When Samuel Bartlett was born on 23 April 1786, in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Daniel Bartlett, was 31 and his mother, Deborah Ferguson, was 22. He married Sophia Smith on 2 August 1810, in Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He died on 30 March 1874, in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Bertelot, Bartelot (with the Old French double diminutive suffix -elot), a pet form of Bartholomew .
History: This is the name of a well-established New England family. Its members include Josiah Bartlett (1729–95), who was born in Amesbury, MA, and became governor of NH (1790–94). A Richard Bartlet(t) settled in Newbury, MA, in 1635.
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