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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tompkins, Daniel D. 1774- (search)
Tompkins, Daniel D. 1774- Statesman; born in Fox Meadows (now Scarsdale), N. Y., June 21, 1774; graduated at Columbia College in 1795; admitted to the bar in 1797; governor of New York in 1807-16; elected Vice-President of the United States in 1816 and 1820. Prior to retiring from the governorship of New York he sent a message dated Jan. 17, 1817, urging that a day be set for declaring the abolition of slavery in that State. Acting upon his wish the legislature set July 4, 1827. He died on Staten Island, N. Y., June 11, 1825.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
time the State has been styled the Empire State. ] Revised State constitution adopted and ratified......February, 1822 Joseph C. Yates, governor......1822 Champlain Canal begun 1816, finished......1823 De Witt Clinton elected governor......1824 Lafayette lands in New York City......Aug. 15, 1824 Geneva College, Geneva, Ontario county, incorporated......1825 [Name changed to Hobart College, March 27, 1860.] Daniel D. Tompkins, born 1774, dies on Staten Island......June 11, 1825 Erie Canal completed......Oct. 26, 1825 First boat, Seneca Chief, conveying the governor and others, passes from Lake Erie to the Hudson, and reaches New York City. Grand celebration......Nov. 4, 1825 Delaware and Hudson Canal commenced......1826 Abduction of William Morgan from Canandaigua......Sept. 12, 1826 Thurlow Weed edits the Anti-masonic Enquirer, at Rochester, N. Y.......1826-27 Owing to Morgan's abduction, a county convention at Le Roy, Genesee county, begins