OLIVER, Daniel Charles, a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 6, 1865; attended the public schools and graduated from the College of the City of New York; served twenty…
SICKLES, Daniel Edgar, a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 20, 1819; attended New York University; apprenticed as a printer; studied law; was admitted to the bar in…
YOUNG, Isaac Daniel, a Representative from Kansas; born near Pleasantville, Marion County, Iowa, on March 29, 1849; attended high school and Oskaloosa College in Iowa; began teaching at the…
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(Encyclopedia) Shiloh, battle of, Apr. 6–7, 1862, one of the great battles of the American Civil War. The battle took its name from Shiloh Church, a meetinghouse c.3 mi (5 km) SSW of Pittsburg…
(Encyclopedia) Three Young Men, in the Book of Daniel, the three men cast by Nebuchadnezzar into the fiery furnace and delivered by an angel. Their names are Abed-nego, Shadrach, and Meshach, in…
(Encyclopedia) GuggenheimGuggenheimg&oobreve;gˈənhīm [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Meyer Guggenheim, 1828–1905, b. Aargau canton, Switzerland, emigrated (1847) to…
(Encyclopedia) JajaJajajäˈjə [key], fl. 1869–87, Nigerian merchant prince. A former slave, he became an important trader in Bonny in the 1860s as a middleman between the coastal markets and the…
ANTHONY, Daniel Read, Jr., a Representative from Kansas; born in Leavenworth, Kans., August 22, 1870; attended the public schools, the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake, and the…
GRANGER, Daniel Larned Davis, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., May 30, 1852; attended the common schools; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in…
