Samuel Merrill, a native of Peacham, Vermont, was an early lawyer and leading citizen of Indiana, who served as state treasurer from 1822 to 1834. Merrill attended Dartmouth College, and in 1816 settl
A one dollar bank note from the Bank of Indiana featuring a portrait engraving of Merrill (left)
History of Indiana
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The history of human activity in Indiana, a U.S. state in the Midwest, stems back to the migratory tribes of Native Americans who inhabited Indiana as early as 8000 BC. Tribes succeeded one another in
View of Mound A at Angel Mounds
Native Americans guide French explorers through Indiana as depicted by Maurice Thompson in Stories of Indiana.
Clark's march to Vincennes, by F. C. Yohn
William Henry Harrison, the 1st Governor of Indiana Territory from 1801 to 1812, and the 9th President of the United States