- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Tristram Dalton historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Whitfield County
Cities and towns--Georgia--Dalton
Dalton, Tristram, 1738-1817 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.97022
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: City Hall, Pentz and King Sts., Dalton
Text of marker: "TRISTRAM DALTON. Tristran Dalton (1732-1817) was born in Newburyport, Mass; graduate of Harvard, 1755; admitted to bar but followed mercantile pursuits. Delegate to Convention of Committees of New England Provinces, Providence, R. I., 1776; member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1782-88; Speaker, 1784-85; U.S. Senator 1789-91; Surveyor, Port of Boston, 1814-17. His grandson, Edward White, laid out the City of Dalton, Ga., donating land for a City Park and church sites. The city was named in honor of Senator Dalton and his daughter Mary, mother of Capt. White. 155-29 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_tristram-dalton
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_tristram-dalton
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
