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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)
in 1756. In 1760 he removed to New Haven, where he practised his profession more than fifty years. He was a legislator, and a professor in the Medical School of Yale College from its organization. He died in New Haven, Conn., Aeneas Munson, Jr. June 16. 1826. His son Aeneas, who graduated at Yale College in 1780, was assistant surgeon under Dr. Thacher in the Continental army from 1780 to 1783; afterwards became a merchant in New Haven, and died there, Aug. 22, 1852, aged eighty-nine years.in 1756. In 1760 he removed to New Haven, where he practised his profession more than fifty years. He was a legislator, and a professor in the Medical School of Yale College from its organization. He died in New Haven, Conn., Aeneas Munson, Jr. June 16. 1826. His son Aeneas, who graduated at Yale College in 1780, was assistant surgeon under Dr. Thacher in the Continental army from 1780 to 1783; afterwards became a merchant in New Haven, and died there, Aug. 22, 1852, aged eighty-nine years.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Neutrality. (search)
l of the Northern powers by a proclamation (July, 1778) of protection to all neutral vessels going to or from a hostile port with contraband goods whose value did not exceed threefourths of the whole cargo. From that time until the beginning of 1780 the insolence of British cruisers and the tone of the British ministers offended the Northern powers. The tone was often insulting. When the Dutch, said Lord North, say We maritime powers, it reminds me of the cobbler who lived next door to the in the course of the year. France and Spain acquiesced in the new maritime code; and at one time a general war between Great Britain and the Continental nations seemed inevitable. The United States approved the measure, and towards the close of 1780 sent Francis Dana as ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburg to negotiate a treaty of amity and commerce. The alliance neither awed nor in any sensible way affected England. The known fickleness and faithlessness of Catharine made other powers
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.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nonsense, Fort (search)
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, Weencampment. 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)
River. A provincial convention assumed the government and organized a body of troops. A State constitution was adopted in a congress at Halifax, Dec. 18, 1776, and the government was administered by a Provincial Congress and a committee of safety until 1777, when Richard Caswell was chosen the first governor of the State. In the Revolution. The Tories were numerous in North Carolina, where there was a large Scotch population. The Whigs, however, were largely in the majority, and in 1780 they treated their Tory neighbors with unendurable severity. Cornwallis, in command of the British in South Carolina, sent emissaries among them, who advised them to keep quiet until they had gathered their crops in autumn, when the British army would march to their assistance. They were impatient of the severities to which they were exposed, and flew to arms at once. Of two considerable parties that assembled, one was attacked and dispersed at Ramsour's Mills, on the south fork of the Cat
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Dakota, State of (search)
, 6,299,284 bushels, valued at $2,015,771; barley, 1,998,840 bushels, valued at $699,594; and hay, 247,327 tons, valued at $1,397,398. The bonded debt in 1900 was $845,300 and floating debt, $61,000. The assessed valuation of taxable property, at one-third actual value, for 1899 was, real estate, $72,019,059; personal property, $41,626, 240; total, $113,636,299; tax rate, $4.50 per $1,000. The valuation of personal property included railroad property assessed at $16,985,084. History. In 1780 a French trader settled at Pembina, now the county seat of Pembina county, which, in 1812, was occupied by a Scottish colony; but in 1823 the United States discovered that this place was a part of its territory and the national flag was raised over it. In 1858, when the State of Minnesota was organized, the Territory of Nebraska having been already separated, the remainder of Dakota was left without legal name or existence. By the act of Congress of March 2, 1861, the Territory of Dakota S
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