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James Abram GARFIELD, Congress, OH (1831-1881)

GARFIELD James Abram , a Representative from Ohio and 20th President of the United States; born in Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831; attended district school; driver and helmsman on…

Seneca Falls: The Birthplace of Women's Rights

Seneca Falls: The Birthplace of Women's Rights Some people consider the single most important place in U.S. women's history to be Seneca Falls, New York, where on July 19, 1848, the first…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci Scene 5.3:

by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 5.2: SCENE 5.4: SCENE 5.3: THE CELL OF A PRISON. BEATRICE IS DISCOVERED ASLEEP ON A COUCH. ENTER BERNARDO. BERNARDO: How gently slumber rests upon her face…

Minutes of the Anti-Slavery Convention of Women

List of Delegates to the Convention.Minutes. At 10 o'clock, A. M. the Convention was called to order. On the nomination of a committee, appointed at preliminary meeting, on Monday, May 14th…

Cornell, Alonzo B.

(Encyclopedia) Cornell, Alonzo B.Cornell, Alonzo B.kôrnĕlˈ [key], 1832–1904, American businessman and politician, b. Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell was a director (1868–69) and vice president (1870–76) of the…

Hancock, Winfield Scott

(Encyclopedia) Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824–86, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Montgomery Square, near Norristown, Pa. He served with distinction in the Mexican War and was chief…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci Scene 1.3

by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 1.2: Act 2 SCENE 1.3: A MAGNIFICENT HALL IN THE CENCI PALACE. A BANQUET. ENTER CENCI, LUCRETIA, BEATRICE, ORSINO, CAMILLO, NOBLES. CENCI: Welcome, my…