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 101 total hits in 48 results.
Hingham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry hall-james
Algiers (Algeria) (search for this): entry hall-james
Iowa (Iowa, United States) (search for this): entry hall-james
Fredericktown (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry hall-james
Hall, James 1744-1826
Military officer; born in Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 22, 1744; graduated at Princeton in 1774; became pastor of the Presbyterian church at Bethany, N. C., in 1778.
He belonged to the church militant, and during the Revolutionary War was an ardent patriot.
He raised a troop of cavalry, and was at once commander and chaplain.
He is the author of a Report of a Missionary Tour through the Mississippi and the southwestern country.
He died in Bethany, N. C., July 25, 1826.
Bethany, N. C., July 25, 1826.
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 19, 1793; enlisted as a private in 1812; commanded a detachment from his company at the battle of Chippewa in 1814 and at the siege of Fort Erie; received a commission in the army in 1815; and served in Decatur's expedition to Algiers on the United States brig Enterprise.
He left the army in 1818; was admitted to the bar the same year; removed to Shawneetown, Ill., in 1820, and to Cincinnati in 1833.
He edited at various times the Illinois g
Fort Erie (Canada) (search for this): entry hall-james
Shawneetown, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry hall-james
Carlisle, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry hall-james
Hall, James 1744-1826
Military officer; born in Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 22, 1744; graduated at Princeton in 1774; became pastor of the Presbyterian church at Bethany, N. C., in 1778.
He belonged to the church militant, and during the Revolutionary War was an ardent patriot.
He raised a troop of cavalry, and was at once commander and chaplain.
He is the author of a Report of a Missionary Tour through the Mississippi and the southwestern country.
He died in Bethany, N. C., July 25, 1826.
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 19, 1793; enlisted as a private in 1812; commanded a detachment from his company at the battle of Chippewa in 1814 and at the siege of Fort Erie; received a commission in the army in 1815; and served in Decatur's expedition to Algiers on the United States brig Enterprise.
He left the army in 1818; was admitted to the bar the same year; removed to Shawneetown, Ill., in 1820, and to Cincinnati in 1833.
He edited at various times the Illinois
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry hall-james
Mexico (Mexico) (search for this): entry hall-james
Wisconsin (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry hall-james