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Arthur St. Clair ( March 23, 1734- 1736?– August 31 1818) was the ninth President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation, holding office from February 2, 1787 to October 29, 1787. He was preceded in office by Nathaniel Gorham and succeeded by Cyrus Griffin. He was also a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and the only territorial governor of Ohio.St. Clair was born ThursoThurso is a small town in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It was originally an important Viking port, later trading with ports throughout northern Europe, and was expanded in the 1790s. More recently, many of the town's residents have been emplo, CaithnessCaithness is a traditional county in northeast Scotland. Its county town is Wick, and the only other burgh in the county is Thurso. Other settlements include Reay, Mey, John O'Groats, Halkirk and Latheron. Its county council was abolished in 1975 when it, ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p on March 23, sometime between 1734 and 1736. He attended the University of EdinburghThe University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 in a period of rapid development in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is one of the ancient universities of Scotland, has more students than any other university in Scotland and is amongst the largest in the United Ki and studied medicineSee drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that treat patients. This article is about medical practice. Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with restoring and maintaining health and wellness. Broadly, it is the practical science o under the renowned anatomist William Hunter. In 1757, St. Clair purchased a commission in the British Army and came to America with Admiral Edward Boscawen's fleet for the French and Indian War. He served under General Jeffrey Amherst at the capture of Louisburg, Nova Scotia on July 26, 1758. On April 17, 1759 he received a lieutenant's commission and was assigned to the command of General James Wolfe, under whom he served at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
On April 16, 1762, he resigned his commission, and in 1764 he settled in Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania, where he purchased land, and erected mills. He was the largest landowner in western Pennsylvania.
In 1770 St. Clair became a justice of the court, of quarter sessions and of common pleas, a member of the proprietary council, a justice, recorder, and clerk of the orphans' court, and prothonotary of Bedford and Westmoreland counties.
In 1774, the colony of Virginia took claim of the area around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and some residents of western Pennsylvania took up arms to reject them. St. Clair issued an order for the arrest of the officer leading the Virginia troops. Lord Dunmore's War eventually settled the boundary dispute.
