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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 6.35 (search)
nt Reagan, by my side) to Soldiers' rest. At 4 o'clock we took the cars for Baltimore, arriving there at half-past 6 o'clock, and there took the train for New Castle, Delaware, via Havre de Grace. I am getting accustomed to being dragged about from prison to prison, and think I will soon know all about Yankee bastiles, and see ange of air and scenery, or to kill us by frequent exposure to the intensely cold, pneumonia weather? February 4th We walked a mile from the depot, through New Castle, to the wharf. The noble ladies of the town cheered us by sympathizing looks and kind words, as we trudged along, several of us on crutches, and a few of them d Saulsbury families inherit their talent, chivalry and nobility of character from a long line of illustrious ancestors. We reluctantly left the good ladies of New Castle, and entered the boat bound for the dreaded fort, five miles distant. We reached it at 1 o'clock, landed, and marched on a plank walk (the street or road was mu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colonial settlements. (search)
ovidence. Others, men and women, joined them, and they formed a purely democratic government. Others, persecuted at Boston, fled to the Island of Aquiday, or Aquitneck (now Rhode Island), in 1638, and formed a settlement there. The two settlements were consolidated under one government, called the Providence and Rhode Island Plantation, for which a charter was given in 1644. So the commonwealth of Rhode Island was founded. A small colony from Sweden made a settlement on the site of New Castle, Del., and called the country New Sweden. The Dutch claimed the territory as a part of New Netherland, and the governor of the latter proceeded against the Swedes in the summer of 1655, and brought them under subjection. It is difficult to draw the line of demarcation between the first settlements in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, owing to their early political situation. The (present) State of Delaware remained in possession of the Dutch, and afterwards of the English, until it w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Delaware, (search)
he settlers from the present State of Delaware. When William Penn obtained a grant of Pennsylvania, he was very desirous of owning the land on Delaware Bay to the sea, and procured from the Duke of York a release of all his title and claim to New Castle and 12 miles around it, and to the land between that tract and the sea; and in the presence of all the settlers he produced his deeds (October, 1682), and formally accepted the surrender of the territory. Lord Baltimore pressed his claim, but n Penn allowed them a separate legislature; but the colony was under the governor of Pennsylvania until 1776, when the inhabitants declared it an independent State. A constitution was adopted by a convention of the people of the three counties—New Castle, Kent, and Sussex —Sept. 20, 1776. A State government was organized, and John McKinley was elected its first governor. In 1792 a second constitution was framed and adopted. Although Delaware was a slave State, it refused to secede at the out
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gray, George 1725- (search)
elphia, Pa., Oct. 26, 1725; became a member of the board of war in 1777, and later was chairman of that body till the conclusion of peace. He wrote the celebrated Treason resolutions. He died near Philadelphia in 1800. Lawyer; born in New Castle, Del., May 4, 1840; graduated at Princeton College in 1859; studied law at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1863. He practised at New Castle in 1863-69, and afterwards at Wilmington. In 1879-85 he was attorney-general of DeNew Castle in 1863-69, and afterwards at Wilmington. In 1879-85 he was attorney-general of Delaware; and when Senator Thomas F. Bayard was appointed Secretary of State he was elected to fill the unexpired term in the United States Senate, and was re-elected in 1887 and in 1893. He was a member of the committees on foreign relations, judiciary, and patents. In the Presidential campaign of 1896 he was affiliated with the National (gold-standard) Democratic party. In 1898 he was first appointed a member of the Anglo-American commission (q. v.), and soon afterwards one of the commissione
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hutchings, William 1764- (search)
w Castine). There, on a farm, which his descendants occupied, he continued to live until his death, May 2, 1866, excepting a short interval of time. He was a witness to the stirring scenes of the Massachusetts expedition to Penobscot in 1779, and aided (by compulsion) the British in the Remains of Fort George in 1860. construction of Fort George, on the peninsula. After the destruction of the British fleet, his father, who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the crown, retired to New Castle, where he remained until the close of the war. At the age of fifteen, having acquired a man's stature, William entered the Continental army. He enlisted in a regiment of Massachusetts militia commanded by Col. Samuel McCobb, Capt. Benjamin Lemont's company, as a volunteer for six months. That was in the spring of 1780 or 1781; and he was honorably discharged about Christmas, the same year, at Cox's Head, at the mouth of the Kennebec River. He received an annual pension of $21.60 until 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pastorius, Francis Daniel -1681 (search)
mmenced on the Dellavarra River, which was fortified; and he called the place New Castle. He likewise granted to the Swedes large privileges to induce them to remains father, he presented to him this entire region, together with the colony of New Castle, forever. This royal bounty bears the date April 21, 1681. Penn now publish It separates Pennsylvania from New Jersey. At Philadelphia it is two and at New Castle three miles wide; is abundantly stocked with the finest fish, as is likewise al good mills, a glass-house, pottery, and some stores and trading-houses. New Castle lies forty miles from the ocean on the Dellavarra, and has a very good harbor. The town of Uplandt is twenty miles above New Castle on the river, and is a fine large place, inhabited mostly by Swedes. On the twenty-fourth day of Octobriir the Capes of Delaware until the 18th ejusdem. The 20th ejusdem we passed by New Castle and Upland, and arrived toward evening at Philadelphia, in perfect health and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Penn, William 1644- (search)
Pastorius (q. v.) bought 15,000 acres. This was the commencement of German emigration to Pennsylvania. The colony flourished. The motto on Penn's seal— Mercy and Landing of Penn at Philadelphia. Justice —expressed prominent traits of his character. Penn, with others, purchased east Jersey, which was already a flourishing colony. In September, 1682, he embarked for America on the ship Welcome, and, at the end of six weeks, landed (Oct. 28, O. Penn's seal. S.) near the site of New Castle, Del., where he was joyfully received by the settlers. After conferring with Indian chiefs and making some unimportant treaties, he went up the Delaware to the site of a portion of Philadelphia, and there made a famous treaty. It was to be an everlasting covenant of peace and friendship between the two races. We meet, said Penn, on the broad pathway of good faith and good-will; no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love. I will not call you children, fo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
s bargain was prevented by Penn being prostrated by paralysis (1712). In 1733 the proprietary of Maryland agreed with the heirs of Penn that the boundary-line between their respective provinces and Delaware should be as follows: For the southern boundary of Delaware, a line commencing at Cape Henlopen, to be drawn due west from Delaware Bay to the Chesapeake. The west boundary of Delaware was to be a tangent drawn from the middle point of this line to a circle of 12 miles radius around New Castle. A due west line, continued northward to a parallel of latitude 15 miles south of Philadelphia, was to be the southern boundary of Pennsylvania. On his arrival in Maryland, the proprietary, on the plea of misrepresentation, refused to be bound by this agreement. He petitioned the King to be confirmed in possession of the whole peninsula between the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. The boundary was finally determined (see Mason and Dixon's line) substantially in accordance with the origin
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quakers. (search)
them his blessing. the Kent reached New York in August, with commissioners to manage publie affairs in New Jersey. The arrival was reported to Andros, who was governor of New York, and claimed political jurisdiction over the Jerseys. Fenwick, who denied the jurisdiction of the Duke of York in the collection of customs duties, was then in custody at New York, but was allowed to depart with the other Friends, on his own recognizance to answer in the autumn. On Aug. 16 the Kent arrived at New Castle, but it was three months before a permanent place was settled upon. That place was on the Delaware River, and was first named Beverly. Afterwards it was called Bridlington, after a parish in Yorkshire, England, whence many of the emigrants had come. The name was corrupted to Burlington, which it still bears. There the passengers of the Kent settled, and were soon joined by many An old Quaker House, Newcastle, Del. others. The village prospered, and other settlements were made in it
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
folk in province of New York.July 28, 1774 Delegates to the first Continental Congress—Continued. Delegates.State Represented.Credentials Signed. 21. James KinseyNew JerseyJuly 23, 1774 22. John De Hart 23. Richard Smith 24. William Livingston 25. Stephen Crane 26. Hon. Joseph GallowayPennsylvaniaJuly 22, 1774 27. Samuel Rhodes 28. Thomas Mifflin 29. John Morton 30. Charles Humphreys 31. Edward Biddle 32. George Ross 33. John Dickinson 34. Hon. Caesar RodneyNew Castle, Kent, and Sussex on the DelawareAug. 1, 1774 35. Thomas McKean 36. George Read 37. Robert GoldsboroughMarylandJune 22, 1774 38. William Paca 39. Samuel Chase 40. Thomas Johnson 41. Matthew Tilghman 42. Hon. Peyton RandolphVirginiaAug. 5, 1774 43. Patrick Henry 44. Benjamin Harrison 45. George Washington 46. Richard Bland 47. Edmund Pendleton 48. Richard Henry Lee 49. Henry MiddletonSouth CarolinaJuly 6, 1774 50. Christopher Gadsden 51. Edward Rutledge 52.
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