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On March 1, 1803, Ohio was admitted to the union as the 17th state. Settlement of Ohio was chiefly by migrants from New England, New York and Pennsylvania. Southerners settled along the southern part of the territory, arriving by travel along the Ohio River from the Upper South.
Journal of a Tour to North Carolina by William Attmore, 1787 [24] Travel ( North Carolina ) 1787. By William Attmore and Lida Tunstall Rodman. Published by North Carolina Historical Society. The Journal of an Excursion to the United States of North America in the Summer of 1794 [25] Travel (North America) 1794.
Thomas Green Clemson. Thomas Green Clemson (July 1, 1807 – April 6, 1888) was an American politician and statesman, serving as Chargés d'Affaires to Belgium, and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He served in the Confederate Army and founded Clemson University in South Carolina. Historians have called Clemson "a quintessential ...
The oil industry tycoon and his family became a political and financial dynasty, and remain one of the most powerful families in the world today. The Rockefeller File offers a critical look into ...
Caleb Atwater. Caleb Atwater (December 1778 – March 13, 1867) was an American politician, historian, and early archaeologist in the state of Ohio. He served several terms as a state politician and was appointed as United States postmaster of Circleville, Ohio. He was known best during the 19th century for his publication History of the State ...
Ohio State and Clemson met in Nashville on Saturday for a "secret" scrimmage. Here's what we've learned about the game.
The Campus of Clemson University was originally the site of U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun 's plantation, named Fort Hill. The plantation passed to his daughter, Anna, and son-in-law, Thomas Green Clemson. On Clemson's death in 1888, he willed the land to the state of South Carolina for the creation of a public university.
The history of the American legal profession covers the work, training, and professional activities of lawyers from the colonial era to the present. Lawyers grew increasingly powerful in the colonial era as experts in the English common law, which was adopted by the colonies. By the 21st century, over one million practitioners in the United ...