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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arnold , Benedict , 1741 -1801 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Austin , Stephen Fuller , (search)
Austin, Stephen Fuller,
Colonist; born about 1790; son of Moses Austin, of Connecticut.
who in 1820 received permission from the Mexican commander at Monterey to colonize 300 families in the province.
Moses died June 10, 1821, and Stephen successfully carried out the scheme.
The latter went to the city of Mexico in 1821.
and the grant given to his father was confirmed in February, 1823.
By it he was invested with almost absolute power over the colonists, whom he seated where the city of Austin now is, the site selected by him for the capital of Texas.
In March, 1833, a convention formed a State constitution, which Austin took to the central government of Mexico to obtain its ratification.
There were delays; and he recommended a union of all the municipalities, and the organization of a State under a Mexican law of 1824.
He was arrested, taken back to Mexico, and detained until September, 1835.
On his return he found the country in confusion, and he took part with the rev
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barker , John Warner , 1798 -1885 (search)
Barker, John Warner, 1798-1885
Historian; born in Windsor, Conn., Feb. 2, 1798; wrote many books, including Historical collections of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Ohio; History and antiquities of New England, New York, and New Jersey.
etc. Much of his work was done in co-operation with Henry Howe (q. v.). He died in New Haven, in June, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Block , or Blok , Adriaen , 1610 - (search)
Block, or Blok, Adriaen, 1610-
Navigator; born in Amsterdam, Holland.
In 1610 he made a successful voyage to Manhattan (now New York) Bay, taking back to Amsterdam a cargo of rich furs.
In 1614 he bought a merchant ship, the Tiger, and again visited Manhattan.
the Tiger was accidentally destroyed by fire, but with his crew he made a yacht, named the Unrest, and with this explored adjacent waters.
He was the first European to sail through Hell Gate, and he discovered the rivers now known by the names of Housatonic and Connecticut.
The latter he explored as far as the site of Hartford, and still pushing east discovered Block Island, which was named for him. After reaching Cape Cod he left the Unrest, and returned to Holland on one of the ships which had sailed with him on his westward cruise.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Block Island , events at. (search)
Block Island, events at.
In 1636, John Oldham (q. v.) was trading in a vessel of his own along the shores of Connecticut, and near Block Island he was attacked by Indians of that island, and he and his crew were murdered.
Filled with the barbarians, who did not know how to manage rudder or sail, the vessel was found drifting by John Gallop, a Massachusetts fisherman, who had only a man and two boys with him. They gallantly attacked the Indians, killed or drove them into the sea, and recaptured the vessel — the first naval fight on the New England coast.
They found the dead body of Oldham on the deck, yet bleeding, The Block Island Indians were allies of the Pequods, and were protected by the latter.
The murder of Oldham was a signal for war. In August five small vessels, carrying about 100 men, under John Endicott, sailed from Boston to punish the Block Island savages.
His orders from the magistrates were to kill all the men, but to spare the women and children.
There were f
Boycotting,
A practice which derives its name from Capt. C. C. Boycott, of Lough Mask House, in Mayo, Ireland, who in 1880, as land agent of Lord Erne, an Irish nobleman, evicted a large number of tenants.
These with their friends refused to either work for him or trade with him, and would not permit others to do so. Finally sixty Orangemen from the north of Ireland, armed with revolvers and supported by a strong escort of cavalry, organized themselves into a Boycott relief expedition, and after gathering his crops carried him to a place of safety.
In the United States and England the boycott is sometimes used by trade unions in times of strikes.
More or less stringent laws against boycotting have been enacted in Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Connecticut. Maine. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Alabama. Florida, Georgia. Michigan, North Dakota, Oklahoma. Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Vermont.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bradstreet , John , 1711 -1774 (search)