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William Blount CARTER, Congress, TN (1792-1848)
CARTER William Blount , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tenn., October 22, 1792; attended the public schools; during the War of 1812 served as a colonel;…William Henry CARTER, Congress, MA (1864-1955)
CARTER William Henry , a Representative from Massachusetts; born at Needham Heights, Norfolk County, Mass., June 15, 1864; attended public schools; was graduated from Comers Commercial College,…Charles Carter COMSTOCK, Congress, MI (1818-1900)
COMSTOCK Charles Carter , a Representative from Michigan; born in Sullivan, Cheshire County, N.H., March 5, 1818; attended the common schools; moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1853; engaged in…Robert Carter NICHOLAS, Congress, LA (1793-1857)
Senate Years of Service: 1836-1841 Party: Jacksonian; Democrat NICHOLAS Robert Carter , a Senator from Louisiana; born in Hanover, Hanover County, Va., in 1793; served in the War of 1812 as…Abel Carter WILDER, Congress, KS (1828-1875)
WILDER Abel Carter , a Representative from Kansas; born in Mendon, Worcester County, Mass., March 18, 1828; completed preparatory studies; engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to Rochester, N.…William Carter WRIGHT, Congress, GA (1866-1933)
WRIGHT William Carter , a Representative from Georgia; born on a farm in Carroll County, Ga., January 6, 1866; moved with his parents to Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., in 1869; attended the common…Lindsay Carter WARREN, Congress, NC (1889-1976)
WARREN Lindsay Carter , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., December 16, 1889; pursued preparatory studies at Bingham School, Asheville, N.C., 1903-…Parsons, Lucy
(Encyclopedia) Parsons, Lucy, 1851–1942, American anarchist and labor activist. Although she claimed publicly to have been born of Mexican and Native American descent as Lucia Gonzalez, she was…incunabula
(Encyclopedia) incunabulaincunabulaĭnˌky&oobreve;năbˈy&oobreve;lə [key], plural of incunabulum [Late Lat.,=cradle (books); i.e., books of the cradle days of printing], books printed in the…dime novels
(Encyclopedia) dime novels, swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents by the firm of…Trending
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