was at Constantinople, in 1837, the Sultan offered to give him command of the Turkish navy, with the rank of admiral, and the salary of $10,000 a year.
It was declined.
He effectually cleared the Gulf of Mexico of pirates.
In 1865-66 he was in command of the Pacific squadron.
Retired in 1861; promoted commodore in 1862, and rear-admiral in 1866 on the retired list.
He died in Portsmouth, N. H., June 30, 1867.