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    Michael Hillegas (April 22, 1729 – September 29, 1804) was the first treasurer of the United States. Hillegas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
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  • writer, journalist and newspaper editor Michael Hillegas (1729–1804), Treasurer of the United States Shawn Hillegas (born 1964), American baseball player...
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  • and Michael Hillegas as joint treasurers of the United Colonies. On August 6, 1776, however, Clymer resigned from his post, thus making Hillegas the sole...
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    during the American Revolutionary War by the first U.S treasurer, Michael Hillegas, after the country's formation in 1776. The United States has continuously...
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    government's finances to joint Continental treasurers George Clymer and Michael Hillegas. Congress stipulated that each of the colonies contribute to the Continental...
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    1166q – Allison and Wyman – large red (1875) 10$10 7th 1907 Fr.1172 Michael Hillegas 1167 – 1172 1167 – Vernon and Treat – Gold 1168 – Vernon and McClung...
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    30. 1907 (1907): The first $10 gold certificate with a portrait of Michael Hillegas on the front and orange-colored back was issued. 1914 (1914): The first...
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    family had a history in politics (Kelly's father's great grandfather, Michael Hillegas, was the first Treasurer of the United States), business, real estate...
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    War Samuel Hardy (1758–1785), delegate to the Continental Congress Michael Hillegas (1729–1804), first Treasurer of the United States Thomas Hopkinson...
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    Howard Clement Hillegas (December 30, 1872 – January 29, 1918) was an American author, newspaper correspondent, and newspaper editor. Hillegas traveled to...
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  • History "A Pennsylvania German named Michael Hillegas was the first Continental Treasurer. " Levitt, Morton; Levitt, Michael (1979). A Tissue Of Lies: Nixon...
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  • retrieved 29 December 2012 Sobel, p. 172. Egle, William Henry; Hillegas, M. (1888), "Michael Hillegas", The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 11...
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  • Rebellion Betty Groff (1935–2015), celebrity chef, cookbook author Michael Hillegas (1729–1804), first Treasurer of the United States Hedda Hopper (1885–1966)...
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    Ponceau, Nicholas Biddle, Owen Biddle, Benjamin Rush, James Madison, Michael Hillegas, John Marshall, Charles Pettit, and John Andrews. It was common at...
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    remaining as Secretaries of Foreign Affairs and War respectively; and Michael Hillegas remaining as Treasurer, the United States of America temporarily ceases...
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  • Haliburton, Scottish bishop (b. 1635) 1800 – Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (b. 1729) 1804 – Michael Hillegas, American politician, 1st Treasurer of...
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    Henrietta Hillegas (b. 1766), one of ten children of Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the United States, and his wife, Henrietta Hillegas of Philadelphia...
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    bar on September 18, 1792. In 1806, he became an alderman, replacing Michael Hillegas. He was elected mayor on October 15, 1811, and served a one-year term...
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  • President George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson Preceded by Michael Hillegas Succeeded by Thomas Tudor Tucker Personal details Born 1741 Died (1817-02-10)February...
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    responsibility of being treasurer of the Continental Congress with Michael Hillegas. He served on several committees during his first congressional term...
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  • 97.2512.176. PMID 17809628. Emma St. Clair Nichols Whitney (1891). Michael Hillegas and His Descendants. Press of M. E. Miller. Johns Hopkins Medicine:...
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    walls and pegged rafters. The farm was owned, but not lived in, by Michael Hillegas, the first Treasurer of the United States. It was also owned by members...
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    Somers, naval officer (killed in battle) (born 1778/9) September 29 – Michael Hillegas, 1st Treasurer of the United States (born 1729) November 18 – Philip...
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  • as it was originally created by the Continental Congress in 1775. Michael Hillegas served as the first Treasurer of the United States and throughout the...
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    the pioneers of the coal region. Her mother's great-grandfather was Michael Hillegas, the confidential friend of George Washington and the first Continental...
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    Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). Hillegas was born in Dos Palos, California, on August 21, 1964. Hillegas was 6'3", 190 pounds (although one source...
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  • had it further inspected by John Nicholson, Michael Hillegas, and brother-in-law Charlie Cist; Hillegas had been the Treasurer of the United States under...
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    Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Emma St. Clair Nichols Whitney (1891). Michael Hillegas and His Descendants. Press of M.E. Miller. "HSP Manuscript Guide: 2100-2175"...
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    married twice. His first wife, Eliza Anthony, was a granddaughter of Michael Hillegas, who had been the first Treasurer of the United States. Smith and Eliza...
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  • Media Group, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Hillegas Road in Fort Wayne. WFFT-TV signed on the air on December 21, 1977, as...
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