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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Creighton , John Orde 1785 -1838 (search)
Creighton, John Orde 1785-1838
Naval officer; born in New York City about 1785; entered the navy in 1800; served with Preble in the expedition to Tripoli; was on the Chesapeake when she was attacked by the Leopard in 1807; was first lieutenant on the President during her fight with the Little Belt in 1811; and commanded the Rattlesnake in 1813.
He was promoted captain in 1816; commanded the Brazilian squadron in 1829-30; and died in Sing Sing, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1838.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dade , Francis Langhorn ,1813 - (search)
Dade, Francis Langhorn, 1813-
Military officer; born in Virginia; entered the army as third lieutenant in 1813.
During the war with the Seminole Indians, while on the march to Fort King, he, with almost the entire detachment, was destroyed by a treacherous attack of the Indians, Dec. 28, 1835.
A monument at West Point was erected to the memory of Major Dade and the men in his command, and Fort Dade, 35 miles from Tampa, Fla., is named in his honor.
Dade, Francis Langhorn, 1813-
Military officer; born in Virginia; entered the army as third lieutenant in 1813.
During the war with the Seminole Indians, while on the march to Fort King, he, with almost the entire detachment, was destroyed by a treacherous attack of the Indians, Dec. 28, 1835.
A monument at West Point was erected to the memory of Major Dade and the men in his command, and Fort Dade, 35 miles from Tampa, Fla., is named in his honor.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dallas , George Mifflin ,1792 -1864 (search)
Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864
Statesman; born in Philadelphia, July 10, 1792; a son of the preceding; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1810, and admitted to the bar in 1813.
He went with Mr. Gallatin to Russia as private secretary, and returned in 1814, when he assisted his father in the Treasury Department.
In 1828 he was mayor of Philadelphia; United States Senator from 1832 to 1833, and declined a re-election.
He was ambassador to Russia from 1837 to 1839, and Vice-President of the United States from 1845 to 1849.
From 1856 to 1861 he was American minister in London.
Mr. Dallas was an able lawyer and statesman.
He died in Philadelphia, Dec. 31, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana , James Dwight ,1813 -1895 (search)
Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
Mineralogist; born in Utica, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1813; graduated at Yale College in 1833; went to the Mediterranean in the Delaware as teacher of mathematics in the United States navy, and was mineralogist and geologist of Wilkes's exploring expedition, 1838-42 (see Wilkes, Charles). For thirteen years afterwards Mr. Dana was engaged in preparing the reports of this expedition and other scientific labors.
These reports were published by the government, with atlases of drawings made by
James Dwight Dana. Mr. Dana.
He was elected to the chair of Silliman Professor of Natural History and Geology in Yale College in 1850, entered on his duties in 1855, a place he held till 1890, and was for many years associated with his brother-in-law, Benjamin Silliman, Jr., in editing and publishing the American journal of Science and art, founded by the elder Silliman in 1819. Professor Dana contributed much to scientific journals, and was a member of many learned soc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , John ,1761 -1847 (search)
Davis, John, 1761-1847
Jurist; born in Plymouth, Mass., Jan. 25, 1761; graduated at Harvard College in 1781; admitted to the bar and began practice at Plymouth in 1786.
He was the last surviving member of the convention that adopted the federal Constitution; comptroller of the United States Treasury in 1795-96; and eminent for his knowledge of the history of New England.
In 1813 he made an address on the Landing of the Pilgrims before the Massachusetts Historical Society, over which he presided in 1818-43.
His publications include an edition of Morton's New England Memorial, with many important notes; Eulogy on George Washington; and An attempt to explain the inscription on Dighton Rock.
He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 14, 1847.
Statesman; born in Northboro, Mass., Jan. 13, 1787; graduated at Yale in 1812; admitted to the bar in 1815; member of Congress in 1824-34, during which time he opposed Henry Clay; and was elected to the United States Senate in 1835, and resigne
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Deane , Charles ,1813 -1889 (search)
Deane, Charles, 1813-1889
Historian; born in Biddeford, Me., Nov. 10, 1813; became a member of the chief historical societies of the country; author of Some notices of Samuel Gorton; First Plymouth patent; Bibliography of Governor Hutchinson's publications; Wingfield's discourse of Virginia; Smith's true relation; and editor of Bradford's history of Plymouth plantation, etc. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 13, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dickson , John ,1783 -1852 (search)
Dickson, John, 1783-1852
Statesman; born in Keene, N. H., in 1783; graduated at Middlebury College in 1808; practised law in Rochester, N. Y., in 1813-25; member of Congress in 1831-35.
He is credited with having delivered the first important anti-slavery speech ever made in Congress.
He published Remarks on the presentation of several petitions for the abolition of slavery and the slave-trade in the District of Columbia.
He died in West Bloomfield, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1852.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dix , John Adams ,1798 -1879 (search)
Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879
Military officer; born in Boscawen, N. H., July 24, 1798.
After he left the academy at Exeter, N. H., he completed his studies in a French college at Montreal.
He entered the army as a cadet in 1812, when the war with
John Adams Dix. England began.
While his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Dix, was at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, young Dix pursued his studies at St. Mary's College.
In the spring of 1813 he was appointed an ensign in the army, and was soon promoted to third lieutenant, and made adjutant of an independent battalion of nine companies.
He was commissioned a captain in 1825, and having continued in the army sixteen years, in 1828 he left the military service.
His father had been mortally hurt at Chrysler's Field, and the care of extricating the paternal estate from difficulties, for the benefit of his mother and her nine children, had devolved upon him. He had studied law while in the army.
After visiting Europe for his health, Captain Dix se
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Douglas , Stephen Arnold ,1813 -1861 (search)
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Statesman; born in Brandon, Vt., April 23, 1813; learned the business of cabinet-making; studied law; became an auctioneer's clerk in Jacksonville, Ill.; and taught school until admitted to the bar, when he soon became an active politician.
Because of his small stature and power of intellect and speech he was called The little giant.
He was attorney-general of Illinois in 1835; was in the legislature; chosen secretary of state in 1840; judge in 1841; and was in Congress in 1843-47.
He was a vigorous promoter of the war with Mexico, and was United States Senator from 1847 to 1861.
He advanced and supported the doctrine of popular sovereignty in relation to slavery in the Territories, and was the author of the Kansas-Nebraska bill (q. v. ); and in 1856 was a rival candidate of Buchanan for the nomination for the Presidency.
He took sides in favor of freedom in Kansas, and so became involved in controversy with President Buchanan.
He was a can