When Hannah Leavitt was born in 1777, in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Nathaniel Leavitt Sr, was 50 and her mother, Lydia Sanborn, was 40. She died on 26 January 1839, in Grantham, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 62.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
English:
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French leuet ‘wolf cub’ (see Low 3).
habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Livet. All are of obscure, presumably Gaulish, etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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