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Aaron Augustus SARGENT, Congress, CA (1827-1887)

Senate Years of Service: 1873-1879 Party: Republican SARGENT Aaron Augustus , a Representative and a Senator from California; born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., September 28, 1827; attended…

Aaron Fletcher STEVENS, Congress, NH (1819-1887)

STEVENS Aaron Fletcher , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., August 9, 1819; attended Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N.H., and Crosby's Nashua Literary…

Gibbons v. Ogden

(Encyclopedia) Gibbons v. Ogden, case decided in 1824 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Aaron Ogden, the plaintiff, had purchased an interest in the monopoly to operate steamboats that New York state had…

Summer Movie Previews 2002

Many films that will actually be worth the price of admission by Beth Rowen Releases in: MayJuneJulyAugustRelated Links Top 25 Summer Films of All TimeAFI's 50 Greatest Screen LegendsMovie…

Leviticus

(Encyclopedia) LeviticusLeviticuslĭvĭtˈəkəs [key], book of the Bible, 3d of the five books of the Law (the Pentateuch or Torah) ascribed by tradition to Moses. It is in essence a collection of…

Franklin, Rosalind Elsie

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Rosalind Elsie, 1920–58, English molecular biologist and chemist, grad. Newnham College, Cambridge (1941). She spent most of the war years (1942–45) working for the British…

Vanderlyn, John

(Encyclopedia) Vanderlyn, JohnVanderlyn, Johnvănˈdərlĭn [key], 1776–1852, American portrait and historical painter, b. Kingston, N.Y. Under the patronage of Aaron Burr he studied with Gilbert Stuart…

Willet, Marinus

(Encyclopedia) Willet, MarinusWillet, Marinusmərēˈnəs wĭlˈĭt [key], 1740–1830, American Revolutionary soldier, b. Jamaica, N.Y. In the French and Indian War he was (1758) a member of the expeditions…

Brewer's: Leg of Mutton School

(The). So Eckhart called those authors who lauded their patrons in prose or verse, under the hope of gaining a commission, a living, or, at the very least, a dinner for their pains.…