Papers, 1753-1806.

Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835

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Nathan Dane (December 29, 1752 – February 15, 1835) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 through 1788. Dane helped formulate the Northwest Ordinance while in Congress, and introduced an amendment to the ordinance prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory. During his career, he served in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate. He also wrote a multi-volume treatise that covered the entire...

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term John Hancock or Hancock has become a nickname in the United S...

Storer, Ebenezer

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Ebenezer Storer graduated from Harvard in 1747 and received master's degrees from Harvard and Yale in 1750. He served as treasurer of Harvard from 1777-1807. From the description of Diplomas, 1750. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 406084827 Ebenezer Storer, Treasurer of Harvard College, was born on January 27, 1729/30 to Captain Ebenezer and Mary (Edwards) Storer in Boston. He received his Harvard AB in 1747 and his AM in 1750; that same year, he receiv...

Spooner, Ephraim, 1735-1818

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Parkman, Samuel B.

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Hawley, Gideon, 1757-1807.

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Congregational missionary to the Mashpee Indians, of Mashpee, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1753-1806. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70951970 ...

Six Nations

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Moses Cleaveland was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator, and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Prior to leading its first surveying and exploring party into the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1795 and founding the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1796, Cleaveland sought permission from the Six Nations to survey and settle the land that they traditionally controlled. From the description of Chiefs of the Six Nations letter to Moses Cleaveland, 17...

Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802

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