Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1772, Jan. 14 | Born, Dutchess County, N.Y. |
| 1780 | Moved to Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 1790 | Participated in Josiah Harmar's campaign against the Shawnee Tribe of Native Americans and other expeditions |
| 1792-1793 | Worked as a salt-boiler near Maysville, Ky. |
| 1793 | Joined a party surveying under Nathaniel Massie from the Scioto River Valley to the area around Chillicothe, Ohio |
| circa 1893-1895 | Observed the movement of Native Americans as a ranger |
| 1795 | Rejoined Nathaniel Massie and learned surveying |
| 1796 | Married Nancy McDonald and settled near Chillicothe, Ohio |
| 1804 | Elected to lower house, Ohio legislature |
| 1805-1814 | Member, Ohio state senate, speaker for the 1809-1810 session |
| 1806 | Elected a colonel in the Ohio militia |
| 1808 | Promoted to major-general |
| 1812 | Marched with Ohio militia for Detroit and later was elected colonel of one of the three militia regiments under the command of William Hull |
| 1813 | Brigadier general, Ohio Volunteers in defense of Fort Meigs |
| 1814 | Commanded troops at Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario and later appointed commander of the army in the Northwest |
| 1815-1816 | Member, lower house, Ohio state legislature |
| 1816 | Member of various commissions for treaty-making with Native Americans |
| 1817-1818 | Member, lower house, Ohio state legislature |
| 1821-1823 | Member, upper house, Ohio state legislature |
| 1823-1825 | Member, United States Congress |
| 1829-1830 | Member, upper house, Ohio state legislature |
| 1830-1832 | Governor of Ohio |
| 1839, Apr. 28 | Died at "Fruit Hill" near Chillicothe, Ohio |