Named Entity Results, 1735 AD

Curwen, Samuel 1715-1802 Jurist; born in Salem, Mass., Dec. 28, 1715; graduated at Harvard in 1735; took part in the Louisburg expedition; was appointed judge of the Admiralty Court in 1775. Being a loyalist he was obliged to leave Salem and did not return until 1784. His journal which he kept during his exile, and his letters, were published in 1842. He died in Salem, Mass, April 9, 1802.

De Haas, John Philip, 1735- Military officer; born in Holland about 1735; was descended from an ancient family in northern France; came to America in 1750; was an ensign in the French and Indian War; participated in a sharp conflict with Indians near Pittsburg; and was colonel of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776. He served in the American army in Canada, and afterwards at Ticonderoga. He led his regiment from Lake Champlain to New York, and participated in the battle on Long Island i1735; was descended from an ancient family in northern France; came to America in 1750; was an ensign in the French and Indian War; participated in a sharp conflict with Indians near Pittsburg; and was colonel of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776. He served in the American army in Canada, and afterwards at Ticonderoga. He led his regiment from Lake Champlain to New York, and participated in the battle on Long Island in August, 1776. In February, 1777, he was promoted to brigadier-general. General De Haas was a good disciplinarian, and served in various capacities during the entire war with credit to himself and benefit to his adopted country. The latter years of his life were passed in Philadelphia, where he died June 3, 1786.

One hundred years ago today, the procession of foreign ambassadors, of statesmen and generals, of civic societies and military companies, which escorted him, marched from Franklin Square to Pearl street, through Pearl to Broad, and up Broad to this spot, but the people saw only Washington. As he stood upon the steps of the old government building here, the thought must have occurred to him that it was a cradle of liberty, and, as such, giving a bright omen for the future. In these halls in 1735, in the trial of John Zenger, had been established, for the first time in its history, the liberty of the press. Here the New York Assembly, in 1764, made the protest against the Stamp Act, and proposed the general conference, which was the beginning of united colonial action. In this old State-house, in 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, the first and the father of American congresses, assembled and presented to the English government that vigorous protest which caused the repeal of the act a

Featherstonhaugh, George William 1780-1866 Traveller; born in 1780; made geological surveys in the West for the United States War Department in 1834-35. Owing to his knowledge of North America he was appointed a commissioner by Great Britain to determine the northwestern boundary between the United States and Canada, under the Ashburton-Webster treaty. His publications include Geological report of the elevated country between the Missouri and Red rivers; Observations on the Ashburton treaty; Excursion through the slave States, etc. He died in Havre, France, Sept. 28, 1866.

Irvine, James 1735-1819 Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 4, 1735; took part in Colonel Bouquet's expedition as captain in a Pennsylvania regiment. During the Revolutionary War he was captain and later lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Pennsylvania; and was commissioned colonel of the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment, Oct. 25, 1776. He was taken prisoner during the action at Chestnut Hill, Dec. 5, 1777, carried to New York, and remained there till he was exchanged in 1781. After the close of the war he was a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania in 1785-86, and of the State Senate in 1795-99. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 28, 1819.

Lamb, John 1735- Artillery officer; born in New York City, Jan. 1, 1735; was one of the most active of the Sons of Liberty, and when the war for independence began he entered the military service. He was in command of the artillery in Montgomery's expedition into Canada, and during the John Lamb. siege of Quebec (Dec. 31, 1775) he was wounded and made prisoner. The following summer, as major of artillery, he was attached to the regiment of Knox; and he was commissioned colonel of the New York Artillery, Jan. 1, 1777. After doing good service throughout the war, he ended his military career at Yorktown. At about the close of the war he was elected to the New York Assembly; and Washington appointed him (1789) collector of the customs at the port of New York, which office he held until his death, May 31, 1800.

Towards the end of the sixteenth century William, Prince of Orange, granted the Mennonites a settlement in the United Provinces. Their confession of faith was made public in 1626, and in 1649 they adopted a system of church policy, which is still generally adhered to by them. Persecution in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries drove many from other European countries to take refuge in Holland, where the church became very strong. They established a theological seminary at Amsterdam in 1735. They are now one of the strongest religious bodies in Holland. In the seventeenth century many Mennonites emigrated to Russia, but a century later persecution drove them largely from that country. In 1786, however, Catharine II. offered special privileges to the members of this religious body to persuade them to settle in the kingdom. This induced a large emigration of them thither, where by their diligence they gained great prosperity. They were always protected and favored by the gov

came a bishop, and afterwards he spent his life and fortune in missionary work. Churches were established on the Continent, in Great Britain, and in North America; and in 1749 the British Parliament passed acts to encourage their settlement in the English-American colonies. The trustees of Georgia granted 500 acres of land to Count Zinzendorf for the purpose, and also gave Bishop Spangenberg 150 acres embraced in a part of the site of Savannah. A number of Moravians settled in Georgia in 1735. Others followed the next year, led by Bishop David Nitschmann; and on Feb. 28, 1736, the first Moravian church in America was organized, under the pastorship of Anthony Seifferth, who was ordained in the presence of John Wesley. In Georgia their labors were mostly among the Indians and negroes. As they could not conscientiously take up arms to defend Georgia against the Spaniards at St. Augustine, they abandoned their settlement and went to Pennsylvania with Whitefield. Bishops Nitschman

Morgan, John 1735-1789 Physician; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1735; graduated at the Philadelphia College in 1757; studied medicine; and served as a surgeon of Pennsylvania troops in the French and Indian War, after which he went to England. He attended the lectures of the celebrated Dr. Hunter; and after spending two years in Edinburgh, and receiving the degree of M. D., he travelled on the Continent. On his return to London (1765) he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, also of 1735; graduated at the Philadelphia College in 1757; studied medicine; and served as a surgeon of Pennsylvania troops in the French and Indian War, after which he went to England. He attended the lectures of the celebrated Dr. Hunter; and after spending two years in Edinburgh, and receiving the degree of M. D., he travelled on the Continent. On his return to London (1765) he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, also of the College of Physicians in Edinburgh and London. Returning to Philadelphia the same year, he was elected to a professorship in the College of Philadelphia, in which he founded a medical school. When the treason of Church was John Morgan. discovered, Dr. Morgan was appointed, by the Continental Congress (Oct. 17, 1775), director-general of the Army General Hospital, in which capacity he served until 1777. Dr. Morgan was one of the founders of the American Philosophical Society. He died i

Nelson, Roger 1735-1815 Military officer; born in Fredericktown, Md., in 1735. He was a general in the Revolutionary War, and was severely wounded at the battle of Camden; was a member of Congress from Maryland, 1804-10. He died at Fredericktown, Md., June 7, 1815. Nelson, Roger 1735-1815 Military officer; born in Fredericktown, Md., in 1735. He was a general in the Revolutionary War, and was severely wounded at the battle of Camden; was a member of Congress from Maryland, 1804-10. He died at Fredericktown, Md., June 7, 1815.