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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walking purchase, the (search)
Walking purchase, the In 1682 William Penn purchased of the Indians a tract of land in the present Bucks and Northampton counties, bounded on the east by the Delaware River, and in the interior at a point as far as a man could walk in three days. Penn and the Indians started on the walk, beginning at the mouth of Neshaminy Creek. At the end of a walk of a day and a half Penn concluded that it was as much land as he wanted, and a deed was given for the lands to that point—about 40 miles fryear when Penn died. White settlers, however, went over this boundary to the Lehigh Hills. The Indians became uneasy, and, to put an end to disputes, a treaty was concluded in 1737, by which the limits of the tract were defined as in the deed of 1682—not beyond the Lehigh Hills, or about 40 miles from the place of the beginning of the walk. It was then proposed that a walk of a day and a half, as agreed upon by Penn, should be again undertaken. Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
for the oboe. Bom′ba-zine. （Fabric.) A mixed silk and woolen twilled stuff. The warp is silk and the weft worsted. Bomb-chest. A box filled with explosive projectiles or materials, and buried in the earth, in military mining. Bomb-ketch. （Vessel.) A small, strongly built vessel, ketch-rigged, on which one or more mortars are mounted for naval bombardments. Mortar-vessels are said to have been invented by Reyneau, and to have been first used at the siege of Algiers in 1682. Bomb-lance. Bomb-lance. A harpoon which carries a charge of explosive material in its head. In the example, the head is charged with powder, and when the harpoon penetrates the fish, the bar which is pivoted obliquely in the head serves to release the springactuated hammer, which explodes the cap and bursts the charge-chamber. A form of bomb-lance which has been very successful is shown in Fig. 780. It is a cast-iron tube about 12 inches long and 1 inch diameter, carrying in a c<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
inci. Savery and Worcester proposed to make their apparatus available for driving machinery by raising water to turn a water-wheel, which is all nonsense. Papin's was an engine. See steam-engine. A number of large water-raising machines were constructed at various points on the Continent of Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which are curious, but operate by modes which are now antiquated. Among these may be noticed the Machine de Marly, constructed by Rannequin, 1682, to raise water for the fountains of Marly and Versailles. It was situated on the Seine between Marly and Lachaussee, and consisted of 14 water-wheels, which first raised the water to a cistern 150 feet high and 600 feet distant, then worked the balance beams of the pumps which raised the water to a second cistern, 175 feet above the first and 1,944 feet from the river. From thence it was lifted by other pumps to a strong tower or reservoir, 502 feet above the river and 3,684 feet from it
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
ver to ride up, again in a coach. How the knights and ladies, of whom, according to his account, his fellow-passengers were made up, stood it, does not appear. In 1677 there was a Chester, in 1679 a Birmingham, and in 1680 a Bedford coach. In 1682 the journey between Nottingham and London occupied four days (130 miles). The coaches had projections, called boots, on each side, where passengers sat with their backs to the body of the carriage In 1678, Provost Campbell established a coach to re four winter months; at this time the lamps were kept burning on moonlight nights as well as others. Their number in 1771 was estimated at 6.232. Amsterdam had street lanterns in 1669; The Hague, 1678; Copenhagen, 1681; Hamburg, 1675; Berlin, 1682; Vienna, 1704; Birmingham, England, 1733. For lighting by gas, see gas. Street-lamp. In the example, the glass is in a single piece, flaring at top, and having an opening at the bottom to receive the burner. The cover, to which it is att
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The public schools of Cambridge. (search)
ng for college, to say nothing of her going there, would have shocked the colonists. Indeed, girls did not usually attend the early reading and writing schools. To be sure, the law of 1647 was explicit, that after the Lord hath increased a town to fifty householders, one within their towne should be appointed to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and reade; but the girls did not generally resort to him. Boston, for instance, established reading and writing schools in 1682, the Latin School being the only public school in town down to that time. There was, however, no formal provision for girls in such schools until October 19, 1789, when the town voted that children of both sexes should be taught in the reading and writing schools of their newly reorganized system. Even then and for forty years thereafter Boston girls were excluded from these schools from October to April; and when finally, in 1828, they were graciously permitted to attend school, like the b
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Protestant churches of Cambridge. (search)
es from the meeting-house, that they might have separate services. This was strongly objected to, but at last, in 1664, a new church was organized, and it has had a good history as the First Church in Newton. Rev. Urian Oakes was the minister here from 1671 for ten years, and acting-president and president of the college from 1675 to 1681. Rev. Nathaniel Gookin, son of the famous Major-General Daniel Gookin, assisted Mr. Oakes for two years, and followed him as the pastor of the church from 1682 to 1692. In his time, the people of Cambridge Farms, now Lexington, were begging to be set off as a separate precinct, and this was granted in 1691. In 1696 the church at Lexington was formed. Thus the church here was losing on both sides. Rev. William Brattle, a tutor in the college, became the minister in 1696, and remained till 1717. In that time the third meeting-house was erected where the second had been. Then came the long pastorate of Rev. Nathaniel Appleton, from 1717 to 1784.
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Index to volumes I. And II. (search)
.301; backs Cresson, 353. Hodgson, Joseph, 2.59. Hoge, Thomas [d. 1835], 2.323. Holiness, doctrine of. See Perfectionism. Holley, Myron [b. Salisbury, Conn., April 29, 1779; d. Rochester, N. Y., Mar. 4, 1841], career, 2.259; Third Party resolutions, 309; at Cleveland Convention, 310, support and opposition, 311, defeat, 314; success at Warsaw Convention, 319, and Arcade, 341; prepares Albany Convention, 339-342; Life by E. Wright, 316.— Portrait in Life. Holmes, Obadiah, Rev. [d. 1682, aged 75], 1.426. Holst, Hermann von [b. 1841], censure of Thompson, 1.439. Homer, James L., excites Boston mob, 2.10, 11, divides the relics, 18; vote in Mass. House, 128; death, 35. Hopedale (Mass.) Community, 2.328. Hopkinson, Thomas [1804-1856], 1.453. Hopper, Isaac Tatem [b. near Woodbury, N. J., Dec. 3, 1771; d. N. Y. City, May 7, 1852], father of Mrs. Gibbons, 2.345; proposed agent A. S. depository, 359.—Portrait in Life. Horsenail, William, 1.353. Horton, Jacob, 1.
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 1: travellers and explorers, 1583-1763 (search)
sympathy. The hours following her capture may well have been the dolefullest night that ever my eyes saw. Oh the roaring, and singing, and dancing, and yelling of those black creatures in the night, which made the place a lively resemblance of hell. . . There remained nothing to me but one poor wounded Babe, and it seemed at present worse than death, that it was in such a pitiful condition, bespeaking Compassion, and I had no refreshing for it, nor suitable things to revive it. @1 2d ed. 1682. The date of the first edition is unknown. Mrs. Rowlandson's narrative is matched by that of John Gyles of Pemaquid (1736), who collected from his minutes these private Memoirs, at the earnest Request of my Second Consort; that we might have a Memento ever ready at Hand to excite, in our selves Gratitude & Thankfulness to God; and in our Offspring a due Sense of their Dependance on the Sovereign of the Universe. Gyles was captured in 1689, and spent the ensuing nine years with the Ind
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature, A Glossary of Important Contributors to American Literature (search)
h conducted the witchcraft trials at Salem. Later he became convinced of the error of his conduct in this connection and volunteered public apology for it. His various publications are The Selling of Joseph (1700); Prospects touching the Accomplishment of Prophecies (1713); A memorial Relating to the Kennebec Indians (1721); and A description of the New Heaven (1727). He is best known for his Diary, covering the period from 1674 to 1729, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society (1878-82). He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 1, 1730. Sill, Edward Rowland Born in Windsor, Conn., April 29, 1841. Graduating from Yale in 1861, he studied divinity for a time at Harvard and then taught in Ohio; was professor of English literature at the University of California, but resigned to devote himself to literary work. He is the author of The Hermitage and other poems (1867); Venus of Milo and other poems (1883); and Poems (1888), issued after his death. Died in Cleveland, O,, Feb. 27, 1
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature, chapter 13 (search)
the first fifteen books of Ovid's Metamorphoses. 1630-1648. John Winthrop's History of New England. 1640. The Bay Psalm book by Richard Mather, John Eliot, etc. 1640. (The first book printed in America.) 1647. Nathaniel Ward's The simple Cobbler of Agawam. 1650. Anne Bradstreet's The Tenth Muse lately sprung up in America. 1662. Michael Wigglesworth's The day of doom. 1664. New Amsterdam became New York. 1673-1729. Samuel Sewall's Diary. 1675. King Philip's War. 1682. Philadelphia founded by Penn. 1689. Cotton Mather's Memorable Providences 1702. Cotton Mather's Magnalia 1706. Franklin born. 1729. William Byrd's History of the dividing line. 1732. Washington born. 1732. Franklin's Poor Richard's almanac begun. 1745. Braddock defeated. 1754. Jonathan Edwards's Freedom of the will. 1764. Otis's Rights of the British colonies. 1766. The Stamp Act repealed. 1770. The Boston Massacre. 1771. Franklin's Autobiography (incomp
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