(Encyclopedia) Fuller, Melville Weston, 1833–1910, American jurist, 8th chief justice of the United States (1888–1910), b. Augusta, Maine. He studied at Harvard law school, and after 1856 he became a…
(Encyclopedia) Arabian Sea, ancient Mare Erythraeum, northwest part of the Indian Ocean, lying between Arabia and India. The Gulf of Aden, extended by the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Oman, extended by…
(Encyclopedia) ArchiteArchiteärˈkīt [key] or ArchiArchiärˈkī [key], in the Bible, clan that owned Ataroth between Bethel and Beth-horon, on the boundary between Ephraim and Benjamin. Hushai, David's…
TELFAIR, Edward, (father of Thomas Telfair), a Delegate from Georgia; born in âTown Head,â Scotland, in 1735; was graduated from the Kirkcudbright Grammar School and subsequently acquired…
DISNEY, David Tiernan, a Representative from Ohio; born in Baltimore, Md., August 25, 1803; moved with his parents to Ohio in 1807; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to…
CARNES, Thomas Petters, a Representative from Georgia; born in Maryland in 1762; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Milledgeville, Ga.; member…
HALE, Salma, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Alstead, Cheshire County, N.H., March 7, 1787; became a printer and in 1805 edited the Walpole Political Observatory; studied law;…
HOWELL, David, (father of Jeremiah Brown Howell), a Delegate from Rhode Island; born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., January 1, 1747; attended Eatonâs Academy, Hopewell, N.J., and was…
LANSING, John, Jr., (uncle of Gerrit Yates Lansing), a Delegate from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., January 30, 1754; studied law in Albany and in New York City; was admitted to the bar in…
