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Gadsden, James
1788 - Born on the 15th of May in Charleston, South Carolina U.S.A.
1806 - He received his Bachelor's Degree in Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut U.S.A.
1812 - He served in the Army, and was responsible for the construction of Fort Gadsden in Florida.
1823 - He was appointed as a commissioner to assist the government in moving the Seminoles (Native
American people originally of Florida) to reservation.
1840 - He served as a president of the South Carolina Railroad Company.
1853 - He was appointed as a U.S. minister to Mexico to negotiate the Gadsden Treaty.
1858 - Died on the 25th of December in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Oration, delivered by Col. James Gadsden, to the Florida Institute of Agriculture, Antiquities and Science, at its first public anniversary, on Thursday, the 4th January, 1827 by James Gadsden (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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Memorial of James Gadsden and E. R. Gibson, Commissioners Appointed by the Legislative Council of Florida to Examine into the Expediency of Opening a Canal through the Peninsula of Florida. by James,&E. R. Gibson. Gadsden (Paperback - Jul 7, 2008) |
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Report on the project of a rail road from Charleston, S.C. to the Ohio River by James Gadsden (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 2008) |
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