tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post3961360734540848652..comments2024-03-16T14:54:12.445-04:00Comments on History Is Elementary: John A. Quitman: From the Halls of MontezumaEHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-645735536473649442007-06-13T22:42:00.000-04:002007-06-13T22:42:00.000-04:00Hi Polski! Hope you make sure no one throws your ...Hi Polski! Hope you make sure no one throws your kettle out as a piece of trash. Thanks for letting us know about your personal connection to John Quitman.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-30448862947157386252007-06-11T19:46:00.000-04:002007-06-11T19:46:00.000-04:00One of my fourth Great Grandfathers fought with th...One of my fourth Great Grandfathers fought with the First Tenn. in Northern Mexico during the War with Mexico, under Quitman. They earned the nickname, the "Bloody First" and fought their way into a Mexican fortress at the Battle for Monterrey. My ancestor returned home from Mexico with the rank of Sgt. and invalid; he apparently suffered severe heat stroke/exhaustion and lost a good deal of his vision. <BR/> <BR/> He later moved from TN to MO., and his home was burned out by "Confederate" raiders from Arkansas on Christmas Eve, 1864. My Mom inherited a kettle that was one of the few things they had left. <BR/><BR/>GOOD post about an interesting, little known American historical figure. Thanks!Dan Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397636504405471939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-18003926879465721952007-06-09T23:31:00.000-04:002007-06-09T23:31:00.000-04:00Great info on the seminary. Thanks! You might al...Great info on the seminary. Thanks! You might also be interesting in knowing that his birthplace has been preserved in Rhinebeck, New York. The website is http://quitmanpreservation.org<BR/><BR/>There you can find out some more info about his father.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-26613022958338344792007-06-09T19:51:00.000-04:002007-06-09T19:51:00.000-04:00Thanks for such a prompt response!Hartwick Seminar...Thanks for such a prompt response!<BR/><BR/>Hartwick Seminary was founded by John Christopher Hartwick in 1797 - it was the first Lutheran seminary in the United States. The Seminary was located in the town of Hartwick, NY, which is just a few miles from Cooperstown [they are so close that I live in the Town of Hartwick but my address and phone number are both Cooperstown].<BR/><BR/><BR/>The original Seminary evolved into Hartwick College, a small non-denominational liberal arts school located in Oneonta, NY [www.hartwick.edu]. There will most certainly be some people in the area who find Quitman's story worth knowing/retelling.<BR/><BR/>Cooperstown is, undoubtedly, more famous, between William, James Fenimore and baseball. The interactions between William Cooper and Hartwick were interesting - they shaped the settlement of Upstate New York. Though I am not always a fan of Wikipedia, the entry for Hartwick sums this up well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christopher_Hartwick<BR/><BR/>Alan Taylor, a fine scholar who taught at my alma mater Boston University and who I believe is still at UC Davis, wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning tome called "William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic" that details this period with excitement and, most importantly to me, accuracy. It is worth a serious look.<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for this feature - I look forwarded to passing along Quitman's story in this area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-32256539014737474832007-06-09T09:17:00.000-04:002007-06-09T09:17:00.000-04:00Hi Matthew! I never saw a town listed for the sem...Hi Matthew! I never saw a town listed for the seminary....I'm not even sure if he finished or not. Quitman's father was in the clergy and that's the main reason he was persuaded to go. The Aztec Club bio states Hartwick was located in Otsego Co.,NY. If that is where Cooperstown is located then I would guess it is the same.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-32953704859769717522007-06-09T03:08:00.000-04:002007-06-09T03:08:00.000-04:00When you say "Hartwick Seminary," is that John Har...When you say "Hartwick Seminary," is that John Hartwick's seminary founded near Cooperstown, NY?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com