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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
alary of five thousand pounds. But Pitt, whose proud hardihood never blenched in the presence of an adversary, had a heart that overflowed with fond affection for his wife and children. The state of his private affairs was distressed in consequence of the exemplary disinterestedness of his public conduct. I should be doubly happy, he avowed, could I see those dearer to me than myself comprehended in that monument of royal approbation and goodness. A peerage, therefore, was conferred on lady Hester, his wife, with a grant of three thousand pounds on the plantation duties, to be paid annually during the lives of herself, her husband and her eldest son. And these marks of the royal appro- chap. XVII.} 1761. Oct. bation, very moderate in comparison with his merits, if indeed those merits had not placed him above all rewards, were accepted with veneration and gratitude. Thus he retired, having destroyed the balance of the European colonial system by the ascendency of England, confirm
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Index to Births, deaths, and Marriages, published in Nos. I, 2, and 3 of register. (search)
Frost, Elizabeth, 62. Samuel, 61. Gardiner, Thomas, 61. Gillegrane, John, 96. Greatton, John, 93. Sarah, 94, 95. Grover, Matthew, 61. Hall, Abigail, 63. Andrew, 28. Edward, 63. Elizabeth, 62 (2), 94, 95. Grace, 28, 96. Hester, 60. Jane, 28. Jemima, 29. John, 26 (3), 61, 94. Jonathan, 25, 61. Joseph, 61. Josiah, 62, 63. Lydia, 62. Martha, 63. Nathaniel, 26, 60, 62. Percival, 28. Ruth, 92, 94. Sarah, 25, 61, 62. Stephen, 27, 61. Wier, Catherine, 63. Eleazer, 62. Elizabeth, 62. Prudence, 62. Susanna, 62. Willis, Abigail, 25, 60. Andrew, 27. Benjamin, 26. Deborah, 61. Elizabeth, 25. Elliot, 61 (2). George, 92. Grace, 94. Hannah, 61. Hester, 61. Jane, 25. John, 25, 27 (2). Jonathan, 25, 63, 93 (2). Mary, 26, 60, 61, 64, 94 (2). Mercy, 94. Patience, 64. Stephen, 25, 28, 93. Susanna, 28, 60. Thomas, 25, 61, 62, 64. William, 25. Woodward, Abigail, 26.
The Daily Dispatch: June 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
iss, arm. Harrison, J E, co B, 24th Va, hand Hobbs, W C, co A, 4th N C, arm. Houston, E, Serg't Maj, co K, 2d Fla, shell wound. Holman, O C, co B, 23d N C, shoulder. Hardy, R J, co C. 38th Va, hand. Hurt, N W, co K 7th Va, elbow. Hamilton, N F, co K, 11th Miss, left hand amputated. Hoover, F M, co K, 11th Miss, hand. Howison,--, co A, 41st Va, thigh. Hollingsworth, C M, co F, 7th Tenn, foot. Hall, R F, co F, 12th Ala, foot. Howell, E, co C, 5th N C, thigh. Hester, N W, Corp'l. co H, 6th N C, thigh. Hubbard, A J, co A, 6th Ala, shoulder. Ingram, F N, co C, 14th Tenn, arm. Irvin, J S, co B, 22d N C, thigh. Ighms, H H, Lieut, co G, 4th N C, head. Jackson, H M J, Corp'l, co F, 1st S C S S, wrist and shoulder. Jones, R L, co A, 49th Va, arm, slight. Jones, W G, co F, Hampton's Legion, arm. Kidd, G, co C, 11th Miss, side and arm. Kings, G W, Corp'l, Jenkins's S C S S, thigh. Kines, G. W, co D, 4th Va, arm and head. Keefe, Jno,
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], List of casualties in the recent battles before Richmond. (search)
--Johns, J. Stratton, A Stratton — Mayo, J D Stephens, --Green,--Folkes. List of Killed and wounded in the 1st regiment of Rifles, South Carolina Volunteers, commanded by Col. J. Foster Marshall, at Galace's Mitt, 27th June. Field and Staff.--Killed: Serg't Major All McGee. Wounded: Maj. J. W Livingston, slightly; Adj't Joe Berry Sloan, severely. Company A.--Killed: Privates, Jasper. Crain, G B Stephens, W D Reeves, J M Clayton. Wounded: Lt J W. Philpot, mortally; Serg't W P Hester, severely, Privates J M Beasley, do; W A Lay, do; J. P. Durham, do; M collum, slightly; J J Morgan; severely J. D. Alberison, slightly; F Dowers, do; J B Raid, do; P b Powers, do; D M miel, severely; J herndon, do; a J Martin, slightly; R M Martin, do F Roggers, do; A J Bell, do; W P Riggids, do; C C Morgan, do; M A Martin, serverely. Company B7#x2014;Killed: Privates W H Porrin, Lockwood, Webb, J G Illackburn, W. c. Round. Wounded: Lieut. W C Davis, Corpl W W Shero, Corpl W A Kylo, D
The Daily Dispatch: April 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Suffolk. (search)
Georgia and South Carolina are now engaged extensively in plans to increase the quantity of food and diminish extortion. The former may be considered within their reach. The latter, we fear, must be considered a hopeless task. the last Georgia Legislature passed a law prohibiting the cultivation of more than three acres of cotton land to a hand to a hand. The present extra session was called, among other things, for the purpose of reducing this amount. Then was great opposition to it. Mr. Hester, of Elbert, as we learn from the Milledgeville Recorder, furnished some calculations against it. The whole cotton crop of the eight Cotton States in 1862, he said was 4,000,000 bales, of which 370,000 had been purchased by the Government, and 1,500,000 otherwise disposed of, including the portion destroyed to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy, leaving now on hand about 2,000,000 bales which, at 50 cents per pound, or $150 per bale, the price now in Europe, would bring $100,00
The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
I will pay $50 for the delivery of my woman Hester (sometimes calls herself Easter,) to Messrs. Lee & James, Auctioneers. She is about 45 years old, 5 feet high, brown skin, good teeth, rather spare made. $100 if taken out of the State, and all necessary expenses in either case. H F Cocke. au 17--3tMTh&S
The Daily Dispatch: August 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], Commandant of Post at Staunton. (search)
I will pay $50 for the delivery of my woman Hester (sometimes calls herself Easter) to Messrs. Lee & James, Auctioneers. She is about 45 years old, 5 feet high, brown skin, good teeth, rather spare made. $100 if taken out of the State, and all necessary expenses in either case. H. F. Cocke. au 17--3tMTH&S*
The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], Our Army Correspondence. (search)
I will pay $50 for the delivery of my woman Hester (sometimes faster) to Messrs. Lee & James, auctioneers. She is 40 or 45 years old, about 5 feet high, brown skin, good teeth, not very stout. She may be found about Dover Mills, Goochland county, or in Richmond, trading to some of the camps near. H F Cocke. au 25--cod3t*
The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], From the Peninsula — the great raid. (search)
I will pay $50 for the delivery of my woman Hester (sometimes Easter) to Messrs. Lee & James, auctioneers. She is 40 or 45 years old, about 5 feet high, brown skin, good teeth, not very stout. She may be found about Dover Mils, Goochland county, or in Richmond, trading to some of the camps near. H F Cocke. au 25--cod3t
The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], The cage. (search)
I will pay one hundred dollars for the delivery of my woman Easter, sometimes called Hester. She is about 40 or 45 years old; brown skin; good teeth a little apart and project in front; is about 5 feet high, cut very stout. Deliver her to Lee & James, Ane Coneers, Richmond, Va. H. F. Cocke. se 8--eod3t
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