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... delegate to the Continental congress , 1785-86 ; concluded a treaty with the Creek Indians , Nov. 3 , 1786 ; and settled a boundary line dispute with South Carolina in April , 1787 . He was one of the original trustees of the Uni ...
... delegate to the Continental congress , 1785-86 ; concluded a treaty with the Creek Indians , Nov. 3 , 1786 ; and settled a boundary line dispute with South Carolina in April , 1787 . He was one of the original trustees of the Uni ...
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... delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago , 1860 , and to the peace conference in Washington in 1861. In May , 1861 , he entered the Union army as colonel , 16th Indiana regiment , served in the first battle of Bull Run ...
... delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago , 1860 , and to the peace conference in Washington in 1861. In May , 1861 , he entered the Union army as colonel , 16th Indiana regiment , served in the first battle of Bull Run ...
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... delegate to the state constitu- tional convention of 1878. He died in San Fran- cisco , Cal . , Sept. 2 , 1878 . HAILANDIERE , Celestine René Lawrence Guymeyer de la , R.C. bishop , was born in Fri- andin near Cambourg ( Brittany ) ...
... delegate to the state constitu- tional convention of 1878. He died in San Fran- cisco , Cal . , Sept. 2 , 1878 . HAILANDIERE , Celestine René Lawrence Guymeyer de la , R.C. bishop , was born in Fri- andin near Cambourg ( Brittany ) ...
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... delegate to the national convention of 1855 which formed the Republican party ; then supported the Know Nothing party , and in 1860 became a Democrat . He is the author of : Sketches of Travel ( 1859 ) ; Old Whiley's Christmas ( 1851 ) ...
... delegate to the national convention of 1855 which formed the Republican party ; then supported the Know Nothing party , and in 1860 became a Democrat . He is the author of : Sketches of Travel ( 1859 ) ; Old Whiley's Christmas ( 1851 ) ...
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... delegate to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia in 1856 , and was governor of Vermont , 1858-59 . He was chairman of the Vermont delegation to the Peace congress at Washington , D.C. , in February , 1861 . He was married ...
... delegate to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia in 1856 , and was governor of Vermont , 1858-59 . He was chairman of the Vermont delegation to the Peace congress at Washington , D.C. , in February , 1861 . He was married ...
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