hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Sorting
You can sort these results in two ways:
- By entity
- Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
- By position (current method)
- As the entities appear in the document.
You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.
hide
Most Frequent Entities
The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.
Entity | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
United States (United States) | 16,340 | 0 | Browse | Search |
England (United Kingdom) | 6,437 | 1 | Browse | Search |
France (France) | 2,462 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) | 2,310 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) | 1,788 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Europe | 1,632 | 0 | Browse | Search |
New England (United States) | 1,606 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Canada (Canada) | 1,474 | 0 | Browse | Search |
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) | 1,468 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) | 1,404 | 0 | Browse | Search |
View all entities in this document... |
Browsing named entities in a specific section of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). Search the whole document.
Found 33 total hits in 14 results.
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry allen-ira
London (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry allen-ira
Vermont (Vermont, United States) (search for this): entry allen-ira
Europe (search for this): entry allen-ira
Cornwall, Conn. (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry allen-ira
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
Military officer; a younger brother of Ethan; born in Cornwall, Conn., April 21, 1751.
He was an active patriot, and took a distinguished part in public affairs in Vermont, his adopted State, where he served in the legislature, and was secretary of state, surveyor-general, and a member of the council.
He was a military leader in the war for independence, and was one of the commissioners sent to Congress to oppose the claims of neighboring provinces to jurisdiction in Vermont.
He effected an armistice with the British in Canada in 1781, and by so doing brought about a settlement of the controversy with New York.
As senior major-general of the State militia in 1795, he went to Europe to purchase arms for his commonwealth, and on his way homeward with muskets and cannon he was captured, taken to England, and charged with being an emissary of the French, and intending to supply the Irish malcontents with arms.
After long litigation the matter was settled in
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry allen-ira
Ira Allen (search for this): entry allen-ira
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
Military officer; a younger brother of Ethan; born in Cornwall, Conn., April 21, 1751.
He was an active patriot, and took a distinguished part in public affairs in Vermont, his adopted State, where he served in the legislature, and was secretary of state, surveyor-general, and a member of the council.
He was a military leader in the war for independence, and was one of the commissioners sent to Congress to oppose the claims of neighboring provinces to jurisdiction in New York.
As senior major-general of the State militia in 1795, he went to Europe to purchase arms for his commonwealth, and on his way homeward with muskets and cannon he was captured, taken to England, and charged with being an emissary of the French, and intending to supply the Irish malcontents with arms.
After long litigation the matter was settled in Allen's favor.
He wrote a National and political history of Vermont, published in London in 1798, and died in Philadelphia, Jan. 7, 1814.
1814 AD (search for this): entry allen-ira
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
Military officer; a younger brother of Ethan; born in Cornwall, Conn., April 21, 1751.
He was an active patriot, and took a distinguished part in public affairs in Vermont, his adopted State, where he served in the legislature, and was secretary of state, surveyor-general, and a member of the council.
He was a military leader in the war for independence, and was one of the commissioners sent to Congress to oppose the claims of neighboring provinces to jurisdiction in Vermont.
He effected an armistice with the British in Canada in 1781, and by so doing brought about a settlement of the controversy with New York.
As senior major-general of the State militia in 1795, he went to Europe to purchase arms for his commonwealth, and on his way homeward with muskets and cannon he was captured, taken to England, and charged with being an emissary of the French, and intending to supply the Irish malcontents with arms.
After long litigation the matter was settled in
1751 AD (search for this): entry allen-ira
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
Military officer; a younger brother of Ethan; born in Cornwall, Conn., April 21, 1751.
He was an active patriot, and took a distinguished part in public affairs in Vermont, his adopted State, where he served in the legislature, and was secretary of state, surveyor-general, and a member of the council.
He was a military leader in the war for independence, and was one of the commissioners sent to Congress to oppose the claims of neighboring provinces to jurisdiction in Vermont.
He effected an armistice with the British in Canada in 1781, and by so doing brought about a settlement of the controversy with New York.
As senior major-general of the State militia in 1795, he went to Europe to purchase arms for his commonwealth, and on his way homeward with muskets and cannon he was captured, taken to England, and charged with being an emissary of the French, and intending to supply the Irish malcontents with arms.
After long litigation the matter was settled in
April 21st, 1751 AD (search for this): entry allen-ira
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
Military officer; a younger brother of Ethan; born in Cornwall, Conn., April 21, 1751.
He was an active patriot, and took a distinguished part in public affairs in Vermont, his adopted State, where he served in the legislature, and was secretary of state, surveyor-general, and a member of the council.
He was a military leader in the war for independence, and was one of the commissioners sent to Congress to oppose the claims of neighboring provinces to jurisdiction in Vermont.
He effected an armistice with the British in Canada in 1781, and by so doing brought about a settlement of the controversy with New York.
As senior major-general of the State militia in 1795, he went to Europe to purchase arms for his commonwealth, and on his way homeward with muskets and cannon he was captured, taken to England, and charged with being an emissary of the French, and intending to supply the Irish malcontents with arms.
After long litigation the matter was settled in