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James Timothy PRATT, Congress, CT (1802-1887)

PRATT James Timothy , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Cromwell, Conn., December 14, 1802; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits in Hartford, Conn…

Timothy Roberts YOUNG, Congress, IL (1811-1898)

YOUNG Timothy Roberts , a Representative from Illinois; born in Dover, N.H., November 19, 1811; completed preparatory studies; attended Phillips Exeter (N.H.) Academy and was graduated from…

Timothy Patrick SHEEHAN, Congress, IL (1909-2000)

SHEEHAN Timothy Patrick , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., February 21, 1909; attended St. Pius Grammar School and Joseph Medill High School; Northwestern University, B.S.C…

Timothy Otis HOWE, Congress, WI (1816-1883)

Senate Years of Service: 1861-1879 Party: Republican HOWE Timothy Otis , a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, February 24, 1816; attended the common schools and…

clover

(Encyclopedia) clover, any plant of the genus Trifolium, leguminous hay and forage plants of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Most of the species are native to north temperate or subtropical…

Yale University

(Encyclopedia) Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (…

grass

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Edible grasses grass, any plant of the family Poaceae (formerly Gramineae), an important and widely distributed group of vascular plants, having an extraordinary range of…

epistle

(Encyclopedia) epistleepistleĭpĭsˈəl [key], in the Bible, a letter of the New Testament. The Pauline Epistles (ascribed to St. Paul) are Romans, First and Second Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians,…