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Henry HUBBARD, Congress, NH (1784-1857)

Senate Years of Service: 1835-1841 Party: Jacksonian; Democrat HUBBARD Henry , a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Charlestown, Sullivan County, N.H., May 3, 1784; pursued…

The Monitor and Merrimack

Two American warships that marked a revolution in naval warfare Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition Copyright © 1993, Columbia University Press. The Monitor and Merrimack…

Thomas Henry CARTER, Congress, MT (1854-1911)

Senate Years of Service: 1895-1901; 1905-1911 Party: Republican; Republican CARTER Thomas Henry , a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Montana; born near Portsmouth, Scioto County,…

Daniel WEBSTER, Congress, NH (1782-1852)

Senate Years of Service: 1827-41; 1845-1850 Party: Adams; Anti-Jacksonian; Whig WEBSTER Daniel , a Representative from New Hampshire and a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in…

The Emancipation Proclamation

January 1, 1863 By the president of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas on the 22d day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the president of the United States…

New Hampshire

New Hampshire State Information  Capital: Concord Official Name: New Hampshire Organized as a territory/republic: 1629 Entered Union (rank): June 21, 1788 (9th state) Present constitution…

Monitor and Merrimack

(Encyclopedia) Monitor and Merrimack, two American warships that fought the first engagement between ironclad ships. When, at the beginning of the Civil War, the Union forces abandoned the Norfolk…

Brewer's: Belvawney

(Miss), of the Ports-mouth theatre. She always took the part of a page, and wore tights and silk stockings. (Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby, 1838.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…