SMITH, Richard, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Burlington, N.J., March 22, 1735; educated under private teachers and in Friendsâ schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1762…
DALY, William Davis, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., June 4, 1851; attended the public schools; from the age of fourteen until he was nineteen was employed as an…
DENNISON, David Short, a Representative from Ohio; born in Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, July 29, 1918; graduated from Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, 1936; Williams College,…
OâBRIEN, Charles Francis Xavier, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 7, 1879; attended the public schools, St. Aloysius Academy, and St. Peterâs College,…
O’BRIEN, Charles Francis Xavier, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 7, 1879; attended the public schools, St. Aloysius Academy, and St. Peter’s College, Jersey…
(Encyclopedia) North West Company, fur-trading organization in North America in the late 18th and early 19th cent.; it was composed of Montreal trading firms and fur traders.
After 1810 the rivalry…
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(Encyclopedia) Prince George, city (1991 pop. 69,653), central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. It is a railroad division point and a distribution center…
(Encyclopedia) O'Meara, Barry EdwardO'Meara, Barry Edwardōmäˈrə [key], 1786–1836, Irish physician. A surgeon in the British navy, he attended the exiled French emperor Napoleon I on St. Helena and…
