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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Acrelius , Israel , 1714 -1800 (search)
Acrelius, Israel, 1714-1800
Clergyman: born in Osteraker, Sweden, Dec. 25, 1714: was ordained in 1743; came to America to preside over the Swedish congregations in New Sweden in 1749.
His work was marked with success, but after seven years toil he was forced to resign by ill-health, and returned to Sweden.
His publications include The Swedish colonies in America (1759, translated into English in 1874), and articles on America.
He died in Fellingsbro, April 25, 1800.
See New Sweden, founding of.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Balfour , Nisbet , 1743 -1823 (search)
Balfour, Nisbet, 1743-1823
British military officer; born in Dunbog, Scotland.
in 1743.
He was a son of an auctioneer and bookseller in Edinburgh; entered the British army as an ensign in 1761; commanded a company in 1770; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill in June, 1775.
and again in the battle of Long Island.
He was sent home with despatches after the capture of New York in 1776, and was brevetted major in November following.
Served under Lord Cornwallis in Pennsylvania and the1743.
He was a son of an auctioneer and bookseller in Edinburgh; entered the British army as an ensign in 1761; commanded a company in 1770; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill in June, 1775.
and again in the battle of Long Island.
He was sent home with despatches after the capture of New York in 1776, and was brevetted major in November following.
Served under Lord Cornwallis in Pennsylvania and the Carolinas; and was in command at Charleston in 1781, when he reluctantly obeyed the command of Lord Rawdon to execute Isaac Hayne (q. v.). He was then lieutenant-colonel.
He was made colonel and aide-de-camp to his king in 1782.
a major-general in 1793. lieutenant-general in 1798, and general in 1803.
He died in Dunbog, Oct. 10, 1823.
Bible.
The first Bible printed in America was Eliot's Indian translation, issued at Cambridge.
Mass, in 1663.
A German edition of the Bible, in quarto, was printed at Germantown, near Philadelphia, in 1743, by Christopher Saner.
In 1782 Robert Aitkin, printer and bookseller in Philadelphia, published the first American edition of the Bible in English, also in quarto form; and in 1791 Isaiah Thomas printed the Bible in English, in folio form, at Woreester.
Mass. This was the first in that form issued from the press in the United States.
The same year Isaac Collins printed the English version, in quarto form, at Trenton, N. J.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bienville , Jean Baptiste le moyne , 1680 -1701 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blair , James , 1656 -1743 (search)
Blair, James, 1656-1743
Educator; born in Scotland in 1656; was sent to Virginia as a missionary in 1865 and in 1692 obtained the charter of William and Mary College, of which he was the first president.
He published The state of his Majesty's colony in Virginia, in 1727.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Aug. 1, 1743.<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burke , Aedanus , 1743 -1802 (search)
Burke, Aedanus, 1743-1802
Jurist; born in Galway, Ireland, June 16, 1743; was educated at St. Omers for a priest; emigrated to
View of the place where the British laid down their arms. South Carolina, and there engaged with the patriots in their conflict with Great Britain.
He was a lawyer, and in 1778 was made a judge of the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
He served two years in the army; was in Congress (1789-91); and after serving in the State legislature, he became chancellor of the common-wealth.
He died in Charleston, S. C., March 3, 1802. Judge Burke was a thorough republican, and wrote a famous pamphlet against the Cincinnati Society (q. v.) that was translated into French by Mirabeau, and used by him with much effect during the French Revolution.
Burke opposed its aristocratic features.
He also opposed the national Constitution, fearing consolidated power.
Burke, Edmund
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana , Francis , 1743 -1811 (search)
Dana, Francis, 1743-1811
Jurist; born in Charlestown, Mass., June 13, 1743; son of Richard Dana; graduated at Harvard in 1762.
He was admitted to the bar in 1767; was an active patriot; a delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774; went to England in 1775 with confidential letters to Franklin; was a member of the executive council from 1776 to 1780; member of the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778, and again in 1784; member of the board of war, Nov. 17, 1777; and was at the head of a committee charged with the entire reorganization of the army.
When Mr. Adams went on an embassy to negotiate a treaty of peace and commerce with Great Britain, Mr. Dana was secretary of the legation.
At Paris, early in 1781, he received the appointment from Congress of minister to Russia, clothed with power to make the accession of the United States to the armed neutrality.
He resided two years at St. Petersburg, and returned to Berlin in 1783.
He was again in Congress in the spring of 178
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dexter , Timothy , 1743 -1806 (search)
Dexter, Timothy, 1743-1806
Merchant; born in Maiden, Mass., Jan. 22, 1743.
Inordinate vanity and extraordinary shrewdness were combined in him with almost imbecility in all matters excepting those of trade.
It is of him that the story is told that he sent a lot of warming-pans to the West Indies, which he disposed of at a large profit to the sugar manufacturers for use as skimmers.
He died in Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 26, 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elbert , Samuel , 1743 -1788 (search)
Elbert, Samuel, 1743-1788
Military officer; born in Prince William parish, S. C., in 1743; was made captain of a grenadier company in 1774; joined the Revolutionary army in 1776.
He led an expedition into East Florida in April, 1778, and took Fort Oglethorpe; afterwards displayed great bravery in the assault on Savannah in December, 1778.
He was captured by the British in the engagement at Brier Creek, March 3, 1779; afterwards was exchanged and re-entered the American army; was brevetted1743; was made captain of a grenadier company in 1774; joined the Revolutionary army in 1776.
He led an expedition into East Florida in April, 1778, and took Fort Oglethorpe; afterwards displayed great bravery in the assault on Savannah in December, 1778.
He was captured by the British in the engagement at Brier Creek, March 3, 1779; afterwards was exchanged and re-entered the American army; was brevetted brigadier-general, Nov. 3, 1783; became governor of Georgia in 1785.
He died in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 2, 1788.