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asked Blount if he had written the letter. Blount gave an evasive answer and asked that the matter be postponed until the following day, which was granted. On July 4, Blount refused to return to the Senate and had Cocke read a letter which again requested more time. The Senate rejected this request
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Blount realized he had little chance of defeating Sevier in a race for governor of the new state, so he instead sought one of the state's two United States Senate seats. He received this appointment (along with
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Continental Congress, hoping to prevent ratification of the Hopewell Treaty, but once again he arrived too late, and the treaty was ratified. Disappointed, he went home, but with anger rising over his handling of the Hopewell Treaty,
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Romayne, who never showed more than lukewarm support for the idea, and Knoxville merchant James Carey. Chisholm, meanwhile, sailed to England to recruit British supporters for the plan. In April 1797, Carey was at the Tellico Blockhouse near Knoxville
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and formed an investigative committee. Ordered to testify before the committee, Blount initially attempted to flee by ship to North Carolina, but federal deputies seized the ship and most of his belongings. On July 7, Blount, after consulting with attorneys
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and several other chiefs, resolving land claims south of the French Broad and obtaining permission for a permanent road between the territory's eastern settlements and the Cumberland settlements. In spite of this treaty,
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1461:." United States Senate website. Accessed 10 September 2012.
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James Madison, Gaillard Hund and James Brown Scott (eds.),
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Some Account of the Life and Services of William Blount
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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List of United States senators expelled or censured
4015:Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
602:cause. In April 1776, Jacob Blount was appointed
1807:, 16 February 2005. Accessed: 12 September 2012.
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1853:National Constitution Center – Founding Fathers
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1675:Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention
1088:Drawing depicting a brawl between congressmen
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1709:, Vol. 66 (1994), pp. 81–94.
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1368:"Blount, William"
1270:University of Tennessee
1256:, and Blount Street in
1254:Raleigh, North Carolina
1168:William C. C. Claiborne
1115:Senate sergeant-at-arms
752:and Franklinite leader
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459:Fayetteville Convention
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3036:Annapolis Convention
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1264:, which operated in
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3203:Compulsory Process
2865:Titles of Nobility
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2680:
2675:
2669:
2667:
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2639:
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1152:Andrew Jackson
1138:
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1131:Oliver Wolcott
1107:Roger Griswold
1094:Roger Griswold
1079:Henry Tazewell
997:
994:
943:War Department
880:Andrew Jackson
821:Blount Mansion
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801:William Lenoir
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586:Reading Blount
579:
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451:North Carolina
439:William Blount
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4033:
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3992:
3991:
3989:
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3974:
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3964:
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3942:John Rutledge
3940:
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3911:
3907:
3901:
3900:James Madison
3898:
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3893:
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3880:
3877:
3875:
3872:
3870:
3869:James McHenry
3867:
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3849:
3846:
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3818:
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3813:
3810:
3808:
3805:
3803:
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3797:George Clymer
3795:
3793:
3792:Robert Morris
3790:
3788:
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3767:
3764:
3762:
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3749:
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3726:
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3719:Roger Sherman
3717:
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3705:
3699:
3696:
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3691:
3690:
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3675:
3673:
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3667:
3665:New Hampshire
3663:
3657:
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3599:
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3574:
3572:
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3485:
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3475:
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3335:Ineligibility
3333:
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3318:
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3308:
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3285:Free Exercise
3283:
3281:
3278:
3276:
3275:
3274:Ex Post Facto
3271:
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3259:
3258:Establishment
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