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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill , William 1769 -1852 (search)
Hill, William 1769-1852
Clergyman; born in Cumberland county, Va., March 3, 1769; graduated at Hampden-Sidney College in 1788; was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1790.
He was the author of an oration in memory of General Washington, and began a History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, but only the first part was published.
He died in Winchester, Va., Nov. 16, 1852.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hutchinson , Thomas 1711 -1780 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jefferson , Thomas 1743 - (search)
Jefferson, Thomas 1743-
Third President of the United States; born in Shadwell, Va., April 2, 1743; was educated at the College of William and Mary; studied law under George Wythe; and was admitted to the bar in 1767.
From 1769 to 1775 he was an active member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
In that body he introduced a bill empowering masters to manumit their slaves.
On Jan. 1, 1771,
Statue of Thomas Jefferson. he married Martha Skelton, a rich and beautiful young widow of twenty-three.
He was a member of the committee of correspondence of Virginia, which he assisted in forming, and was engaged in active public life until his retirement from the Presidency of the United States.
In 1774 he wrote his famous Summary view of the rights of British America, which, it is believed, procured for him a place in the list of American traitors denounced by the British Parliament.
He had taken an active part against the Boston port bill.
Mr. Jefferson took his seat in the Continen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jesuit missions. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones , Thomas 1731 -1792 (search)
Jones, Thomas 1731-1792
Lawyer; born in Fort Neck, L. I., April 30, 1731; graduated at Yale in 1750; admitted to the bar of New York in 1755, and practised in New York; was recorder of New York City in 1769-73, when he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court.
He was arrested a number of times as a loyalist, and was exchanged for General Silliman in 1780; went to England in 1781; was included in the New York State act of attainder in 1782.
His estate on Long Island, Tryon Hall, descended to his daughter, who had married Richard Floyd, upon condition that the name Jones be added to that of Floyd.
The estate is still in the Floyd-Jones family.
Judge Jones wrote a History of New York during the Revolutionary War, a valuable contribution to history, as it is the only one from the view-point of a loyalist who participated in the events of that time.
He died in England, July 25, 1792.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jumel , Eliza Bowen 1769 -1865 (search)
Jumel, Eliza Bowen 1769-1865
Society leader; born at sea in 1769.
She married Col. Peter Croix in 1786, and, after his death, Stephen Jumel, a wealthy merchant in New York City, in 1801.
Upon Jumel's death she married Aaron Burr in 1830, whom she sued for a divorce, which was not granted.
She died in New York, July 16, 1865.
Jumel, Eliza Bowen 1769-1865
Society leader; born at sea in 1769.
She married Col. Peter Croix in 1786, and, after his death, Stephen Jumel, a wealthy merchant in New York City, in 1801.
Upon Jumel's death she married Aaron Burr in 1830, whom she sued for a divorce, which was not granted.
She died in New York, July 16, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston , Philip 1716 - (search)
Livingston, Philip 1716-
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Albany, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1716; graduated at Yale College in 1737; became a prominent merchant in the city of New York; was an alderman there from 1754 to 1758; and a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1759, in which he was one of the committee of correspondence with the colonial agent in England, Edmund Burke.
Livingston opposed the taxation schemes of Parliament, and was unseated by a Tory majority in 1769, when the controversy between Great Britain and her colonies ran high.
He was a member of the first Congress (1774), and held a seat in that body until his death, when their session was held at York, the British having possession of Philadelphia.
Mr. Livingston was associated with Lee and Jay in the preparation of the two state papers put forth by the first Congress, and was very active on the most important committees in Congress.
He founded the professorship of divinity at Yale College in 1746;