Tristram Dalton-GHM-155-29-Whitfield Co.
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N 34° 46.333 W 084° 58.131
16S E 685871 N 3849662
At old City Hall, Pentz and King Sts, Dalton
Waymark Code: WM4BMM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2008
Views: 17
Tristran Dalton (1732-1817) was born in Newburryport, 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
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 155-29
Date: 1953
Sponsor: Not listed
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