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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 22 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vernon, Edward 1684-1757 (search)
Vernon, Edward 1684-1757 Naval officer; born in Westminster, England, Nov. 12, 1684; served under Admiral Hopson in the expedition which destroyed the French and Spanish fleets off Vigo on Oct. 12, 1702, and was at the naval battle between the Fremark he was extolled throughout the kingdom. There was a loud clamor against the ministry, and to silence it they sent Vernon to the West Indies, with the commission of viceadmiral of the blue. With six men-of-war he captured Porto Bello on the dthe other. With twenty-nine ships-of-the-line and eighty small vessels, bearing 15,000 sailors and 12,000 land troops, Vernon sailed from Jamaica (January, 1741) to attack Carthagena, but was repulsed with heavy loss. Twenty thousand men perishedited young man of twenty-two, bearing a captain's commission, joined Vernon's expedition in 1741, and because of his admiration for the admiral he named his estate, on the Potomac, Mount Vernon. Admiral Vernon died in Suffolk, England, Oct. 29, 1757.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, Lawrence 1718- (search)
otomac. He inherited the military spirit of his father, and engaged in an expedition against the Spaniards in South America, holding a captain's commission. He embarked for the West Indies in 1741, under General Wentworth. That officer and Admiral Vernon commanded a joint expedition against Carthagena, which resulted in disaster, not less than 20,000 British soldiers and seamen perishing, chiefly from a fatal sickness like yellow fever. It was in the midst of that terrible pestilence that the seeds of a fatal disease were planted in the system of Lawrence Washington, against which he struggled for years. During the campaign he had gained the confidence Lawrence Washington. Martha Washington. of both Wentworth and Vernon. Lawrence intended to go to England and join the regular army, but, falling in love with the beautiful Anne Fairfax, they were married in July, 1743. He took possession of his fine estate, and named it Mount Vernon, in honor of the gallant admiral. Little
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
e throughout Europe. In November, 1739, Edward Vernon, with six men- 1739 of-war, appeared off nty- Chap XXIV.} first; and, on the next day, Vernon, losing but seven men, was in possession of thd, having acquired no rightful claim to glory, Vernon returned to Jamaica. Party spirit, in free govitiates the contemporary verdict of opinion. Vernon belonged to the opposition; and the enemies ofl not be amiss, wrote Sir Charles Wager to Admiral Vernon, for both French and Spaniards to be a monke instruments, and every kind of convenience, Vernon weighed anchor, without any definite purpose. de England supreme in the Gulf of Mexico. But Vernon insisted on searching for the fleet of the Frewar, yielding to the vehement direction of Admiral Vernon, resolved to attack Carthagena, the strongcations and retire. Even the Spaniards, wrote Vernon, will give us a certificate that we have effeching had been accomplished. In March, 1742, Vernon and Wentworth planned an expedition against Pa[1 more...]