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... afterward became the University of Denver , and to which he presented about $ 150,000 . He was organizer and president of several railroad companies and other enter- prises . He was married in 1853 to Margaret P. , daughter of Samuel ...
... afterward became the University of Denver , and to which he presented about $ 150,000 . He was organizer and president of several railroad companies and other enter- prises . He was married in 1853 to Margaret P. , daughter of Samuel ...
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... afterward admitted to the Vermont bar and established a practice in Windsor . He was prosecuting attorney for Wind- sor county , 1813-17 ; a member of the legislature , 1819-20 , 1822-24 and 1834 ; and a member of the Vermont ...
... afterward admitted to the Vermont bar and established a practice in Windsor . He was prosecuting attorney for Wind- sor county , 1813-17 ; a member of the legislature , 1819-20 , 1822-24 and 1834 ; and a member of the Vermont ...
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... afterward travelled exten- sively , and collected in a book entitled By Boat and Rail , a description of the countries visited and the various types of inhabitants . EVERHART , William , representative , was born in Chester county , Pa ...
... afterward travelled exten- sively , and collected in a book entitled By Boat and Rail , a description of the countries visited and the various types of inhabitants . EVERHART , William , representative , was born in Chester county , Pa ...
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... afterward as adjutant - gen- eral to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in command of the department of Tennessee and Mississippi . In 1869 , when William and Mary college was rebuilt , he again assumed the presidency and held the struggling ...
... afterward as adjutant - gen- eral to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in command of the department of Tennessee and Mississippi . In 1869 , when William and Mary college was rebuilt , he again assumed the presidency and held the struggling ...
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... afterward made a starring tour of the United States , playing Rose Michel , achieving her great- est success in Shakesperian heroines , -Cleopatra , Hermione and Lady Macbeth . Subsequently she appeared at the Union Square theatre in ...
... afterward made a starring tour of the United States , playing Rose Michel , achieving her great- est success in Shakesperian heroines , -Cleopatra , Hermione and Lady Macbeth . Subsequently she appeared at the Union Square theatre in ...
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Page 14 - Adolphus received a high school education, and at the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the 19th Massachusetts volunteer infantry. He was promoted to the rank of first sergeant and was one of the " forlorn hope," at Fredericksburg, where he was twice wounded, Dec.
Page 9 - England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble.
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Page 11 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.
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Page 14 - He was county solicitor in 1860, but at the opening of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the Union army at which time he changed the spelling of his name from Estey.
Page 11 - Awarded for the two best essays on some subject associated with Rutgers University at the time prior to the close of the Revolutionary era. Gift of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey.
Page 4 - York city where he became known as an illustrator and painter of genre and historical subjects. He was elected an associate of the National academy of design in 1879, and became an academician and a member of the Society of American artists in 1882.
Page 10 - Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America will be held in Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 10 and 11, 1898. The "quarter centennial celebration of the establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health" will be in progress at the abovenamed time.