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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ireland. (search)
ted by unanimous vote. New taxes were refused. The ordinary supplies usually granted for two years were granted for six months. Throughout the little kingdom an inextinguishable sentiment of nationality was aroused. Alarmed by the threatening attitude, the British Parliament, in 1781, conceded to the dependent kingdom its claims to commercial equality. The volunteer army of Ireland, commanded by officers of their own choice, amounted to about 50,000 at the close of the war with America (1782). They were united under one general-in-chief. Feeling strong in the right and in its material and moral vitality at the moment, and encouraged by the success of the Americans, Ireland demanded reforms for herself. The viceroy reported that unless it was determined that the knot which bound the two countries should be severed forever, the points required by the Irish Parliament must be conceded. It was a critical moment. Eden, who was secretary for Ireland, proposed the repeal of the act
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson, Samuel 1733- (search)
Johnson, Samuel 1733- Jurist; born in Dundee, Scotland, Dec. 15, 1733; was taken to North Carolina by his father when he was three years of age, and was in civil office there under the crown until he espoused the cause of the patriots. In 1773 he was one of the North Carolina committee of correspondence and an active member of the Provincial Congress. He was chairman of the provincial council in 1775, and during 1781-82 was in the Continental Congress. In 1788 he was governor of the State, and presided over the convention that adopted the national Constitution. From 1789 to 1793 he was United States Senator, and from 1800 to 1803 was judge of the Supreme Court. He died near Edenton, N. C., Aug. 18, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones, Thomas 1731-1792 (search)
Jones, Thomas 1731-1792 Lawyer; born in Fort Neck, L. I., April 30, 1731; graduated at Yale in 1750; admitted to the bar of New York in 1755, and practised in New York; was recorder of New York City in 1769-73, when he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court. He was arrested a number of times as a loyalist, and was exchanged for General Silliman in 1780; went to England in 1781; was included in the New York State act of attainder in 1782. His estate on Long Island, Tryon Hall, descended to his daughter, who had married Richard Floyd, upon condition that the name Jones be added to that of Floyd. The estate is still in the Floyd-Jones family. Judge Jones wrote a History of New York during the Revolutionary War, a valuable contribution to history, as it is the only one from the view-point of a loyalist who participated in the events of that time. He died in England, July 25, 1792.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lamb, Roger 1756-1830 (search)
Lamb, Roger 1756-1830 Military officer; born in Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 17, 1756; joined the British army and fought against the colonies in the American Revolution; was twice taken prisoner, but escaped each time, bearing important news regarding the American troops to his superiors; was made adjutant to the Merchant Volunteers in New York about 1782. His publications, which are among the most valuable sources for the history of the Revolutionary period, include A journal of occurrences during the late American War, and Memoir of my own life. He died in May, 1830.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee, Charles 1731- (search)
racter and military conduct of Washington. In a rude cabin of one apartment and little furniture he lived more like a hermit than a citizen of the world, surrounded by his dogs and his books. Just as his time of suspension had expired he heard that Congress was about to deprive him of his commission, when, in a fit of anger, he wrote an abusive letter to the President, and his immediate dismissal from the army was the consequence. Wearied of solitude, he visited Philadelphia in the fall of 1782, with a view to making sale of his estate. There he was attacked by fever, and died within five days (Oct. 2, 1782), exclaiming in his last moments, Stand by me, my brave grenadiers! In his will, after bequeathing his soul to the Almighty and his body to the earth, he directed that his remains should not be buried in any church or church-yard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist meeting-house; for, he said, since I have resided in this country, I have kept so much bad company
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Longworth, Nicholas 1782-1863 (search)
Longworth, Nicholas 1782-1863 Viniculturist: born in Newark, N. J., Jan. 16, 1782; in early life was a clerk in a store in South Carolina, but removed to Cincinnati at the age of twenty-one years, when that place was not much more than a hamlet. He studied law, which he practised there for twenty-five years, and invested money in lands, long since covered by the rapidly growing city. He finally turned his attention to the cultivation of grapes, first raising foreign vines and then the native Catawba and Isabella. He produced very fine wine from the latter. At one time he had 200 acres of vineyard and a wine-house. He published Buchanan's treatise on the grape, with an appendix on Strawberry culture. He died in Cincinnati, Feb. 10, 1863.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Loudoun, John Campbell, fourth Earl of 1705-1782 (search)
Loudoun, John Campbell, fourth Earl of 1705-1782 Military officer; born in Scotland in 1705; was appointed governor of Virginia and commander-in-chief of the British forces in America in 1756. Leaving his lieutenant, Dinwiddie, to govern the province, he paid attention to military affairs, in which his indolence, indecision, and general inefficiency were most John Campbell Loudon. conspicuous, and worked disasters. Franklin said of him: He is like little St. George on the sign-boards, always on horseback, but never goes forward. He was recalled in 1757, and returned to England. In 1758 he was made lieutenant-general, and in 1770 general. He died in Scotland, April 27, 1782. According to his instructions, the Earl of Loudoun demanded of the authorities of New York City free quarters for himself, his officers, and 1,000 men. Your demand is contrary to the laws of England and the liberties of America, said the mayor of the city. Free quarters are everywhere usual. I ass
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lovell, James 1737-1814 (search)
Lovell, James 1737-1814 A patriot; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 31, 1737; graduated at Harvard College in 1756; taken prisoner after the battle of Bunker Hill and confined in Halifax, N. S., till exchanged in November, 1776. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1776-82. He favored Gen. Horatio Gates for commander-in-chief of the American army, and was very bitter against Washington. He died in Windham, Me., July 14, 1814.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lyman, Phineas 1716- (search)
g out of the French and Indian War he was commander-in-chief of the Connecticut forces; he built Fort Lyman (afterwards Fort Edward), on the upper Hudson, and fought and won the battle at the head of Lake George in 1755. In 1758 he served under General Abercrombie, and was with Lord Howe when he was killed. He was also at the capture of Crown Point and Montreal, and, in 1762, led provincial troops against Havana. In 1763 General Lyman went to England to get prizemoney for himself and fellow-officers and to solicit a grant of land on the Mississippi for a company called Military adventurers. He returned to America in 1774, at which time a tract near Natchez was granted to the petitioners; and thither he went with his eldest son, and died soon after reaching west Florida, as the region was then called, near the present Natchez, Miss., Sept. 10, 1774. The emigrants suffered great hardships, and on the conquest of the country by the Spaniards (1781-82) they took refuge in Savannah.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McFingal, (search)
McFingal, The title of a, political and historical satire, in four cantos, written by John Trumbull during the American Revolution. McFingal is a representative of the Tory or loyalist party in that struggle, a burly New England squire, constantly engaged with Honorius, a champion of the Whigs, or rebels, as the British called the patriots. In it all the leading Tories of the day are severely lampooned. It is written in Hudibrastic style, and is the ablest American production of the kind. The first canto was published in 1775; the whole work in 1782. An edition, fully annotated by Benson J. Lossing, was published in 1881.
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