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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clay, Henry 1777-1852 (search)
Clay, Henry 1777-1852 Statesman; born in Hanover county, Va., April 12, 1777; received the rudiments of education in a log-cabin school-house; labored on a farm until he was fifteen years of age, when he entered the office of the High Court of Chancery, in Richmond, at which time his mother, who had married a second time, emigrated to Kentucky. He studied law under the direction of Chancellor Wythe, and was admitted to the bar in 1797, when he opened a law-office in Lexington, Ky., where he obtained an extensive practice. In 1803 he was elected to the Kentucky legislature, and was speaker in 1807-8. He became United States Senator in 1808, and member of Congress and Speaker in 1811-14. In 1814 he was a Henry Clay at 40. commissioner to treat for peace with Great Britain, and afterwards, in Congress, was five times elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr. Clay was Secretary of State in the cabinet of John Quincy Adams (1825-29), and again a member of the United
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Senate, United States (search)
, unless Congress remove such disability. Usually men beyond middle age are selected for Senators. The oldest member of the body at any time in office, Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, was born April 14, 1810, and died Dec. 28, 1898, in his eighty-ninth year. He had been longer in the Senate, too, than any other man, having entered on March 4, 1867. Henry Clay entered the Senate at an earlier age than any other. He was appointed Nov. 19, 1806, to fill a vacancy. Mr. Clay was born April 12, 1777. Among the curious facts connected with the personal history of some of the Senators may be mentioned these: Gen. James Shields represented three different States in the Senate—Illinois, from March 4, 1849, till March 3, 1855; Minnesota, from May 12, 1858, till March 3, 1859; Missouri, from Jan. 24, 1879, till March 3, 1879. Three men of the same family— James A. Bayard, his son of the same name, and his grandson, Thomas F. Bayard—represented Delaware, the first from January, 1805, ti<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
elected a delegate to the convention......April, 1776 Convention instructs her delegates to Congress to advocate independence......May 15, 1776 Declaration of rights by George Mason adopted by the convention......June 12, 1776 Patrick Henry elected governor of Virginia......June, 177（ State constitution adopted, and colonial government ceases in Virginia......June 29, 1776 Kentucky made a county of Virginia......1776 Henry Clay born in The Slashes, Hanover county......April 12, 1777 Maj. George Rogers Clarke sent by Governor Henry with an expedition against the British fort at Kaskaskia (now in Illinois), and captures it......July 4, 1778 He also occupies Vincennes......August, 1778 All territory northwest of the Ohio River occupied by Clarke is made by the Virginia Assembly into the county of Illinois......October, 1778 Col. John Todd appointed its county lieutenant......Dec. 12, 1778 Richmond becomes the capital of the State......1779 Virginia te
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 3: Berkshire County. (search)
expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was six thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars ($6,960.00). The amount of money raised and expended by the town during the four years of the war for the payment of State aid to the families of soldiers, and which was afterwards repaid to it by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $310.14; in 1862, $564.37; in 1863, $656.00; in 1864, $160.00; in 1865, 00. Total amount, $1,681.51. Washington Incorporated April 12, 1777. Population in 1860, 948; in 1865, 859. Valuation in 1860, $299,622; in 1865, $289,398. The selectmen in 1861 were Charles Crosier, Edmund Spencer, James M. Chapel; in 1862, D. W. Dunham, Charles Crosier, Alanson S. Pomeroy; in 1863, Charles Crosier, Alanson S. Pomeroy, John M. Crane; in 1864 and 1865, D. W. Dunham, Simpson Bell, Charles Coates. The town-clerk in 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, was J. S. Brooker. The town-treasurer in 1861 and 1862 was John M. Crane; in 1863,