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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ith John Jay, of New York, as chief-justice......September, 1789 Twelve Amendments to the Constitution submitted to the States for ratification......Sept. 25, 1789 [Ten of these ratified, taking effect Dec. 15, 1791.] Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, the minister to France, appointed Secretary of State......Sept. 26, 1789 First session adjourns......Sept. 29, 1789 President visits Northern and Eastern States......Oct. 15, 1789 North Carolina ratifies the Constitution......Nov. 21, 1789 Second session meets, New York......Jan. 4, 1790 First annual message from the President......Jan. 4, 1790 Secretary Hamilton reports on the public debt......Jan. 14, 1790 [He proposed that the government— First, Fund and pay the foreign debt of the Confederation ($12,000,000) ; second, Fund and pay the domestic debt ($40,000,000); third, Assume and pay the unpaid war debt ($21,500,000) of the States. The last proposition was strongly opposed, but was finally carried: Senate
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
ives to the legislature of North Carolina, members of Assembly are elected by the people, and the new State is reabsorbed......September, 1787 William Blount, Richard Dobbs, Spaight, and Hugh Williamson sign the Constitution of the United States as representatives from North Carolina......Sept. 17, 1787 State convention fixes the seat of government at Wake Court-house, now Raleigh......1788 North Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States by a vote of 193 to 75......Nov. 21, 1789 Dismal Swamp Canal, uniting the waters of Pasquotank and Elizabeth rivers, incorporated......1790 As authorized by act of the General Assembly of 1789, Samuel Johnston and Benjamin Hawkins, Senators from North Carolina, execute a deed to the United States in the words of the cession act of 1784, Feb. 25, 1790; Congress accepts it......April 2, 1790 General Assembly meets at the new city of Raleigh......Dec. 20, 1794 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, chartered in 17