Sunday, May 11, 2008

Colonel John Nixon


Name: John Nixon
Place Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1733)
Place Died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Decemember 31, 1808)
Father: Richard Nixon
Mother: Sarah Bowles
Education: Tought in the form of a merchant instead of the normal school setting.
Life: He inherited the bussiness of shipping imported goods in 1749. He came into public affairs leading to the descion of being elecleted as the Lieutant of the Dock Ward Company in 1756. He became a warden of the the port in 1766. He also was the maneger of a Pennsylvanian hospital, he was one of the signers for paper money.
Importance in History: John Nixon was the Lieutenant-Colonel in the Third Battalion of Associators in the war between, Trenton and Princeton.
Importance to Liberty Bell: Liberty Bell rung in attendence to meet at the square to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence.

3 comments:

Ms. Sackstein said...

are you telling a story or making a character profile? I'm confused as to what kind of genre we are working with here. Make sure to proofread.

Anonymous said...

really i dont know myself. i was just trying something that i thought would work out. if you can help me give the post some kind of face to it i would be grateful

RayDragon24 said...

In my opinion, I think that this is more of a very short skit. Maybe you can make it longer and change it into the form of a play?