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Shaftsbury: The Birthplace, 1805, of Jacob Merritt Howard

Shaftsbury: The Birthplace, 1805, of Jacob Merritt Howard is a Vermont historical marker in Shaftsbury, Bennington County.

Route 7A at Tunic Road, Shaftsbury

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Moving west, Howard became Senator from Michigan and wrote resolutions adopted by Convention at Jackson, July 6, 1854, on which The Republican Party was founded. He was also the sole author of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. His birthplace stands about 2 miles to the east.

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Historical maps covering this location

1841 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1854 · Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut u. Rhode Island. Maine. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1858 · Colton's New York (1858) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Colton's New York (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · Bennington, Vermont (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Colton's New York (1858), 1858, covering the location of Shaftsbury: The Birthplace, 1805, of Jacob Merritt Howard, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's New York (1858), 1858, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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