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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indiana, (search)
9′ to 88° 2′ W. Area, 36,350 square miles, in ninety-two counties. Population, 1890, 2,192,404; 1900, 2,516,462. Capital, Indianapolis. Robert Cavalier de la Salle and Henri Tonti, with a party of thirty-three, ascend the St. Joseph River to the site of South Bend, thence by portage to the Kankakee and down the Illinois River......December, 1679 La Salle, returning from Montreal with supplies for Tonti at Fort Crevecoeur, makes the portage from the St. Joseph to the Kankakee......November, 1680 Mention made of one Sieur Dubinson as commandant at a post near the site of Lafayette, called Ouiatenon......1719 Sieur de Vincennes mentioned as commandant at the poste de Ouabache (English, Wabash), now Vincennes......1727 [Supposed to have been settled about 1722.] Mission established at Post Vincennes by Sebastian L. Meurin......1749 Garrison at Ouiatenon, under Lieutenant Jenkins, surrenders to Indians, who distribute the English prisoners among neighboring French tra
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
granted him the use of 20 acres of the meeting-house common opposite to cut his firewood from. Zzz. from Milford, and became his colleague, though called at the same time both to Boston and to London. About 1650 Mr. Knowles returned to England, where he labored zealously though much persecuted; he remained in London during the plague, in 1665, doing great good; he died April 10, 1685 at a very advanced age. Mr. Sherman held the position of pastor until his death; nearly 38 years. In November, 1680, the Freemen voted in regard of the bodily weakness that is upon pastor Sherman, that he stands in need of a helper to carry on the work of the ministry, but no one was procured. In November, 1684, it was agreed to employ one of three persons named, and as money was afterwards appropriated to meet expenses for assistance, probably he had a colleague for a few months preceding his decease. He died August 8, 1685, aged nearly seventy-two years. His ability was of the highest order, an