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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Graham , George 1772 -1830 (search)
Graham, George 1772-1830
Lawyer; born in Dumfries, Va., about 1772; graduated at Columbia College in 1790; began the practice of law in Dumfries, but later settled in Fairfax county, where he recruited the Fairfax light-horse which he led in the War of 1812.
He was acting Secretary of War in 1815-18; and was then sent on a perilous mission to Galveston Island, where General Lallemande, the chief of artillery in Napoleon's army, had founded a colony with 600 armed settlers, whom he persuadDumfries, but later settled in Fairfax county, where he recruited the Fairfax light-horse which he led in the War of 1812.
He was acting Secretary of War in 1815-18; and was then sent on a perilous mission to Galveston Island, where General Lallemande, the chief of artillery in Napoleon's army, had founded a colony with 600 armed settlers, whom he persuaded to give up their undertaking and submit to the United States government.
He is also said to have been instrumental in saving the government $250,000 by successfully concluding the Indian factorage affairs.
He died in Washington, D. C., in August, 1830.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weems , Mason Locke 1760 -1825 (search)
Weems, Mason Locke 1760-1825
Historian; born in Dumfries, Va., about 1760; studied
Mason Locke Weems. theology in London; was rector several years of Mount Vernon parish (Pohick Church) at the time Washington attended there, and was for a long while a successful travelling agent for the sale of books for Matthew Cary, of Philadelphia, travelling extensively in the Southern States.
He was eccentric, and, at public gatherings, would address crowds upon the merits of his books, interspersing his remarks with stories and anecdotes.
He would also play the violin at dances, and preach when occasion offered.
Weems wrote a pamphlet entitled The drunkard's looking-glass, illustrated with rude wood-cuts.
This pamphlet he sold wherever he travelled.
He entered taverns, addressed the company usually assembled in such places, imitated the foolish acts of an intoxicated person, and then offered his pamphlets for sale.
His mimicry of a drunken man was generally taken as good-natured fu
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 27 (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Virginia, 1862 (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Virginia, 1863 (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Illinois Volunteers . (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Maine Volunteers . (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Maryland Volunteers . (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, New Jersey Volunteers . (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, New York Volunteers . (search)