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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 104 10 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 34 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 14 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 12 2 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 8 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 8 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 5 1 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 4 4 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1865., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
a for the defence of New York. In regard to the improvement of the negroes, Penn attempted to legislate, not for the abolition of slavery, but for the sanctity of marriage among the slaves, and Chap. XIX.} for their personal safety. The last object was effected; the first, which would have been the forerunner of freedom, was defeated. Neither did philanthropy achieve permanent benefits for the Indian. Treaties of peace were renewed with the men of the wilderness from the Potomac to Oswego, and the trade with them was subjected to regulations; but they could not be won to the faith or the habits of civilized life. These measures were adopted amidst the fruitless 1701. Aug. 21. wranglings between the delegates from Delaware and those from Pennsylvania. At last, the news was received that the English parliament was about to render all their strifes and all their hopes nugatory by the general abrogation of every colonial charter. An assembly was summoned instantly; and, whe
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
s, returning with piles of beaver and scalps as trophies. At this time, a messenger from Montreal brought 1696. tidings of extensive preparations for ravaging the whole country of the Five Nations; but the Indians of the west would not rally under the banner of Onondio; and the French of Canada, aided only by their immediate allies, made their last invasion of Western New York. Frontenac, then seventy-four years of age, himself conducted the army: from Fort Frontenac they passed over to Oswego, and occupied both sides of July 28. that river; at night, they reached the falls three leagues above its mouth, and, by the light of bark torches, they dragged the canoes and boats above the portage. As they advanced, they found the savage defiance, in two bundles of reeds, suspended on a tree —a sign that fourteen hundred and thirty-four warriors (such was the number of reeds) defied them. As they approached the great village of the Onondagas, Aug. that nation set fire to it, and, by n
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXIII (search)
and, amidst the bitter hostility of the merchants whose trade was interrupted, New York established a commercial post at Oswego. This was 1722 the first in the series of measures which carried the bounds of the English colonies towards Michigan, aake Erie, and north of Erie and Ontario, was confirmed; and, in addition, a strip of sixty miles in width, extending from Oswego to Cuyahoga River at Cleveland, was submitted and granted, by sachems of the three western tribes, to their sovereign lor to exclude the English from the fur-trade. And, in 1726, four years after Burnet had built the English trading-house at Oswego, the flag of France floated from Fort Niagara. The fortress at Niagara gave a control over the commerce of the remote e chastised, and driven from their old abode on the borders of Green Bay. Except the English fortress at Chap. XXIII.} Oswego, the entire country watered by the St. Lawrence and its tributaries was possessed by France. The same geographical vie
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., N. (search)
. Struggle of the people for power, 304 Under Stuyvesant, 106 Dispute with Baltimore's agent, 308 With New, England, 310. Conquered by England, 313. Recovered by the Dutch, 322. Reconquered by the English, 325. See New York. New Orleans founded, III. 351. New Sweden, De Vries's colony, II. 281. Swedes and Finns in, 286. Conquest by the Dutch, 296. Subject to the city of Amsterdam, 298. New York. (See New Netherlands.) Andros in, III. 405. Free trade, 415. Charter of liberties, 416. Dread of Popery, III. 50. Protestants under Leisler, 51. Ingoldsby arrives, 53. Fletcher's administration, 56. Under Bellamont, 59. Under Cornbury, 60. Under Hunter, 64. Builds a fort at Oswego, 339. Contests with Cosby, 393. Niagara, Fort, II. 424; III. 342 Nicholson, Francis, III. 25 Norridgewock village, III. 333. Burned, 336. Norton, John, II. 74. Nova Scotia discovered, I. 17. Patent of, 332. Conquest and vicissitudes of, 445; II. 70; III. 186, 218, 234, 457.