Requiem for a Nun, 85 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2019-05-26 14:43
Text: 
Requiem for a Nun
Location: 
Jackson, Mississippi in Requiem for a Nun (Location)
Page Number: 
85
Order within Page: 
3
First 8-10 words of event: 
the first legislature convened in it in the new
Page Event Ends: 
85
Era: 
Pre-Removal (-1830)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Mississippi Legislators
Characters Mentioned: 
Commissioner Hinds
Mrs. Andrew Jackson
President Jackson
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1822 to Tuesday, December 31, 1822
Summary: 

Meeting for the first time in the capital at Jackson, the Mississippi legislature names the capital city after Andrew Jackson and the county around it after Thomas Hinds, Jackson's "brother-in-arms" during the War of 1812 (85).

Chronological Order: 
27.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Cultural Issues:
Violence›Dueling
Themes and Motifs:
Morals›Honor | Naming›Place name
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Historical›Hinds, General Thomas | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew

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