BURGES, Dempsey, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Shiloh, Camden County, N.C., in 1751; member of the Provincial Congress in 1775 and 1776; took an active part in the…
CARLETON, Peter, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Haverhill, Mass., September 19, 1755; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; served in a Massachusetts…
HAVEN, Nathaniel Appleton, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Portsmouth, N.H., July 19, 1762; pursued classical studies and was graduated in medicine from Harvard College in 1779;…
SMITH, OâBrien, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Ireland about 1756; came to South Carolina following the Revolutionary War, taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of…
WOOD, Joseph, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Pennsylvania in 1712; moved to Sunbury, St. Johnâs Parish (afterward Liberty County), Ga., about 1774; served in the Revolutionary War as major…
ATLEE, Samuel John, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Trenton, N.J., in 1739, during the temporary residence of his parents at that place; moved with his mother to Lancaster, Pa., in 1745…
Senate Years of Service: 1914-1915 Party: Democrat WHITE, Francis Shelley (Frank), a Senator from Alabama; born in Prairie, Noxubee County, Miss., March 13, 1847; attended the common schools…
WILLIAMS, John, a Representative from New York; born in Barnstable, England, in September 1752; received a liberal education; studied medicine and surgery in St. Thomas Hospital, London; served…
If you had a time-machine, what time and place would you visit? by Maddie Time-Traveling Princesses On July 4, 2009, at 9:00 p.m. my friend Harmony and I were pretending we were…
(Encyclopedia) Moultrie, WilliamMoultrie, Williamm&oomacr;lˈtrē [key], 1730–1805, American Revolutionary general, b. Charleston, S.C. He had fought against the Native Americans (1761) and served…
