FINE, John, a Representative from New York; born in New York City August 26, 1794; received private instructions; was graduated from Columbia College at New York City in 1809; studied law in…
(Encyclopedia) Sainte ThérèseSainte ThérèsesăNt tārĕzˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 24,158), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River, NW of Montreal. It has factories producing automobile parts, pianos,…
(Encyclopedia) CaughnawagaCaughnawagakäˈnəwäˌgə [key], community and Native American reserve, S Que., Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River opposite Lachine. It was founded (1676) as a refuge for…
(Encyclopedia) Mount Vernon, NE Va., overlooking the Potomac River near Alexandria, S of Washington, D.C.; home of George Washington from 1747 until his death in 1799. The land was patented in 1674,…
(Encyclopedia) Sully, Thomas, 1783–1872, American painter, b. England. Having come to the United States as a child, he first studied with his brother Lawrence, a miniaturist, and later for a brief…
HASKELL, Dudley Chase, (grandfather of Otis Halbert Holmes), a Representative from Kansas; born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., March 23, 1842; moved with his parents to Lawrence, Kans.,…
