History
David Wilmot, author of the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 barring slavery from territory acquired in the Mexican War, was born in this house on Jan. 20, 1814. He died at Towanda on March 16, 1868, after a notable career in the State and Nation.
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Bethany, Pennsylvania · United States
