The National Cyclopaedia of American BiographyJ.T. White, 1896 - United States |
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... took his seat in that body in December , 1811. He was here a firm supporter of Madison's election ; and the war with Great Britain , which soon followed , afforded him an opportunity to become conspicuous as a forcible and persuasive ...
... took his seat in that body in December , 1811. He was here a firm supporter of Madison's election ; and the war with Great Britain , which soon followed , afforded him an opportunity to become conspicuous as a forcible and persuasive ...
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... took up his residence on an estate three miles from Greenway , where his father had lived , in Charles City county , Va . To this es- tate he gave the name of " Sherwood Forest , " and there he dwelt during the remainder of his life ...
... took up his residence on an estate three miles from Greenway , where his father had lived , in Charles City county , Va . To this es- tate he gave the name of " Sherwood Forest , " and there he dwelt during the remainder of his life ...
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... took his seat in the extra session of 1837 that was called to deliberate on the financial embarrassments of the country . He greatly increased his reputation in debates that fol- lowed , but his course in opposition to the sub - treas ...
... took his seat in the extra session of 1837 that was called to deliberate on the financial embarrassments of the country . He greatly increased his reputation in debates that fol- lowed , but his course in opposition to the sub - treas ...
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... took place at the Moravian settlement on the Thames river , Ontario , Canada , between the Ameri- can forces under Gen. William H. Harrison and the British army , with 2,000 Indian allies under the great chief , Tecumseh , the whole ...
... took place at the Moravian settlement on the Thames river , Ontario , Canada , between the Ameri- can forces under Gen. William H. Harrison and the British army , with 2,000 Indian allies under the great chief , Tecumseh , the whole ...
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... took orders in the autumn of 1845 , acting as assistant to Dr. Muhlen- berg for a time , and then began to officiate at a pri- vate house in New York for a small number of per- sons . In 1849 they were organized as the Church of the ...
... took orders in the autumn of 1845 , acting as assistant to Dr. Muhlen- berg for a time , and then began to officiate at a pri- vate house in New York for a small number of per- sons . In 1849 they were organized as the Church of the ...
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Page 88 - To destroy the existing relations, would be to destroy this prosperity, and to place the two races in a state of conflict, which must end in the expulsion or extirpation of one or the other.
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Page 71 - It consists of a frame of the size of a sheet of paper, traversed by brass wires, as many as lines are wanted on the page, and with a sheet of carbonated paper, such as is used for getting duplicates, pasted on the reverse side. With an ivory or agate stylus the writer traces his characters between the wires on the carbonated sheet, making indelible marks, which he cannot see, on the white page below.