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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Muhlenberg , Frederick Augustus Conrad 1750 -1801 (search)
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad 1750-1801
Clergyman; born in Trappe, Pa., June 2, 1750; was a Lutheran minister; took an active part in the Revolutionary movements, and was a member of the Continental Congress (1779-80). He was an active member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, and its speaker from 1781 to 1784; a member of the council and treasurer of the State, and president of the convention that ratified the national Constitution.
He was receiver-general of the Land Office, and was speaker of the first and second Congress.
In that capacity his casting vote carried Jay's treaty (see Jay, John) into effect.
He died in Lancaster, Pa., June 4, 1801.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Munson , Aeneas 1734 -1826 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Neutrality. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Neville , Presley 1756 -1818 (search)
Neville, Presley 1756-1818
Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1756; graduated at the College of Philadelphia in 1775; served as aide-de-camp to Lafayette during a part of the Revolutionary War; and was captured at Charlestown in 1780 Later he was made a brigadier-inspector He died in Fairview, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1818
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New harmony. (search)
New harmony.
The first non-religious community established in America.
In 1805 a party of Harmonists, members of a sect founded in Wurtemberg about 1780, emigrated to America and first settled in Butler county, Pa. In 1814 they removed to Indiana; purchased 27,000 acres of land; and named the settlement Harmony.
Robert Owen (q. v.) purchased this property in 1824; renamed the settlement New Harmony; and organized a new community which, on Jan. 12, 1826, adopted a constitution under the name of The New harmony community of equality.
On July 4, following, Mr. Owen delivered his famous declaration of mental independence against the trinity of man's oppressors—private property, irrational religion, and marriage.
Owen failed in his scheme for a social community, and returned to England.
The original founders of Harmony, after selling their property in Indiana, returned to Pennsylvania, and established the new community of Economy, near Pittsbu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newnan , Daniel 1780 -1851 (search)
Newnan, Daniel 1780-1851
Military officer; born in North Carolina about 1780; was appointed a second lieutenant in the 4th United States Infantry in March, 1799; led the Georgia Volunteers against the east Florida Indians in 1812; served with distinction against the Creek Indians in 1813; and was promoted lieutenant-colonel in December of the latter year.
He held a seat in Congress in 1831-33 as a State's Rights Democrat.
He died in Walker county, Ga., Jan. 16, 1851.
Newnan, Daniel 1780-1851
Military officer; born in North Carolina about 1780; was appointed a second lieutenant in the 4th United States Infantry in March, 1799; led the Georgia Volunteers against the east Florida Indians in 1812; served with distinction against the Creek Indians in 1813; and was promoted lieutenant-colonel in December of the latter year.
He held a seat in Congress in 1831-33 as a State's Rights Democrat.
He died in Walker county, Ga., Jan. 16, 1851.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nicholas , Robert Carter 1715 -1780 (search)
Nicholas, Robert Carter 1715-1780
Statesman; born in Hanover, Va., in 1715; was educated at the College of William and Mary; and while quite young represented James City in the House of Burgesses, in which he continued until the House of Delegates was organized in 1777.
In 1779 he was appointed judge of the high court of chancery.
All through the controversy with Great Britain Nicholas worked shoulder to shoulder with Peyton Randolph, Bland, and other patriots, but voted against Patric Patrick Henry's resolutions against the Stamp Act in 1765.
He was treasurer of the colony in 1766-77, and in 1773 was a member of the Virginia committee of correspondence.
He died in Hanover, Va., in 1780.
Military officer; born in Hanover, Va., about 1793; served through the second war with Great Britain (1812-15); held a seat in the United States Senate in 1836-41; and subsequently was superintendent of public instruction in Louisiana.
He died in Terrebonne parish, La., Dec. 24, 1857.
Nonsense, Fort
An unfinished earthwork erected by the Continental army in the winter of 1779-80, on the hills overlooking Morristown, N. J. During that winter Washington's army was encamped on the hill back of the court-house, the encampment extending several miles into the country.
The soldiers lived principally in small log-huts, and were in a state of much suffering and privation.
The weather was exceedingly cold and stormy.
In a private letter to a friend, General Washington said, We encampment.
He therefore directed the men to hasten the erection of a defensive work, and the army was so engaged till the receipt of relief stores.
On account of the circumstances under which this fortification was begun the name of Fort Nonsense has been given to it. In 1888 the Washington Association of New Jersey erected a memorial stone bearing the following inscription:
This stone marks the site of Fort Nonsense, an earthwork built by the Continental army in the winter of 1779-80.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, State of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Dakota, State of (search)