Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Freeman, Jonathan

Freeman, Jonathan (uncle of Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.), a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Mansfield, Conn., March 21, 1745; attended the public schools; moved to New Hampshire in 1769, and settled in Hanover; engaged in agricultural pursuits; was town clerk and also justice of the peace; executive councilor 1789-1797; member of the State house of representatives 1787-1789; served in the State senate 1789-1794;delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1791; member of the State council; overseer of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1793-1808; treasurer of Dartmouth College for more than forty years; elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1797-March 3, 1801); resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Hanover, N.H., August 20, 1808; interment in Hanover Center Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Freeman, Jonathan," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1181 1182. Original Sources, accessed April 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=94AACTMUZB78VCW.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Freeman, Jonathan." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1181, page 1182. Original Sources. 19 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=94AACTMUZB78VCW.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Freeman, Jonathan' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1181, pp.1182. Original Sources, retrieved 19 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=94AACTMUZB78VCW.