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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 22 0 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904 4 0 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 2 0 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. 2 0 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 2 0 Browse Search
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches 2 0 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 2 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: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 2 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition. 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cartier, Jacques 1494-1555 (search)
cross, upon which he hung the arms of France. Turning southward, he followed the west coast of Newfoundland to Cape Race. Then he explored the Bay of Chaleurs, landed in Gaspe Bay, held friendly intercourse with the natives, and induced a chief to allow two of his sons to go with him to France, promising to return them the next year. There, also, he planted a cross with the French arms upon it, and, sailing thence northeast across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, entered the branch of the St. Lawrence River north of Anticosti Island. Unconscious of having discovered a magnificent river, he turned and sailed for France to avoid the autumn storms, and arrived at St. Malo on Sept. 5, 1534. Encouraged by the success of this voyage, the King placed Cartier in command of three ships, which left St. Malo at the middle of May, 1535, bearing some of the young nobility of France. Separated by storms, they met at the appointed rendezvous, in the Strait of Belle Isle, in July, and sailed up the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colonial settlements. (search)
achusetts, by permission of the Plymouth Company (see Plymouth Company). They built a town and called it New Plymouth; they organized a civil government and called themselves Pilgrims. Others came to the shores of Massachusetts soon afterwards, and tile present foundations of the State of Massachusetts were laid at Plymouth in 1620 (Pilgrim fathers). In 1622 the Plymouth Company granted to Mason and Gorges a tract of land bounded by the rivers Merrimac and Kennebec, the ocean, and the St. Lawrence River, and fishermen settled there soon afterwards. Mason and Gorges dissolved their partnership in 1629, when the former obtained a grant for the whole tract, and laid the foundations for the commonwealth of New Hampshire (q. v.). King James of England persecuted the Roman Catholics in his dominions, and George Calvert, who was a zealous royalist, sought a refuge for his brethren in America. King James favored his project, but died before anything of much consequence was accomplished.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Great Lakes and the Navy, the. (search)
the most eligible route is through the several Great Lakes and their intermediate channels and the proposed Niagara ship canal (Tonawanda to Olcott) to Lake Ontario. From Lake Ontario the Canadian seaboard can be reached by the way of the St. Lawrence River, while the American seaboard can be reached by way of the St. Lawrence River, Lake Champlain and the Hudson River, or by way of the Oswego-OneidaMohawk Valley route and the Hudson River. 3. That while our policy of canal building should St. Lawrence River, Lake Champlain and the Hudson River, or by way of the Oswego-OneidaMohawk Valley route and the Hudson River. 3. That while our policy of canal building should contemplate the ultimate development of the largest useful capacity, and all work should be planned on that basis, at the same time it is practicable to develop the work in separate sections, each step having its economic justification. The Niagara ship canal should first be undertaken, and incidentally the broadening and deepening of the intermediate channels of the lakes. Such then is a brief resume of this important industrial movement and its collateral engineering undertakings. From
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Joint high commission. (search)
privy council of Canada, and attorney-general of that province; and Montague Bernard, Professor of International Law in Oxford University. The commissioners first met in Washington, Feb. 27, 1871. Lord Tenterden, secretary of the British commission, and J. C. Bancroft Davis, assistant Secretary of State of the United States, were chosen clerks of the Joint High Commission. The commissioners of the United States were instructed to consider: (1) the fisheries; (2) the navigation of the St. Lawrence River; (3) reciprocal trade between the United States and the Dominion of Canada; (4) the Northwest water boundary and the island of San Juan; (5) the claims of the United States against Great Britain for compensation for injuries committed by Confederate cruisers; (6) claims of British subjects against the United States for losses and injuries arising out of acts committed during the Civil War. A treaty was agreed to, and was signed May 8, 1871, which provided for the settlement, by arbitr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lacrosse. (search)
Lacrosse. There is no doubt that this game is of Indian origin. It was first seen by Europeans when the French explored the territory along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, in the seventeenth century. Among the Algonquian Indians the game was not merely a recreation, but a training school for young warriors, and they played it on the grassy meadows in the summer time and on the ice in winter. They used a ball of stuffed skin, and a bat like a hickory stick with a net of reindeer hide attached to the curved part of it. The best-known Indian name of the game was baggataway. Its present name was given to it by the French settlers of Canada, because of the similarity of the stick used in the game, in shape, to a bishop's crosier. Lacrosse was adopted as a game by the white residents of Canada about 1830, but it did not gain much popularity till about 1860, when the Montreal Lacrosse Club was organized. The game was first played in England in 1867, when a gentleman o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)
and early in 1689 the men of Boston imprisoned Andros, reinstated the old government, and sent the ex-royal governor to England (Andros, Sir Edmund). In the intercolonial war between France and England in 1690 Massachusetts participated, and to pay the expenses the colony first issued paper money. In 1692 a new charter was given to Massachusetts, by which New Plymouth was united with it. By its terms the colony of Plymouth, the provinces of Maine and Nova Scotia, as far north as the St. Lawrence River, and all the country between them, were added to the old province of Massachusetts; also the Elizabeth Islands and the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The governor, lieutenant-governor, and colonial secretary were appointed by the crown. The charter gave the governor the power to convene and dissolve the General Court, and a veto of all its acts. The councillors first appointed by the crown were afterwards to be annually elected by the House of Representatives and the ex
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Sweden, founding of (search)
ime of Columbus? Every region in America was discovered in its own separate time. Virginia was discovered in the year 1497 by Sebastian Cabot, a Portuguese, who was then the captain of an English ship. Its coasts were afterwards visited by those brave knights, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh, the latter of whom called the land Virginia, after Queen Elizabeth of England, who lived unmarried. Under this name was included all the country stretching from Cape Florida to the St. Lawrence River, which was formerly called Florida, when separate names were not yet given to its coasts. That was done about the year 1584. Captain De la Ware, under the command of the English Admiral James Chartiers, Acrelius has been led into this singular mistake by Campanius, whom he here follows. Cartier (not Chartiers) was a French subject, and discovered the St. Lawrence in 1534. Lord (not captain ) De la Ware was appointed governor of Virginia in 1610, and arrived at Jamestown on June 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
ns, of Hoboken, N. J., builds a steamboat with twin-screw propellers and an engine supplied by a flue-boiler1804 Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, 160 tons, runs from New York to Albany in thirty-two hours, thus securing the exclusive use of the Hudson for steam navigation under grant of legislature made in 1798Aug., 1807 Phoenix, a single-screw propeller built by John Stevens, makes the first sea voyage of a steam-vessel from New York to Philadelphia1808 First steamboat on the St. Lawrence River, the Accommodation, runs from Montreal to Quebec1809 First steamboat on the western rivers, a stern-wheeler, is built by Fulton at Pittsburg1811 Comet, first passenger steamboat built in Europe, by Henry Bell, runs on the Clyde 7 1/2 miles per hour. Jan. 18,1812 Steam ferry between New York and Jersey City1812 First steam-vessel on the Thames, brought by Mr. Dodd from Glasgow1815 First steamboat on the Great Lakes, the Ontario, built at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y.1816 Walk-in-the-Wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
New York, One of the original thirteen States of the United States, is separated from Canada on the north by the eastern portion of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the river St. Lawrence; on the east lie Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; on the south, the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; on the west New Jersey, Pennsylvania, lakes Erie and Ontario, and the rivers Niagara and St. Lawrence. Its greatest length, north and south, is 312 miles, including Staten Island, while east and west it is 412 miles, including Long Island. It contains 49,170 square miles, in sixty counties. Population 1890, 5,997,853; 1900, 7,268,012. It is the Empire State of the Union in wealth and population. Capital, Albany. Giovanni da Verrazano, a Florentine, under commission of Francis I. of France, with a single caravel, the Dauphin, enters the bay of New York......April, 1524 Half Moon, eighty tons, leaves Amsterdam; Henry Hudson, an Englishman, commander......April 4, 1609
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrecks. (search)
teamer John H. Hanna burned opposite Plaquemine, La.; twenty-two lives lost......Dec. 24, 1888 Steamer Corona explodes; thirty-eight lives lost......Oct. 3, 1889 Ohio and other American rivers. Steamer Benjamin Franklin explodes near Montgomery, Ala.; twenty-five to thirty killed and injured......March 13, 1836 Boiler of steamer Moselle explodes soon after leaving her dock at Cincinnati; over 100 lives lost......April 25, 1838 Steamer Shamrock bursts her boiler on the St. Lawrence River and sinks; sixty-eight lives lost......July 9, 1842 Steamer Lucy Walker explodes three boilers simultaneously at New Albany, Ind.; fifty to sixty killed and about twenty wounded......Oct. 23, 1844 Steamer Swallow is broken on a rock in the Hudson River, near Athens......April 7, 1845 Steamer Tuscaloosa, 10 miles above Mobile, bursts two boilers; about twenty killed and many injured......Jan. 28, 1847 Brig Carrick wrecked in a gale in the St. Lawrence; 170 emigrants perish..