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Fox, George 1624-1691
Founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers; born in Drayton, Leicestershire, England, in July, 1624.
His father, a Presbyterian, was too poor to give his son an education beyond reading and writing.
The son, who
George Fox. was grave and contemplative in temperament, was apprenticed to a shoemaker, and made the Scriptures his constant study.
The doctrines he afterwards taught were gradually fashioned in his mind, and believing himself to be called to disseminate them, he abandoned his trade at the age of nineteen, and began his spiritual work, leading a wandering life for some years, living in the woods, and practising rigid self-denial.
He first appeared as a preacher at Manchester, in 1648, and he was imprisoned as a disturber of the peace.
Then he travelled over England, meeting the same fate everywhere, but gaining many followers.
He warmly advocated all the Christian virtues, simplicity in worship, and in manner of living.
Brought before a ju
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Horsmanden , Daniel 1691 - (search)
Horsmanden, Daniel 1691-
Jurist; born in Gouldhurst, Kent, England, in 1691.
In May, 1733, he was called to the New York City council; afterwards was recorder, chief-justice, and president of the council.
He published The New York conspiracy, or the history of the negro plot; and Letters to Governor Clinton.
Horsmanden, Daniel 1691-
Jurist; born in Gouldhurst, Kent, England, in 1691.
In May, 1733, he was called to the New York City council; afterwards was recorder, chief-justice, and president of the council.
He published The New York conspiracy, or the history of the negro plot; and Letters to Governor Clinton.
Keith, George 1645-
Clergyman: born in Aberdeen, Scotland, about 1645; belonged to the Society of Friends: came to East Jersey; was surveyor-general in 1682; and in 1689 taught school in Philadelphia.
He wrote and spoke much in favor of the Quakers, and visited New England in their interest; but about 1691 he established a sect who called themselves Christian Quakers.
Keith was irritable, quarrelsome, and imperious.
He finally left the Quakers altogether; took orders in the Church of England; and died rector of Edburiton.
Sussex. England, in 1715.
Kidd, William 1650-
Navigator; born in Scotland, presumably in Greenock, about 1650; entered the merchant-marine service in his youth, and distinguished himself as a privateersman against the French in the West Indies.
He was active against the pirates that infested the waters near New York, out of which port he sailed: and for his services the Assembly of the province gave him $750 in 1691.
In 1695 a company for the suppression of piracy by privateering was organized in England.
Among the shareholders in the enterprise were King William III., the Earl of Bellomont, Robert Livingston, of New York, and other men of wealth and influence.
One-tenth of all the booty gained by privateering was to be set aside for the King, and the rest was to be divided among the shareholders.
A new ship, of 287 tons, was bought, and named the Adventure galley; and at the suggestion of Livingston, who was then in England, Captain Kidd was appointed her commander and admitted as a shareholder.
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King's Bridge,
Spanning Spuyten Duyvil Creek, New York City, was first erected in the year 1691, and called the King's bridge.
An unsuccessful attempt was made by Washington to cut off a force of the British at this place on the night of July 2, 1781.
See New York City.
King's Bridge in 1860.
Louisiana,
Was first visited by La Salle, who discovered the mouth of the Mississippi (1691), and took possession of the country in the name of Louis, King of France.
Settlements were soon afterwards formed.
In 1712 Louis XIV.
named the region Louisiana, in honor of himself, and granted it to M. Crozat.
The territory was granted to The Western Company in 1717.
The French remained in possession until 1762, when they ceded it to Spain.
In 1800 it was retroceded to France, and in 1803 it was bought from the latter by the United States for $15,000,000, and the American flag was first raised in New Orleans on Dec. 20, 1803.
In 1804 the territory was divided into two governments—namely, Territory of Orleans and District of Louisiana.
The former entered the Union as the State of Louisiana April 8, 1812, and the name of the latter was changed, June 4, 1812, to Missouri.
At the close of 1814 Louisiana was invaded by British troops, but they were speedily driven away.
As soon as
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Markham , William 1635 -1704 (search)
Markham, William 1635-1704
Colonial governor; born in England about 1635.
When William Penn, who was his first cousin, secured the charter for Pennsylvania, he appointed him deputy, with power to found courts, dispose of lands, fix boundaries, etc., with the one exception of calling a legislative assembly.
He sailed by way of Boston to New York, where, after showing his credentials, the acting governor notified the officials on the Delaware of the transfer of authority.
He reached Upland (now Chester), Aug. 3, 1681.
Not long after, with a number of surveyors, he chose the site for the city of Philadelphia.
In 1691, when the territory which constitutes the present State of Delaware was separated from Pennsylvania, Markham was made deputy governor over it; and in 1694-99 was lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania, vacating the office on the arrival of a proprietary governor.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 12, 1704.