Brief Life History of William Dickinson
When William Dickinson Pratt was born on 3 September 1802, in Worcester, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Jared Pratt, was 32 and his mother, Charity Dickinson, was 26. He married Hannah Ward on 30 November 1836, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 15 September 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- William Pratt, "United States Census, 1850"
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- William I. Pratt, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William D. Pratt letter, Nauvoo, to Parley P. Pratt, 1842 May 29
Nauvoo May 29th 1842 Dear Brother, I now take it upon me to write a few lines in consequence of sickness & other cares & dificulties I have for a long time neglected to write[.] I hope these few line …
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