Named Entity Results, 1750 AD

Fowle, Daniel 1715-1787 Printer; born in Charlestown. Mass., in 1715; learned the art of printing, and began business in Boston in 1740, where, from 1748 to 1750, he was joint partner with Gamaliel Rogers in publishing the Independent Advertiser. They had published the American magazine from 1743 to 1746, and were the first in America to print the New Testament. Mr. Fowle settled in Portsmouth, N. H.; and there, in October, 1756, began the publication of the New Hampshire gazette. He died in Portsmouth, N. H., in June, 1787.

it contained many wise and useful maxims, mostly from the ancients. Franklin was soon marked as a wise, prudent, and sagacious man, full of well-directed public spirit. He was the chief founder of the Philadelphia Library in 1731. He became clerk of the Provincial Assembly in 1736, and postmaster of Philadelphia the next year. He was the founder of the University of Pennsylvania and the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia in 1744, and was elected a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1750. In 1753 he was appointed deputy postmaster for the English-American colonies; and in 1754 he was a delegate to the Colonial Congress of Albany, in which he prepared a plan of union for the colonies, which was the basis of the Articles of Confederation (see Confederation, articles of) adopted by Congress more than twenty years afterwards. Franklin had begun his investigations and experiments in electricity, by which he demonstrated its identity with lightning as early as 1746. The public

Fry, Joshua 1754-1754 Military officer; born in Somersetshire, England; educated at Oxford, and was professor of mathematics in the College of William and Mary, in Virginia. He served in public civil life in Virginia, and in 1754 was intrusted with the command of an expedition against the French on the head-waters of the Ohio. He died at a place at the mouth of Will's Creek (now Cumberland), Md., while conducting the expedition, May 31, 1754. He had been colonel of the militia (1750) and a member of the governor's council. When Frye died, the command of the expedition to the Ohio was assumed by George Washington, who had been second in command.

Gaine, Hugh 1726-1807 Journalist; born in Ireland in 1726; emigrated to America and became a printer in New York City in 1750; established The mercury in 1752, originally a Whig journal. After the capture of New York by the English, The mercury was a strong advocate of the British. Upon the conclusion of the Revolutionary War he was permitted to remain in New York, but was obliged to give up the publication of his newspaper. He died in New York City, April 25, 1807.

e was made commander of the South Carolina and Georgia troops. With 1,000 men and some Indians he invaded Florida, but returned unsuccessful. In 1742 the Spaniards retaliated, and, with a strong land and naval force, threatened the Georgia colony with destruction. Disaster was averted by a stratagem employed by Oglethorpe, and peace was restored. Slavery was prohibited in the colony, and the people murmured. Many settlements were abandoned, for tillers of the soil were few. Finally, in 1750, the restrictions concerning slavery were removed: and in 1752, the trustees having surrendered their charter to the crown. Georgia became a royal province, with privileges similar to the others. A General Assembly was established in 1755, and in 1763 all the lands between the Savannah and St. Mary rivers were, by royal proclamation, annexed to Georgia. The colony prospered from the time of the transfer to the crown. The Georgians sympathized with their Northern brethren in their politi

Girty, Simon 1750-1815 Partisan; born in Pennsylvania about 1750; was a spy for the British at Fort Pitt in 1774. When the Revolutionary War broke out he became a leader of the Indians and took part in numerous atrocities. In 1778 he went to Detroit, inciting the Indians on the way to hostility against the United States. He was present when Col. William Crawford (q. v.) was tortured to death by the savages, and it is alleged that he manifested joy in Crawford's agony. In 1791 he was pre1750; was a spy for the British at Fort Pitt in 1774. When the Revolutionary War broke out he became a leader of the Indians and took part in numerous atrocities. In 1778 he went to Detroit, inciting the Indians on the way to hostility against the United States. He was present when Col. William Crawford (q. v.) was tortured to death by the savages, and it is alleged that he manifested joy in Crawford's agony. In 1791 he was present at the defeat of Gen. Arthur St. Clair, and while Gen. William Butler lay wounded he ordered an Indian to kill and scalp him. He also took up the cause of the British in the War of 1812. He died in Canada about 1815.

Hoyt, Albert Harrison 1826- Author; born in Sandwich, N. H., Dec. 6, 1826; graduated at Wesleyan College in 1850, and became a lawyer; paymaster in the army in 1862-66; received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel in 1865; was editor of the New England Historical and Genealogical register in 1868-76. His publications include Necrology of the New England colleges; Capt. Francis Goelet's journal of his visit to Boston, Salem, etc., in 1745-50; Letters of Sir William Pepperrell, Bart.; History of the New England Historical and Genealogical register; Notes, Historical and bibliographical, on the laws of New Hampshire; The name Columbia, etc.

3), which proved that he had been for years urging upon Parliament the necessity for the strict enforcement of power over the colonies, raised a storm of indignation, and his recall was demanded. This indignation was increased by his action concerning the landing of cargoes of tea in Boston, and he sailed for England, June 1, 1774, where he was rewarded with a pension. He never returned to his native country. He wrote and published a history of Massachusetts from the first settlement until 1750. The official residence of the governor of Massachusetts was called the Province House. It was a large brick building, three stories in height, and was formerly decorated with the King's arms, richly gilded. A cupola surmounted the roof. In front of the house was a lawn, with an iron fence, and on each side of the gate was a large oak-tree. The ground sloped, and in front were about twenty stone steps. The King's arms are in possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Hutchins

Illiers, Count Henry Louis 1750-1794 Military officer; born in Luxembourg in 1750; was one of the French officers who served in the Revolutionary War; took part in the battle of Brandywine, where he saved Pulaski. He is the author of De la guerre d'amerique, etc. He died in Paris in 1794. Illiers, Count Henry Louis 1750-1794 Military officer; born in Luxembourg in 1750; was one of the French officers who served in the Revolutionary War; took part in the battle of Brandywine, where he saved Pulaski. He is the author of De la guerre d'amerique, etc. He died in Paris in 1794.

Imlay, Gilbert 1750- Author; born in New Jersey in 1750; served throughout the Revolutionary War; was the author of A topographical description of the Western Territory of North America; The emigrants, or the history of an exiled family. Imlay, Gilbert 1750- Author; born in New Jersey in 1750; served throughout the Revolutionary War; was the author of A topographical description of the Western Territory of North America; The emigrants, or the history of an exiled family.