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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hutchings, William 1764- (search)
this gratuity. William Hutchings and Lemuel Cook were the last. In 1865, when over 100 years of age, he received an invitation from the city authorities of Bangor to join in the celebration of the Fourth of July there. He accepted it. A revenue-cutter conveyed him from Castine to Bangor. The guns of Fort Knox, on the PenoBangor. The guns of Fort Knox, on the Penobscot, gave him a salute of welcome as he passed. At Bangor multitudes rushed to get a glimpse of the veteran as he was escorted through the streets. Senator Hamlin delivered an oration on that occasion, and at the close Mr. Hutchings responded at some length to a toast. My friends told me, he said, that the effort to be here mBangor multitudes rushed to get a glimpse of the veteran as he was escorted through the streets. Senator Hamlin delivered an oration on that occasion, and at the close Mr. Hutchings responded at some length to a toast. My friends told me, he said, that the effort to be here might cause my death; but I thought I could never die any better than by celebrating the glorious Fourth.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones, John Mather 1826-1874 (search)
Jones, John Mather 1826-1874 Journalist; born in Bangor, North Wales, June 9, 1826; came to the United States in 1849; was the founder of the Welsh town of New Cambria, Mo., and also of Avonia, in Kansas. In 1865-74 he was the owner and publisher of The mirror, the first Welsh newspaper established in the United States. He was the author of a History of the rebellion (in Welsh). He died in Utica, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shepley, George Foster 1819- (search)
Shepley, George Foster 1819- Military officer; born in Saco, Me., Jan. 1, 1819; son of Chief-Justice Ether Shepley; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1837; studied at the Harvard Law School and at Portland; and began the practice of law at Bangor. President Polk appointed him United States district attorney, which post he held until 1861, when he became colonel of the 12th Maine Volunteers, and took part in General Butler's expedition against New Orleans. On the surrender of that city he was made its commandant. In July he became a brigadier-general, and was military governor of Louisiana from July 2, 1862, until 1864. On the surrender of Richmond (April, 1865), he was made military governor of that city. He resigned in July, and resumed the practice of law in Portland. In 1869 he was appointed United States circuit judge for the first circuit, and held the office till his death in Portland, Me., July 20, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherbrooke, Sir John Coape 1760-1830 (search)
ot River. A strong squadron, under Admiral Griffith, bearing about 4,000 troops, led by Sherbrooke, then governor of Nova Scotia, captured Castine, on Penobscot Bay, and also Belfast, and went up the Penobscot River to Hampden, a few miles below Bangor, to capture or destroy the American corvette John Adams, which, caught in that stream, had gone up so far to escape from the British. The militia, called to defend Hampden and the Adams, fled when the British approached, and the object of the latter was accomplished. Captain Morris, commander of the Adams, burned her to prevent her falling into the hands of the British. The latter pressed on to Bangor, where they tarried about Sir John Coape Sherbrooke. thirty hours, destroyed several vessels at the mouth of the Kenduskeag, and plundered property valued at over $20,000. Then they returned to Hampden and there repeated their destructive work. Then the troops and fleet descended the Penobscot, and, after capturing Machias, returne
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
stopher Columbus first set foot upon the soil of the New World, erected on Watling Island by the Chicago Herald......June 15, 1891 Nine new United States circuit courts of appeal formally organized......June 16, 1891 Rain-making experiments begun in Texas under the Department of Agriculture......June 23, 1891 Discovery recorded of a new lake forming in Salton Sink, Ariz., owing to floods on the Colorado......June 29, 1891 Ex-Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, born 1809, dies at Bangor, Me.......July 4, 1891 Charleston and Itata arrive at San Diego, Cal.......July 4, 1891 Secretary of the Treasury accepts $500 from the Itata for violation of the navigation laws......July 8, 1891 Cargo of arms and ammunition on the Itata libelled by the United States marshal at San Diego, Cal.......July 14, 1891 Statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson unveiled at Lexington, Va.; 15,000 Confederate veterans present; oration by General Early......July 21, 1891 Smokeless powder used for
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
d of Gouldsborough River, and Washington, east of Hancock......June 25, 1789 Bangor incorporated......Feb. 25, 1791 Last meeting of the Salem Presbytery, markinapital removed from Portland to Augusta; legislature meets......Jan. 4, 1832 Bangor and Orono Railroad, 10 miles in length, completed......1836 Rufus Mclntire, ng-shops, passed in May, approved by the governor June 2, and enforced first at Bangor......July 4, 1851 Act abolishing the State board of education, the governor ...April 22, 1861 Office of the Democrat, a secession newspaper published in Bangor, entirely destroyed by a mob......Aug. 12, 1861 United States Secretary of Stion of Union Labor party meets at Waterville, and nominates Isaac R. Clark, of Bangor, for governor......May 20, 1890 Legislature enacts an Australian ballot law.ing......April 3, 1891 Ex-Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, born 1809, dies at Bangor......July 4, 1891 James G. Blaine, Secretary of State, resigns......June 4,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williamson, William Durkee 1779-1846 (search)
Williamson, William Durkee 1779-1846 Historian; born in Canterbury, Conn., July 31, 1779; settled in Amherst, Mass.; graduated at Brown College in 1804; studied law and began practice in Bangor, Me.; and held a seat in the Massachusetts Senate in 1816-20. In the latter year, when Maine separated from Massachusetts, he was made president of the first Maine Senate, and when Gov. William King resigned became acting governor. He was a member of Congress in 1821-23; probate judge of Hancock cdied law and began practice in Bangor, Me.; and held a seat in the Massachusetts Senate in 1816-20. In the latter year, when Maine separated from Massachusetts, he was made president of the first Maine Senate, and when Gov. William King resigned became acting governor. He was a member of Congress in 1821-23; probate judge of Hancock county in 1824-40; and the author of History of the State of Maine, from its first discovery to the Separation (2 volumes). He died in Bangor, Me., May 27, 1846.
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 15: (search)
, I avail myself of this opportunity to send you my first despatch, since leaving New Orleans. I can do no more, for want of time, than barely enumerate, without describing events. We ran the blockade of Pass à L'Outre, by the Brooklyn, on the 30th of June, that ship giving us chase. On the morning of the 3d of July, I doubled Cape Antonio, the western extremity of Cuba, and, on the same day, captured, off the Isle of Pines, the American ship, Golden Rocket, belonging to parties in Bangor, in Maine. She. was a fine ship of 600 tons, and worth between thirty and forty thousand dollars. I burned her. On the next day, the 4th, I captured the brigantines Cuba and Machias, both of Maine, also. They were laden with sugars. I sent them to Cienfuegos, Cuba. On the 5th of July, I captured the brigs Ben. Dunning, and Albert Adams, owned in New York, and Massachusetts. They were laden, also, with sugars. I sent them to Cienfuegos. On the next day, the 6th, I captured the barks West Wi
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 36: (search)
crew to the Alabama, with as much dispatch as possible, and robbing Captain Wells, as he states—by which he means, probably, that we deprived him of his chronometer and nautical instruments; for the mere personal effects of a prisoner, as the reader has already been informed, were never disturbed. We burned the ship. On the next day, the weather being thick and rainy, and the Alabama being about two hundred miles from New York, we chased and captured the brig Baron de Castine, from Bangor, in Maine, and bound, with a load of lumber, to Cardenas, in the island of Cuba. This vessel being old, and of little value, I released her on ransom-bond, and sent her into New York, with my prisoners, of whom I had now a large number on board. I charged the master of this ship, to give my special thanks to Mr. Low, of the New York Chamber of Commerce, for the complimentary resolutions he had had passed, in regard to the Alabama. The more the enemy abused me, the more I felt complimented, for
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 57.--a proclamation.-by the President of the United States. (search)
arlessly and boldly, in the language of England's great Lord, the Earl of Chatham, whose bold words in behalf of the struggling Colonies of America, in the dark hours of the Revolution, have enshrined his name in the heart of every friend of freedom and immortalized his fame wherever the name of liberty is known — say in his thrilling language: If I were a Southerner, as I am a Northerner, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I would never lay down my arms--never, never, never! Bangor (me.) Union. The President has issued his proclamation calling Congress to meet on the 4th of July. Also calling for 75,000 volunteers to aid in carrying on a conflict with the South. The news already received from the Border States indicates that they will leave the Union, and that the war will be between nineteen free and fifteen slave States. Could this war policy possibly save the Union and promote the welfare of the people, we could look upon it with more complacency. But as it
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