When Pruda Aldrich was born on 1 September 1784, in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Abel Aldrich, was 42 and her mother, Hannah Tillson, was 39.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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.
On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island becomes the last of the original 13 colonies to become a state.
English: variant of Aldridge 1, from the Middle English personal names Alrich or Elrich and Aldrich or Eldrich.
History: The earliest recorded bearer of this surname in North America is George Alrich, who came from Derbyshire to MA in 1631.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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