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McDonald, Flora 1720-
Heroine; born in Milton, South Vist, Hebrides, in 1720; rescued Charles Edward Stuart, the Pretender, from his pursuers in 1746; married Allan McDonald in 1750; came to America in 1773, and settled among other Scotch families at Cross Creek (now Fayetteville), N. C. When the Revolutionary War broke out, she and her husband, like most of the Scotch people, espoused the cause of the crown.
Her husband was a captain of the Loyal Highlanders in North Carolina, and was among the defeated at Moore's Creek Bridge After experiencing various trials because of their political position.
Flora and her family returned to Scotland before the close of the war, in which two of their sons were loyalist officers.
One of them, John, became a distinguished man, and a fellow of the Royal Society.
On her voyage to Scotland from America the ship was attacked by an enemy, and Flora, though nearly sixty years of age, bravely engaged in the fight and had her arm broken.
The stir
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Matthews , Edward 1729 -1805 (search)
Matthews, Edward 1729-1805
Military officer; born in England in 1729.
In 1746 he was an ensign in the Coldstream Guards, and before he came to America, in 1776, was a colonel and aide-de-camp to the King.
He commanded a brigade of the Guards, with the rank of brigadier-general, in the attack on Fort Washington.
In May, 1779, General Clinton sent 2,000 men from New York, under General Matthews, to plunder the coast of Virginia.
He entered the Elizabeth River on transports, escorted by a squadron of armed vessels under Sir George Collier, on May 9.
They plundered and spread desolation on both sides of the river to Norfolk.
They seized that city, then rising from its ashes and enjoying a considerable trade, and also Portsmouth, opposite.
These were the chief places of deposit of Virginia agricultural productions, especially tobacco.
They captured and burned not less than 130 merchant vessels in the James and Elizabeth rivers, an unfinished Continental frigate on the stocks
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montcalm , Gozon de St. Veran , Louis Joseph , Marquis de
Montcalm, Gozon de St. Veran, Louis Joseph, Marquis de
Military officer; born at the Chateau Candiac, near Nismes, France, Feb. 28, 1712.
Well educated, he entered the French army at the age of fourteen years, distinguished himself in Germany in the War of the Austrian Succession, and gained the rank of colonel for his conduct in the disastrous battle of Piacenza, in Italy, in 1746.
In 1756 he was appointed to the command of the French troops in Canada, where, in the three campaigns which he conducted, he displayed skill, courage, and humanity.
Weakly seconded by his government, he did not accomplish what he might have done.
He prepared, with all the means at his command, for the struggle for the supremacy of French dominion in America, in 1759, in which he lost his life.
He had
Wolfe and Montcalm's monument. resolved, he said, to find his grave under the ruins of the colony, and such was his fate.
The English had spared nothing to make the campaign a decisive one.
The
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Moore's Creek Bridge , battle of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morris , Lewis 1671 -1746 (search)
Morris, Lewis 1671-1746
Statesman; born in New York City, in 1671; son of Richard Morris, an officer in Cromwell's army, who, after settling in New York, purchased (1650) the tract on which Morrisania was subsequently built.
Lewis was judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and a member of the council; for several years was chief-justice of New York and New Jersey, and governor of New Jersey from 1738 to 1746.
He died in Kingsbury, N. J., May 21, 1746.
His son, Robert Hunter (born about 1700; died Jan. 27, 1764), was chief-justice of New Jersey for twenty years, and for twenty-six years one of the council.
A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Morrisania, N. Y., in 1726; graduated at Yale College in 1746, and was in Congress in 1775, serving on some of the most important committees.
To him was assigned the delicate task of detaching the Western Indians from the British interest, and early in 1776 he resumed his seat in Congress.
His fine estate n
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Muhlenberg , John Peter Gabriel 1746 - (search)
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel 1746-
Patriot; born in Trappe, Pa., Oct. 1, 1746; was educated at Halle, Germany; ran away, and for a year was a private in a
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. regiment of dragoons; was ordained in 1772, and preached at Woodstock, Va., until the Revolutionary War broke out. One Sunday he told his hearers that there was a time for all things—a time to preach and a time to fight—and that then was the time to fight.
Casting off his gown, he appeared in the regimentals of a Virginia colonel, read his commission as such, and ordered drummers to beat up for recruits.
Nearly all the able-bodied men of his parish responded, and became soldiers of the 8th Virginia (German) regiment.
He had been an active patriot in civil life, and was efficient in military service.
In February, 1777, he was made brigadier-general, and took charge of the Virginia line, under Washington.
He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was at the capture
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Norton , Chapple 1746 -1818 (search)
Norton, Chapple 1746-1818
Military officer; born in England in 1746; became a lieutenantcolonel in the British army in 1774; was brevetted general in 1802; came to the United States in 1779, and fought in the Revolutionary War, receiving honorable mention several times.
He died in England, March 19, 1818.
Norton, Chapple 1746-1818
Military officer; born in England in 1746; became a lieutenantcolonel in the British army in 1774; was brevetted general in 1802; came to the United States in 1779, and fought in the Revolutionary War, receiving honorable mention several times.
He died in England, March 19, 1818.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oliver , Andrew 1706 -1774 (search)
Oliver, Andrew 1706-1774
Governor; born in Boston, March 28, 1706; graduated at Harvard in 1724; a representative in the General Court from 1743 to 1746; one of his Majesty's council from 1746 to 1765; secretary of the province from 1756 to 1770; and succeeded Hutchinson (his brother-inlaw) as lieutenant-governor.
In 1765 he was hung in effigy because he was a stamp distributer, and his course in opposition to the patriotic party in Boston caused him to share the unpopularity of Hutchinson Majesty's council from 1746 to 1765; secretary of the province from 1756 to 1770; and succeeded Hutchinson (his brother-inlaw) as lieutenant-governor.
In 1765 he was hung in effigy because he was a stamp distributer, and his course in opposition to the patriotic party in Boston caused him to share the unpopularity of Hutchinson.
His letters, with those of Hutchinson, were sent by Franklin to Boston, and created great commotion there.
He died in Boston, March 3, 1774.
See Hutchinson, Thomas.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pinckney , Charles Cotesworth 1746 -1825 (search)
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth 1746-1825
Statesman; born in Charleston, S. C., Feb. 25, 1746; son of Chief-Justice Charles Pinckney; educated in England: read law in London: passed nine months in a military academy in France, and returning in 1769 began the practice of law. He was a member of the first Provincial Congress of South Carolina, and was made colonel of a regiment.
After the defence of Fort Sullivan he joined the army in the North, and was aide to Washington in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown.
He was engaged in the unsuccessful expedition into Florida in 1778, and the next year presided over the State Senate of South Carolina.
On the surrender of Charleston (May, 1780), he was made a prisoner, and suffered cruel treatment until exchanged early in 1782.
He was made brigadier-general in November, 1783, and in 1787 was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution.
In July, 1796, he was appointed minister to the French Republic, but the Fre