When Huldah Dickinson was born on 20 December 1814, in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States, her father, Hezekiah Dickinson, was 36 and her mother, Mary Mosher, was 33. She married Hiram Harrison Pratt in Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Homer, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1850. She died on 31 May 1894, in Butler, Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.
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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.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.
History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.
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