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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Samuel , 1722 -1803 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alison , Francis , 1705 -1779 (search)
Alison, Francis, 1705-1779
Patriot and educator; born in Donegal county, Ireland, in 1705; came to America in 1735; and in 1752 he took charge of an academy in Philadelphia.
From 1755 until his death he was Vice-provost and Professor of Moral Philosophy of the College of Pennsylvania.
His chief claim to honor among men is that he was the tutor of a large number of Americans who were conspicuous actors in the events of the Revolution that accomplished the independence of the United States of America.
He died in Philadelphia.
Nov. 28, 1779.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), American Association , the. (search)
American Association, the.
On Oct. 20, 1774, the first Continental Congress adopted a non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation agreement, applied to Great Britain, Ireland, the West Indies, and Madeira, by which the inhabitants of all the colonies were bound to act in good faith as those of certain cities and towns had already done, under the penalty of the displeasure of faithful ones.
The agreement was embodied in fourteen articles, and was to go into effect on the 1st of December next ensuing.
In the second article, the Congress struck a blow at slavery, in the name of their constituents, declaring that, after the 1st day of December next ensuing, they would neither import nor purchase any slave imported after that date, and they would in no way be concerned in or abet the slavetrade.
Committees were to be appointed in every county, city, and town to enforce compliance with the terms of the association.
They also resolved that they would hold no commercial int
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barnwell , John , 1671 -1724 (search)
Barnwell, John, 1671-1724
Military officer; born in Ireland, about 1671; in 1712, with a regiment of 600 Carolinians and several hundred friendly Indians, killed 300 of the warring Tuscaroras in the first engagement and drove the survivors into their fortified town, where they were finally reduced to submission.
Over 1,000 of them were killed or captured, and the remnant joined the Five Nations of New York.
He died in Beaufort, S. C., in 1724.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barry , John , 1745 -1803 (search)
Barry, John, 1745-1803
Naval officer; born in Tacumshane, Wexford co., Ireland, in 1745.
He went to sea while he was very young, became the commander of a ship, and gained considerable wealth.
In February, 1776, he was appointed by Congress to command the Lexington, fourteen guns, which, after a sharp action, captured the tender Edward.
This was the first
John Barry. vessel captured by a commissioned officer of the United States navy.
Barry was transferred to the frigate Effingham; and in the Delaware, at the head of four boats, he captured an English schooner,
Commodore Barry's monument. in 1777, without the loss of a man. He was publicly thanked by Washington.
When Howe took Philadelphia, late in 1777, Barry took the Effingham
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. up the Delaware with the hope the Delaware with the hope of saving her, but she was burned by the British.
Howe had offered him a large bribe if he would deliver the ship to him at Philadelphia, but it was scornful
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Berkeley , Sir John , 1607 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blennerhassett , Harman , 1764 - (search)
Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-
Scholar; born in Hampshire, England, Oct. 8, 1764 or 1765; was of Irish descent: educated at the University of Dublin; studied law and practised there; and in 1796 married the beautiful Adelaide Agnew, daughter of General Agnew.
who was killed in the battle at Germantown, 1777.
Being a republican in principle, he became involved in the political troubles in Ireland in 1798.
Blennerhassett's Island residence. when he sold his estates in England.
and came to America with an ample fortune.
He purchased an island in the Ohio River.
nearly opposite Marietta, built an elegant mansion, furnished it luxuriantly, and there he and his accomplished wife were living in happiness and contentment, surrounded by books.
philosophical apparatus, pictures, and other means for intellectual culture, when Aaron Burr entered that paradise, and tempted and ruined its dwellers.
A mob of militiamen laid the island waste, in a degree.
and Blennerhassett and his wife