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Webb, Philip Speakman

(Encyclopedia) Webb, Philip Speakman, 1831–1915, English architect. His influence, together with that of R. N. Shaw and W. E. Nesfield, established after the mid-19th cent. a revival of residential…

Bushey

(Encyclopedia) Bushey, town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Bushey is a residential town just N of Greater London. The local church contains windows by…

Waltham Forest

(Encyclopedia) Waltham ForestWaltham Forestwôlˈtəm, –thəm [key], outer borough (1991 pop. 203,400) of Greater London, SE England. The borough, covering 15 sq mi (40 sq km), is primarily residential.…

Alice

(Encyclopedia) Alice, city (2020 pop. 17,891), seat of Jim Wells co., S Tex.; inc. 1910. Long a cow town at a railroad junction, Alice remains a cattle-shipping center. Oil and natural…

James Monroe MILLER, Congress, KS (1852-1926)

MILLER, James Monroe, a Representative from Kansas; born at Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pa., May 6, 1852; attended the district school and was graduated from Dickinson Seminary,…

Rodney P. FRELINGHUYSEN, Congress, NJ (1946)

FRELINGHUYSEN, Rodney P., (son of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr., great-great grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen, and great-great-great nephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen), a Representative…

Scott LORD, Congress, NY (1820-1885)

LORD, Scott, a Representative from New York; born in Nelson, Madison County, N.Y., December 11, 1820; attended the common schools and the local academies at Morrisville and Geneseo; studied…

Joshua S. SALMON, Congress, NJ (1846-1902)

SALMON, Joshua S., a Representative from New Jersey; born at Mount Olive, Morris County, N.J., February 2, 1846; at an early age moved with his parents to the village of Bartley; attended the…

Robert Roberts HITT, Congress, IL (1834-1906)

HITT, Robert Roberts, a Representative from Illinois; born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, January 16, 1834; moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1837 with his parents, who settled in Mount…