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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kidd, William 1650- (search)
t the royal shareholder in the enterprise and his associates perceived the necessity of taking action, and an order was issued to all English colonial governors to cause the arrest of Kidd wherever he might be found. In the spring of 1699 he appeared in the West Indies in a vessel loaded with treasure. Leaving her in a bay on the coast of Haiti in charge of his first officer and a part of the ship's company, he sailed northward with forty men in a sloop, entered Long Island Sound, and at Oyster Bay took on board James Emott, a New York lawyer, and, landing him on Rhode Island, sent him to the Earl of Bellomont, then at Boston as governor of Massachusetts, to inquire how he (Kidd) would be received by his partner in the enterprise. During Emott's absence Kidd had buried some of his treasure, which he brought with the sloop, on Gardiner's Island. Bellomont's answer was such that Kidd went to Boston, July 1, 1699, where he was arrested, sent to England, tried on a charge of piracy and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Long Island. (search)
oved to the east end of the island, and, to the number of forty families, settled the town of Southampton. Rev. Mr. Pierson, with several of the company at Lynn, formed a church, and all went to Southampton, where he became their pastor. There they formed a civil government in 1640. The same year a large tract of land on Long Island was purchased of the Indians for the Connecticut colony, and settlements were begun there. The tract was on the north part of the island, in the vicinity of Oyster Bay. Connecticut colonists began to settle there, but were driven back by Kieft, the Dutch governor, because they appeared within sight of his residence. The inhabitants of Connecticut immediately seized the fort just below Hartford, and obliged the Dutch to recede within 10 miles of the Hudson River. The eight men selected by the people of New Amsterdam as a council made some provision for defence against the Indians in the autumn of 1643. They equipped a large force of soldiers, of whom f
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New England. (search)
eck, in North Hempstead, Long Island, when they tore down the arms of the Prince of Orange which they found upon a tree, and carved in place of the Early settlers in New England. shield a grinning face. Howe and his companions were driven off by the Dutch, and settled on the eastern extremity of Long Island. Some New Haven people took possession of Southold, on the Sound; and only a few years later, Hempstead, Jamaica, Flushing, Southampton, East Hampton, Brookhaven, Huntington, and Oyster Bay were settled by the English and some of them were united to Connecticut politically, until after the surrender of New Netherland to the English in 1664, when all Long Island came under the jurisdiction of New York (q. v.). In 1640 a New England captain purchased some land on the Delaware River of the Indians. Early the next spring colonists from New England, led by Robert Cogswell, sailed from the Connecticut for the Delaware in search of a warmer climate and more fertile soil. They
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Netherland. (search)
Governor Stuyvesant arrived at Hartford, and demanded of the commissioner of the Connecticut colony a full surrender of the lands on the Connecticut River. After a consultation for several days, it was agreed to leave the matter to arbitrators. The commissioner chose Simon Bradstreet, of Massachusetts, and Thomas Prince, of Plymouth; Stuyvesant chose Thomas Willett and George Baxter, both Englishmen. It was agreed that on Long Island a line should be drawn from the westernmost part of Oyster Bay straight to the sea; the easterly part to belong to the English, the remainder to the Dutch. On the mainland a line should begin at the west side of Greenwich Bay, about 4 miles from Stamford, and run northerly 20 miles; and beyond that distance, as it should be agreed by the two governments of the Dutch and New Haven, provided that line should not come within 10 miles of the Hudson River. It was also agreed that the Dutch should not build a house within 6 miles of the dividing line. In
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1893 (search)
farmers, merchants, manufacturers, and wage-workers; and yet we must also remember in dealing with other nations that benefits must be given where benefits are sought. It is not possible to dogmatize as to the exact way of attaining this end; for the exact conditions cannot be foretold. In the long run one of our prime needs is stability and continuity of economic policy; and yet, through treaty or by direct legislation, it may, at least in certain cases, become Roosevelt's home at Oyster Bay, L. I. advantageous to supplement our present policy by a system of reciprocal benefit and obligation. Throughout a large part of our national career our history has been one of expansion, the expansion being of different kinds at different times. This explanation is not a matter of regret, but of price. It is vain to tell a people as masterful as ours that the spirit of enterprise is not safe. The true American has never feared to run risks when the prize to be won was of sufficient va
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Underhill, John 1630-1672 (search)
fore the General Court and made the most abject confession of the truth of the charges. He did the same publicly in the church, and was excommunicated. He afterwards lived at Stamford, Conn., and in 1646 went to Flushing, L. I. In the war between the Dutch and Indians he commanded troops, and in 1655 he represented Oyster Bay in the assembly at Hempstead. He died in Oyster Bay, L. I., about 1672. His descendants still possess lands given to him by Indians on Long Island. See Pequod Indians.ore the General Court and made the most abject confession of the truth of the charges. He did the same publicly in the church, and was excommunicated. He afterwards lived at Stamford, Conn., and in 1646 went to Flushing, L. I. In the war between the Dutch and Indians he commanded troops, and in 1655 he represented Oyster Bay in the assembly at Hempstead. He died in Oyster Bay, L. I., about 1672. His descendants still possess lands given to him by Indians on Long Island. See Pequod Indians.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
stnut)Quercus prinaEastern U. S.Building, fencing, etc. Oak (red)Quercus tinctoriaEastern U. S.Hard, red. Building, shingles. Oak (White）Quercus albaEastern U. S.Hard, yellow. Building, furniture, implements, wagons. OliveOlea europaeaEurope, Syria, etc.Medium. Furniture, turnery, etc. Osage orange (Bois d'arc)Maclura aurantiacaArk. and southwardHard, yellow, very lasting. Wagons and implements, wedges. OsiersSalix viminalis, etcEuropeSoft. Baskets, plait, wicker-work generally. Oyster Bay pineCallitris australisTasmaniaHard. Agricultural implements, cabinet-work, etc. Paddle-woodAspidosperma excelsumGuianaPaddles, cotton-gin rollers. Palm(See Porcupine-wood)Tropical climesVarious uses in mechanics. Oil. Partridge-woodHeisteria coccinea, etcW. Ind. and S. Am.Hard. Walking-sticks, umbrella-handles, etc. PearPyrus communisTurning, carving, blocks for calico-printers, etc. Pheasant-woodAnother name for partridge-wood. PineSpecies very numerousEurope and AsiaMedium. Lu
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, John S. Edgerly: and his home on Winter Hill (search)
write one; but I am asked to give you this evening a sketch of John S. Edgerly and his home on Winter Hill. Mr. Edgerly was born in Meredith, N. H., not far from Winnepesaukee, November 30, 1804. He was the son of Samuel Edgerly, who married Betsey Smith, January, 1794. There were twelve children in the family. In the earlier generation, his first ancestor who came to this country was Thomas Edgerly, before 1665. He landed probably at Portsmouth, and was received as an inhabitant of Oyster Bay, township of Dover. In the generation that followed there was much trouble with the Indians, and in some cases they were massacred by them. Like many another young man before and since, when he had reached the years of discretion he was ambitious to see what the larger life of the city of Boston had for him; and I judge he left home for that purpose when about twenty years of age. I presume he had the struggle most people do to find the right thing to do. But he became a stonecutter (phy
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Index (search)
liphalet, 67. Newe Towne, 74, 75. New York, 44. Nichols' Inn, 2. Nichols' Lock, 2. North Market Street, Boston, 4. North Street, Boston, 4. Norton, Rev., Jacob, 18. Nowell, Increase, 28. Nun's Well, 50. Oakman, —, 42. Oakes, Edward, 76, 79. oburne (Woburn), 83. Odin House, The, 38. Olin, John, Jr., 65. Old England, 27. Old Powder House, 47, 87. Old South Church, 30. Old State House, 4. Outline of Study of Somerville History, 60, 61. Oxbow, 2. Oyster Bay, N. H., 37. Paige, —, 51, 73. Palestine, 50. Parker, Benjamin, 16. Parker, Captain, John, 71. Parker, Rev., Theodore, 71. Parkman, Dr., Samuel, 38. Paul Revere's Ride, 60. Payne, Edward, Master, 51. Payson, Samuel, 68. Peggy, 88. Perry, Hon. A. A., 42. Philip, King, 86. Phillips, Elizabeth, 18. Phillips, Henry, 12. Phipps, Frances, 68. Phipps, John, 68. Phipps, Joseph, 16, 68. Phipps Street, Charlestown, 18, 90. Pierce, —, 29. Pierce, Augusta Smith, 71. Pierce, Ja<
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
t Orange, and monopolize the fur-trade. Albany Records, VII. 3; IV. 32. The commercial corporation would not risk a war; the expense would impair its dividends. War, they declared, cannot in any event be for our advantage; the New England people are too powerful for us. No issue was left but by negotiation; Stuyvesant himself repaired as ambassador to Hartford, and was glad 1650 Sept. 11 to conclude a provisional treaty, which allowed New Netherland to extend on Long Island as far as Oyster Bay, on the main to the neighborhood of Greenwich. This intercolonial treaty was acceptable to the West India Company, but was never ratified in England; its conditional approbation by the States General is the only Dutch state-paper in which the government of the republic recognized the boundaries of the province on the Hudson. The West India Company could never obtain a national guaranty for the integrity of their possessions. Treaty, in Trumbull, i. 192. Hutchinson, i. 447. Hazard, I
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