industrialist, financierBorn: 5/27/1794Birthplace: Port Richmond, N.Y. Having gotten his feet wet operating the Staten Island ferry in 1810, Vanderbilt then worked for Thomas Gibbons before forming…
HASBROUCK, Abraham Joseph, (cousin of Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck), a Representative from New York; born at âGuilford,â Ulster County, N.Y., October 16, 1773; was privately tutored; moved to…
MILLER, Morris Smith, (father of Rutger Bleecker Miller), a Representative from New York; born in New York City July 31, 1779; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1798;…
SITGREAVES, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 16, 1764; pursued classical studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, Pa.,…
(Encyclopedia) Greek Anthology, a collection of short epigrammatic poems representing Greek literature from the 7th cent. b.c. to the 10th cent. a.d. It contains more than 6,000 poems on a variety of…
(Encyclopedia) Fisk, James, 1834–72, American financial speculator, b. Pownal, Vt. In his youth he worked for a circus and as a wagon peddler of merchandise. During the Civil War he became wealthy…
(Encyclopedia) New York, City University of (CUNY), at New York City; created in 1961 by combining the city's 17 municipal colleges. It includes Bernard M. Baruch College (1919; specializes in…
