Arthur
St. Clair
was born in Thurso, Scotland, in 1738.
He served in the British Army before emigrating to America in 1762.
St. Clair settled in Pennsylvania and during the American Revolution
served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army. He took part
in the battles at Trenton and Princeton but was criticised for his
decision withdraw from Fort Ticonderoga in 1777.
St. Clair was one of Pennsylvania's delegates to the Confederation
Congress (1785-87) and was the first governor of the North-West Territory
(1787-1802). St. Clair established Losantiville (Cincinnati)
in 1788 and was commander of the army defeated by Little Turtle and
the Miami Indians in 1791. Arthur St. Clair died in 1818.
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