McDOWELL, Harris Brown, Jr., a Representative from Delaware; born on a farm near Middletown, New Castle County, Del., February 10, 1906; attended the public schools of Middletown, Wilmington (…
SEELY-BROWN, Horace, Jr., a Representative from Connecticut; born in Kensington, Montgomery County, Md., May 12, 1908; attended the public schools of Hoosick, N.Y.; was graduated from Hamilton…
BROWN, George Edward, Jr., a Representative from California; born in Holtville, Imperial County, Calif., March 6, 1920; graduated from Holtville Union High School, 1935; attended El Centro…
BROWN, William Gay, Jr., (son of William Gay Brown [1800-1865]), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Kingwood, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), April 7, 1856; attended the…
BROWNE, Thomas Henry Bayly, a Representative from Virginia; born at Accomac Court House, Accomac County, Va., February 8, 1844; instructed by private tutors; attended Hanover and Bloomfield…
(Encyclopedia) Ostend Manifesto, document drawn up in Oct., 1854, at Ostend, Belgium, by James Buchanan, American minister to Great Britain, John Y. Mason, minister to France, and Pierre Soulé,…
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(Encyclopedia) King, William Rufus Devane, 1786–1853, U.S. Senator from Alabama (1819–44, 1848–52), b. Sampson co., N.C. A Democratic Congressman from North Carolina (1811–16), he settled (1818) in…
(Encyclopedia) Barry, Philip, 1896–1949, American dramatist, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Yale, 1919, and studied under George Pierce Baker at Harvard. He is primarily known for his satirical, somewhat…
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