Documents in Year 1799                     

Links of Interest:

• John Adams, Second U.S. President

(1797-1801)

• Westward Expansion / American Frontier

Daniel Boone moves his family to Missouri after becoming poor from losing multiple land claims that overlap in Kentucky.

Sources:

My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone

This free ebook preview provides a major portion of an interview of Nathan Boone, the youngest son of frontiersman, Daniel Boone. He and his wife recollect interesting stories they knew about his father's exploits on the American frontier. (see pages 107-117)

• French Revolution (1789-1799)

After the fall of the Jacobins and the execution of Robespierre, the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795 and held power until 1799, when it was replaced by the Consulate under Napoleon Bonaparte.

• Russian-American Trading Company Founded

in the northwest
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996