Identifier: americanaunivers07newy (find matches)
Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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American minister; in 1809 wai»chosen governor of Massachusetts; and in 1814was elected to the United States Senate. Heleft about $100,000 to Harvard College. GoreHall, the library building at Harvard, is namedin his honor. Gorgeana, gor-je-ana, Jle., now York,the first incorporated city in the United States.On 2 Dec. 1631 a grant was made to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and others of 24,000 acres on bothsides of the Accomenticus (Agamenticus, nowYork) River. Settlements were founded here,and on 10 .\pril 1641 were formed into a bor-ough named Accomenticus or Agamenticuswhich on i March 1642 was given a city charteras Gorgeana, with a full apparatus of mayor,aldermen, courts, etc. It had an extent of threemiles on the coast and seven up the river, asmall tidal stream. In 1652 Maine submittedto Massachusetts; and to avoid the city charterand Gorges rights, Gorgeana was reincorpo-rated as the town of York. Gorges, gorjcz. Sir Ferdinando, colonial,proprietor of Maine: b. Ashton, Somersetshire,
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GENERAL JOHN BROWN GORDON. GORGIAS — GORILLA about 1565; d. 1647. He was a partner in theconspiracy of the Earl of Essex, against whomhe testified on his trial in 1601. When Way-mouth returned in 1605 from his voyage toNorth America, and brought with him five In-dian captives, Gorges took three of them intohis house, caused them to be instructed in theEnglish language, obtained information fromthem of the stately islands and safe harborsof their native country, and determined to be-come a proprietor of domains beyond the At-lantic. He persuaded Sir John Popham, lordchief justice of England, to share his intentions,and in 1606 the king incorporated two com-panies, the London colony, and the Plymouthcolony, between which was divided the territoryextending 50 miles inland from the 34th to the45th parallel north latitude. The Plymouthcolony had the northern portion, which wasstyled North Virginia. Three ships with 100settlers sailed from Plymouth 31 May 1607, andreached the mouth of the

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