This Day in Founder’s History

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This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 10 May

The Day in Founding Fathers History - 10 May On this day in 1736, Charity Hospital opened at Chartres and Bienville Streets in New Orleans. Jean Louis, a French seaman and ship builder, willed his property for “the founding of a hospital for the sick of the City of New Orleans.” The hospital was initially called Hospital of Saint John or L’Hospital des Pauvres de la Charite (Hospital for the […]

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This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 March

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 March 2013 On this day in 1820, Maine joined the union as the 23rd state, part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The population of Maine at that time was nearly 300,000 and the territory consisted of nine counties and 236 towns. It took delegates three weeks in October of 1819 to finalize a state constitution, with the convention presided over by […]

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