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Thomas Wheeler WILLIAMS, Congress, CT (1789-1874)

WILLIAMS Thomas Wheeler , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Stonington, Conn., September 28, 1789; attended the public schools; at the age of fifteen was employed as a clerk in New York…

WILSON, William, Congress, OH (1773-1827)

WILSON, William, a Representative from Ohio; born in New Boston, Hillsboro County, N.H., March 19, 1773; attended the public schools and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in…

Robert John TRACEWELL, Congress, IN (1852-1922)

TRACEWELL Robert John , a Representative from Indiana; born near Front Royal, Warren County, Va., May 7, 1852; moved with his parents to Corydon, Harrison County, Ind., in 1854; attended the…

John Paul VERREE, Congress, PA (1817-1889)

VERREE John Paul , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at ``Verree Mills,'' on Pennypack Creek, near what is now Fox Chase Station, Philadelphia, Pa., March 9, 1817; completed preparatory…

Ethan Hawke Biography

Ethan Hawke actorBorn: 11/6/1970Birthplace: Austin, Texas Young actor best known for portraying the quintessential slacker opposite Winona Ryder in Reality Bites (1994) and the sensitive young…

James George STRONG, Congress, KS (1870-1938)

STRONG James George , a Representative from Kansas; born in Dwight, Livingston County, Ill., April 23, 1870; attended the public schools of Dwight, Ill., 1876-1879, the Episcopal Mission of…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 15, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 14, 1806April 16, 1806April 15, 1806 Tuesday April 15th 1806 We delayed this morning untill after breakfast in order to purchase some…

Walt Whitman: By Blue Ontario's Shore

By Blue Ontario's ShorePart 1By blue Ontario's shore, As I mused of these warlike days and of peace return'd, and the dead that return no more, A Phantom gigantic superb, with stern…