(Encyclopedia) pile, post of timber, steel, or concrete used to support a structure. Vertical piles, or bearing piles, the most common form, are generally needed for the foundations of bridges, docks…
Senate Years of Service: 1817-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1826Party: Federalist; Adams-Clay Federalist; AdamsVAN DYKE, Nicholas, (son of Nicholas Van Dyke [1738-1789]), a Representative and a…
LETCHER, Robert Perkins, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Goochland County, Va., February 10, 1788; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…
MALLARY, Rollin Carolas, a Representative from Vermont; born in Cheshire, New Haven County, Conn., May 27, 1784; was graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1805; moved to Poultney, Rutland…
Senate Years of Service: 1825-1839Party: Adams; Anti-Jacksonian; WhigROBBINS, Asher, a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Wethersfield, Conn., October 26, 1761; graduated from Yale College in…
Senate Years of Service: 1824-1825; 1825-1829; 1829-1833Party: Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianJOHNSTON, Josiah Stoddard, a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born in…
BUCK, Daniel Azro Ashley, (son of Daniel Buck), a Representative from Vermont; born in Norwich, Vt., April 19, 1789; moved with his parents to Chelsea; was graduated from Middlebury College in…
(Encyclopedia) Milton, John, 1608–74, English poet, b. London, one of the greatest poets of the English language.
Milton's theology, although in the Protestant tradition, is extremely…
Senate Years of Service: 1817-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1826 Party: Federalist; Adams-Clay Federalist; Adams VAN DYKE, Nicholas, (son of Nicholas Van Dyke [1738-1789]), a Representative and a…
