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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Junius 1780-1853 (search)
Smith, Junius 1780-1853 Lawyer; born in Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 2, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1802; practised at the New Haven bar until 1805, when he was employed to prosecute a claim against the British government in the admiralty court of London. Successful, he afterwards embarked in commercial pursuits in connection with the United States, and won a fortune. In 1832 he engaged in the project for establishing a line of steamships to navigate the Atlantic Ocean from England to the United States. Through a prospectus, he pressed the matter upon the public mind, and succeeded, in 1836, in establishing the British and American Steam Navigation Company. The feasibility of the enterprise was proven in 1838 by the crossing of the Atlantic by the small steamer Sirius. Yet, before he could successfully carry out this grand project, which soon afterwards developed into vast importance, he engaged in an attempt to introduce the cultivation of the tea-plant into this country. H
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Melancthon 1780-1893 (search)
Smith, Melancthon 1780-1893 Military officer; born in New York City in 1780; was commissioned major of the 29th United States Infantry, Feb. 20, 1813; and promoted to colonel in April following; commanded the principal fort at the battle of Plattsburg, N. Y., in September, 1814. Colonel Smith was an active member of the masonic order, and his funeral was directed by them. At his request, masonic emblems were placed on the elaborately wrought slab of blue limestone that marks his grave an1780; was commissioned major of the 29th United States Infantry, Feb. 20, 1813; and promoted to colonel in April following; commanded the principal fort at the battle of Plattsburg, N. Y., in September, 1814. Colonel Smith was an active member of the masonic order, and his funeral was directed by them. At his request, masonic emblems were placed on the elaborately wrought slab of blue limestone that marks his grave and hears the following inscription: To the memory of Colonel Melanethon Smith, who died Aug. 18, 1818, aged 38 years. As a testimony of respect for his virtues, and to mark the spot where rests the ashes of an excellent father, this stone is Colonel Smith's monument. erected by his son Richbill. United with many masculine virtues, he had a tear for pity. and a hand open as day for melting charity. Naval officer; born in New York City, May 24, 1810; son of the preceding; entered the nav
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Southern army, the Continental (search)
Southern army, the Continental After the defeat of Gates in 1780, Washington selected Gen. Nathanael Greene to command the Southern army. Maj. Henry Lee's corps of horse and some companies of artillery were ordered to the South. The Baron de Steuben was ordered to the same service; and Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a patriot of Poland, was chosen engineer of that department to supply the place of Duportail, made prisoner at Charleston. Efforts were made to reorganize the Southern army. To supply the place of captured regiments, the Assembly of Virginia voted 3,000 men, apportioned among the counties, and a special tax was laid to raise means to pay bounties. In addition to money offered, volunteers were each offered 300 acres of land at the end of the war and a healthy, sound negro or $200 in specie. Virginia also issued $850,000 in bills of credit to supply the treasury. North Carolina used its feeble resources to the same end. Drafts and recruits, and one whole battalion, came fo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spencer, Joseph 1714- (search)
Spencer, Joseph 1714- Military officer; born in East Haddam, Conn., in 1714; served as a lieutenant-colonel in the French and Indian War, having previously held the office of probate judge. In 1766 he was a member of the governor's council, and in June, 1775, Congress appointed him one of the brigadier-generals of the Continental army. In August, 1776, he was promoted to major-general. He resigned in June, 1778, and the next year was elected to Congress. In 1780 he was elected to the State council, and held that place by annual election, until his death in East Haddam, Jan. 13, 1789.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Springfield, battle of (search)
Springfield, battle of Military movements at the North, in 1780, exhibited scarcely any offensive operations, yet there were some stirring events occurring occasionally. There was a British invasion of New Jersey. On June 6 (before the arrival of General Clinton from Charleston), General Knyphausen despatched Plan of the battle of Springfield. General Matthews from Staten Island, with about 5,000 men, to penetrate New Jersey. They took possession of Elizabethtown (June 7), and burned Connecticut Farms (then a hamlet, and afterwards the village of Union), on the road from Elizabethtown to Springfield. When the invaders arrived at the latter place, they met detachments which had come down from Washington's camp at Morristown, and by them were driven back to the coast, where they remained a fortnight, until the arrival of Clinton from the South, who, with additional troops, joined Matthews (June 22). The British then attempted to draw Washington into a general battle or to ca
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stark, John 1728-1832 (search)
of New Hampshire militia, raised there to oppose the British advance from Canada. Acting upon the authority of his State and his own judgment, he refused to obey the orders of General Lincoln to march to the west of the Hudson. He soon afterwards gained the battle at Hoosick, near Bennington (Aug. 16, 1777), for which Congress, overlooking his insubordination, thanked him. He joined Gates at Bemis's Heights, but the term of his militia having expired, he went home, raised a new force, and cut off Burgoyne's retreat from Saratoga. Stark was placed in command of the Northern Department in 1778, and in 1779-80 served in Rhode Island and New Jersey. He was also at West Point, and was one of the court that condemned Major Andre. He was again in command of the Northern Department in 1781, with his headquarters at Saratoga. After the war he lived in retirement. He was the last surviving general of the army, excepting Sumter, who died in 1832. He died in Manchester, N. H., May 8, 1822.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steele, John 1758-1827 (search)
Steele, John 1758-1827 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 15, 1758; was captain in the Pennsylvania line during the Revolution; wounded at Brandywine; commander of Washington's life-guard in 1780; and assisted in the capture of Cornwallis. He was State Senator after the war, and was a commissioner to settle the Wyoming difficulties; and was also collector of the port of Philadelphia a long time, and general of the Pennsylvania militia. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 27, 1827.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stiles, Ezra 1727-1795 (search)
study of this new science, and performed the first electrical experiments in New England. In consequence of religious doubts, he began to study law in 1752, and gave up preaching, for which he had been licensed in 1749. His doubts having been removed, he resumed preaching at Newport, R. I., in 1755. In 1777 he was invited to the presidency of Yale College and accepted, entering upon the duties June 23, 1778, and filled that office until his death. After the death of Professor Daggett, in 1780, Dr. Stiles filled his place himself as Professor of Divinity. By hard study he learned several Oriental languages, and corresponded with Jesuits in Latin, and Greek bishops in Greek. He was one of the most gifted men of his time. He wrote History of three of the judges of King Charles I. (1794)—Goffe, Whalley, and Dixon, who came to this country. His published addresses and sermons, and his manuscript diary and other works are preserved at Yale in 45 bound volumes. He died in New Hav<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stirling, Sir Thomas 1757- (search)
Stirling, Sir Thomas 1757- Military officer; born in Scotland; entered the British army in 1757; served in America under Abercrombie and Amherst (1758-60); and in 1765 was stationed at Fort Chartres, Ill., whence he marched with his command to Philadelphia in 1766. Throughout the Revolutionary War he commanded the 42d Regiment, as its lieutenant-colonel. He was in the battle of Long Island and at the capture of Fort Washington in 1776; was at some of the most important engagements until 1780; when, as brigadier-general, he accompanied General Clinton in the capture of Charleston; was created a baronet in 1796, and rose to the rank of general in January, 1801. He died May 9, 1808.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Strong, Cabel 1745-1819 (search)
Strong, Cabel 1745-1819 Legislator; born in Northampton, Mass., Jan. 9, 1745; graduated at Harvard College in 1764; admitted to the bar in 1772; county attorney in 1776-80; delegate to the convention which drafted the national Constitution in 1787; United States Senator in 1789-96; governor of Massachusetts in 1800-7 and 1812-16. He died in Northampton, Mass., Nov. 7, 1819.
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