Account of the life of Colonel John May, 1899.

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Account of the life of Colonel John May, 1899.

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S.A.M. Edes's report on the life of her great-grandfather, Col. John May, who served as Boston fire warden and selectman. Edes outlines May's involvement in the Boston Tea Party and uses May's journal and letters to his wife Abigail to describe his trips to the Northwest Territory where he hoped to settle with his family. Ultimately his plans failed and he returned to Boston. In the excerpted letters and diary entries are descriptions of the Northwest Territory, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Penn., and the inauguration of George Washington in 1789. There is also a brief sketch of Abigail May, a founder of the Boston Asylum for Female Orphans. Compiled for the Mary Warren Chapter of the D.A.R.

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Boston Asylum for Female Orphans.

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May, Abigail, d. 1824.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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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...