Author: Administrador

(May 14, 1787), began at the State House (Independence Hall) for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and formulating the Constitution. George Washington, who had been unanimously elected as President of the Convention, rose during the Convention and admonished the delegates: If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how … Continue reading “CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION”

(1787–1862), was an American politician and educator. He served as U.S. Senator, 1829–35; chancellor of the University of New York, 1839–50, and president of Rutgers College, 1850–61. Theodore Frelinghuysen corresponded with Presidential candidate Henry Clay after Clay had narrowly failed to be elected: Let us look away to the brighter and better prospects and surer … Continue reading “FRELINGHUYSEN,
THEODORE”

(February 23, 1787–April 15, 1870), was an American educator and historian. She was a leader in the movement to provide higher education among women. Emma Willard was born in Berlin, Connecticut and began teaching at the age of sixteen. She was married to John Willard in 1809 and with his help she established a girl’s … Continue reading “WILLARD,
EMMA”

(1787–1788), were a series of articles explaining the need for, and urging the ratification of the United States Constitution by the individual State governments. These articles, which were published in New York newspapers, were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay under the pen name of “Publius.” Without the powerful arguments presented in … Continue reading “FEDERALIST
PAPERS”

(October 21, 1785), issued this official proclamation of the State, signed by President (Governor) John Langdon of New Hampshire: A Proclamation For A General Thanksgiving THE munificent Father of Mercies, and Sovereign Disposer of Events, having been graciously pleased to relieve the UNITED STATES of AMERICA from the Calamities of a long and dangerous war: … Continue reading “NEW
HAMPSHIRE, STATE OF”

(January 16, 1786), stated: Well aware that Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend not only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our Religion, who, being … Continue reading “VIRGINIA,
STATUTE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY OF”

(August 20, 1785–August 23, 1819), was a U.S. Navy Captain. He was the brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. In the War of 1812, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry was responsible for the victory over the British fleet on Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. The sailors on deck with him heard him say: The prayers of … Continue reading “PERRY,
OLIVER HAZARD”

(September 1, 1785–September 25, 1872), was a Methodist circuit-riding preacher. He was one of the most famous evangelists and planters of new churches in the West. Peter Cartwright preached nearly 15,000 sermons and baptized almost 10,000 converts. In 1824, he left Kentucky and Tennessee because of his disdain for slavery, and moved to Illinois, where … Continue reading “CARTWRIGHT,
PETER”

(1785–1786), enacted in the Legislature the arrangement for the sale of the Western Reserve Lands, which included a provision that there should be reserved in each township: 500 acres for the gospel, 500 acres for schools and 240 acres: To be granted in fee simple to the first gospel minister who shall settle in such … Continue reading “CONNECTICUT,
STATE OF”

(January 27, 1785), was founded by Abraham Baldwin, a signer of the Constitution of the United States. Through his far-sighted efforts, Baldwin secured for the university 40,000 acres of land. His expertise in law and ministry was manifest in his writing of the Charter of the College of Georgia: An act for the more full … Continue reading “GEORGIA,
UNIVERSITY OF”