(Encyclopedia) De Bow, James Dunwoody BrownsonDe Bow, James Dunwoody Brownsondə bōˈ [key], 1820–67, American editor and statistician, b. Charleston, S.C. He became (1844) editor of the Southern…
(Encyclopedia) Cockburn, Sir Alexander James Edmund, 1802–80, British jurist. He was called to the bar in 1829, and a volume of reports on election cases (1832) brought him into national prominence…
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(Encyclopedia) Smith, James, c.1719–1806, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Ireland. He settled in Pennsylvania in his youth and practiced law…
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(Encyclopedia) Berwick, James FitzJames, duke ofBerwick, James FitzJames, duke ofbĕrˈĭk [key], 1670–1734, marshal of France; illegitimate son of King James II of England and Arabella Churchill,…
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MILNOR, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 20, 1773; attended the Philadelphia Grammar School and also the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia,…
