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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barney, Joshua, 1759- (search)
ured by an English cruiser (1793), and imprisoned as a pirate. His ship and cargo were condemned. In 1794 he went with Monroe to France, and bore Joshua Barney. the American flag to the National Convention (see Monroe, James). He was a warm partisan of the French, and entered their navy as commander of a squadron, but resigned his commission in 1802. When the War of 1812-15 broke out, he engaged in privateering with much success. He was appointed captain in the United States navy in April, 1814, and placed in command of a flotilla of small vessels for the defence of the coasts of the Chesapeake. Driven up the Patuxent by a British fleet, he destroyed his vessels, and with over 500 men he joined General Winder in the defence of Washington (Bladensburg, Battle of.). Barney was severely wounded (Aug. 24, 1814) near Bladensburg, and made a prisoner. Too much hurt to be removed as a prisoner, he was paroled and sent to Bladensburg, near by, on a litter. There he was joined by his
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Embargo acts. (search)
ck; and to guard against evasions even the coast trade was entirely prohibited. This bore heavily on the business of some of the New England sea-coast towns. No transportation was allowed, even on inland waters, without special permission from the President. While the act bore so heavily on honest traders, it pretty effectually stopped the illicit business of speculators, knaves, and traders, who enriched themselves at the expense of the community. This act, like all similar --ones, was called a terrapin policy ; and illustrative of it was a caricature representing a British vessel in the offing, some men embarking goods in a boat on the shore, and a stout man carrying a barrel of flour towards the boat, impeded by being seized by the seat of his pantaloons by an enormous terrapin, urged on by a man who cries out, D—n it, how he nicks 'em. The victim exclaims, Oh! This cursed Ograbme! —the letters of the last word, transposed, spell embargo. This act was repealed in April, 1814
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hampton, Wade 1754-1835 (search)
my; in 1809 brigadier-general, and March 2, 1813, major-general. Imperious and overbearing in his nature and deportment, he was constantly quarrelling with his subordinates. He was superseded by Wilkinson in command at New Orleans when the war broke out in 1812, and was put in command of the Army of the North, with headquarters on the borders of Lake Champlain. In that post he gained no honors, and his career there was chiefly marked by disobedience to the orders of his superiors. In April, 1814, he resigned his commission, and left the army. He was an extensive land and slave owner in South Carolina and Louisiana, and passed there a large portion of his later years. He died in Columbia, S. C., Feb. 4, 1835. Military officer; born in Charleston, S. C., March 28, 1818; grandson of the preceding; graduated at the South Carolina College; served in both branches of the State legislature. In 1860 he was considered one of the richest planters in the South, and owned the largest n
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Neuville, Jean Guillaume, Baron Hyde de -1847 (search)
Neuville, Jean Guillaume, Baron Hyde de -1847 Statesman; born near Charitesur-Loire, France, Jan. 24, 1776; was an agent of the exiled Bourbon princes. In 1806 Napoleon offered to restore his estates if he would go to the United States. He therefore embarked for America, and lived near New Brunswick, N. J. In April, 1814, he returned to France and was sent as a commissioner to England by Louis XVIII. to proffer the friendly mediation of France in settling the difficulties between the United States and England. In 1816-22 he was French minister and consul-general to the United States. Before his return to France he succeeded in negotiating a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and France. He was made a baron by Louis XVIII. His publications include Éloge historique du General Moreau and Observations sur de la France avec les États-unis. He died in Paris, May 28, 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pensacola. (search)
He could effect but little alone; but finally he was joined (May 9) by an armed squadron from Havana, and by a reinforcement from Mobile. Galvez now gained possession of the harbor of Pensacola, and soon afterwards Colonel Campbell, who commanded the British garrison there, surrendered. Pensacola and the rest of Florida had passed into the possession of the British by the treaty of 1763. Two years after Galvez captured the place (1783) the whole province was retroceded to Spain. In April, 1814, Andrew Jackson was commissioned a major-general in the army of the United States and appointed to the command of the 7th Military District. While he was yet arranging the treaty with the conquered Creeks, he had been alarmed by reports of succor and refuge given to some of them by the Spanish authorities at Pensacola, and of a communication opened with them by a British vessel which had landed arms and agents at Apalachicola. In consequence of his report of these doings, he received or
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Saybrook, attack on (search)
Saybrook, attack on Early in April, 1814, a number of British barges, supposed to contain about 220 men, entered the Connecticut River, passed up 7 or 8 miles, and landed at a place called Pettipaug (a part of Saybrook), where the invaders destroyed about twenty-five vessels. This disaster caused the governor of Connecticut (Smith) to call out the militia for the defence of the sea-coast of the State.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ion remitted.] Repeal of the embargo......April 14, 1814 Congress authorizes the purchase of the British vessels captured on Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, for $255,000, to be distributed as prize-money among the captors; Corn. Oliver H. Perry to be paid $5,000 in addition......April 18, 1814 Congress authorizes the collection and preservation of flags, standards, and colors captured by the land or naval forces of the United States......April 18, 1814 Second session adjourns......April, 1814 American commissioners to negotiate a peace with Great Britain: John Quincy Adams and Jonathan Russell, Massachusetts; Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania; James A. Bayard, Delaware; and Henry Clay, Kentucky. These commissioners meet Admiral Lord Gambier, Henry Goulbourn, and William Adams, British commissioners, at Ghent, Belgium......Aug. 8, 1814 Creek Indians, by treaty, surrender a great part of their territory to the United States......Aug. 9, 1814 Banks in the District of Columb