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Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder V

Landholder VOliver EllsworthMonday, December 3, 1787Continuation of Remarks on the Hon. Elbridge Gerry's Objections to the new Constitution.To the Landholders and Farmers. It is unhappy both…

Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder X

Landholder XOliver EllsworthMonday, March 3, 1788To the Citizens of New Hampshire [20] The opposition in your state to the new federal constitution, is an event surprising to your New…

Dargan, Olive Tilford

Dargan, Olive Tilford[1869-1968](1)Born in Grayson County, Ky., and educated at the University of Nashville and at Radcliffe College. She became a teacher and was connected with various…

Brewer's: Olive Branches

Children of a parent. It is a Scripture term: “Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine ... thy children like olive plants round about thy table” (Psalm cxxviii. 3.). Source: Dictionary of…

Oliver Hardy Biography

Oliver Hardy(Norvell Hardy)actorBorn: 1/18/1892Birthplace: Harlem, Georgia The portly half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team, he and Stan Laurel made more than 110 films together over some twenty…

Oliver Stone Biography

Oliver Stonedirector, writerBorn: 9/15/1946Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning director and writer known for his controversial historical films. His films include Born on the Fourth of…

Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph, 1851–1940, English physicist, grad. University College, London (B.S., 1875; D.Sc., 1877). He made valuable contributions to the development of wireless…

Oliver, Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Oliver, Andrew, 1706–74, lieutenant governor of colonial Massachusetts (1771–73), b. Boston. Oliver was elected to the provincial council in 1746 and later served as secretary of the…

Wolcott, Oliver, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

(Encyclopedia) Wolcott, Oliver, 1760–1833, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1795–1800), b. Litchfield, Conn; son of Oliver Wolcott. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he served as Connecticut comptroller (…