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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), White, Daniel Appleton 1776-1861 (search)
White, Daniel Appleton 1776-1861 Jurist; born in Methuen (now Lawrence), Mass., June 7, 1776; graduated at Harvard College in 1797; admitted to the bar in 1804; member of the legislature of Massachusetts in 1810-15; and was judge of probate of Essex county, Mass., for thirty-eight years. He was the author of Eulogy on George Washington; View of the Court of probate in Massachusetts; New England Congregationalism in its origin and purity, etc. He died in Salem, Mass., March 30, 1861.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilson, Woodrow 1856- (search)
Wilson, Woodrow 1856- Educator; born in Staunton, Va., Dec. 28, 1856; graduated at Princeton College in 1879; studied law at the University of Virginia, and took a special course at Johns Hopkins in 1883-85; was Professor of History and Political Economy at Bryn Mawr College in 1885-88, and at Wesleyan University in 1888-90. In the latter year he accepted the chair of Jurisprudence and Politics at Princeton College. His publications include Congressional government, a study in American politics; The State: elements of Historical and practical politics; Division and reunion, 1829-89; George Washington; A short history of the people of the United States; Colonies and nation, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wood-engraving. (search)
Wood-engraving. No department of art in the United States has manifested greater progress towards perfection than engraving on wood, which was introduced by Dr. Alexander Anderson (q. v.) in 1794. Before that time engravings to be used typographically were cut on typemetal, and were very rude. As a specimen of the state of the art in the United States when Anderson introduced wood, a facsimile is here given of the frontispiece to the fourteenth edition of Webster's Spelling-book, issued in 1791. It is a portrait of Washington, then President of the United States. This was executed on type-metal. When Anderson's more beautiful works on wood appeared, he was employed by Webster's publishers to make new designs and engravings for the Spelling-book, and the designs then made were used for many years.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodhull, John 1744-1824 (search)
an. 26, 1744; graduated at Princeton College in 1766; ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1770; was called to Freehold, N. J., in 1779. In 1782 he requested Washington to execute an English officer, then a prisoner, for killing Capt. Joseph Huddy, of Monmouth, without a trial. To this Washington acceded, and Captain Asgill, tWashington acceded, and Captain Asgill, the British officer, was condemned to die. In the mean time, however, the English general appointed a court-martial, which after investigation found that Huddy had been executed by the order of the recent governor of New Jersey, William Franklin. Captain Asgill was, therefore, pardoned. There are only three of Dr. Woodhull's sermer of the recent governor of New Jersey, William Franklin. Captain Asgill was, therefore, pardoned. There are only three of Dr. Woodhull's sermons extant: The death of General Washington; The establishment of the federal Constitution; and an ordination sermon. He died in Freehold, N. J., Nov. 22, 1824. See Asgill, Sir Charles.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), X Y Z letters, (search)
X Y Z letters, Popular designation of a correspondence, made public in 1798, which nearly resulted in the United States declaring war against France. Louis XVI. had been overthrown in France, and a republic established in charge of the Directory and Council. The French envoys to America, Genet, Adet, and Fouchet, annoyed Presidents Washington and Adams exceedingly by their arrogance. Then the French Directory authorized French war-vessels to seize American merchantmen and detain them for examination. Fully 1,000 vessels, carrying the United States flag, had been thus stopped in their course when Adams appointed Pinckney, Marshall, and Gerry as a commission to visit France and negotiate a treaty that would save American vessels from further annoyance. The commission was met in France by three unofficial agents, who told the Americans that the Directory would not listen to them unless suitable bribes, amounting to $240,000, were given; and that, if the commission were receive
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yankee Doodle, (search)
the capital piece in the band of music at Castle William. The change in the spelling of the word Yankey was not yet made. Trumbull, in his McFingal, uses the original orthography. While the British were yet in Boston, after the arrival of Washington at Cambridge in the summer of 1775, some poet among them wrote the following piece in derision of the New England troops. It is the original Yankee Doodle song: Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Goodwin, Where we see the men and boys As thick as hasty-puddina. There was Captain Washington Upon a slapping stallion, A giving orders to his men: I guess there was a million. And then the feathers on his hat, They looked so tarnal finea, I wanted pockily to get, To give to my Jemima. And then they had a swampina gun, As large as log of maple, On a deuced little cart— A load for father's cattle. And every time they fired it off It took a horn of powder; It made a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. I went
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yorktown, siege of (search)
a besieging army there of 16,000 men, under the chief command of Washington, assisted by Rochambeau. The British force, about half as numero were mostly behind intrenchments at Yorktown. On the arrival of Washington and Rochambeau at Williamsburg they proceeded to the Ville de ParHessians, numbering 875. The flag of the Anspachers was given to Washington by the Congress. The news of the surrender of Cornwallis at Youick-beating hearts heard Charles Thompson read the despatch from Washington. At its conclusion it was resolved to go in a body to the Luthopy of the articles of capitulation settled between his Excellency General Washington, commander-in-chief of the combined forces of America a Oct. 19, 1781, to the allied army under command of his Excellency General Washington—taken from the original muster-rolls. Regiments or Core in the trenches before York Town in Virginia Oct. 19 1781. G. Washington, Le Comte De Rochambeau, Le Comte De Barras, en mon nom & c
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