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William Polk 1758 - 1834

William Polk was born in 1758 to Thomas C Polk and Susanna Spratt Polk, and died at age 76 years old in 1834. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Polk.

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In 1808, he was 50 years old when on February 11th, anthracite coal - the hardest form of coal - was first burned as fuel by Jesse Fell, in Pennsylvania. He burned the coal on an open air grate. This discovery led to the use of coal as the key fuel source of the industrial revolution in the United States.

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In 1814, William was 56 years old when on September 14th, Francis Scott Key wrote what we now know as the lyrics of the Star-Spangled Banner while he watched the British attack on Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. He originally wrote a poem titled "Defence of Fort M'Henry". The lyrics of the poem were then set to the tune of a popular English song. It wasn't until 1931 that the song became the official national anthem of the United States.

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