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(October 16, 1760–October 9, 1824), was the youngest signer of the Constitution of the United States. He was a delegate from New Jersey, a U.S. Senator and the Speaker of the House. The city of Dayton, Ohio, was named after him. On June 28, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Jonathan Dayton wrote down … Continue reading “DAYTON,
JONATHAN”

(November 25, 1758–April 1, 1843), was an American politician and diplomat. He served as a U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator; Secretary of War, 1813; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1806–10; U.S Minister to France, 1804–06; and a U.S. Military General. He published the works: Notices of the War of 1812; and Memoirs of Montgomery and Wayne, in … Continue reading “ARMSTRONG,
JOHN”

(February 27, 1759–September 27, 1823), was an jurist, politician and author. He was U.S. Representative, 1793–97; Connecticut State Representative, 1787–93, 1820–22; member of the Abolition Society, 1795; Chief-Justice of the Connecticut Superior Court, 1806–19; Connecticut Superior Court Judge, 1801–06; and helped frame the Connecticut State Constitution, 1814. In 1793, in his work The Correspondent, Zephaniah … Continue reading “SWIFT,
ZEPHANIAH”

(September 19, 1759–July 4, 1850), was a noted English entomologist. He wrote many significant scientific works, including one by the title of: On the Power and Wisdom of God and His Goodness as Manifested in the Creation of Animals.1541

(September 29, 1758–October 21, 1805), was a British Admiral. He defeated Napoleon’s French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, August 1, 1798, and the combined Spanish and French fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. Although he was victorious in one of the most decisive battles in naval history, Lord Nelson was … Continue reading “NELSON,
HORATIO, VISCOUNT”

(October 16, 1758–May 28, 1843), was a statesman, educator and lexicographer. He was noted for compiling the Webster’s Dictionary. “The Schoolmaster of the Nation,” he published the first edition of his American Dictionary of the English Language in November of 1828, containing the greatest number of biblical definitions in any secular volume. Noah Webster had … Continue reading “WEBSTER,
NOAH”

(April 9, 1758–July 4, 1808), was an American founder and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1789–97, who help formulate the Bill of Rights in the First Session of the U.S. Congress. He graduated from Harvard, 1774, and became of member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1788, where he participated in … Continue reading “AMES,
FISHER”

(April 28, 1758–July 4, 1831), was the 5th President of the United States, 1817–25, having served in public office for fifty years; acquired Florida from Spain, 1819; added Maine, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi to the Union; proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine, 1823, which forbade European powers from interfering with the independent nations of the Western … Continue reading “MONROE,
JAMES”

(January 27, 1756–December 5, 1791), was a master German musical composer and pianist. Living only till the age of 35, Mozart has forever earned a place as one the most renowned geniuses in the history of music. One of the events that influenced his work was meeting the composer, Franz Josef Haydn. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart … Continue reading “MOZART,
WOLFGANG AMADEUS”

(b.1757) was the first chaplain to the Colony of New South Wales in Australia. Recommended to that position by William Wilberforce and the Rev. John Newton, Richard Johnson, and his wife, Mary Burton, sailed with the First Fleet on May 13, 1787. On January 26, 1788, Governor Arthur Phillip and Captain John Hunter directed the … Continue reading “JOHNSON,
RICHARD”