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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chittenden, Thomas 1730-1797 (search)
Chittenden, Thomas 1730-1797 First governor of Vermont; born in East Guilford, Conn., Jan. 6, 1730. He held local offices in his native State before 1774, when he emigrated to the New Hampshire Grants, and settled at Williston. During the Revolution he was an active participant in the councils of his State, and was a leader in the convention which (Jan. 16, 1777) dedared Vermont an independent State. He was also a leader in the convention (July, 1777) which formed a constitution for that State, and president of the council of safety vested with governmental powers. He was elected governor of Vermont in 1778, and, with the exception of one year, filled that office until his death, during which time the controversy between New York and Vermont was settled and the latter admitted as a State of the Union. He died in Williston, Vt., Aug. 24, 1797.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Prevost, Sir George 1767-1816 (search)
burg, battles at), was inexplicable. The Rev. Eleazar Williams declared that it was the result of a clever trick arranged by him (Williams), as commander of a secret corps of observation, or spies, as they were called in the Western army. Governor Chittenden, of Vermont, restrained the militia of his State from leaving it. A few days before the battle an officer (Colonel Fassett) from that State assured Macomb that the militia would cross the lake in spite of the governor. After the officer lcross the lake, sent so as to fall into the hands of the British general, would have a salutary effect. Macomb directed Williams to carry out the plan. He went over to Burlington, and received from Fassett a letter to Macomb, in which he said Chittenden was marching with 10,000 men from St. Albans, that 5,000 men were marching from St. Lawrence county, and that 4,000 from Washington county were in motion. This letter Williams placed in the hands of a shrewd Irishwoman at Cumberland Head, who
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vermont, (search)
dmission of Vermont into the Union, renouncing her claims for $30,000, and the legislature of Vermont ratifies the agreement......Oct. 28, 1790 Vermont adopts the Constitution of the United States without amendments......Jan. 10, 1791 Vermont admitted by act of Congress of Feb. 18, to take effect......March 4, 1791 Constitutional convention meets at Windsor, July 4; completes its labors......July 9, 1793 Constitution of 1793 adopted by the legislature......Nov. 2, 1796 Gov. Thomas Chittenden resigns on account of failing health (1797), and dies at Williston......Aug. 25, 1797 University of Vermont and State agricultural school at Burlington, chartered 1791, opened......1800 Steamboat The Vermont launched at Burlington by John and James Winans......1809 Flag-ship Saratoga, of twenty-six guns, and several small vessels, built upon Otter Creek during the winter of 1813-14, under Thomas Macdonough, engage in the battle of Plattsburg and Lake Champlain; Americans vi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Vermont, (search)
maple sugar, Vermont government Vermont successfully maintained its independence and sovereignty until 1791. In July, 1780, the mysterious movements of Governor Chittenden, Ethan and Ira Allen, and other leaders in Vermont, excited grave suspicions of their loyalty, because of their secret correspondence with the British. In ar Vermont furnished to the National army 35.256 troops. Population in 1890, 332,422; in 1900, 346,641. State governors. Assumes Office.Assumes office. Thomas Chittenden1777Ryland Fletcher1856 Moses Robinson1789Hiland Hall1858 Thomas Chittenden1790Erastus Fairbanks1860 Paul Brigham1797Frederick Holbrook1861 Isaac TichenorThomas Chittenden1790Erastus Fairbanks1860 Paul Brigham1797Frederick Holbrook1861 Isaac Tichenor1797J. Gregory Smith1863 Israel Smith1807Paul Dlllingham1865 Isaac Tichenor1808John B. Page1867 Jonas Galusha1809Peter T. Washburn1869 Martin Chittenden1813G. W. Hendee1870 Jonas Galusha1815John W. Stewart1870 Richard Skinner1820Julius Converse1872 C. P. Van Ness1823Asahel Peck1874 Ezra Butler1826Horace Fairbanks1876 Samue