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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anderson , Alexander , 1775 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Catlin , George 1796 -1872 (search)
Catlin, George 1796-1872
Artist; born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., in 1796; after practising law in Litchfield, Conn., removed to Philadelphia, and turned his attention to painting.
In 1832 he went to the Far West, where he lived for several years among the Indians.
His paintings, illustrative of Indian life and customs, were exhibited both in the United States and Europe, and numbered in all more than 500.
His publications include Manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians; O-kee-pa: a religious ceremony, and other customs of the Mandans, etc. He died in Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 23, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Cow Chace, the
In the summer of 1780 Washington sent General Wayne, with a considerable force, to storm a British block-house at Bull's Ferry, on the Hudson, near Fort Lee, and to drive into the American camp a large number of cattle on Bergen Neck exposed to British foragers, who might go out from Paulus's Hook (now Jersey City). Wayne was repulsed at the block-house, with a loss of sixty-four men, but returned to camp with a large number of cattle driven by his dragoons.
This event inspired Major Andre, Sir Henry Clinton's adjutant-general, to write a satirical poem, which he called The Cow Chace, in which Wayne and his fellow-rebels were severely ridiculed.
It was written in the style of the English ballad of Chevy Chace, in three cantos.
The following is a copy of the poem; we also give fac-similes of its title from Andre‘s autograph, and of the concluding verse of the original:
Elizabethtown, Aug. 1, 1780.
Canto I. To drive the kine one summer's morn, The tanner too
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Founders and patriots of America , order of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaul , Gilbert William 1855 - (search)
Gaul, Gilbert William 1855-
Artist; born in Jersey City, March 31, 1855; elected associate of the National Academy of Design in 1879, and academician in 1882.
He has made a specialty of historical paintings, and has contributed many drawings illustrating the wars of the United States to the illustrated periodicals.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Orr , John William 1815 -1887 (search)
Orr, John William 1815-1887
Artist; born in Ireland, March 31, 1815; came to the United States with his parents while a child; studied wood-engraving and materially advanced the art. He died in Jersey City, N. J., March 4, 1887.