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United States (United States) (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
Alexandria (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
Northampton County (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
Antonio Joseph (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
Abel Parker Upshur (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
1829 AD (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
1843 AD (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
1790 AD (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
June 17th, 1790 AD (search for this): entry upshur-abel-parker
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.
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