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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chalmers , George 1742 -1825 (search)
Chalmers, George 1742-1825
Historian; born in Fochabers, Scotland, in 1742; educated at King's College, Aberdeen; studied law; came to America in 1763, and practised in Baltimore.
Being opposed to the Revolutionary War he returned to England.
His publications relating to the United States include Political annals of the present United colonies; Opinions on interesting subjects of public laws and commercial policy, arising from American Independence; and Life of Thomas Paine.
He died in London, May 21, 1825.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cobbett , William 1762 -1835 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Constitution of the United States (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Deane , Silas , 1737 -1789 (search)
Hunt, Isaac 1751-1809
Author; born in Barbadoes, W. I., in 1751; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1763; admitted to the bar in 1765.
When the Revolutionary War broke out he was a strong royalist, and wrote leaflets which led to his imprisonment, but later he escaped and went to England, where he became a clergyman.
His publications include The political family, or a discourse pointing out the reciprocal advantages which flow from an uninterrupted Union between Great Britain and her American colonies; Right of Englishmen, an antidote to the poison of Thomas Paine; Autobiography of John Trumbull, etc. He died in London, in 1809.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ingersoll , Robert Green 1833 - (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Inglis , Charles 1734 -1816 (search)
Inglis, Charles 1734-1816
Clergyman; born in Ireland, in 1734.
From 1764 to the Revolution he was assistant rector of Trinity Church, New York; and was rector from 1777 to 1783.
He adhered to the royal cause, and departed for Nova Scotia with the loyalists who fled from New York City in 1783.
His letters evinced considerable harsh feeling towards the American patriots as fomenters of rebellion.
Dr. Inglis was consecrated bishop of Nova Scotia in 1788, and in 1809 became a member of the governor's council.
He published an answer to Paine's Common sense, which made him obnoxious to the patriots, and they confiscated his estate.
He died in Halifax, N. S., Feb. 24, 1816.
His son John was made bishop of Nova Scotia in 1825, and died in 1850; and his grandson, Gen. Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, born in Halifax in 1814, was the brave defender of Lucknow.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Miller , William 1782 -1849 (search)
Miller, William 1782-1849
Founder of the sect of Millerites, or Adventists (q. v.); born in Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 5, 1782; was mainly self-taught during his leisure moments while working on a farm.
At the beginning of the War of 1812 he was a recruiting officer, and later a captain in the army.
During his early manhood he lead and advocated the teachings of Voltaire, Thomas Paine, and Hume.
Subsequently he was converted to Christianity, and joined a Baptist church.
He became a deep student of the Old Testament prophecies, which convinced him that Christ would reappear to judge the world between the years 1831 and 1844.
Churches were thrown open to him everywhere, and multitudes flocked to hear his interpretation of prophecy.
When the time set by Father Miller, as he was popularly called, for the second advent of Christ had expired, the majority of his followers, about 50,000, did not give up their faith in the speedy coming of the Saviour.
On April 25, 1845, a convention
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Madrid, siege of (search)