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Epictetus, Discourses (ed. George Long), book 4 (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga . (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 2 : (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 15 : Historical items. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bradstreet , Simon , -1697 (search)
Bradstreet, Simon, -1697
Colonial governor: horn in Lincolnshire, England, in March, 1603.
After studying one year in college, he became steward to the Countess of Warwick.
He married Anne, a daughter of Thomas Dudley, and was persuaded to engage in the settlement of Massachusetts.
Invested with the office of judge, he arrived at Salem in the summer of 1630.
The next year he was among the founders of Cambridge, and was one of the first settlers at Andover.
Very active, he was almost continually in public life, and lived at Salem, Ipswich, and Boston.
He was secretary, agent, and commissioner of the United Colonies of New England; and in 1662 he was despatched to congratulate Charles II.
on his restoration.
He was assistant from 1630 to 1679, and deputy-governor from 1673 to 1679.
From that time till 1686 (when the charter was annulled) he was governor.
When, in 1689.
Andros was imprisoned, he was restored to the office, which he held until the arrival of Governor Phipp
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dablon , Claude , 1618 -1697 (search)
Dablon, Claude, 1618-1697
Jesuit missionary; born in Dieppe, France, in 1618; began a mission to the Onondaga Indians in New York in 1655, and six years afterwards he accompanied Druillettes in an overland journey to the Hudson Bay region.
In 1668 he went with Marquette to Lake Superior, and in 1670 was appointed superior of the missions of the Upper Lakes.
He prepared the Relations concerning New France for 1671-72, and also a narrative of Marquette's journey, published in John Gilmary ondaga Indians in New York in 1655, and six years afterwards he accompanied Druillettes in an overland journey to the Hudson Bay region.
In 1668 he went with Marquette to Lake Superior, and in 1670 was appointed superior of the missions of the Upper Lakes.
He prepared the Relations concerning New France for 1671-72, and also a narrative of Marquette's journey, published in John Gilmary Shea's Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley (1853). He died in Quebec, Canada, Sept. 20; 1697.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Du Lhut , or Duluth , Daniel Greysolon 1678 - (search)
Du Lhut, or Duluth, Daniel Greysolon 1678-
Explorer; born in Lyons, France; carried on a traffic in furs under the protection of Count Frontenac; explored the upper Mississippi in 1678-80, at which time he joined Father Hennepin and his companions.
He took part in the campaign against the Seneca Indians in 1687 and brought with him a large number of Indians from the upper lakes.
In 1695 he was placed in command of Fort Frontenac and in 1697 was promoted to the command of a company of infantry.
He died near Lake Superior in 1709.
The city of Duluth was named after him.