Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . stained a total defeatat Cuddalore, where the two armies came to a regular engagement. The war with Hyder Ali, who had received aid from the French, was stillprosecuted, with varied fortune, until his death, which happened in the year1782, he being then above eighty years of age. Although a usurper, he had notbeen an oppressive ruler.
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . stained a total defeatat Cuddalore, where the two armies came to a regular engagement. The war with Hyder Ali, who had received aid from the French, was stillprosecuted, with varied fortune, until his death, which happened in the year1782, he being then above eighty years of age. Although a usurper, he had notbeen an oppressive ruler. He had not interfered with the customs of the Hin-dus ; he had left the Bramins in possession of their lands; and the revenueswhich he had exacted from the farmers were so light, as to leave them themeans of living in comfort. During his wars in the Carnatic, Hyder madecaptive great numbers of the lowest class of field laborers, many of whom wereslaves, and formed them into colonies in the most uncultivated districts of hisdominions, where lands were assigned them, and orders given by that judiciousprince that they should not be called by the name which marked them as mere•f inferior caste, but that they should b® termed cultivators. SAMUEL ADAMS. 291. SAMUEL ADAMS. SAMUEL ADAMS, whose name is truly dear to every American, was born inBoston, Massachusetts, September 22, 1722. His ancestors were among theearly settlers, and his father for many years, a representative in the Massachu-setts house of assembly. In the year 1740, Mr. Adams graduated at Harvardcollege. After leaving college, he embarked in mercantile life, but wasunfortunate. He now entered into public life, where he was uniformly distin-guished for his opposition to every encroachment on the liberties of the people,He took a firm and decided stand against the stamp-act and its antecedentkindred schemes to tax the colonies. As early as 1763, he boldly expressedhis sentiments relative to the rights and privileges o
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