When Joseph Biddle Earl was born on 23 January 1797, in Springfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, his father, Joseph H Earl, was 36 and his mother, Theodosia Shreve, was 30. He married Rachel Allen about 1820, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. He lived in Jenner Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States for about 6 years and Somerset Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. In 1850, at the age of 53, his occupation is listed as register. He died on 26 April 1854, in New Centerville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Jennerstown Cemetery, Jennerstown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.
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: nickname from Middle English e(o)rl ‘earl’, a traditional English title of nobility equivalent in rank to French and Norman Count .
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