Hammeken, George Louis,statements 1837

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Hammeken, George Louis,statements 1837

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Comprising a typescript entitled the George Louis Hammeken Statements, 1837, discuss and clarify in W. E. Channing’s public letterto Henry Clay concerning the annexation of Texas to the United States. Brief Remarks on Dr. Channing’s Letter to Hon. HenryClay, falsehoods

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Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842

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William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) graduated from Harvard College in 1798. He served on the board of the Harvard Corporation from 1813 to 1826, where he worked for the establishment of the Divinity School, which occurred in 1816. A Unitarian minister, Channing served as the pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston from 1803 until his death in 1842. In 1819 he gave the landmark Unitarian sermon, Unitarian Christianity, which upon publication sold thousands of copies. A believer in the aboli...

Hammeken, George Louis

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Businessman George Louis Hammeken (?-1881) moved to Mexico around 1831, settling in Texas as a representative for banking agents Manning and Marshall four years later. As president of the Brazos and Galveston Railroad, he purchased land in Austinia, the planned site for the company’s main office. From 1839 through 1841, Hammeken served as secretary to Barnard E. Bee, the Texas minister to Mexico, and his successor James Webb. Establishing the commission merchant business Hammeken an...