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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agreement of the people, (search)
hichester, 8 Chichester, with the Suburbs and Liberties thereof, 1. Southampton County, with the Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes therein, except such as are hereunder named, 8 ; Winchester, with the Suburbs and Liberties thereof, 1; Southampton Town and the County thereof, 1. Dorsetshire, with the Boroughs. Towns, and Parishes therein, except Dorchester, 7; Dorchester, 1. Devonshire, with the Boroughs. Towns, and Parishes therein, except such as are hereunder particularly named, 12; Exeter, 2; Plymouth, 2; Barnstaple, 1. Cornwall, with the Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes therein. 8. Somersetshire, with the Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes therein, except such as are hereunder named, 8; Bristol, 3; Taunton-Dean. 1. Wiltshire, with the Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes therein, except Salisbury, 7 ; Salisbury, 1. Berkshire, with the Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes therein, except Reading, 5; Reading. 1. Surrey. with the Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes therein, except Southwark,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Government, instrument of. (search)
e respectively, shall be according to the proportions and numbers hereafter expressed: that is to say, Bedfordshire, 5; Bedford Town, 1; Berkshire, 5; Abingdon, 1; Reading, 1; Buckinghamshire, 5; Buckingham Town, 1; Aylesbury, 1; Wycomb, 1; Cambridgeshire, 4; Cambridge Town, 1; Cambridge University, 1; Isle of Ely, 2; Cheshire, 4; Chester, 1; Cornwall, 8; Launceston, 1; Truro, 1; Penryn, 1; East Looe and West Looe, 1 Cumberland, 2; Carlisle, 1; Derbyshire, 4 Derby Town, 1; Devonshire, 11; Exeter, 2; Plymouth, 2; Clifton, Dartmouth, Hardness, 1; Totnes, 1; Barnstable, 1; Tiverton, 1; Honiton, 1; Dorsetshire, 6; Dorchester, 1; Weymouth and Melcomb-Regis, 1; Lyme-Regis, 1; Poole, 1; Durham, 2; City of Durham, 1; Essex, 13; Malden, 1; Colchester, 2; Gloucestershire, 5; Gloucester, 2; Tewkesbury, 1; Cirencester, 1; Herefordshire, 4; Hereford, 1; Leominster, 1; Hertfordshire, 5; St. Alban's, 1; Hertford, 1; Huntingdonshire, 3; Huntingdon, 1; Kent, 11; Canterbury, 2; Rochester, 1; Maidsto
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mauduit, Israel 1708- (search)
Mauduit, Israel 1708- Political writer; born in Exeter, England, in 1708; was a prosperous London merchant; acting agent of the province of Massachusetts in England in 1763-64, and wrote much in praise of the American cause during the Revolutionary War. He died June 16, 1787.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Simcoe, John Graves -1806 (search)
Simcoe, John Graves -1806 Military officer; born near Exeter, England, Feb. 25, 1752; entered the army in 1770; came to America with a company of foot, with which he fought in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth; raised a battalion which he called The Queen's Rangers ; trained them for light and active service; and with them performed important services, especially in the South. In June, 1779, Clinton gave him the local rank of lieutenant-colonel. His light corps was always in advance of the army and engaged in gallant exploits. His corps was disbanded after the war, and its officers were placed on half-pay. Simcoe was governor of Canada in 1791-94; was made major-general in 1794, and lieutenant-general in 1798. He was governor and commander-in-chief of Santo Domingo in 1796-97. He died in Torbay, England, Oct. 26, 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
men from the Massachusetts colony, accompanied by 200 Narraganset warriors, attack the Pequod fort on the Mystic, capture and destroy it with all its occupants, numbering 600 and over......May 26, 1637 Gov. Henry Vane returns to England......Aug. 3, 1637 Pequod War ends by total annihilation of the tribe......October, 1637 Rev. John Wheelwright, brother of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, disfranchised and banished for supporting her......Nov. 2, 1637 He journeys to New Hampshire and founds Exeter......1637 Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, under sentence of banishment, is committed to Joseph Welde, of Roxbury, for safe-keeping, until the court shall dispose of her......Nov. 2, 1637 She is excommunicated, sent out of the jurisdiction, and retires to Narraganset Bay, where her husband had gone......March, 1638 John Harvard, a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, bequeaths his library and half of his estate, which amounted to £ 700, for a college......Sept. 14, 1638 Ancient
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wheelwright, John 1592- (search)
Wheelwright, John 1592- Clergyman; born in Lincolnshire, England, about 1592; was a graduate of Cambridge University, England, and a classmate of Cromwell. Being driven from his church by Archbishop Laud, in 1636, for Non-conformity, he came to Boston and was chosen pastor of a church in (present) Braintree. Mr. Wheelwright seconded the theological views of Anne Hutchinson (q. v.), and publicly defended them, for which offence he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony. He founded Exeter, on a branch of the Piscataqua River; and when, five years later, that town was declared to be within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, he removed with his family to Wells, Me. In 1646, he returned to Massachusetts, a reconciliation having been effected; and in 1657 he went to England. He returned in 1660, and in May, 1662, became pastor of a church at Salisbury, Mass., where he died, Nov. 15, 1679.