Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Americana Corporation, 1965 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... served as a consultant to the Public Service Commission and its suc- cessor , the Transit Construction Commission , until 1920 . CRAVEN , Tunis Augustus Macdonough , American naval officer : b . Portsmouth , N. H. , Jan. 11 , 1813 ; d ...
... served as a consultant to the Public Service Commission and its suc- cessor , the Transit Construction Commission , until 1920 . CRAVEN , Tunis Augustus Macdonough , American naval officer : b . Portsmouth , N. H. , Jan. 11 , 1813 ; d ...
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... served as a state senator and as mayor of Newburyport , whose leading citizen he was for 50 years . From 1835 to 1843 he was member of the United States House of Representatives . Elected as a Whig , he broke with the party in 1841 to ...
... served as a state senator and as mayor of Newburyport , whose leading citizen he was for 50 years . From 1835 to 1843 he was member of the United States House of Representatives . Elected as a Whig , he broke with the party in 1841 to ...
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... served with distinc- tion during the Mexican War , receiving promotion as major and surgeon on Feb. 16 , 1847. From 1848 to 1855 he served at West Point . As senior medical officer at Fort Monroe , during the first years of the Civil ...
... served with distinc- tion during the Mexican War , receiving promotion as major and surgeon on Feb. 16 , 1847. From 1848 to 1855 he served at West Point . As senior medical officer at Fort Monroe , during the first years of the Civil ...
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