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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eustis , William ,1753 -1825 (search)
Eustis, William, 1753-1825
Physician; born in Cambridge, Mass., June 10, 1753; died in Boston, Feb. 6, 1825; was graduated at Harvard in 1772, and studied medicine under Dr. Joseph Warren.
As a surgeon he served throughout the Revolutionary War, and was a member of the Massachusetts legislature from 1788 to 1794.
He was in the governor's council two years, and was in Congress from 1800 to 1805, and from 1820 to 1823. Secretary of War from 1809 until 1812, he then resigned, for there was much fault found with his administration.
In 1815 he was sent as minister to Holland, and was governor of Massachusetts in 1824, dying while in office, Feb. 6, 1825.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Everett , Edward ,1794 -1865 (search)
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Statesman; born in Dorchester, Mass., April 11, 1794; brother of the preceding; graduated at Harvard in 1811; and was ordained pastor of the Brattle Street (Boston) Unitarian Church in February, 1814.
He was chosen Professor of Greek in Harvard University in 1815, and took the chair on his return from Europe in 1819. Mr. Everett was in Congress from 1825 to 1835; governor of Massachusetts from 1836 to 1840; minister to England from 1841 to 1845; president of Harvard from 1846 to 1849; and succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State in November, 1852.
He was in the United States Senate from March, 1853, until May, 1854, when he retired to private life on account of feeble health.
He took great interest in the efforts of the women of the United States to raise money to purchase Mount Vernon.
He wrote and spoke much, and by his efforts procured a large amount of money, and the estate was purchased.
He was nominated for the Vice-Presidency of the Un
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fish , Nicholas 1758 -1833 (search)
Fish, Nicholas 1758-1833
Military officer; born in New York City, Aug. 28, 1758; studied law in the office of John Morin Scott, and was on his staff as aide in the spring of 1776.
In June he was made brigademajor, and in November major of the 2d New York Regiment. Major Fish was in the battles at Saratoga in 1777; was division inspector in 1778; and commanded a corps of light infantry in the battle of Monmouth.
He served in Sullivan's expedition in 1779; under Lafayette, in Virginia, in 1781; and was at the surrender of Cornwallis, behaving gallantly during the siege.
For many years after 1786, Fish, who had become lieutenantcolonel during the war, was adjutantgeneral of the State of New York, and was appointed supervisor of the United States revenue in 1794.
In 1797 he became president of the New York State Cincinnati Society.
He died in New York City, June 20, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Foote , William Henry 1794 -1869 (search)
Foote, William Henry 1794-1869
Clergyman; born in Colchester, Conn., Dec. 20, 1794; graduated at Yale College in 1816; and became chaplain in the Confederate army.
He was author of Sketches, Historical and biographical, of the Presbyterian Church in Virginia; and Sketches in North Carolina.
He died in Romney, W. Va., Nov. 18, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fouchet , Jean Antoine Joseph , Baron 1763 - (search)
Fouchet, Jean Antoine Joseph, Baron 1763-
Diplomatist; born in St. Quentin, France, in 1763; was a law student at Paris when the Revolution broke out, and published a pamphlet in defence of its principles.
Soon afterwards he was appointed a member of the executive council of the revolutionary government, and was French ambassador to the United States in 1794-95.
Here his behavior was less offensive than that of Citizen Genet, but it was not satisfactory, and he was succeeded by Adet, a more prudent man. After he left the United States, the French Directory appointed him a commissioner to Santo Domingo, which he declined.
Under Bonaparte he was prefect of Var, and in 1805 he was the same of Ain. Afterwards he was created a baron and made commander of the Legion of Honor.
He remained in Italy until the French evacuated it in 1814.
On Napoleon's return from Elba Fouchet was made prefect of the Gironde.
The date of his death is not known.
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841;urg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gerard , James Watson 1794 -1874 (search)
Gerard, James Watson 1794-1874
Lawyer; born in New York City in 1794; graduated at Columbia in 1811; practised law in New York till 1869; secured the incorporation of the House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents in New York, which was the first institution of this kind in the United States.
He was also an ardent advocate for a uniformed police.
He died in New York, Feb. 7, 1874.
Gerard, James Watson 1794-1874
Lawyer; born in New York City in 1794; graduated at Columbia in 1811; practised law in New York till 1869; secured the incorporation of the House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents in New York, which was the first institution of this kind in the United States.
He was also an ardent advocate for a uniformed police.
He died in New York, Feb. 7, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gillon , Alexander 1741 -1794 (search)
Gillon, Alexander 1741-1794
Naval officer; born in Rotterdam, Holland, in 1741; came to America and settled in Charleston, S. C., in 1766.
He captured three British cruisers in May, 1777; was promoted commodore in 1778; and captured the Bahama islands in May, 1782, while commander of a large fleet.
He died at Gillon's Retreat, on the Congaree River, S. C., Oct. 6, 1794.