Named Entity Results, 1693 AD

uthwest entrance to Bristol Bay. The Eastern Indians, who, ever since King Philip's War, had been hostile, then appeared friendly, and a treaty was made with them at Casco, April 12, 1678, by the commissioners, which put an end to a distressing war. In 1692 Sir William Phipps, with 450 men, built a large stone fort there, which was superior to any structure of the kind that had been built by the English in America. It was called Fort William Henry, and was garrisoned by sixty men. There, in 1693, a treaty was made with the Indians, by which they acknowledged subjection to the crown Pemaquid. of England, and delivered hostages as a pledge of their fidelity; but, instigated by the French, they violated the treaty the next year. The French, regarding the fort at Pemaquid as controlling all Acadia., determined to expel the English from it. An expedition against it was committed to Iberville and Bonaventure, who anchored at Pentagoet, Aug. 7, 1696, where they were joined by the Bar

sed by William Trent, the founder of Trenton. Arnold occupied it as his headquarters in 1778, and lived there in extravagant style. Essay towards the present and future peace of Europe. This was published by Penn in the latter part of the year 1693-94, while war was raging on the Continent. Penn sought to show the desirableness of peace and the truest means of it at that time and for the future. His essay consisted of a scheme for a general alliance or compact among the different states oferal Diet or Slate-roof (Penn's) House in Philadelphia. congress of nations, wherein each should be represented by deputies, and all differences should be settled on equitable terms and without recourse to arms. The tract was printed twice in 1693. It is not included in the original folio edition of Penn's works, but finds place in one of the later editions. It is reprinted in the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, vol. VI. Penn's plan for the federation and peace of E

Protestant Episcopal Church, A religious body which dates back for its permanent establishment in America to 1693, when Trinity parish in New York City was instituted. Two years later Christ Church was founded in Philadelphia, and from then on individual churches sprang up in various localities until 1785-89 when the Protestant Episcopal Church was formally organized as a branch of Christ's Church. The doctrines of this body consist of the Apostles' and Nicene creeds, and the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England, with a few changes. The legislative power is vested in a general convention which meets every three years. This body is composed of the house of bishops and the house of the clerical and lay representatives. The latter are chosen by the diocesan conventions, each of which is allowed a delegation of four clergymen and four laymen. In each diocese there is a convention made up of the clergymen and lay delegates and presided over by the bishop of the diocese.

Sandiford, Ralph 1693-1733 Author; born in Liverpool, England, about 1693; settled in Pennsylvania, where he became a Quaker preacher; was one of the earliest abolitionists, and in the advocacy of negro rights published A brief examination of the practice of the times, by the foregoing and present dispensation, etc. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 28, 1733. Sandiford, Ralph 1693-1733 Author; born in Liverpool, England, about 1693; settled in Pennsylvania, where he became a Quaker preacher; was one of the earliest abolitionists, and in the advocacy of negro rights published A brief examination of the practice of the times, by the foregoing and present dispensation, etc. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 28, 1733.

Shirley, William 1693- Colonial governor; born in Sussex, England, in 1693; was educated for the law; came to Boston in 1734, where he practised his profession. At the time he was appointed governor (1741) he was a commissioner for the settlement of the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. As governor he was superior to his contemporaries in the same office in America. He planned the expedition against Louisburg in 1745; and was appointed one of the commissioners at Paris (11693; was educated for the law; came to Boston in 1734, where he practised his profession. At the time he was appointed governor (1741) he was a commissioner for the settlement of the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. As governor he was superior to his contemporaries in the same office in America. He planned the expedition against Louisburg in 1745; and was appointed one of the commissioners at Paris (1750) for settling the limits of Acadia, or Nova Scotia, and other controverted rights of the English William Shirley. and French in America. In 1754 he made a treaty with the Eastern Indians and explored the Kennebec, erecting some forts upon its banks. In 1755 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America. The expedition against Fort Niagara was planned by him, and led as far as Oswego. In 1759 he was commissioned a lieutenant-general. He was governor of one

Sower, or Sauer, Christopher 1693-1758 Printer; born in Lansphe, Germany, in 1693; graduated at a German university and studied medicine; settled in Germantown, Pa., in 1731; purchased the High-German Pennsylvanian historian, which became very popular among the German-Americans, in 1739. In 1743 he published the Bible in German, which was the first printed in America, with the exception of Eliot's Indian Bible. He introduced cast-iron stoves into general use, and is supposed to have been 1693; graduated at a German university and studied medicine; settled in Germantown, Pa., in 1731; purchased the High-German Pennsylvanian historian, which became very popular among the German-Americans, in 1739. In 1743 he published the Bible in German, which was the first printed in America, with the exception of Eliot's Indian Bible. He introduced cast-iron stoves into general use, and is supposed to have been their designer. He died in Germantown, Pa., Sept. 25, 1758. His son Christopher, publisher; born in Lansphe, Germany, Sept. 26, 1721; became a minister of the Dunker Church; was bishop or overseer in 1747-84; succeeded his father in the publishing business, and was the largest book manufacturer in America for many years. In 1776 he began to publish a third edition of the Bible in German. When the British occupied Germantown they seized the unbound sheets of this Bible and bedded their hors