KITTERA, John Wilkes, (father of Thomas Kittera), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Blue Ball, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pa., in November 1752; was graduated from…
BLUE PLANETNEPTUNE’S RINGSTRITON’S GEYSERSFIND OUT MOREAlmost the same size and colour as Uranus, Neptune orbits about 1.6 billion km (1.0 billion miles) further from the Sun than Uranus.…
MILLINGTON, Charles Stephen, a Representative from New York; born in Norway, Herkimer County, N.Y., March 13, 1855; attended the district schools of Poland, the Fairfield Academy, and…
MINER, Charles, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Norwich, Conn., February 1, 1780; attended the public schools of Norwich; moved in 1797 to his fatherâs lands in Wyoming Valley,…
MORRIS, Isaac Newton, (son of Thomas Morris and brother of Jonathan David Morris), a Representative from Illinois; born in Bethel, Ohio, January 22, 1812; attended Miami University, Oxford,…
MUHLENBERG, Francis Swaine, (son of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and nephew of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg), a Representative from Ohio; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 22, 1795;…
OLIN, Henry, (nephew of Gideon Olin), a Representative from Vermont; born in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vt., May 7, 1768; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar…
RICHARDSON, Joseph, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Billerica, Mass., February 1, 1778; attended public and private schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.,…
SANDS, Joshua, a Representative from New York; born in Cow Neck (now Sands Point), Queens County, Long Island, N.Y., October 12, 1757; received a limited schooling; served as captain in the…
