Senate Years of Service: 1870-1874Party: RepublicanAMES, Adelbert, (father of Butler Ames and son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin Butler), a Senator from Mississippi; born in Rockland, Knox County…
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Guy, c.1740–1788, Loyalist leader in colonial New York, b. Ireland. He emigrated to America as a boy and married (1763) a daughter of Sir William Johnson, whom he succeeded as…
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Margaret C., 1886–1973, American author, editor, and publisher, b. Indianapolis, Ind. As editor and publisher of The Little Review (1914–29), one of the most famous of the…
(Encyclopedia) Susquehanna Company, land company formed (1753) in Connecticut for the purpose of developing the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. A tract of land was purchased from the Native Americans…
(Encyclopedia) Patinir, Patenier, or Patiner, Joachim dePatinir, Patenier, or Patiner, Joachim deall: yōˈäkhĭm də pätĭnērˈ [key], d. 1524, Flemish landscape and religious painter. He probably studied…
Soaps between the Ropes: The Rebirth of Professional Wrestling by Gerry Brown Don't look now, but the most popular programming on cable television is professional wrestling. But this…
(Encyclopedia) Kenton, Simon, 1755–1836, American frontiersman, b. probably Fauquier co., Va. In 1771, believing he had killed a man, he fled westward, assuming the name Simon Butler. He settled in…
(Encyclopedia) Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldHeinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldhīˈlīn [key], 1907–88, American science-fiction writer, b. Butler, Mo. His best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land…
