Guilford, Long Island Sound, Conn. 41N. 72W. Bp. Fitzgreene Halleck, poet (1790-1867).
Guilford Court House, near Greensboro, N. Carolina. 36N. 79W. Victory of Americans, and end of British dominion in the Carolinas, 1781 (W. of Ind.).
Hadley, Mass. 42N. 72W. Saved from the Indians by Col. Goffe, the fugitive regicide, 1675.
Hagerstown, Maryland. 39N. 77W. Gen. Lee and Confederates in occupation, 1862-4.
[Haiti] (Hayti), island, W. Indies. 19N. 71W. Discovered by Columbus, whose ship was wrecked off, 1492; Cortes lands on, 1504; Hawkins at, trading in negroes, 1562-3; attacked by Drake, 1585; western division guaranteed to France by Treaty of Ryswick, 1697; negro revolts, 1722, 1791; surrender of Spanish possession to France, 1795; revolt of negroes under Toussaint l'Ouverture, 1801; his surrender to French, 1802; negroes again in power under a king or president, 1803-25; France recognises independence of island, 1825; Dominican republic f., 1843; continued disturbances in for some time after. (See [San Domingo].)
Hakluyt's Isle, Baffin's Bay. 77N. 74W. Name given to by Bylot, 1616.
[Halifax], Nova Scotia. 44N. 63W. F. on old village of Chebucto, or Chedabucto, by English, and made capital of Acadia, 1749.
Hampton, Virginia. 36N. 76W. British blockaders driven from, 1775, first encounter in Virginia of the W. of Ind.; entered and pillaged by the English, 1813; fired by order of the Confederate general, 1861 (Civil W.).
Hampton Roads, Virginia. 36N. 76W. Naval encounter between the Confederate vessel 'Merrimac' and the 'Monitor,' the latter remaining victor, 1862; meeting of President Lincoln and the Confederates, Feb. 3, 1865 (Civil W.).
Hanging Rock, Catawba R., S. Carolina. 34N. 45W. Encounter during W. of Ind., 1780.