1819. Father married
Sarah Johnston.

1820. Missouri Compromise.

1821. Missouri admitted
as a state.

1822. Grant born.

1829. Jackson President.

1830. Family moved 1830. Douglas moved 1830. Speeches of Hayne
to Illinois. to New York. and Webster.

1831. Settled in 1831. Publication of
New Salem. _The Liberatur_.

1832. Enlisted in the 1832. Founding of the
Black Hawk War: New England Anti-Slavery
unsuccessful Society.
candidate for the
legislature

1833. Postmaster of 1833. Douglas moved 1833. Founding of the
New Salem; deputy to Illinois. American Anti-Slavery
surveyor's clerk. Society.

1834. Elected to the 1834. Douglas admitted
legislature. to the bar.