(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Esek, 1718–1802, American Revolutionary naval hero, b. Scituate, R.I.; brother of Stephen Hopkins. He commanded a privateer in the French and Indian War, and in Dec., 1775, he…
(Encyclopedia) absentee ownership, system under which a person (or a corporation) controls and derives income from land in a region where he does not reside. Abuses existed in absenteeism in pre-…
(Encyclopedia) Bagration, Piotr Ivanovich, PrinceBagration, Piotr Ivanovich, Princepyôˈtər ēväˈnəvyĭch bägrätēōnˈ [key], 1765–1812, Russian general in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He…
TALIAFERRO, Benjamin, a Representative from Georgia; born in Virginia in 1750; completed preparatory studies; served in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant in the rifle corps commanded by…
TALLMAN, Peleg, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Tiverton, R.I., July 24, 1764; attended the public schools; served in the Revolutionary War on the privateer Trumbull, and lost an…
TANNEHILL, Adamson, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Frederick County, Md., May 23, 1750; attended the public schools; served in the Revolutionary War as captain of riflemen; moved…
HUMPHREY, Reuben, a Representative from New York; born in West Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., September 2, 1757; completed preparatory studies; enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a…
NEVILLE, Joseph, a Representative from Virginia; born in 1730; burgess for Hampshire County 1773-1776; member of the conventions of December 1, 1775, and May 6, 1776; served in the Continental…
EARLE, Samuel, (nephew of Elias Earle and cousin of John Baylis Earle), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Frederick County, Va., November 28, 1760; moved to South Carolina in 1774…
PEERY, William, a Delegate from Delaware; born 1743; settled with his fatherâs family near Lewes, Del.; farmer; Lewes, Del., militia, Revolutionary War, 1777; member of the Delaware state…
