November 6, 1808

Geologist George William Featherstonhaugh married Sarah Duane of Schenectady, New York. Featherstonhaugh was appointed to make a geological survey of Arkansas, and as he did, he recorded life in the early Arkansas Territory, later publishing his observations as Excursion Through the Slave States.

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