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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sufferers' lands. (search)
Sufferers' lands. In the history of Connecticut, the designation of a tract of 500,000 acres of land at the western extremity of the Connecticut Western Reserve in Ohio, given by the General Assembly of Connecticut to the inhabitants of the towns in that State who had lost property in British incursions during the Revolutionary War, and to the heirs or assigns of those who had died. The total number of sufferers was reported at 1,870, and the aggregate losses about £161,500. The grant by the Assembly was made on May 11, 1792. In 1796 the sufferers were incorporated in Connecticut, and in 1803 in Ohio. The State of Connecticut subsequently sold the whole tract for $1,200.000. See Cleaveland, Moses; Garfield, James Abram
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Clair's expedition against the Indians of Ohio surprised and routed......Nov. 4, 1791 Congress grants a bounty for fishingvessels......Feb. 16, 1792 Post-office department reorganized......Feb. 20, 1792 United States mint established......April 2, 1792 Tariff amended......May 2, 1792 Laws organizing the militia......May 8, 1792 First session adjourns......May 8, 1792 Capt. Robert Gray, in the Columbia, discovers the mouth (lat. 46° 10′ N.) of the river Columbia......May 11, 1792 Kentucky admitted (the fifteenth State)......June 1, 1792 Second session opens at Philadelphia......Nov. 5, 1792 Second Presidential election......Nov. 6, 1792 President's salary fixed at $25,000......Feb. 8, 1793 Electoral count......Feb. 13, 1793 [George Washington, of Virginia, received 132 electoral votes (all); John Adams, of Massachusetts, 77 votes; and George Clinton, opposition, 50.] Second Congress adjourns......March 2, 1793 second administration—federa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
.....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 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends Columbia River about 100 miles......October–November, 1792 Puget Sound discovered, named, and explored by George Vancouver......April–July, 1792 Lewis and Clarke United States government exploring expedition descends the Columbia River, reaching its mouth......Nov. 5, 1805 Capt. Meriwether Lewis explores the coast from Columbia River to Shoalwater Bay......Nov. 18, 1805 Astoria, first American settlement on Pacific coast,