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Title
Thomas
Worthington
Sea
Chest
Subject
Ohio Government
Sailors
Chests
Governors
Place
Chillicothe (Ohio)
Ross County (Ohio)
Description
In
1791
,
Thomas
Worthington
(1773-1827)
enlisted
as a
common
sailor
on the
Brittania
and
later
sailed
on the
Home
and
Mary
of
Glasgow
. He
used
this
46.75
by
19
by
15.25
inch
(118.74
by
48.26
by
38.73
cm)
chest
to
store
his
belongings
during
this
time
. As a
crewmember
of the
Brittaina
,
Worthington
sailed
to
Cuba
,
Jamaica
,
Scotland
, and the
Baltic
Sea
.
During
his
time
on the
Mary
of
Glasgow
,
Worthington
narrowly
escaped
being
impressed
by the
British
navy
.
During
this
time
,
press
gangs
boarded
American
ships
and
tried
to
force
sailors
into
service
claiming
that they were
deserters
.
Only
the
vigorous
efforts
of the
ship's
captain
,
James
Taylor
,
saved
him.
Worthington
named
his
first-born
son
James
Taylor
Worthington
in
honor
of the
captain
.
Worthington
was
honorably
discharged
in
1793
.
Thomas
Worthington
was a
native
of
Charles
Town
,
Virginia
(later
West
Virginia)
who
moved
to the
Northwest
Territory
in
1798
and
settled
in
Ross
County
,
where
he
quickly
became
a
leader
in the
Ohio
statehood
movement
. He was a
strong
opponent
of
Territorial
Governor
Arthur
St
.
Clair
,
who
wished
to
delay
Ohio's
entrance
into the
Union
.
Worthington
emerged
as a
principal
figure
in the
1802
Constitutional
Convention
and
spent
much
time
in
Washington
lobbying
for
statehood
.
Politically
active
throughout
his
life
,
Worthington
served
as
one
of the
first
two
U
.
S
.
senators
from
Ohio
and as
governor
.
Later
he
served
several
terms
in the
Ohio
House
of
Representatives
.
Date of Original
1791
-
1792
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
1945.04.01
Submitting Institution
Ross County Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om876_945611_001.tif
Image Height
1203
Image Width
2918
File Size
615.87 KB
Format
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;
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