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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 10 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 8 6 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (search)
iend until his treason. He successfully went to the relief of Fort Schuyler on the upper Mohawk (August, 1777), with 800 volunteers; and in September and October following he was chiefly instrumental in the defeat of Burgoyne, in spite of General Gates. There he was again severely wounded in the same leg, and was disabled several months. When the British evacuated Philadelphia (June, 1778) Arnold was appointed commander at Philadelphia, where he married the daughter of a leading Tory (Edward Shippen), lived extravagantly, became involved in debt, was accused of dishonest official conduct, and plotted his treason against his country. To meet the demands of importunate creditors, he engaged in fraudulent transactions, for which his official position gave him facilities, and charges of dishonesty and malpractice in office were preferred against him before the Continental Congress. A tribunal before which he was tried convicted him, but sentenced him to a reprimand only by the command
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colonial wars, Society of (search)
colonial period, and to inspire in its members the paternal and patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and in the community of respect and reverence for those whose public services made our freedom and unity possible. Any adult male may become a member who is the descendant of an ancestor who fought in any colonial battle from the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, in 1607, to the battle of Lexington, in 1775, or who at any time was a governor, deputy-governor, lieutenant-governor, member of the council, or as a military, naval, or marine officer in behalf of the colonies, or under the flag of England, or during that period was distinguished in military, official, or legislative life. The officers in 1900 were: Governor-general, Frederick J. De Peyster, New York; secretary-general, Walter L. Suydam, 45 William street, New York; deputy secretary-general, Gen. Howard R. Bayne, New York; treasurer-general, Edgeneral, George N. McKenzie, Baltimore. ward Shippen, Philadelphia; registrar-
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lewis, Lawrence 1857- (search)
Lewis, Lawrence 1857- Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 20, 1857; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1876, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. His publications include Courts of Pennsylvania in the seventeenth century; History of the Bank of North America; Memoir of Edward Shippen, chief-justice of Pennsylvania. Lewis, Meriwether
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
ladly accepted by the Secretary after the battle of Bull Run. See United States, Pennsylvania, in vol. IX. colonial governors of Pennsylvania. [Under the proprietary government, when there was no deputy governor the president of the council acted as such.] William PennProprietor and Governor1682 Thomas LloydPresident1684 John BlackwellDeputy Governor1688 Benjamin FletcherGovernor1693 William MarkhamGovernor1693 William PennGovernor1693 Andrew HamiltonDeputy Governor1701 Edward ShippenPresident1703 John EvansDeputy Governor1704 Charles GookinDeputy Governor1709 Sir William KeithDeputy Governor1717 Patrick GordonDeputy Governor1726 James LoganPresident1736 George ThomasDeputy Governor1738 Anthony PalmerPresident1747 James HamiltonDeputy Governor1748 Robert H. MorrisDeputy Governor1754 William DennyDeputy Governor1756 James HamiltonDeputy Governor1759 John PennGovernor1763 James HamiltonPresident1771 Richard PennGovernor1771 John PennGovernor1773 [Propr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Princeton, battle of. (search)
New England troops, under Stark, Poor, Patterson, Reed, and others, and were joined in their flight towards New Brunswick by the 40th, who had not taken part in the action. A British regiment in the strong stone-built Nassau Hall, of the College of New Jersey, was cannonaded, and soon surrendered. In this short but sharp battle the British lost, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, about 430 men. The American loss was about 100, including Colonels Haslet and Potter, Major Morris, and Captains Shippen, Fleming, and Neal. Mercer died nine days after the battle. When Cornwallis arrived at Princeton, Washington and his little army and prisoners were tar on their way towards the Millstone River, in hot pursuit of the 40th and 55th regiments. Washington relinquished the chase because of the great fatigue of his soldiers; and moving on to Morristown (q. v.), in east Jersey, there established the winter-quarters of the army. He was universally applauded. It is said that Frederick the Gr