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See also:ARMSTRONG, See also:JOHN (1758—1843) , See also:American soldier, diplomatist and See also:political See also:leader, See also:born at See also:Carlisle, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 25th of See also:November 1758. His See also:father, also named John Armstrong (172 1795), a native of the See also:north of See also:Ireland, who had emigrated to the Pennsylvania frontier between 1745 and 1748, served successively as a brigadier-See also:general in the See also:Continental See also:army (1776—77), as brigadier-general and then See also:major-general of the Pennsylvania See also:militia (1777—83), during the See also:War of See also:Independence, and was a member of the Continental See also:Congress in 1779—178o and again in 1787—1788. The son studied for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time at the See also:College of New See also:Jersey (now See also:Princeton University), and served as a major in the War of Independence. In See also:March 1783, while the Continental army was stationed at See also:Newburgh (q.v.), New See also:York, he wrote and issued, anonymously, the famous " Newburgh Addresses." In 1784 he led a force of Pennsylvania militia against the See also:Connecticut settlers in See also:Wyoming Valley, and treated them in such a high-handed manner as to incur the disapproval even of the Pennsylvania legislature. In 1789 he married the See also:sister of See also:Chancellor See also:Robert R. See also:Livingston of New York, and removed to New York See also:city, where his own ability and his See also:family connexion gave him See also:great political See also:influence. In 1801-2 and again in 1803—4 he was a member of the See also:United States See also:Senate. From 1804 to 1810 he was the United States See also:minister to See also:France, and in March 18o6 he was joined with See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Bowdoin as a See also:special minister to treat through France with See also:Spain concerning the acquisition of See also:Florida, See also:Spanish spoliations of American See also:commerce, and the " See also:Louisiana " boundary. During the War of 1812, he was a brigadier-general in the United States army from See also:July 1812 until See also:January 1813, and from then until See also:August 1814 secretary of war in the See also:cabinet of See also:President See also:Madison, when his unpopularity forced him to resign. " In spite of Armstrong'sservices, abilities and experience," says See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams, " some-thing in his See also:character always created distrust. He had every See also:advantage of See also:education, social and political connexion, ability and self-confidence; . . . but he suffered from the reputation of indolence and intrigue." Nevertheless, he " introduced into the army an See also:energy wholly new," an energy the results of which were apparent " for See also:half a See also:century." After his resignation he lived in retirement at Red See also:Hook, New York, where he died on the 1st of See also:April 1843. He published Notices of the War of 1812 (2 vols., 1836; new ed., 1840), the value of which is greatly impaired by its obvious partiality.
The best See also:account of Armstrong's career as minister to France and as secretary of war may be found in Henry Adams's See also:History of the United States, 2801–1817 (9 vols., New York, 1889–189o).
End of Article: ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1758—1843)
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