. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . ners visited and consid-jered the site of Strawtown, above Noblesville,has not the slightest documentary support. Thereasons for the selection that was made are given,in a brief and general way, in the commissioners report to the Legislature on June 7. 1820, whichreads: The undersigned have endeavored to connectwith an eligible site the advantages of a navi-gable stream and fertility of soil, while they havenot been unmin
. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . ners visited and consid-jered the site of Strawtown, above Noblesville,has not the slightest documentary support. Thereasons for the selection that was made are given,in a brief and general way, in the commissioners report to the Legislature on June 7. 1820, whichreads: The undersigned have endeavored to connectwith an eligible site the advantages of a navi-gable stream and fertility of soil, while they havenot been unmindful of the geographical situationof the various portions of the State; to its politi-cal center as regards both the present and futurepopulation, as well as the present and future in-terest of the citizens.* This is signed by all thecommissioners except William Prince. SUPPLEMENTARY MATTER Sketch of Governor Jennings.—As Indianasfirst executive. Governor Jonathan Jennings de-serves, perhaps, a consideration that we can notgive to his successors in the gubernatorial came from Pennsylvania to IndianaTerritory in 1806, settling first at Jeftersonville,. Old State Mouse at Corydon.+ then at \incennes, where he was adniitled lo thebar and began the practise of law in 1807. Thepractise, however, seems have been little • House Jour., 1820-21, p. 25. •;-This structvire, erected in 1811-12. ns luarly as can be de-tcrniined, was built by Dennis Pennington for the Harrisoncounty courthouse. It was never owned liy the State, but wasrented for legislative use. For documentary research into thisquestion by Miss Ethel Cleland see Ind. Mag. Hist., vol. ix. 80 CKXTEXXIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA more than nominal, as he drifted into clericalwork in connection with the territorial Legis-lature, and this employment turned him in thedirection of politics. His first appearance in thepolitical field w^as as a candidate for the office ofterritorial delegate to Congress i
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