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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
president; Charles Thomson, secretary. Mr. Thomson remained secretary of the Continental Congress from its beginning to its close, 1774-89.] Delegates to the first Continental Congress. Delegates.State Represented.Credentials Signed. 1. Maj. John SullivanNew HampshireJuly 21, 1774 2. Col. Nathaniel Folsom 3. Hon. Thomas CushingMassachusetts Bay.June 17, 1774 4. John Adams 5. Samuel Adams 6. Robert Treat Paine 7. Hon. Stephen HopkinsRhode Island and Providence PlantationsAug. 10, 1774 8. Hon. Samuel Ward 9. Hon. Eliphalet DyerConnecticutJuly 13, 1774 10. Hon. Roger Sherman 11. Silas Deane 12. James DuaneCity and county of New York, and other counties in province of New York.July 28, 1774 13. Philip Livingston 14. John Jay 15. Isaac Low 16. John Alsop 17. John Herring 18. Simon Boerum 19. Henry Wisuer 20. Col. William FloydCounty of Suffolk in province of New York.July 28, 1774 Delegates to the first Continental Congress—Continued. Delegate
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
eorgia......1772 Governor Wright returns from England with the title of baronet......February, 1773 Creeks and Cherokees convene at Augusta and cede to King over 2,100,000 acres in Georgia, to liquidate indebtedness to traders of over $200,000......June 1, 1773 Meeting in Savannah; resolves to concur with sister colonies in every constitutional measure to obtain redress of American grievances. This meeting was afterwards pronounced illegal and punishable by Governor Wright......Aug. 10, 1774 Resolutions of fealty to Continental Congress drawn up by representatives of Darien in district congress......Jan. 12, 1775 Provincial Congress in Savannah elects Dr. Jones, Archibald Bullock, and John Houstoun, delegates to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia......Jan. 18, 1775 Delegates send patriotic letter, but cannot attend during struggle in Georgia with royal power......April 8, 1775 General Assembly convenes; no quorum; royal government in Georgia suspended.....
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
on, A Western frontier State of the United States, between lat. 45° 40′ and 49° N., and long. 117° and 124° W., is bounded on the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca and British America, east by Idaho, south by Oregon, and west by the Pacific Ocean. Area, 69,180 square miles, in thirty-six counties. Population in 1890, 349,390; 1900, 518,103. Capital, Olympia. Juan Perez, in the ship Santiago, coasts the shore of Washington and discovers Mount Olympus, naming it Santa Rosalia......Aug. 10-11, 1774 Bruno Heceta, at the head of a Spanish expedition, discovers the mouth of the Columbia River......1775 Strait of Juan de Fuca explored and named by Captain Meares after a Greek mariner of that name......1788 Captain Meares sails from Nootka southward, rediscovers and names Mount Olympus, and discovers and names Shoalwater Bay......July 5, 1788 Capt. Robert Gray discovers Gray Harbor, which he names Bulfinch Harbor, and Columbia River, which he enters......May 11, 1792 <