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Removal of Indiana Capital from Corydon to Indianapolis
Merrill Moores, Indiana congressman, shares historical notes on moving state property from Corydon to Indianapolis under Samuel Merrill. Memoirs recount harsh roads, wagons, and a treasury box, with Mrs. Mary Catherine Naylor’s firsthand account of the 1824 journey led by the Merrill family and the state’s early governance.
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Indiana
Corydon
Indianapolis
Merrill Moores
Congress
Samuel Merrill
Mr. Moores
Virginia Hay
Evanston
Lindley
Merrill Moore
Mary Catherine Naylor
Ft. Edward
N. Y
Robert Anderson
New Jersey
Philip Schuyler
New York
Anderson
Peter Dumont
Brunswick
N.J
Lydia Jane
William
Mr. Dumont
Vevay
Samuel Merrilla
Peacham
Vermont
Dartmouth College
Chambersburg
Thaddeus S.stevers
Conrad Baker
Merrill
Switzerland County
State Bank of
Madison & Indianapolis Railroad Company
First
Bobba-Merrill Company
Indiana Senate
House
Senate
Ratliff Boon
Saroue! Merrill
Samuel Merril
Long Beach
Cal
Mr. Merrill
General Assembly
Mary Catherine Anderson
Janac Naylor
Crawfordsville
Tippecanoe
John Douglass
Mrs. Douglass
Jane Merrill
Treasury
Catharine
China
Mr. Douglass
Columbus
Mrs. Fletcher
Washington Street
Mr. Fletcher