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Jared IRWIN, Congress, PA (1768-1818)

IRWIN, Jared, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Georgia on January 19, 1768; appointed commissioner for valuation of lands and dwellings and enumeration of slaves for the second…

Martin, John

(Encyclopedia) Martin, John, 1789–1854, English painter and engraver. Martin's visionary and grandiose landscapes, the pictorial counterparts of English romantic poetry, won him international…

Windsor Locks

(Encyclopedia) Windsor LocksWindsor Lockswĭnˈzər [key], town (1990 pop. 12,358), Hartford co., N Conn., on the Connecticut River; settled 1663, set off from Windsor and inc. 1854. Once a tobacco-…

Elijah BABBITT, Congress, PA (1795-1887)

BABBITT, Elijah, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Providence, R.I., July 29, 1795; moved with his parents to New York State in 1805; received an academic education; moved to Milton…

Jonathan RUSSELL, Congress, MA (1771-1832)

RUSSELL, Jonathan, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Providence, R.I., February 27, 1771; was graduated from Brown University (then Rhode Island College), Providence, R.I., in 1791…

Henry Thomas HELGESEN, Congress, ND (1857-1917)

HELGESEN, Henry Thomas, a Representative from North Dakota; born near Decorah, Iowa, June 26, 1857; attended the public schools, the John Breckenridge Normal Institute, and the J.R. Slack…

Thomas Elisha WINN, Congress, GA (1839-1925)

WINN, Thomas Elisha, a Representative from Georgia; born near Athens, Clarke County, Ga., May 21, 1839; attended Carrollton (Ga.) Masonic Institute, and was graduated from Emory and Henry…

Stephen BOLLES, Congress, WI (1866-1941)

BOLLES, Stephen, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Springboro, Crawford County, Pa., June 25, 1866; attended the public schools; was graduated from the State Normal School of…