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Richard Bland LEE, Congress, VA (1761-1827)

LEE Richard Bland , a Representative from Virginia; born at ``Leesylvania,'' in Prince William County, Va., January 20, 1761; pursued English and classical studies in private schools; attended the…

E. Wallace CHADWICK, Congress, PA (1884-1969)

CHADWICK E. Wallace , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., January 17, 1884; moved with his parents to Chester, Delaware County, Pa., in 1890; was graduated…

Thomas CULBRETH, Congress, MD (1786-1843)

CULBRETH Thomas , a Representative from Maryland; born in Kent County, Del., eight miles northeast of Greensboro, Md., April 13, 1786; attended the public schools and studied under private tutors…

Earle Dukes WILLEY, Congress, DE (1889-1950)

WILLEY Earle Dukes , a Representative from Delaware; born in Greenwood, Sussex County, Del., July 21, 1889; attended the public schools and George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C…

Mary Ann Dyer Goodnight Biography

Mary Ann Dyer Goodnight Mollyearly settler, philanthropist Born: 9/12/1839Birthplace: Madison County, Tenn. Daughter of a prominent lawyer, Mary Dyer was 14 when the family moved to Texas.…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Dirge for the Year

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To NightDirge for the Year Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824, and dated January 1, 1821. 1. Orphan Hours, the Year is dead, Come and sigh, come…

Thaddeus Maclay MAHON, Congress, PA (1840-1916)

MAHON Thaddeus Maclay , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Green Village, Franklin County, Pa., May 21, 1840; pursued an academic course; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in…

Edward LANGWORTHY, Congress, GA (1738-1802)

LANGWORTHY, Edward, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1738; attended a school kept in connection with the Bethesda Orphan House, of which he was an inmate, and later became an…

Misha Defonseca

Misha Defonseca became famous the first time as the author of 1997's Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, and famous the second time when it was revealed in 2008 that she'd made the whole thing…