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Roger Sherman: Countryman I

Countryman IRoger ShermanThursday, November 14, 1787To the People of Connecticut. You are now called on to make important alterations in your government, by ratifying the new federal…

Roger Sherman: Countryman V

Countryman VRoger ShermanTuesday, December 20, 1787To the People of Connecticut You do not hate to read Newspaper Essays on the new constitution, more than I hate to write them. Then we will…

Sherman, Frank Dempster

Sherman, Frank Dempster[1860-1916](3)Born at Peekskill, New York, May 6, 1860. Died September 19, 1916. He took the degree of Ph.B. from Columbia University in 1884, and was Professor of…

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman is the U.S. Civil War general who famously said, "war is hell" -- and proved it with a destructive campaign through the South that burned the cities of Atlanta, Georgia and…

Sherman Alexie Biography

Sherman Alexiewriter Born: October 7, 1966Birthplace: Spokane Indian Reservation, Wellpinit, Washington Sherman Alexie's inventive, realistic, and often humorous writing evokes contemporary…

Patsy O. Sherman

Patsy O. ShermanBorn: 1930Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minn. Stain blocker for fabric (Scotchgard™)—Chemist Patsy Sherman discovered an oil- and water-resistant fabric treatment quite by accident…

Hardee, William Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Hardee, William Joseph, 1815–73, American army officer, Confederate general, b. Camden co., Ga. A graduate of West Point, he served with distinction in the Mexican War and compiled…

Vicksburg campaign

(Encyclopedia) Vicksburg campaign, in the American Civil War, the fighting (Nov., 1862–July, 1863) for control of the Mississippi River. The Union wanted such control in order to split the…

Johnston, Joseph Eggleston

(Encyclopedia) Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807–91, Confederate general, b. Prince Edward co., Va., grad. West Point, 1829. He served against the Seminole in Florida and with distinction under…

Antitrust Act

(Encyclopedia) Antitrust Act: see Clayton Antitrust Act; Sherman Antitrust Act.