Video by Stanley L. Klos
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Uploaded by stanklos on Mar 20, 2010
Brief History of the US Presidency covering the founding period of 1774-1789. Who was the first US President?
In this video Historian Stan Klos answers that question and provides the viewer with a site to take a President Poll.
There was no photography in 1783 when President Hanson died so such a photograph is a physical impossibility. The picture of the “Moor,” John Hanson, shown in this video and in the Innis article is actually a Sixth-plate daguerreotype, ca. 1856 (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr033.html) of John Hanson the 19th century Liberian Senator from Grand Bassa County who championed the relocation of slaves et al to Liberia.
There was no photography in 1783 when President Hanson died so such a photograph is a physical impossibility. The picture of the “Moor,” John Hanson, shown in this video and in the Innis article is actually a Sixth-plate daguerreotype, ca. 1856 (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr033.html) of John Hanson the 19th century Liberian Senator from Grand Bassa County who championed the relocation of slaves et al to Liberia.
Finally, President Hanson was the 3rd President of the United States in Congress Assembled, not the first. He was preceded by Samuel Huntington (1st) and Thomas McKean (2nd). On my website, johnhanson.net, I have an image of the letter signed by Hanson as President thanking Thomas McKean for serving as President. The picture utilized on the website is John Hanson who was not a Black Moor. For more go to uspresidency.com.
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