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377:. They soon extinguished the Native American title to the portion of the land east of the Genesee River, as well as a 185,000 acres (750 km) tract west of the Genesee, the Mill Yard Tract, surveyed all of it, laid out townships, and sold large parts to speculators and settlers. His son Nathaniel Gorham Jr. was a pioneer settler of this tract, having been placed in charge of his father's interests there. In 1790, after Gorham and Phelps defaulted in payment, they sold nearly all of their remaining lands east of the Genesee to 215: 33: 385:. Phelps and Gorham were unable to fulfill their contract in full to Massachusetts, so in 1790, they surrendered back to Massachusetts that portion of the lands which remained under the Native American title, namely, the land west of the Genesee. It also was eventually acquired by Robert Morris, who resold most of it to the 354:) presided over convention sessions during the delegates' first deliberations on the structure of the new government in late May and June 1787. After the convention, he worked hard to see that the Constitution was approved in his home state. 1936: 1626: 1444: 1951: 1381: 1901: 346:
For several months in 1787, Gorham served as one of the Massachusetts delegates to the United States Constitutional Convention. Gorham frequently served as chairman of the Convention's
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from 1782 until 1783, and also from 1785 until 1787, serving as its president for five months from June 6 to November 5, 1786, after the resignation of
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Shapers of the great debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: a biographical dictionary Volume 8 of Shapers of the great American debates
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Member of the Continental Congress in 1782, 1783, 1786, 1787, and 1789, and was its president from June 6, 1786, to February 2, 1787
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from 1778 until its dissolution in 1781. In 1779, he served in the state constitutional convention. He was a delegate to the
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was an American lawyer and politician, the son of Charles Francis Adams Sr. and the grandson and namesake of president
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was an American journalist, historian, academic and novelist. He is best known for his autobiographical book,
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in 1788 pre-emption rights to an immense tract of land in western New York State which straddled the
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or king of the United States. However, the offer was revoked before the prince could make a reply.
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The Field Notes of Col. Hugh Maxwell's Pre-emption Line Survey in the Phelps and Gorham Purchase
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Krauel, Richard (1911). "Prince Henry of Prussia and the Regency of the United States, 1786".
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Gorham's descendants number in the thousands today. Some of his notable descendants include:
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Gorham married Rebecca Call (May 14, 1744 – November 18, 1812), who was descended from
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was a U.S. electronics industrialist. He served as the first president of the
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was an American journalist and editor. He was the husband of opera singer
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Phelps & Gorham Treaty of July 4–8, 1788, Historical Aspects of the,
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was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
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magazine, by Blake McKelvey Vol 1 No(s)1 (January 1939) (PDF format)
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Starting at 15, Gorham served an apprenticeship with a merchant in
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The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 59
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was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as
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during the early 1890s. He is best known for authoring the
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Gorham died in Charlestown in 1796. He is buried in the
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was an American historian and a critic of capitalism.
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Charles Willson Peale
President of the Confederation Congress
John Hancock
Arthur St. Clair
Charlestown
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Benjamin Gorham

Founding Father
Massachusetts
Continental Congress
presiding officer
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Committee of Detail
United States Constitution
New London, Connecticut
Charlestown, Massachusetts
American Revolution
Massachusetts General Court
Board of War
Congress of the Confederation
John Hancock
Middlesex County
Anglican
vicar
Dorchester, Massachusetts
John Maverick

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