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Encyclopedia > Tamanend

Tamanend or Saint Tammany (c. 16281698) was chief of the Lenni Lenape, popularly canonised as a saint. He and adopted as the tutelary genius by a section of the democratic party in the States (Tammany Hall). Tammany signed a peace treaty with William Penn in Pennsylvania in 1683. His motto was Unite in peace for happiness; in war for defence. Events March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... The Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) were, in the 1600s, loosely organized bands of Native American people practicing small-scale agriculture to augment a largely mobile hunter-gatherer society in the region around the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River, and western Long Island Sound. ... The Tammany Hall on 14th Street, New York City Tammany Hall was the name given to the Democratic Party political machine that dominated New York City politics from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the election of Fiorello LaGuardia in 1934. ... For the British admiral, see William Penn (admiral). ... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ...

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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Nuttall Encyclopaedia is an early 20th century encyclopedia, edited by Rev. ...


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ACQTC, Inc. | Articles / Tamanend, Chief of the Unami (358 words)
Tamanend was chief of the Unami (Turtle) clan of the Lenni Lenape in the 1680s.
The name of Tamanend is held in the highest veneration among the Indians.
He was in the highest degree endowed with wisdom, virtue, prudence, charity, affability, meekness, hospitality, in short with every good and noble qualification that a human being may possess.
Philadelphia Department of Public Property (224 words)
Tamanend was one of the Sakinmas who played a prominent role as a welcoming delegate on Penn's arrival in 1682, and in the early treaties of 1683 and 1692.
Tamanend was considered the patron saint of America by the colonist prior to American Independence.
Tamanend day was celebrated annualy on May 1st in Philadelphia and bells were rung in his honor.
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