discoveries. Indian corn was sold at ten dollars a bushel. But, after the articles were adopted, he returned to New Hampshire to attend to personal business. He would not become subservient to the will of a man whose object, next to the display of his own authority, was the subjection of the people to the authority of the British administration. "Congress," he says, "was obliged to hold its sessions in the college hall, the state house having been left by the enemy in a condition which could scarcely be described. The public attention was soon directed to him, as a gentleman in whom confidence might be reposed, and whose duties, whatever they might be, would be discharged with promptness and fidelity. He purchased land and a farm. He was the fourth son of Stephen Bartlett, whose ancestors came from England during the seventeenth century, and settled at Beverly. He was re-elected to Congress in 1778, and served on the committee that drafted the Articles of Confederation. In a second election, in the early part of the year 1776, Dr. Bartlett was again chosen a delegate to the Continental Congress. To him is ascribed the first application of Peruvian bark in cases of canker, which before, was considered an inflammatory, instead of a Putrid disease, and as such had been unsuccessfully treated. He attended the common schools, but with uncommon success. Unlike many others, he had no family, or party connections, to raise him to influence in society; but standing on his own merits, he passed through a succession of offices which he sustained with uncommon honour to himself, and the duties of which he discharged not only to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens. Before Bartlett turned 21, in 1750, he moved to Kingston, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, and began his practice. Father of Mary Greely; Lois Bartlett; Miriam Calef; Rhonda Bartlett; Hannah Bartlett and 5 others; Dr. Levi Bartlett; Josiah Bartlett, US Congress; Hon Ezra Bartlett; Sarah Gale and Dorothy Bartlett less This act, however, terminated the royal government in the province of New-Hampshire. Death: May 09, 1853 (49) Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. Later that year, when Wentworth dismissed, or prorogued, the Assembly, Josiah was elected to its revolutionary (and illegal) successor, the Provincial Assembly. Josiah is 14 degrees from Margaret Atwood, 14 degrees from Jim Carrey, 17 degrees from Elsie Knott, 20 degrees from Gordon Lightfoot, 19 degrees from Alton Parker, 19 degrees from Beatrice Tillman, 17 degrees from Jenny Trout, 16 degrees from Justin Trudeau, 17 degrees from Edwin Boyd, 16 degrees from Barbara Hanley, 24 degrees from Fanny Rosenfeld and 16 degrees from Cathryn Hondros on our single family tree. Ancestor List for Josiah Bartlett At first they were strongly reluctant to comply with his wishes, under a just apprehension, that serious and even fatal consequences might ensue. rn Bartlett), Lydia Coffin (born Bartlett), Edmund Bartlett, Judith Bartlett Milam (born Cole), Hannah Bartlett, Mary Somerby (born Bartl h Milam, Sr. (born Bartlett), Mary Bartlett, Sarah Coffin (born Bartlett), Thomas Bartlett, Lydia Bartlett, Eunice Bartlett, Lecom Seton Hill, Brian Kelly Points Guy Engaged Jorge, Rafferty's Allergen Menu, Cn Rail Vaccine Mandate Cease And Desist, When Did Vicki Stubing Join The Love Boat, Are Ulta And Sephora Owned By The Same Company,