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klin at Passy, July 9, and J. Adams at London......Aug. 5, 1785 Franklin returns to Philadelphia from France, after an absence of nine years, landing......Sept. 13, 1785 State of Frankland formed from western lands of North Carolina......November, 1785 Eleventh Continental Congress adjourns; 298 days session......Nov. 4, 1785 Twelfth Continental Congress meets at New York......Nov. 7, 1785 John Hancock, of Massachusetts, chosen president of the Continental Congress......Nov. 23, 1785 [Did not serve owing to illness.] James Rumsey succeeds in propelling a boat by steam and machinery on the Potomac......March, 1786 First spinning-jenny in the United States put in operation by Daniel Jackson, of Providence, R. I.......1786 Nathaniel Gorham chosen president of the Continental Congress......June 6, 1786 Gen. Nathanael Greene dies at Mulberry Grove, Ga.......June 19, 1786 Ordinance establishing the coinage passed......August, 1786 Delegates from Virgin
f Harvard College, 19 Dec. 1781, rem. his family here 2 Jan. 1782, and continued in office, and a resident of Cambridge, during the remainder of life. He m. Mary Sheaffe of Portsmouth 7 Mar. 1774, and had in Beverly, Sophia, m. Francis Dana, Jr., 4 Aug. 1802; Augustus, grad. H. C. 1793, d. unm. 7 July 1799; Mary, d. unm. 26 Dec. 1860; and Sidney; and in Camb., Samuel, b. 26 Ap. 1782, resided several years in Waltham, d. here unm. 18 Oct. 1848, a. 66; Thomas Hollis, b. 14 Feb. 1784, d. 23 Nov. 1785; Horatio, b. 16 Sept. 1785, d. 8 Aug. 1793; Jacob Sheaffe, b. 19 Jan. 1788, a student in H. C., d. 27 July 1805, a. 17; Lucinda, b. 12 Dec. 1789, d. unm. 11 Ap. 1864; Amelia, b. 9 Oct. 1791, d. 9 Jan. 1793; Augusta, b. 31 Oct. 1792; Ann Theodora, b. 14 Oct. 1795; Joseph, b. 14 Mar. 1798, grad. H. C. 1816, a lawyer in Lancaster and afterwards in Boston, clerk of Supreme Judicial Court, d. 12 May 1865. Joseph the f. d. 25 Sept. 1804; his w. Mary d. at Portsmouth, N. H., 6 Mar. 1826. 3
f Harvard College, 19 Dec. 1781, rem. his family here 2 Jan. 1782, and continued in office, and a resident of Cambridge, during the remainder of life. He m. Mary Sheaffe of Portsmouth 7 Mar. 1774, and had in Beverly, Sophia, m. Francis Dana, Jr., 4 Aug. 1802; Augustus, grad. H. C. 1793, d. unm. 7 July 1799; Mary, d. unm. 26 Dec. 1860; and Sidney; and in Camb., Samuel, b. 26 Ap. 1782, resided several years in Waltham, d. here unm. 18 Oct. 1848, a. 66; Thomas Hollis, b. 14 Feb. 1784, d. 23 Nov. 1785; Horatio, b. 16 Sept. 1785, d. 8 Aug. 1793; Jacob Sheaffe, b. 19 Jan. 1788, a student in H. C., d. 27 July 1805, a. 17; Lucinda, b. 12 Dec. 1789, d. unm. 11 Ap. 1864; Amelia, b. 9 Oct. 1791, d. 9 Jan. 1793; Augusta, b. 31 Oct. 1792; Ann Theodora, b. 14 Oct. 1795; Joseph, b. 14 Mar. 1798, grad. H. C. 1816, a lawyer in Lancaster and afterwards in Boston, clerk of Supreme Judicial Court, d. 12 May 1865. Joseph the f. d. 25 Sept. 1804; his w. Mary d. at Portsmouth, N. H., 6 Mar. 1826. 3