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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McKnight , Charles 1750 -1791 (search)
McKnight, Charles 1750-1791
Surgeon; born in Cranberry, N. J., Oct. 10, 1750; graduated at Princeton in 1771, studied medicine with Dr. William Shippen, and entered the Continental army as a surgeon.
He soon became surgeon of the Middle Department.
After the war he settled in New York, where he became a very eminent practitioner, and was for some time Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in Columbia College.
He died in New York City, Nov. 10, 1791.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Manufactures, colonial (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Muhlenberg , Frederick Augustus Conrad 1750 -1801 (search)
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad 1750-1801
Clergyman; born in Trappe, Pa., June 2, 1750; was a Lutheran minister; took an active part in the Revolutionary movements, and was a member of the Continental Congress (1779-80). He was an active member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, and its speaker from 1781 to 1784; a member of the council and treasurer of the State, and president of the convention that ratified the national Constitution.
He was receiver-general of the Land Office, and was speaker of the first and second Congress.
In that capacity his casting vote carried Jay's treaty (see Jay, John) into effect.
He died in Lancaster, Pa., June 4, 1801.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Olney , Jeremiah 1750 -1812 (search)
Olney, Jeremiah 1750-1812
Military officer; born in Providence, R. I., in 1750; was made lieutenant-colonel at the beginning of the Revolutionary War (afterwards made colonel), and was often the chief officer of the Rhode Island forces.
He fought conspicuously at Red Bank, Springfield, Monmouth, and Yorktown, and after the war he was collector of the port of Providence, and president of the Rhode Island Society of Cincinnati.
He died in Providence, R. I., Nov. 10, 1812.
Olney, Jeremiah 1750-1812
Military officer; born in Providence, R. I., in 1750; was made lieutenant-colonel at the beginning of the Revolutionary War (afterwards made colonel), and was often the chief officer of the Rhode Island forces.
He fought conspicuously at Red Bank, Springfield, Monmouth, and Yorktown, and after the war he was collector of the port of Providence, and president of the Rhode Island Society of Cincinnati.
He died in Providence, R. I., Nov. 10, 1812.
Otis, James 1725-
Statesman; born in West Barnstable, Mass., Feb. 5, 1725; graduated at Harvard University in 1743, and studied law with Jeremiah Gridley.
He began the practice of his profession at Plymouth, but settled in Boston in 1750, where he soon obtained a high rank as a lawyer and an advocate at the bar. Fond of literary pursuits, and a thorough classical scholar, he wrote and published Rudiments of Latin prosody in 1760, which became a text-book at Harvard.
He entered public life as a zealous patriot and gifted orator when the writs of assistance (q. v.) called forth popular discussion in 1761.
He denounced the writs in unmeasured terms.
At a town-meeting in Boston in 1761, when this government measure was discussed by Mr. Gridley, the calm advocate of the crown, and the equally calm lawyer Oxenbridge Thacher, the fiery Otis addressed the multitude with words that thrilled every heart in the audience and stirred every
James Otis. patriotic feeling of his hearers in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Parsons , Theophilus 1750 -1813 (search)
Parsons, Theophilus 1750-1813
Jurist; born in Byfield, Mass., Feb. 24, 1750; graduated at Harvard College in 1769; admitted to the bar in 1774; and was at the head of a grammar-school in Falmouth (now Portland), Me., when it was destroyed.
He began practice in Newburyport in 1777, and in 1780 was one of the principal framers of the State constitution of Massachusetts.
He removed to Boston in 1800, where, until his death, he was regarded as the brightest of the legal lights of New England.
He had been a zealous advocate of the national Constitution in 1788, and in 1806 was made chiefjustice of Massachusetts.
His decisions are embraced in six volumes.
His memory was wonderful, and he was eloquent as a speaker.
His Opinions were published in New York in 1836, under the title of Commentaries on American law.
He died in Boston, Oct. 30. 1813.
Lawyer; born in Newburyport, Mass., May 17, 1797; graduated at Harvard College in 1815; studied law; was Professor of Law in Harvar
Perrein, Jean -1805
Naturalist; born near Month de Marsan, France, in 1750; visited North America in 1794, and travelled in the Rocky Mountains, in all the New England States, and in Quebec, Ontario, and other parts of British America.
He was the author of a valuable work entitled Travel among the Indians of North America, with a sketch of the customs and character of the people.
He died in New York in October, 1805.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pinckney , Thomas 1750 -1828 (search)
Pinckney, Thomas 1750-1828
Diplomatist; born in Charleston, S. C., Oct. 23, 1750; educated in England, and was admitted to the bar in 1770.
He joined the army in 1775; became a major and aide to General Lincoln, and afterwards to Count d'estaing in the siege of Savannah.
He was distinguished in the battle at Stono
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Ferry, and was aide to General Gates in the battle near Camden, where he was wounded and made prisoner.
In 1792 he was sent as minister to Great Britain, and in 1794 to Spain, where he negotiated the treaty of St. Ildefonso, which secured
Thomas Pinckney. to the United States the free navigation of the Mississippi River.
In 1799 he was a member of Congress, and in March, 1812, President Madison appointed him commander of the Sixth Military District.
His last military service was under General Jackson at the last decisive battle with the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend.
He died in Charleston, S. C., Nov. 2, 1828.
Piqua, council at
Late in 1750 the Ohio Land Company sent Christopher Gist, a dweller near the Yadkin, to explore the Ohio region as far as the falls at Louisville.
He arrived at the Scioto Valley early in 1751, and was kindly received by the great sachem of the Miami Confederacy, rivals of the Six Nations, with whom they were at peace.
Agents of Pennsylvania and Virginia were there, intending to make a treaty of friendship and alliance; and there, also, were white traders.
The council was held at Piqua, far up the Scioto Valley.
It was then a town of 400 families, the largest in the Ohio region (population in 1900, 9,090). On Feb. 21 the treaty was concluded, and just as it was signed some Ottawas came with presents from the governor of Canada.
They were admitted to the council, and expressed a desire for a renewal of friendship with the French.
A sachem arose, and, setting up the colors of the English and the French, denounced the latter as enemies of the Miamis.
Having
Posey, Thomas 1750-
Military officer; born in Virginia, July 9, 1750; removed to western Virginia in 1769, and was quartermaster to Lewis's division in Dunmore's army in 1774.
He raised a company in Virginia, and assisted in the defeat of Dunmore at Gwyn's Island.
He joined Washington, in New Jersey, early in 1777; was transferred to Morgan's rifle regiment, and with it did valuable service on Bemis's Heights and at Saratoga.
He commanded the regiment in the spring of 1778, and was finally placed in command of a battalion of Febiger's regiment, under Wayne, participating in the capture of Stony Point in July, 1779, where he was one of the first to enter the works.
Colonel Posey was at the surrender of Yorktown, and was afterwards with Wayne until the evacuation of Savannah, in 1782.
In February, 1793, he was made brigadier-general; settled in Kentucky; became State Senator and lieutenant-governor; was major-general of Kentucky levies in 1809; and United States Senator in 181