John Sevier
John Sevier
John Sevierwas an American soldier, frontiersman and politician, and one of the founding fathers of the State of Tennessee. He played a leading role, both militarily and politically, in Tennessee's pre-statehood period, and was elected the state's first governor in 1796. Sevier served as a colonel in the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780, and commanded the frontier militia in dozens of battles against the Cherokee in the 1780s and 1790s...
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Should I be so happy as to merit your patronage, I flatter myself neither you nor my country, could have any occasion to regret.
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The act directs the Executive to communicate to the President and request permission to open the Roads beyond the limits of our state.
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I am in suspense as to the probable or improbability of being called into the Army, a station I would prefer to any other that of being in arms to defend an injured and grossly insulted country.
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I would be interested to know what their maintenance plan is, ... I'd love to review the facts of this case.
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There's almost always clues given. Trees don't just fall down. There's something that's gone wrong,
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The Indian Character; that no one can be more sensible to the good that must result from a strict observance of our promises to or treaties with them.