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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carr, Sir Robert 1664-1667 (search)
Carr, Sir Robert 1664-1667 Commissioner; born in Northumberland, England. In 1664 he was appointed, with Sir Richard Nicolls (q. v.) and others, on a commission to regulate the affairs of New England, and to take possession of New Netherland (q. v.). The commission came on a fleet which had been fitted out to operate against the Dutch settlers on the Hudson. Carr and Nichols gained possession of New Netherland Aug. 27, 1664, and named it New York in honor of the Duke of York. On Sept. 24 of the same year Fort Orange surrendered to the English, and was renamed Albany. In February, 1665, Carr and his associates went to Boston, but the colonists there declined to recognize them, as did also the towns in New Hampshire. In Maine, however, the commissioners were well received, and a new government was established in that colony, which lasted from 1666 to 1668. He died in Bristol, England, June 1, 1667.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand remonstrance, the. (search)
l in the country they passed, more than forcing a passage over the Tyne at Newburn, near Newcastle, possessed themselves of Newcastle, and had a fair opportunity to press on further upon the King's army. 101. But duty and reverence to His Majesty, and brotherly love to the English nation, made them stay there, whereby the King had leisure to entertain better counsels. 102. Wherein God so blessed and directed him that he summoned the Great Council of Peers to meet at York upon the 24th of September, and there declared a Parliament to begin the 3d of November then following. 103. The Scots, the first day of the Great Council, presented an humble Petition to His Majesty, whereupon the Treaty was appointed at Ripon. 104. A present cessation of arms agreed upon, and the full conclusion of all differences referred to the wisdom and care of the Parliament. 105. At our first meeting, all oppositions seemed to vanish, the mischiefs were so evident which those evil counsellors
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mormons, (search)
whether the crime was committed in the name of religion. But Congress had not power to seize and confiscate the property of corporations because they may have been guilty of crime. If the purposes of the fund were such as had been depicted, it was impossible to subject it to a purpose as near as possible to the object denounced. In the judgment of the minority the conversion of the fund, contemplated by Congress, was in contravention of the specific limitations of the Constitution. On Sept. 24 following this affirmation by the Supreme Court, the Mormon Church, for the first time in its history, presented a policy of acquiescence instead of opposition, which was embodied in a remarkable manifesto, issued by Wilford Woodruff, then president of the Church, in which he solemnly denied that the Church was then practising polygamy or plural marriage, and stated that the Endowment House had been taken down by his orders on account of a report that a plural marriage, without his knowled
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morton, James St. Clair 1851- (search)
Morton, James St. Clair 1851- Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 24, 1S29; graduated at West Point in 1851: and was employed by Congress to explore a railroad route across the Isthmus, in Central America, through the Chiriqui country in 1860. He superintended the fortifying of the Tortugas in March, 1861, and was made chief engineer of the Army of the Ohio in May, 1862. Rosecrans placed him in command of the pioneer brigade late in that year, and he rendered efficient service in the battle of Stone River. He was wounded at Chickamauga; was chief engineer of the 9th Army Corps in the Richmond campaign in 1864; and was killed while leading an attack on Petersburg, June 17, 1864. General Morton was author of a Manual on fortifications and other engineering works.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spain, War with (search)
's tomb and saluted. Aug. 30. General Merritt sailed from Manila for Paris to attend the peace conference. Sept. 9. United States peace commissioners were appointed. They sailed for France Sept. 17. Sept. 10. The United States Cuban evacuation commissioners arrived at Havana. Sept. 13. Admiral Cervera and other Spanish naval officers sailed for Spain. Sept. 18. Spanish peace commissioners were announced. Sept. 20. The evacuation of Porto Rico by the Spaniards began. Sept. 24. A commission appointed by the President to investigate the conduct of the War Department began its sessions at Washington. Oct. 1. The conferences of the peace commissioners began in Paris. Oct. 12. The battle-ships Oregon and Iowa sailed from New York for Manila. Oct. 18. Peace jubilee celebration at Chicago. Oct. 18. The American army and navy took formal possession of the island of Porto Rico at San Juan. Oct. 24. Time limit for the evacuation of Cuba by the Spaniar
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trials. (search)
50,000; trial begun March 8, 1894, at Washington, D. C.; verdict of $15,000 for Miss Pollard, Saturday......April 14, 1894 Patrick Eugene Prendergast, for the murder of Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago, Oct. 28, 1893; plea of defence, insanity; jury find him sane and he is hanged......July 13, 1894 Eugene V. Debs, president American Railroad Union, charged with conspiracy in directing great strike on the Western railroads, and acquitted......1894 [He was sentenced to six months imprisonment for contempt of court in violating its injunction in 1895.] William R. Laidlaw, Jr., v. Russell Sage, for personal injuries at time of bomb explosion in the latter's office, Dec. 4, 1891; suit brought soon afterwards; plaintiff awarded heavy damages by jury; defendant appealed; case still in the courts. Leon Czolgosz indicted in Buffalo for murder of President McKinley, Sept. 16, 1901; tried Sept. 23-24; found guilty on second day; executed in Auburn (N. Y.) prison......Oct. 29, 1901
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
J.......Sept. 8, 1864 Fremont withdraws in favor of Lincoln and Johnson, by letter......Sept. 17, 1864 Battle of Winchester, Va.......Sept. 19, 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill, Va.......Sept. 22, 1864 General Price invades Missouri......Sept. 24–Oct. 28, 1864 English-built cruiser Florida captured in the Brazilian harbor of Bahia by the United States war-ship Wachusett, and taken to Hampton Roads, where she is sunk by a collision a few days after......Oct. 7, 1864 Chief-Justice Ro......Sept. 19, 1901 In accordance with President Roose velt's proclamation the day is observed as a day of mourning throughout the country......Sept. 19, 1901 Czolgosz placed on trial in Buffalo......Sept. 23, 1901 [He is found guilty Sept. 24th, and is electrocuted at Auburn, Oct. 29th.] The body of President Lincoln is entombed......Sept. 26, 1901 Captain Connell and 45 officers and men massacred by bolomen at Balangiga......Sept. 28, 1901 The Cuban Constitutional Convention
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
or for his scalp......September-October, 1703 Colonel Church leads an expedition against the enemy in the east, visits Penobscot Bay, and proceeds as far as the Bay of Fundy. He returns, having destroyed all the settlements in the vicinity of Port Royal, and taken 106 prisoners and a large amount of plunder with the loss of only six men......1704 Francis Nicholson, late lieutenant-governor of Virginia, arrives at Boston, July 15, with his fleet. He sails Sept. 18, reaches Port Royal Sept. 24, lands his forces, and opens three batteries Oct. 1, and Subercase, the governor, capitulates the next day, and Nicholson names the place Annapolis Royal......Oct. 2, 17 10 By treaty of Utrecht, all Nova Scotia, Annapolis Royal, and all other things in these parts belonging to France are ceded to Great Britain......March 30, 1713 Berwick incorporated out of the northern settlements of Kittery......June 9, 1713 Fort George erected on the west side of the Androscoggin, opposite the l