La cyclopædia nazionale della biografia americana: Essere la storia degli Stati Uniti come illustrato nella vita dei fondatori, costruttori e difensori della repubblica, e degli uomini e delle donne che stanno facendo il lavoro e modellando il pensiero del presente tempo, a cura di illustri biografi, selezionati da ogni stato, rivisti e approvati dai più eminenti storici, studiosi e statisti del giorno . Pishkill, nella VerplanckHouse, per preparare la costituzione della Società del Cincinnati nel 1793. Quando Washington prese il ruolo di primo presidente degli Stati Uniti

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The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . Pishkill, in the VerplanckHouse, to prepare the constitution of the Society ofthe Cincinnati in 1793. When Washington took theoath of office as first president of the United States, Gen. Webb was the grand marshal. After 1789Gen. Webb resided at Claverack, Columbia county, N. Y., where he died Dec. 3, 1807. WEBB, James Watson, journalist and diplo-matist, was born in Claverack, N. Y., Peb. 8, 1803, theson of Gen. Samuel Blatchley Webb of the revolu-tionary army, and the father of Alexander S. Webb, who took a prominent part in the civil war, and isnow presid ent of the College of the city of New York.He was privately educated, and at the age of seven-teen, an army career being opposed by his guardian, he ran away to Washington, first securing a letter ofidentification as the son of Gen. Samuel B. Webb, from Gov. Clinton of New York. Reserving enoughmoney to defray his expenses to Washington, he de-voted the remainder of his ready means to seeingthe sights in New York city. Arriving at Wash-. ^?2cfe^5^^:i?3S<^^ ington, he was very kindly received by John C. Cal-houn, then the secretary of war, who at first firmlyrefused to commission hira, on account of the claimsof West Point graduates, but was finally prevailedupon to do so by young Webbs writing a statementof his own claims as opposed to those of graduatesof West Point. Mr. Cal-houn appointed him lieu-tenant in the 4th battalionof artillery, with orders toreport at Governors Isl-and, New York harbor.In after years, when Gen.Webb had become an im-portant factor in politics, his consideration for Cal-houn, t

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