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Jacob Burnet was born on February 22, 1770 in Newark, New Jersey to William Burnet and Mary Camp, daughter of Nathaniel Camp.
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Title: Proceedings of the Democratic Whig National Convention, which assembled at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the fourth of December, 1839, for the purpose of nominating candidates for president and vice president of the United States. Author: Jacob Burnet Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP02694500 CollectionID: CTRG98-B2388 PublicationDate: 18390101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Contains a speech by Jacob Burnet of Ohio. Collation: 42 p. ; 20 cm
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Jacob Burnet was born on February 22, 1770 in Newark, New Jersey to William Burnet and Mary Camp, daughter of Nathaniel Camp.
He graduated at Nassau Hall in 1791, and studied law.
When Jacob Burnet first came to the Old Northwest, there were only a few scattered settlements along the watercourses. In the work of building modern commonwealths there, young Burnet was to play a leading part, as he was able and practical, with exceptionally fine judgment.
Although he disliked public office, the record of his service is a long one, beginning in 1799 when he was appointed a member of the Legislative Council in the newly organized territorial government.
For this office he was eminently qualified by his legal training and also by many professional trips throughout the territory. Soon he was called upon to help straighten out the legal tangle left over from the régime of the judges, and he drew up a number of laws that were to become of basic importance in the Ohio code.
In his next public office, as a member of the state legislature, 1812-16, he gave important aid to the Federal government during the Western campaigns. As president of the Cincinnati branch of the second National Bank, he keenly appreciated the distress caused by the sale of public lands on credit under the Act of 1800.
Many settlers were hopelessly in debt to the government and were threatened with the loss of their lands with all improvements. This situation Burnet clearly explained in a memorial to Congress, copies of which he sent to influential men throughout the Western country. By this means public opinion was aroused, and strong pressure was brought to bear upon Congress.
The sequel was the Land Act of 1820 which followed essentially the plan of relief proposed by Burnet, and really prevented a catastrophe in the Western settlements.
Appointed judge of the supreme court of Ohio in 1821, he resigned in 1828, and almost immediately was chosen to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate, caused by the resignation of William Henry Harrison. Burnet served until the end of the Twenty-first Congress, interesting himself especially in measures that concerned the West.
Of utmost importance to Ohio was an extensive grant of public lands to aid the Miami Canal from Dayton to the Maumee. Unfortunately the act as first passed imposed impossible conditions, but by persistent efforts Burnet secured such favorable terms that the construction of the canal became possible.
Equally important was his work to secure permission for the erection, by the State of Ohio, of toll-gates along the National Road. Although a maintenance fund was an obvious necessity, the proposed grant of this authority threatened to arouse an extended debate upon the general subject of Internal Improvements. By arguments that skilfully avoided controversies, Burnet secured the necessary act, and saved the National Road in Ohio. In the Hayne-Webster Debate, he took only a very minor part, but it has been asserted, upon plausible grounds, that his notes on Hayne's speech on the first day formed the basis for a part of Webster's reply.
In 1831 the legislature of Kentucky elected Burnet to be one of the commissioners to settle certain territorial disputes with Virginia.
These intellectual interests received notable recognition when he was elected a corresponding member of the French Academy of Science upon the nomination of Lafayette.
This political conservatism was characteristic. Disdaining half-way measures he never hesitated to express his opinions in no uncertain terms.
He died in Cincinnati in 1853 when he was 83 years old. He was initially buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery and was later removed to Spring Grove in 1865.
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In politics, Burnet took special pride in calling himself a Federalist, considering this the party of Washington and the one that was loyal to the Federal Union.
Burnet was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.
His very appearance was indicative of the tenacity of his views. Tall and dignified, he retained the style and manners of an older generation, wearing a queue long after it had been generally discarded.
In 1796 he settled in Cincinnati, where in 1800 he married Rebecca Wallace of Kentucky.