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1790Jan, 31

Thomas Lewis (Virginia)

Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718)
Thomas Lewis (April 27, 1718 – January 31, 1790) was an Irish-American surveyor, lawyer, politician and pioneer of early western Virginia. He was among the signers of the Fairfax Resolves, represented Augusta County at four of the five Virginia Revolutionary Conventions and the first session of the Virginia House of Delegates during the American War for Independence, and after the conflict, represented newly established Rockingham County at the Virginia Ratification Convention, as well as contributed to the settlement of an area that long after his death become part of West Virginia.

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Events on 1790

  • 8Jan

    State of the Union address

    George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
  • 11Feb

    Abolitionism in the United States

    The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery.
  • 29May

    Thirteen Colonies

    Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
  • 31Jul

    Potash

    The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
  • 22Oct

    Little Turtle

    Warriors of the Miami people under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.