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Wheelock, Eleazar
(Encyclopedia) Wheelock, EleazarWheelock, Eleazarĕlēāˈzər hwēˈlŏk [key], 1711–79, American clergyman, founder of Dartmouth College, b. Windham, Conn., grad. Yale, 1733. He became (1735) the pastor of…Colden, Cadwallader
(Encyclopedia) Colden, CadwalladerColden, Cadwalladerkōlˈdən [key], 1688–1776, colonial scholar and political leader of New York, b. Ireland, of Scottish parents. After studying medicine in London,…Fort Stanwix
(Encyclopedia) Fort Stanwix, colonial outpost on the site of Rome, N.Y., controlling a principal route from the Hudson River to Lake Ontario. Originally a French trading center, it was rebuilt by the…Jessie SUMNER, Congress, IL (1898-1994)
SUMNER Jessie , a Representative from Illinois; born in Milford, Iroquois County, Ill., July 17, 1898; attended the public schools; was graduated from Girton School, Winnetka, Ill., in 1916 and…Jogues, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Jogues, Isaac (Saint Isaac Jogues)Jogues, Isaacēzäkˈ zhôg [key], 1607–46, French Jesuit missionary and martyr in the New World; one of the Jesuit Martyrs of North America. He arrived…Brulé, Étienne
(Encyclopedia) Brulé, ÉtienneBrulé, Étienneātyĕnˈ brülāˈ [key], c.1592–1632, French explorer in North America. He arrived (1608) in the New World with Samuel de Champlain, who sent him (1610) into…Spotswood, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Spotswood, Alexander, 1676–1740, colonial governor of Virginia, b. Tangier, Morocco. Appointed in 1710, he was officially lieutenant governor under the nominal governorship of George…Treaty of Ghent: Article the Fifth
Article the FourthArticle the SixthArticle the Fifth Whereas neither that point of the Highlands lying due North from the source of the River St Croix, and designated in the former Treaty…Brewer's: Irrefragable Doctor
Alexander Hales, an English friar, founder of the scholastic theology (thirteenth century). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894IrrelevantIroquois A B C D E…Brewer's: Irony of Fate
(The). A strange fatality which has brought about something quite the reverse of what might have been expected. “By the irony of fate the Ten Hours' Bill was carried in the very session…Trending
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