When John James Graves was born on 22 March 1800, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States, his father, Roswell Graves II, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Bennet, was 34. He married Ann Jane Baker on 29 September 1831, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States for about 30 years. He died on 12 January 1890, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, 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.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .
Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
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