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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Amherst , Sir Jeffrey , 1717 - (search)
Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, 1717-
Military officer; born in Kent, England, Jan. 29, 1717; became an ensign in the army in 1731, and was aide to Lord Ligonier and the Duke of Cumberland.
In 1756 he was promoted to major-general and given the command of the expedition against Louisburg in
Sir Jeffrey Amherst. 1758, which resulted in its capture, with other French strongholds in that vicinity.
In September, that year, he was appointed commander-in-chief in America, and led the troops in person, in 1759, that drove the French from Lake Champlain.
The next year he captured Montreal and completed the conquest of Canada.
For these acts he was rewarded with the thanks of Parliament and the Order of the Bath.
In 1763 he was appointed governor of Virginia.
The atrocities of the Indians in May and June of that year aroused the anger and the energies of Sir Jeffrey, and he contemplated hurling swift destruction upon the barbarians.
He denounced Pontiac as the chief ringleader of mischief
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beecher , Henry Ward , 1813 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blennerhassett , Harman , 1764 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Debs , Eugene Victor , 1855 - (search)
Debs, Eugene Victor, 1855-
Labor leader; born in Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 5, 1855; educated in the common schools; city clerk of Terre Haute in 1879-83; member of the Indiana legislature in 1885; served as grand secretary and treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; president of the American Railway Union in 1893-97; and in June of the latter year was made chairman of the national council of the Social Democracy of America, a society founded for political and industrial co-operation.
When president of the American Railway Union he conducted a notable strike on the Great Northern Railway, and in 1894 directed the great strike on the Western railroads, for which he was charged with conspiracy, but was acquitted, and subsequently, in 1895, served a sentence of six months imprisonment for contempt of court in violating its injunction.
In 1896 he lectured on The relations of the Church to labor, and in 1900 was the candidate of the Social Democratic National par
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Graebner , August L. 1849 - (search)
Graebner, August L. 1849-
Theologian; born in Frankentrost, Mich., July 10, 1849; graduated at Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., and at the Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, where he became Professor of Theology in 1887.
He is the author of History of the Lutheran Church in America; Half a century of Sound Lutheranism in America, etc.
Graebner, August L. 1849-
Theologian; born in Frankentrost, Mich., July 10, 1849; graduated at Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., and at the Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, where he became Professor of Theology in 1887.
He is the author of History of the Lutheran Church in America; Half a century of Sound Lutheranism in America, etc.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette , Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier , Marquis de 1757 - (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan , Thomas J. 1839 - (search)
Morgan, Thomas J. 1839-
Clergyman; born in Franklin, Ind., Aug. 17, 1839; educated at Franklin College; served in the National army in 1862-65, receiving the brevet of brigadier-general; graduated at the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1868.
Later he was Professor of Homiletics and Church History for seven years at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago: United States commissioner of Indian affairs in 1889-93; then became corresponding secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society.
His publications include Patriotic citizenship; The negro in America, etc.