When Mary "Polly" Roberts was born on 26 September 1800, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, Abraham Roberts, was 23 and her mother, Roberts, was 22. She married Asa Mott on 19 July 1817, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 24 May 1857, in White, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Kemp Cemetery, Ditty, Putnam, Tennessee, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
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: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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