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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Field, David Dudley 1805-1894 (search)
Field, David Dudley 1805-1894 Lawyer; born in Haddam, Conn., Feb. 13, 1805; brother of Cyrus West Field; graduated at Williams College in 1825; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1825 in New York, where he began practice. In 1836 he went to Europe and studied English and French court methods, codes, and civil laws. Returning to the United States he became strongly impressed with the conviction that New York State needed a codification of its common law. To promote this reform he sought an election to the legislature in 1841, and when he was defeated sent drafts of three bills to the Assembly, where they were referred to the judiciary committee, but no further action was taken. He was also defeated David Dudley field. as a candidate to the Constitutional Convention, but kept up his agitation by issuing a number of articles on The reorganization of the judiciary. In January, 1847, prior to the meeting of the legislature, he published an essay on What shall be done w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Field, Stephen Johnson 1816-1899 (search)
Field, Stephen Johnson 1816-1899 Jurist; born in Haddam, Conn., Nov. 4, 1816; brother of Cyrus West and David Dudley Field; graduated at Williams College, in 1837; studied law and was admitted to the Stephen Johnson field. bar in 1841. He went to San Francisco in 1849 and opened a law office, but got no clients. In 1850 he settled in Yubaville (afterwards Marysville), which in January of that year had been founded at Nye's Ranch. He was soon made justice of the peace, and for a time was the entire government. In the autumn of 1850 he was elected a member of the first legislature under the State constitution. As a member of the judiciary committee he drew up a code for the government of the State courts, and prepared civil, criminal, and mining laws, which were later generally adopted in the new Western States. In 1857 he was elected a justice of the Supreme Court of California, for the term of six years, but before his term began a vacancy occurred in the court and he was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shaler, Alexander 1827- (search)
Shaler, Alexander 1827- Military officer; born in Haddam, Conn., March 19, 1827; was major of the famous New York 7th Regiment before the breaking out of the Civil War, and became lieutenant-colonel of the 65th New York Volunteers in June, 1861. He served in the Peninsular campaign, and under Pope in Virginia and McClellan in Maryland as colonel. In May, 1863, he was promoted brigadiergeneral, and commanded a brigade in the battle of Fredericksburg. In the battle of the Wilderness he was taken prisoner, and was confined at Charleston, S. C. Exchanged in August (1864), he afterwards commanded a division in Arkansas (January, 1865). He was brevetted a majorgeneral of volunteers in 1865. In 1867-68 he was major-general of the 1st Division N. G. S. N. Y.; in 1867-73 connected with the fire department of New York City; and in 1874-75 reorganized the fire department of Chicago. He was given a congressional medal of honor in 1893 for distinguished gallantry in the battle of Freder
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
ng the west side of Connecticut River......March 12, 1664 Col. Richard Nichols, governor of New York, and commissioners from Connecticut, fix the western boundary of Connecticut, beginning on the east side of Mamaroneck Creek and thence northnorthwest to the Massachusetts line. The southern line was determined to be the Sound, Connecticut losing her possessions on Long Island......Nov. 30, 1664 United colony elects John Winthrop governor......1665 Lyme made a town......May, 1667 Haddam made a town......October, 1668 Major Andros, the new governor of New York, claims under the Duke of York all land west of the Connecticut River......1675 Major Andros appears before the fort at Saybrook with an armed force and demands its surrender......July 11, 1675 [It is refused by Captain Bull, and the patent and commission forbidden to be read.] War with Philip, sachem of the Wampanoags......1675 Connecticut furnishes 315 men in the fight at Narraganset fort......Dec. 19,