John Langdon
American
Lineage
- Father John Langdon Sr
- Brother: Woodbury Langdon
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1774/12/14 | John Langdon leads Sons of Liberty and 400 men from Portsmouth, Rye and New Castle to stormed Fort William and Mary and seized 98 barrels (approximately 5 tons) of gun powder. | Patriot | Fort Constitution | New Castle, NH | Patriot Raid on Fort William and Mary | ||
1774/12/14 | John Langdon leads Sons of Liberty and 400 men from Portsmouth, Rye and New Castle to stormed Fort William and Mary and seized 98 barrels (approximately 5 tons) of gun powder. | Patriot | Fort Constitution | New Castle, NH | American Revolution - From Protest to Revolt | ||
1777/08/16 | John Langdon leads his Company of Infantry Volunteers to fight the British Regulars at the Battle of Bennington. They will become a cavalry unit in 1778. | American Commander | Bennington Battle Monument | Bennington, VT | |||
1784/00/00 | Langdon Mansion is built for John Langdon. | Home | Gov John Langdon Mansion | Portsmouth, NH | |||
1789/04/06 | Congress counts the 69 Electoral Votes electing George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice President. President pro tempore of the Senate, John Langdon, writes a letter informing Washington that he has been unanimously elected President. | Senator | Federal Hall National Memorial | New York City | Inauguration of the first President of the United States | ||
1789/10/31 | George Washington enjoys tea with John Langdon in the parlor and listens to music by Langdon's daughter, Elizabeth, who played her spinet piano after a dinner in town. Washington stayed at Brewster's Tavern on 93 Pleasant Street (destroyed by fire 1813). | Host | Gov John Langdon Mansion | Portsmouth, NH | United States of America's First Presidential Tour | ||
1819/09/18 | John Langdon passes away in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. he is buried in the Langdon Tomb in the North Cemetery. | Died | Old North Cemetery | Portsmouth, NH |
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