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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Tennessee, (search)
itution, reorganized the State government, and elected Senators to Congress. The Fourteenth Amendment to the national Constitution having been ratified by the State in 1866, it was soon afterwards admitted to representation in Congress. The constitution of the State was revised early in 1870. Population in 1890, 1,767,518; in 1900, 2,020,616. See United States, Tennessee, in this volume. Territorial Governor. William Blount, appointed governor of the territory southwest of the OhioAug. 7, 1790 State governors. John SevierAssumes officeMarch 30, 1796 Archibald RoaneAssumes officeSept., 1801 John SevierAssumes officeSept., 1803 William BlountAssumes officeSept., 1809 Joseph McMinnAssumes officeSept., 1815 William CarrollAssumes officeSept., 1821 Samuel HoustonAssumes officeSept., 1827 William CarrollAssumes officeSept., 1829 Newton CannonAssumes officeOct., 1835 James K. PolkAssumes officeOct., 1839 James C. JonesAssumes officeOct., 1841 Aaron V. BrownAssumes offic
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treaties,
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and resisted the wiles of Colonel Croghan and the governor. This great council continued eighteen days. The land question was thoroughly discussed. All causes for misunderstanding between the English and the Indians were removed, and a treaty for a general peace was concluded Oct. 26, 1758. There was another council held at Easton in 1761, concerning settlements at Wyoming, in which Teedyuscung took an active and eloquent part. See Susquehanna settlers. A treaty signed in New York, Aug. 7, 1790, by Gen. Henry Knox for the United States, and Alexander McGillivray and twenty-three other Creek chiefs, provided for the relinquishment of Georgia to claims of an immense tract of land belonging to the Creeks south and west of the Oconee River; the acknowledgment of the Creeks being under the protection of the United States; the resignation of the Creeks of all pretensions to lands north and east of the Oconee River; a mutual exchange of prisoners, and an agreement for the delivery of a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
es at Philadelphia, aged eighty-four......April 17, 1790 Act of Congress for the government of the Southwest Territory......May 26, 1790 Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution......May 29, 1790 [The last of the thirteen colonies.] An act passed by 32 to 29—House—authorizing the acquisition of the District of Columbia for the seat of government......July 10, 1790 First national census begun; population enumerated as of......Aug. 1, 1790 Treaty with the Creek Indians......Aug. 7, 1790 Tariff bill amended by increasing duties......Aug. 10, 1790 Second session adjourns......Aug. 12, 1790 General Harmar's and Colonel Hardin's expedition against the Indians defeated in northwestern Ohio......Oct. 17-20, 1790 Third session, Philadelphia, opens......Dec. 6, 1790 Vermont, the fourteenth State, admitted......Jan. 18, 1791 Act incorporating Bank of the United States......Feb. 8, 1791 [Bank to be at Philadelphia; might establish branches; chartered for twent
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tennessee, (search)
ull liberty and discretion to pay their public taxes to either the State of North Carolina or the State of Frankland ......March 20, 1787 Legislature of Frankland meets for the last time at Greeneville, and government reverts to North Carolina......September, 1787 Deed conveying to the United States territory west of the Alleghany Mountains accepted by act of Congress, approved......April 2, 1790 William Blount appointed governor of the territory southwest of the Ohio River......Aug. 7, 1790 First issue of the Knoxville Gazette published at Rogersville by George Roulstone......Nov. 5, 1791 Knoxville, chosen as the seat of government, is laid out......February, 1792 Attack of 700 Indians on Buchanan's Station, 4 miles south of Nashville, repulsed by a garrison of fifteen......Sept. 30, 1792 General Assembly meets at Knoxville......Aug. 5, 1794 University of Tennessee at Knoxville, chartered Sept. 10, 1794, as Blount College, is opened......1795 State constit