Manasseh Cutler

Manasseh Cutler
Manasseh Cutler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd & 11th district
In office
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 (11th)
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 (3rd)
Preceded by Bailey Bartlett (1801)
Ebenezer Mattoon (1803)
Succeeded by William Stedman (1803)
Jeremiah Nelson (1805)
Personal details
Born May 13, 1742
Killingly, Connecticut
Died July 28, 1823
Hamilton, Massachusetts
Political party Federalist
Alma mater Yale College
Religion Congregationalist
Military service
Service/branch Continental Army
Years of service 1776,
1778
Rank Chaplin
Unit 11th Massachusetts Regiment
Battles/wars American Revolutionary War
Battle of Rhode Island

Manasseh Cutler (May 13, 1742 – July 28, 1823) was an American clergyman involved in the American Revolutionary War. Cutler was also a member of the United States House of Representatives and a founder of Ohio University.

Cutler was born in Killingly, Connecticut. In 1765, he graduated from Yale College and after being a school teacher and a merchant – and occasionally appearing in court as a lawyer – he decided to enter the ministry. From 1771 until his death, he was pastor of the Congregational church in what was the parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts until 1793, now Hamilton.

For a few months in 1776, he was chaplain to the 11th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Francis, raised for the defense of Boston. In 1778, he became chaplain to General Jonathan Titcomb's brigade and took part in General John Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island. Soon after his return from this expedition he trained in medicine to supplement the scanty income of a minister. In 1782, he established a private boarding school, directing it for nearly a quarter of a century.

In 1786, Cutler became interested in the settlement of western lands by American pioneers to the Northwest Territory. The following year, as agent of the Ohio Company of Associates that he had been involved in creating, he organized a contract with Congress whereby his associates (former soldiers of the Revolutionary War) might purchase one and a half million acres (6,000 km²) of land at the mouth of the Muskingum River with their Certificate of Indebtedness. Cutler also took a leading part in drafting the famous Ordinance of 1787 for the government of the Northwest Territory, which was finally presented to Congress by Massachusetts delegate Nathan Dane. In order to smooth passage of the Northwest Ordinance, Cutler bribed key congressmen by making them partners in his land company. By changing the office of provisional governor from an elected to an appointed position, Cutler was able to offer the position to the president of Congress, Arthur St. Clair.[1] From 1801 to 1805, Cutler was a Federalist representative in Congress. He died in 1823 at Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Cutler was one of the early members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Besides being proficient in the theology, law and medicine of his day, he conducted painstaking astronomical and meteorological investigations and was one of the first Americans to conduct significant botanical research. He is considered a founder of Ohio University and the National Historic Landmark Cutler Hall on that campus is named in his honor. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Yale University in 1789.

Departure of pioneers from Manasseh Cutler’s parsonage in 1787
Manasseh Cutler prepared this wagon for the first pioneers to the Ohio Country

See also

References

  1. ^ McDougall, Walter A. Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History, 1585-1828. (New York: Harper Collins, 2004), p. 289.
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Bailey Bartlett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district

March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803
Succeeded by
William Stedman (district moved)
Preceded by
Ebenezer Mattoon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
Succeeded by
Jeremiah Nelson

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Manasseh Cutler Hall, Ohio University — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …   Wikipedia

  • Cutler — Contents 1 Places in the United States 2 Music 3 Companies 4 …   Wikipedia

  • Cutler, Manasseh — ▪ American clergyman born May 13, 1742, Killingly, Conn. [U.S.] died July 28, 1823, Ipswich Hamlet, Mass.  Congregational minister who, as a leader of the Ohio Company of Associates, was instrumental in settling what is now Ohio.       After… …   Universalium

  • Cutler,Manasseh — Cut·ler (kŭtʹlər), Manasseh. 1742 1823. American cleric, botanist, and pioneer noted for his study of New England flora and as a central figure in the settlement of the Ohio River valley. * * * …   Universalium

  • Cutler — /kut leuhr/, n. Manasseh, 1742 1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801 05. * * * …   Universalium

  • TORREY, CHARLES CUTLER° — (1863–1956), U.S. Bible scholar and Semitist. Born in East Hardwick, Vermont, Torrey taught Latin at Bowdoin College (1885–86), and Semitics, Bible, and Hebraica at Andover Theological Seminary (1892–1900) and at Yale University (1900–34). He was …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory — included soldiers of the Revolution and members of the Ohio Company of Associates. During 1788 these pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest… …   Wikipedia

  • American pioneers to the Northwest Territory — Plaque commemorating the first permanent settlement of the new United States of America in the Northwest Territory Participants Pioneers and veterans of the American Revolutionary …   Wikipedia

  • Ohio Company of Associates — For the earlier Ohio Company of Virginia, see the Ohio Company. Map of Ohio showing the boundaries of the Ohio Company Purchase on the lower right …   Wikipedia

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Athens County, Ohio — Location of Athens County in Ohio This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Athens County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”