William Jackson papers 1782-1828
Related Entities
There are 9 Entities related to this resource.
Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h9c47 (person)
Charles Pinckney (October 26, 1757 – October 29, 1824) was an American Founding Father, planter, and politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution. He was elected and served as the 37th Governor of South Carolina, later serving two more non-consecutive terms. He also served as a U.S. Senator and a member of the House of Representatives. He was first cousin once removed of fellow signer Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Born and educated in Charles Town (now Charleston) in the Provi...
Society of the Cincinnati
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mq5tk3 (corporateBody)
The Society of the Cincinnati was formed on 10-13 May 1783 by American Revolutionary Army officers who met at Mount Gulian, the American Army's cantonment on the east bank of the Hudson River. After resigning his post as General, George Washington (1732-1799) accepted an invitation to become the society's first president. Major General Henry Knox (1750-1806) was the secretary and for years the guiding spirit of the organization. Membership extended to those officers of the Continental Army and N...
Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl, 1737-1805
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv8dw7 (person)
British politician. Born William Fitzmaurice, assumed surname Petty in 1751, succeeded his father as Earl of Shelburne 1761, created Marquis of Lansdowne 1784. Worked in the House of Lords to repeal the Stamp Act and continued to pursue a conciliatory policy toward the American colonies, though opposed to their independence. He became prime minister in 1782, directed peace negotiations with the United States, France, and Spain, and resigned from office shortly thereafter. ...
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f873mk (person)
John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...
Washington, George, 1732-1799
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r31qfk (person)
George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...
Jackson, William, 1759-1828
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd22kj (person)
William Jackson was a military officer in the U.S. Revolutionary War from South Carolina. He was the secretary of the U. S. Constitutional Congress in 1787 and a secretary to George Washington (1789-1791). He was the national secretary for the Society of Cincinnati from 1800-1828. From the description of [Letter, 1788? to] Sir / W. Jackson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244252255 William Jackson (1759-1828) was George Washington's aide-de-camp and private secretary, a...
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h995df (person)
American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d5jrb (person)
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6650cng (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 34580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00030c American Indian fighter and president of the United States. From the guide to the William Henry Harrison letter, 1795, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) U.S president, Mar.-Apr. 1841; territorial governor of Indiana, 1801-1813; Ohio congressman, 1816-1819, state senator, 1819-1821, senator 1825-1828. From ...
