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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beecher , Lyman 1775 -1863 (search)
Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863
Clergyman; born in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 2, 1775; was graduated at Yale in 1797, and ordained in 1799.
In 1832 he accepted the presidency of lance Seminary.
Cincinnati, and served the seminary in that capacity twenty years. He had seven sons, all of whom became Congregational clergymen — William, Edward, George.
Henry Ward, Charles, Thomas, and James.
His daughters were Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Beecher Perkins, and Isabella Beecher Hooker.
He died in Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 186
Bering sea.
In 1725 Capt. Vitus Bering, a Danish navigator in the service of Peter the Great, discovered the sea which bears his name, and in 1741 he made an imperfect exploration of a portion of the Alaskan coast.
By virtue of these discoveries, the Emperor Paul of Russia, in 1799, assumed the sovereignty over the American coast as far south as lat. 55°, and formally annexed that part of the continent to the Russian domains.
In 1867 Russian America was purchased by the United States government for $7,200,000. The only wealth of the country known at that time was its fur-producing animals, particularly the fur-seals of the coasts and islands, and it was for this mainly that the purchase was made.
The officials who conducted the transaction were not mistaken in their estimates of the revenue to be derived from this source, for during the twenty years which followed the seal-fisheries paid into the national treasury a rental which exceeded the purchase-price of the territory by $
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Moses 1742 -1804 (search)
Brown, Moses, 1742-1804
Naval officer; born in Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 20, 1742; served through the Revolutionary War. While in command of the Intrepid he captured four English vessels in the latter half of 1779; and was placed in command of the Merrimack, when that vessel was completed for the government.
In 1799-1801 he captured the French ships Le Phenix, Le Magicien, Le Bonaparte, and Le Brillante.
He died at sea, Jan. 1, 1804.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Buckland , Cyrus 1799 -1891 (search)
Buckland, Cyrus, 1799-1891
Inventor; born in Springfield, Mass., Aug. 10, 1799.
After aiding in constructing the machinery for the first cotton mills, in Chicopee Falls, he became the pattern-maker of the United States armory, at Springfield, Mass., in 1828.
He remained there for twenty-eight years, much of the time as master-mechanic.
He remodelled old weapons, made new ones, and designed a lathe for the manufacture of gun-stocks.
His inventions also included machinery and tools for the manufacture of fire-arms, for rifling muskets, etc. Many of these inventions were adopted by foreign countries.
When ill-health forced him to resign Congress voted him $10.000, as he had received no compensation for his inventions while at the armory.
He died in Springfield, Feb. 26, 1891.
Cameron, Simon 1799-
Statesman; born in Lancaster county, Pa., March 18, 1799; elected to the United States Senate in 1845; resigned from the Senate to become Secretary of War in 1861; resigned this office Jan. 11, 1862, to become minister to Russia; re-elected to the United States Senate in 1866, and again re-elected in 1873, but resigned in favor of his son. He practically dictated the policy of the Republican party in Pennsylvania for many years.
He died June 26, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Choate , Rufus 1799 -1859 (search)
Choate, Rufus 1799-1859
Lawyer; born in Essex, Mass., Oct. 1, 1799; studied at the Cambridge Law School, and, with William Wirt, became one of the most eminent lawyers and orators of his time.
He began the practice of law at Danvers, Mass., in 1824.
He was a distinguished member of both branches of his State legislature, a member of the Lower House of Congress, and United States Senator, succeeding Daniel Webster in 1841.
In 1853 he was attorney-general of Massachusetts.
After the death of Webster, Mr. Choate was the acknowledged leader of the Massachusetts bar. Impaired health compelled him to retire from public life in 1858.
He died in Halifax, N. S., July 13, 1859.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cilley , Joseph 1735 -1799 (search)
Cilley, Joseph 1735-1799
Military officer; born in Nottingham, N. H., in 1735; took part in the dismantling of the fort at Portsmouth in 1774; led a company of volunteers into Boston after the battle of Lexington; made colonel of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment in 1777; took part in the attack on Ticonderoga and in the actions at Bemis's Heights, Monmouth, and Stony Point.
He died in Nottingham, N. H., Aug. 25, 1799.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clarke , Elijah 1774 -1799 (search)
Clarke, Elijah 1774-1799
Military officer; born in North Carolina; went to Georgia in 1774, where he became a captain in 1776, and fought both British and Indians on the frontiers.
He was an active leader in the war for independence, and was largely instrumental in the capture of Augusta, Ga., in 1781.
He fought many battles and made several treaties with the Indians; but in 1794 he was accused of a design to establish an independent government among the Creeks, where he had settled in violation of law. He died in Wilkes county, Ga., Dec. 15, 1799.
Clay, Green 1757-1826
Military officer; born in Powhatan county, Va., Aug. 14, 1757.
Before he was twenty years old he
Green Clay. emigrated to Kentucky, where he became a surgeon, and laid the foundation of a fortune.
He represented the Kentucky district in the Virginia legislature, and was a member of the Virginia convention that ratified the national Constitution.
He also assisted in framing the Kentucky constitution in 1799. Mr. Clay served long in the Kentucky legislature.
In the spring of 1813 he led 3,000 Kentucky volunteers to the relief of Fort Meigs (q. v.); and, being left in command of that post, he defended it against an attack by British and Indians under General Proctor and Tecumseh.
He died in Kentucky, Oct. 31, 1826.
Clay, Henry
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cobb , Jonathan Holmes 1799 -1882 (search)
Cobb, Jonathan Holmes 1799-1882
Manufacturer; born in Sharon, Mass., July 8, 1799; graduated at Harvard College in 1817; and was one of the first to introduce the manufacture of silk in the United States.
In 1831 he published Manual of the Mulberry-tree and the culture of silk. Two years later Congress ordered 2,000 copies of this work for public distribution to promote the cultivation of mulberry-trees.
In 1835 Mr. Cobb became superintendent of the first silk-manufacturing company organized in New England.
He died in Dedham, Mass., March 12, 1882.