(Encyclopedia) silverwork, utilitarian objects and works of art created from silver. Silverwork includes ecclesiastical and domestic plate, flatware, jewelry, buttons, buckles, boxes, toilet articles…
Read bios on all of the U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama. George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison…
actressBorn: 5/12/1907Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut Academy Award-winning film, stage and television actress whose career spans nearly 70 years. Spencer Tracy was Hepburn's leading man and…
Senate Years of Service: 1827-1829; 1829-1833Party: Adams; Anti-JacksonianFOOTE, Samuel Augustus, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut. (See FOOT, Samuel Augustus.) Source:…
actressBorn: 5/29/1958Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas The Oscar-nominated actress has appeared in numerous successful movies, including Valmont (1989), The American President (1994), Richard III (1995…
The Question:
Where did the dollar sign originate?
The Answer:
Based on the study of old manuscripts, it appears to have originated with an abbreviation for "pesos." In revolutionary times-…
WHITE, David, a Representative from Kentucky; born in 1785; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Castle, Ky.; member of the State…
CHASE, Samuel, a Representative from New York; born in Cooperstown, N.Y., birth date unknown; district attorney of Otsego County, 1821-1829; elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth…
CHASE, Samuel, a Representative from New York; born in Cooperstown, N.Y., birth date unknown; district attorney of Otsego County, 1821-1829; elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth…
American revolutionary patriotBorn: c. 1723Birthplace: Boston Of mixed African and American Indian ancestry, Attucks was the slave of William Brown of Framingham, Mass. Attucks escaped around 1750…
