Manasseh Cutler was an American Congregational clergyman involved in the American Revolutionary War.
14 Facts About Manasseh Cutler
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Manasseh Cutler was influential in the passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and wrote the section prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory.
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Manasseh Cutler married Mary Balch within a year of graduating from Yale.
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Manasseh Cutler studied under Mary's father, Thomas Balch, the minister at Dedham's Second Parish Church, for the ministry.
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In 1784 a geological party, headed by Manasseh Cutler, named the highest peak in the northeast Mount Washington.
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In 1786, Manasseh Cutler became interested in the settlement of western lands by American pioneers to the Northwest Territory.
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Manasseh Cutler was friends with Benjamin Franklin, and kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention about his visits to Franklin's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania residence and the wonders Franklin kept there.
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From 1801 to 1805, Manasseh Cutler was a Federalist representative in Congress.
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Manasseh Cutler was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1781.
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Manasseh Cutler is considered a founder of Ohio University and the National Historic Landmark Cutler Hall on that campus is named in his honor.
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In 1785, Manasseh Cutler was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.
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Manasseh Cutler received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Yale University in 1789.
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Manasseh Cutler was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813.
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Manasseh Cutler prepared this wagon for the first pioneers to the Ohio Country.