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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz , Louis John Rudolph , 1807 -1873 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barre , Isaac , 1726 -1802 (search)
Barre, Isaac, 1726-1802
Military officer; born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1726.
His parents
Isaac Barre. were French, his father being a small tradesman in Dublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758.
Wolfe was his friend, and appointed him major of brigade; and in May, 1759, he was made adjutant-general of Wolfe's army that assailed Quebec.
He was severely wounded in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, byDublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758.
Wolfe was his friend, and appointed him major of brigade; and in May, 1759, he was made adjutant-general of Wolfe's army that assailed Quebec.
He was severely wounded in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, by which he lost the sight of one eye. Barre served under Amherst in 1760; and was the official bearer of the news of the surrender of Montreal to England.
In 1761 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and the same year he obtained a seat in Parliament, where he found himself in opposition to the ministry.
For this offence he was deprived of his offices, given him as a reward for his services in America.
He was the warm friend of the colonies, and made able speeches in Parliament in their favo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Berkeley , George , 1684 -1753 (search)
Berkeley, George, 1684-1753
Bishop of Cloyne; born in Kilcrin, Kilkenny, Ireland, March 12, 1684; was educated at Trinity College, Dublin; became a Fellow there; and at an early age wrote on scientific subjects.
Between 1710 and 1713 his two famous works appeared, in which he denies the existence of matter, and argues that it is not without the mind, but within it, and that that which is called matter is only an impression produced by divine power on the mind by the invariable laws of nature.
On a tour in France he visited the French philosopher Malebranche, who became so excited by a discussion with Berkeley on the non-existence of matter that, being ill at the time, he died a few days afterwards.
Miss Vanhomrigh (Swift's Vanessa ) bequeathed to Berkeley $20,000: and in 1728 his income was increased $5,500 a year by being made Dean of Derry.
Berkeley conceived a plan for establishing a college in the Bermudas for the instruction of pastors for the colonial churches and missiona
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burke , Edmund , 1730 -1797 (search)
Burke, Edmund, 1730-1797
Statesman; born in Dublin, June 1, 1730; was one of fifteen children of Richard Burke, an attorney, and was descended from the Norman De Burghs, who early settled in Ireland; graduated at Trinity College, Dublin (1748); studied law, and in 1756 published his famous essay on The sublime and beautiful.
In 1758-59 he and Dodsley established the Annual Registor; and in 1765 he was made secretary to Premier Rockingham.
He entered Parliament in 1766.
There he took an aDublin (1748); studied law, and in 1756 published his famous essay on The sublime and beautiful.
In 1758-59 he and Dodsley established the Annual Registor; and in 1765 he was made secretary to Premier Rockingham.
He entered Parliament in 1766.
There he took an active and brilliant part in debates on the American question, and always in favor of the Americans.
advocating their cause with rare eloquence.
In 1771 he was appointed agent for the colony of New York.
He lost some popularity by advocating the claims of the Roman Catholics in 1780, and opposing the policy of repressing the trade of Ireland.
During the brief administration of the Rockingham ministry in 1782, he was a member of the privy council and paymaster of the forces.
Taking a prominen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carey , Matthew 1760 -1839 (search)
Carey, Matthew 1760-1839
Publicist; born in Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 28, 1760; learned the business of printer and bookseller, and at the age of seventeen wrote and published a pamphlet on duelling.
This was soon followed by an address to the Roman Catholics in Ireland on their oppressions by the penal code.
This was so seditious and inflammatory that he was compelled to fly to Paris, but returned to Ireland in the course of a year, where, in 1783, he edited the Freeman's journal, and established the Volunteer's journal.
Because of a violent attack on Parliament, he was confined in Newgate Prison; and after his release he sailed for the United States, arriving in Philadelphia, Nov. 15, 1784.
There he started the Pennsylvania Herald, the first newspaper in the country that gave accurate reports of legislative proceedings.
He was always aggressive with his pen. He fought a duel with Colonel Oswald, editor of a rival newspaper.
He married in 1791, and began business as a booksell
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Croghan , George 1746 -1782 (search)
Croghan, George 1746-1782
Indian agent; born in Ireland; was educated in Dublin; emigrated to Pennsylvania; and in 1746 was engaged in trade with the Indians.
Acquiring their language and friendship, Pennsylvania made him Indian agent.
Captain in Braddock's expedition in 1755, he showed such excellence in military matters that in 1756 he was intrusted with the defence of the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and was made by Sir William Johnson his deputy, who, in 1763, sent him to England to confer with the ministry about an Indian boundary-line.
On that voyage he was wrecked on the coast of France.
In May, 1776, Croghan founded a settlement 4 miles above Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg). He was active in securing the attachment of the Indians to the British interest until 1776, but took no active part in the events of the Revolution.
He died in Passayunk, Pa., in August, 1782.
Military officer; born near Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15, 1791; educated at the College of William an
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cunningham , William 1774 - (search)
Cunningham, William 1774-
Provost-marshal; born in Dublin, Ireland; landed in New York in 1774; became provost-marshal there; and in 1778 had charge of the prisoners there and in Philadelphia.
Of the prisoners under his care nearly 2,000 were starved to death (whose rations he sold), and more than 250 were privately hanged, without trial, to gratify his brutal appetite.
He was executed in England for forgery, Aug. 10, 1791.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emmet , Thomas Addis , 1763 -1827 (search)
Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1763-1827
Patriot; born in Cork, Ireland, April 24, 1763; graduated at Trinity College, Dublin; first studied medicine, and then law, and was admitted to the Dublin bar in 1791.
He became a leader of the Association of United Irishmen, and was one of a general committee whose ultimate object was to secure the freedom of Ireland from British rule.
With many of his associates, he was arrested in 1798, and for more than two years was confined in Fort George, Scotland.
His brother Robert, afterwards engaged in the same cause, was hanged in Dublin in 1803.
Thomas was liberated and banished to France after the treaty of Amiens, the severest penalties being pronounced against him if he should return to Great Britain.
His wife was permitted to join him, on condition that she should never again set foot on British soil.
He came to the United States in 1804, and became very eminent in his profession in the city of New York.
He was made attorneygeneral of the St
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Expositions, industrial. (search)