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| | Timeline 1780-1789 |
 | | 1780 John Paul Jones’ "Continental Ship of War," Ranger, was captured by the British at the fall of Charleston, South Carolina, and was added to the Royal Navy under the name of Halifax. | | | 1780 Feb 14, William Blackstone (56), English lawyer, died. | | | 1780 Mar 1, Pennsylvania became the first U.S. state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only). |
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http://timelines.ws/1780_1789.HTML
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| | Cowpens staff ride & battlefield tour |
| | Howard was born in Baltimore County in 1752 and served with the Maryland Line throughout the war. | | | In reaction to the terrible news of the fall of Charleston and its garrison of 5,000, Congress, against the wishes of Washington, selected Major General Horatio Gates for command in the south. | | | He erected siege batteries in March 1780 and slowly closed in on the city until its defender, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, surrendered on 12 May. |
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http://www.cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Moncure/moncure.asp
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| | 1780 page |
| | This being the case, they are open and exposed on every side but their front. | | | The Continental Army spent much of the summer and fall of 1780 in Bergen County seeking to block a British move on the Hudson Highlands and also seeking an opportunity to attack New York City. | | | While in the county they did much foraging. |
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http://www.thehermitage.org/1780.html
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| | METIS CULTURE 1779-1780 |
| | July: Patt Sinclair, Lt. Governor of Mackinac, in July, 1780, wrote to Governor General Haldimand that there is not the least necessity for an officer or troops at St. Mary's, as the Indians are under the absolute authority of Mr. | | | John Sayer born 1780, died September 23, 1838 La Pointe, Wisconsin.. | | | December 2: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (II)-Julien Duhamel born February 1, 1759 I'Islet son (I)-Julian Duhamel and Marie Angelique Duval epouse July 4, 1780 Joseph Bauche, Quebec; married (V)-Marie Joseph Crete born May 5, 1763, Bout de I'IIe, Montreal daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Crete born 1736 and (II)-Marie Joseph Atmond born 1741. |
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http://www3.telus.net/public/dgarneau/metis22.htm
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| | 1780 |
| | Publish'd as the Act directs, 1 Decr 1780 by R. Wilkinson at No. 58 in Cornhill. | | | Published as the Act directs 1st Jany 1780 by Robt Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill | | | Published as the Act directs 6 Jan 1780 |
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http://www.lclark.edu/~jhart/mezzo1780/mezzodated1780.html
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| | Links, Battle of Camden Project |
| | George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1780. | | | The Sacrifice of Delaware's Continental Regiment at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina, on 1780 August 16. | | | Banastre Tarleton Chapter 2, Tarleton's A History Of The Campaigns Of 1780 And 1781, In The Southern Provinces Of North America, 1787. |
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http://battleofcamden.org/links.htm
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| | Benjamin Franklin Papers -- Hays Calendar , American Philosophical Society |
| | Disagreement between Capt. Macatter and the Commissary of the Marine at Morlaix; the letter threatens to retain the privateer and throw the Captain into jail; appeals to Franklin for redress. | | | An order for carrying out Resolutions of Congress of May 19, 1780, drawing on Dr. Franklin for $25,000. | | | He expects to rest and recuperate; desires nothing more than to return to his post; will therefore hold himself in readiness for Franklin's further orders. |
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http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/f/franklin/hays5a.htm
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| | Major General Nathanael Greene - Quartermaster General 1778-1780 |
| | In the fall of 1780, when Congress suspended General Gates from his command after his crushing defeat at Camden, South Carolina., and asked Washington to name a successor, he promptly chose Greene. | | | This move failing, Congress elected Timothy Pickering to the office of Quartermaster General on August 5, 1780. | | | His letter of resignation so angered Congress that there was even talk of dismissing him from the service entirely. |
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http://www.qmfound.com/MG_Nathanael_Greene.htm
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| | Massachusetts State and Local Government |
| | (The Constitutional Convention of 1919 recodified this document by incorporating the 66 amendments hitherto added to the 1780 Constitution into the body of that Constitution: this recodification was approved by the voters on 4 November 1919; however, this recodification is not generally considered to be a new Constitution per se)] |
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http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/st.phtml?state=MA
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| | Louisiana Timeline: Year 1780 |
| | From 1780 to early 1782 Bernardo Galvez will be frequently absent and Lt. Colonel Pedro Piernas and Martin Navarro will exercise the offices of acting military and civil governors respectively. | | | January 1780 Governor Galvez moves to seize Fort Charlotte (Mobile) from the British, by March 1780 he succeeds. | | | Paper money first appears in 1780 during the war with Great Britain. |
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http://www.enlou.com/time/year1780.htm
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| | American Revolution in South Carolina, Charlestown, 1780 |
| | As the British approached the city, the SC Assembly, fearing the worst, granted Governor Rutledge extraordinary powers to carry on the government of the state. | | | By Sir Henry Clinton, Knight of the Bath, general of His Majesty's forces, and Mariot Arbuthnot, Esquire, vice admiral of the blue, His Majesty's commissioners to restore peace and good government in the several colonies in rebellion in North Am | | | Lord George Germain, one of His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, were this day received by Lieutenant- |
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http://www.schistory.org/displays/RevWar/events/charleston1780.html
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| | The Encyclopedia of Dumfries Virginia 1779-1780 © |
| | In May 1780 several petitions rebutting the proposals for relocating the courthouse were sent to the legislature. | | | 16 May 1780, Prince William County Legislative Petitions, Richmond Virginia State Library. | | | The legislature found these petitions "reasonable" and rejected the proposal to move the courthouse from Dumfries. |
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http://www.ecsd.com/~rhhedgz1/1779-80.HTML
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| | Battle of Kings Mountain |
| | During the summer of 1780, Ferguson and his provincial corps of 150 traveled through South Carolina and into North Carolina gathering support for His Majesty's cause. | | | South Carolina remained a Loyalist stronghold until the end of the war, largely due to his influence. | | | The plateau of the mountain is in Cleveland County, NC The battlefield and park are in York County, SC By Peggy Beach |
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http://www.co.cleveland.nc.us/battle_of_kings_mountain.htm
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| | The Battle of King's Mountain |
| | Shelby also convinced Col. William Campbell, commander of the county militia in neighboring Washington County, Virginia, to join him and Sevier on 25 Sep 1780 at Watauga, the time and place they had appointed for their rendevous. | | | Charles McDowell and Andrew Hampton and their militiamen (from Burke and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, respectively), and when the five county militias assembled on the 25th, they were over 1,000 strong. | | | The two men agreed that the best solution was to "march with all the men we could raise, and attempt to surprise Ferguson, by attacking him in his camp, or at any rate before he was prepared..." (4) |
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http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/kingsmountain.html
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| | US People--PORTER, DAVID |
| | David Porter was born at Boston, Massachusetts, on 1 February 1780. | | | He entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1798 and served in the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars. |
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http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-p/d-portr.htm
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| | The Battle of Camden, South Carolina, August 16th, 1780 |
| | Maryland and Delaware troops sent South under General de Kalb to raise the siege of Charleston | | | The Battle of Camden, South Carolina, August 16th, 1780 | | | Review of military conditions in the United States in 1780 |
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http://www.historycarper.com/resources/bocsc/contents.htm
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| | 1780 to 1784 Pennsylvania Maps |
| | The Library of Congress, from where this image comes, dates it 1780? | | | 1780.14 A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF VIRGINIA AND PART OF MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA, London Publish'd as the Act directs 31st of Decr 1780. | | | This map was published in the Political Magazine, London 1780. |
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http://www.mapsofpa.com/antiquemaps28a.htm
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| | Colonel Timothy Pickering - Quartermaster General 1780-1785 |
| | In the fall of that year he was elected to the newly organized Board of War of the Continental Congress, but also continued to serve as adjutant general until mid-January of 1778, since a successor was not immediately appointed. | | | While still a member of the Board of War he was appointed Quartermaster General in the summer of 1780, and authorized by Congress to continue on the Board, though his pay as a member and the exercise of his powers on the Board were suspended. | | | Pickering found the conduct of Quartermaster business handicapped by the lack of credit and the effects of a depreciated currency. |
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http://www.qmfound.com/COL_Timothy_Pickering.htm
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| | Austrian Rulers 1657-1918 |
| | Maria Elizabeth, born 5 February 1737, died 6 June 1740 (age 3) | | | 1780 July 4 Prince Charles of Lorraine (brother of Francis Stephen), Regent of the Austrian Netherlands, died. |
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http://www.krischanphoto.com/austria/1740/1740.htm
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| | .Later Revolutionary War Era/1780. |
| | In June 1780, Gen. Washington issued orders on uniforms and insignia from his New Jersey headquarters. | | | U.S. The Later Revolutionary War Era / 1780 | | | The Army expected to join forces with French troops soon and Washington wanted the Americans to give the appearance of the fine soldiers they were. |
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http://www2.powercom.net/~rokats/rw_e802.html
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| | Ruddles Station, VA/KY 1780 |
| | Ruddell's Station was attacked by Capt. Henry Byrd and his British and Indian troops in 1780. | | | For Ruddle's (4 or 5 miles from Martin's), Mann says June 1780 on a Sunday morning for the first attack, then "2 or 3 days later" finally captured and then Martin's that same day. | | | On the 22d of June (1780), this formidable force appeared before Ruddel's, and Col. Byrd demanded its surrender to His Britanic Majesty's forces, at discretion. |
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http://frontierfolk.org/ruddles.htm
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| | RootsWeb: NCMILITARY-L August 16, 1780 |
| | Army in North Carolina and marched south in the summer of 1780. | | | On the night of August 15, 1780, both armies were | | | He relieved Baron Dekalb of command of the American |
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http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NCMILITARY/2001-08/0997900429
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| | Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail - Battle of Kings Mountain |
| | The American Continental army suffered successive defeats at Charleston, Waxhaws, and Camden, South Carolina, in the summer of 1780. | | | The battle, fought October 7th, 1780, proved to be the turning point in the British Southern campaign. | | | By the fall, only the voluntary militia units remained in the field to oppose the armies of Cornwallis. |
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http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/battle.htm
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| | THE DARK DAY -- AN ACT FOR OPENING LITTLE RIVER |
| | This act to continue and be in force for the space of Ten years & no longer." | | | The 19th day of May, 1780, was unprecedented in New England for its great darkness. | | | On the 27th of June, 1780, an act was passed by the Legislature, for improving the salt marsh drained by Little river: |
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http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/dow/chap12/dow12_14.htm
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| | Online texts - Southern Campaign of Rev War |
| | Library of Congress record: Author: Army War College (U.S.) Title: The battle of Camden, South Carolina, August 16, 1780, by Lieut. | | | Tarleton, Banastre, A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America, 1787. | | | Title: A history of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America / by Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton. |
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http://jrshelby.com/sc-links/sc-texts.htm
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| | The Official Website of the Overmountain Victory Trail |
| | From there, they crossed the high mountains and dropped into the Piedmont of North Carolina pursuing Major Patrick Ferguson and his Tory Army. | | | On September 25, 1780, over 1,000 men "mustered" at the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River in current day Elizabethton, TN. | | | As we move down the trail, we reenact the historical events that occurred during the original campaign. |
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http://www.ovta.org
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| | DESSAR - The Sacrifice of Delaware |
| | at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina, on 1780 August 16 | | | After being reinforced with 8,500 troops from New York City in December of 1779 they returned and captured Charleston along with 5,500 American troops on May 12, 1780. | | | The British took Savannah GA in December of 1778 and were repulsed from Charleston SC in June of 1779. |
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http://www.sar.org/dessar/camden96.htm
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| | TreasureNet Todays Finds Forum - Landstar, and QuickDrawII at 1780 house |
| | Re: Landstar, and QuickDrawII at 1780 house Scott in MA Re: Landstar, and QuickDrawII at 1780 house Silver Mike 20:17:49 12/07/98 ( | | | Re: Landstar, and QuickDrawII at 1780 house LPE 18:07:27 12/07/98 ( | | | Re: Landstar, and QuickDrawII at 1780 house VaGent 12:16:54 12/08/98 ( |
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http://www.treasurenet.com/forum/todaysfinds/messages/9129.shtml
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| | Elizabeth Fry |
| | was born in Norwich on 21st May, 1780. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REfry.htm
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| | "Having Tasted the Sweets of Freedom": Cato Petitions the Pennsylvania Legislature to Remain Free |
| | Pressures for abolition of slavery increased in the Revolutionary era; five northern states abolished slavery between 1780 and 1804. | | | Pennsylvania was the first in 1780 when its legislature passed a gradual abolition bill. | | | However, no one was actually freed; all those enslaved when the law went into effect remained enslaved, and all those born after that date were required to provide their mothers' masters with twenty-eight years of servitude before they could obtain their freedom. |
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http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5716
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| | IN H.B. 1780 Canned Hunts |
| | Home >> Legislation and Laws >> State Legislation >> Indiana >> IN H.B. 1780 Canned Hunts |
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http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/state_legislation/indiana/in_hb_1780_canned_hunts.html
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| | 1780 |
| | Mozart, and the Viennese School, 1740- 1780 (published in 1995 by the same house... | | | The `they' were the Londoners who had rioted during the first week of June 1780. | | | anti-Catholic protests that rocked London in June 1780 to reveal the black men and women who... |
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http://www.tietosanakirja.org/1780
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| | William Ellery Channing |
| | William Ellery Channing was born in 1780 in Newport, Rhode Island. |
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/religion/wecbio.html
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| | ISMS - Online News |
| | HB 1780 requires credentialing decisions to be made in a timely fashion. | | | HB 1780 has passed the General Assembly and is on its way to Governor Ryan's desk. | | | HB 1780 requires that recredentialing occur only once every two years. |
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http://www.isms.org/news/archive/creditbillpass.html
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| | Mary Somerville |
| | Mary Fairfax Somerville was born on December 26, 1780 in Jedburgh Scotland, the daughter of Margaret Charters and Lieutenant William George Fairfax, a vice admiral in the British Navy (Osen 96). | | | Written by Shane Wood, Class of 1997 (Agnes Scott College) | | | With her father frequently out at sea for long periods of time and her mother exerting few restraints on her other than insisting that she learn to read the Bible and say her prayers, Mary was, in her own words, "allowed to grow up a wild creature" (Perl 84). |
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http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/somer.htm
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| | Bridgetower, George A.P. |
| | Southern 1982 (p47) and Slonimsky 1978 (p232) state he was born on 29 February 1780. | | | This was the same time that Haydn was in the Esterházy service and it seems quite likely that the Bridgetowers would have come to know the composer and his music. | | | By 1780, Frederick Bridgetower[3] was employed as valet to Prince Nicholas Esterházy at Eisenstadt, living for a period at the back of the opera house with the court’s musicians. |
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http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/Bridge.html
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| | It is anticipated that PPP will be advanced to the network-specifics standard protocol state in the future. | | | 1780 - Internet Official Protocol Standards This memo. | | | Advancement to draft standard is a major step which warns the community that, unless major objections are raised or flaws are discovered, the protocol is likely to be advanced to standard in six months. |
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http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1780.txt
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| | Rediscovering George Washington . Letter to Caesar Rodney, July 27, 1780 PBS |
| | Letter signed: Head Quarters Bergen County, to Caesar Rodney, 1780 July 27. | | | Gilder Lehrman Collection Documents > Revolutionary War Years > Letters from George Washington > Letter to Caesar Rodney, July 27, 1780 | | | I imagine before this reaches your Excellency, the Militia of the State of Delaware, required by the Committee of cooperation, will have assembled at Wilmington, the place of rendezvous – You will be pleased to give orders to the Officer commanding them, to march and join the Army under my command wherever it may be. |
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http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/collection/war_1780jul27.html
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| | Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria |
| | Her love for him was so deep that from the day of his death until her own death in 1780, she dressed in mourning. | | | After Francis Stephen's death, Maria Theresa became increasingly withdrawn. | | | Two years later, Maria Theresa suffered a great personal loss, the unexpected death of her husband, Francis Stephen of Lorraine. |
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http://www.kings.edu/womens_history/mariatheres.html
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| | A French Officer Describes Washington's Headquarters (1780) |
| | Marquis [François Jean] de Chastellux, Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 (London 1787), pp. | | | The conversation was calm and agreeable; his Excellency was pleased to enter with me into the particulars of some of the principal operations of the war, but always with a modesty and conciseness, which proved that it was from pure complaisance he mentioned it.... |
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http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/WashHQ.html
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| | Crelle |
| | August Crelle's father was a builder who had little in the way of income to be able to give his son a good education. | | | 11 March 1780 in Eichwerder (near Wriezen), Germany |
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http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Crelle.html
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