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Coram, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Coram, ThomasCoram, Thomaskôrˈəm [key], 1668?–1751, English philanthropist and colonizer. He lived for some years in Massachusetts, working as a shipbuilder. On his return to England…

Bray, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Bray, Thomas, 1656–1730, English clergyman and philanthropist. In 1696 he was selected by the bishop of London as his commissary to establish the Anglican church in Maryland. Bray…

Georgia

Capital: Atlanta   Official Name: State of Georgia Organized as a territory: April 24, 1802 Entered Union (rank): January 2, 1788 (4th) Present constitution adopted: 1983 State abbreviation/…