When Elizabeth Scaife was born in 1797, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, her father, William Scaife, was 24 and her mother, Margaret Terry, was 20. She married George Washington Foote about 1818. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died in June 1870, in San Augustine, Texas, United States, at the age of 73.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
English (northern; Yorkshire): nickname from the northern English dialect word scafe ‘crooked, awry, awkward, wild’ (Old Norse skeifr).
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