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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stockton, Richard (search)
Stockton, Richard Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born near Princeton, N. J., Oct. 1, 1730; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1748; admitted to the bar in 1754; and soon became eminent in his profession and very popular as a citizen. He was a member of the council in 1768; judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey in 1774; and was elected to Congress in 1776 in Morven. time to participate in the debates on the subject of independence. He signed the Declaration, and cordially supported the measures of the Continental Congress, in which he was active and influential. He was sent on a mission to the Northern army, and soon after his return, in November, 1776, a party of loyalists captured him. He was cast into prison, and was so ill-treated that when he was exchanged his health was so shattered that he never recovered. The British destroyed his library when they occupied Princeton at the close of 1776, and devastated his estate in the suburbs of Princeton, w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stockton, Robert field 1795-1866 (search)
Stockton, Robert field 1795-1866 Naval officer; born in Princeton, N. J., Aug. 20, 1795; grandson of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; entered the navy as midshipman in 1811; was conspicuous in several of the battles of the War of 1812-15; became captain in 1838, and resigned in May, 1850. In the Mediterranean and on the coast of Africa he was active and efficient—against the Algerine pirates in the first instance, and the slavers in the second—and in 1821 he meton, built after his plan, in 1844, was the pioneer. In 1845 he was sent to the Pacific with 1,500 men, including 600 sailors, in a small squadron, and in a few months he was chiefly instrumental in conquering California and forming a provisional United States government there. He was United States Senator from 1851 to 1853, and to him the navy is indebted for the abolition of flogging on shipboard. He died in Princeton, N. J., Oct. 7, 1866. See Fremont, John Charles; Kearny, Stephen Wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tulane, Paul 1801-1877 (search)
; born in Cherry Valley, N. J., in May, 1801; made a tour of the Southwest in 1818; settled in New Orleans in 1822, where he engaged in business till 1856, when he transferred part of his estate to the North, and later permanently removed to Princeton, N. J. He retired with a large fortune in 1867. He assisted several charitable institutions; and gave about $1,100,000 towards promoting the higher education of white youth of Louisiana, which was used to found Tulane University in New Orleans. H1; made a tour of the Southwest in 1818; settled in New Orleans in 1822, where he engaged in business till 1856, when he transferred part of his estate to the North, and later permanently removed to Princeton, N. J. He retired with a large fortune in 1867. He assisted several charitable institutions; and gave about $1,100,000 towards promoting the higher education of white youth of Louisiana, which was used to found Tulane University in New Orleans. He died in Princeton, N. J., March 27, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Mass.; ninety-seven lives lost......Jan. 18, 1884 Wendell Phillips, born 1811, dies at Boston, Mass.......Feb. 2, 1884 Morrison tariff bill introduced in the House......Feb. 4, 1884 Arnold Henry Guyot, geographer, born 1807, dies at Princeton, N. J.......Feb. 8, 1884 Joint resolution for an expedition to the coast of Greenland to relieve the Greely Arctic expedition......Feb. 13, 1884 Floods in the Ohio Valley; the river rises 71 feet at Cincinnati......Feb. 14, 1884 Congress a Secretary Carlisle offers for sale $50,000,000 of United States 5-per-cent. tenyear bonds......Nov. 13, 1894 [Awarded to the Stewart syndicate of New York City, Nov. 26.] Dr. James McCosh, ex-president of Princeton College, dies in Princeton, N. J., aged eighty-three......Nov. 16, 1894 New treaty with Japan signed at Washington......Nov. 23, 1894 President remits the unexpired portion of Brigadier-General Swaim's sentence (see February, 1885)......Dec. 1, 1894 John Burns, the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips 1809-1891 (search)
Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips 1809-1891 Military officer: born in Princeton, N. J., Nov. 23, 1809; graduated at West Point in 1831, but left the army in 1839. He was employed in civil engineering and agriculture in Michigan and Minnesota until the breaking-out of the Civil War, when he became colonel of the 2d Minnesota volunteers. He commanded these in the battle of Mill Spring in January, 1862; and for his conduct there was made a brigadier-general in March. He commanded a brigade in Crittenden's division in northern Mississippi and Alabama; and when that officer was promoted (Oct. 1, 1862) General Van Cleve took command of the division, with which he did excellent service in the battle of Stone River, where he was wounded. In September, 1863, he performed good service in northern Georgia, particularly in the battle of Chickamauga. From 1863 to 1865 he was in command at Murfreesboro. He was mustered out of the volunteer service as brevet major-general March 13, 1865; and wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Witherspoon, John 1722- (search)
He had already written and published several works, and had acquired a fine reputation for scholarship. Under his administration the college flourished, financially and otherwise. He was not only president, but was Professor of Divinity; also pastor of the Presbyterian church at Princeton. At the beginning of the Revolution the college was for a time broken up, when President Witherspoon assisted in the patriotic political movements. He also assisted in framing a State constitution for New Jersey, and went as a delegate to Congress in time to advocate and sign the Declaration of Independence. For six years he was a punctual attendant of Congress, serving faithfully on important committees. He was a member of the secret committee and of the board of war. In Congress he opposed the repeated issues of paper money, and he wrote and published much on the topics of the time. In 1783 he went to England to collect funds for the college. He died near Princeton, N. J., Sept. 15, 1794.
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