The Historical Register: A Biographical Record of the Men of Our Time who Have Contributed to the Making of AmericaEdwin Charles Hill, Bela James Porter Edwin C. Hill, 1923 |
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... ; second , Ann Calvert , and was buried in Friends Bury- ing Ground at New Ark Meeting , near his residence east side of the Brandywine , on the half acre of land given to the New Ark Monthly Meeting in 1687 , 7 Anderson Hollingsworth ...
... ; second , Ann Calvert , and was buried in Friends Bury- ing Ground at New Ark Meeting , near his residence east side of the Brandywine , on the half acre of land given to the New Ark Monthly Meeting in 1687 , 7 Anderson Hollingsworth ...
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... ; second , Ann Calvert , and was buried in Friends Bury- ing Ground at New Ark Meeting , near his residence . east side of the Brandywine , on the half acre of land given to the New Ark Monthly Meeting in 1687 , 7 Anderson Hollingsworth ...
... ; second , Ann Calvert , and was buried in Friends Bury- ing Ground at New Ark Meeting , near his residence . east side of the Brandywine , on the half acre of land given to the New Ark Monthly Meeting in 1687 , 7 Anderson Hollingsworth ...
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... friend of President Grant , and owned one of the largest herds of Alderney cattle in America . He married , October 19th , 1842 , Augusta Manners Snow , of Boston , Massachusetts , a descendant of Nich- olas Snow , who came to this ...
... friend of President Grant , and owned one of the largest herds of Alderney cattle in America . He married , October 19th , 1842 , Augusta Manners Snow , of Boston , Massachusetts , a descendant of Nich- olas Snow , who came to this ...
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... friend- ship with General Washington , while the troops were stationed at Cambridge , and entertained him hospitably at his residence . Nathaniel Bridge , son of Cornet Na- thaniel , was a teacher , first at Concord , and afterwards at ...
... friend- ship with General Washington , while the troops were stationed at Cambridge , and entertained him hospitably at his residence . Nathaniel Bridge , son of Cornet Na- thaniel , was a teacher , first at Concord , and afterwards at ...
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... his remaining years in the service of the Society of Friends , traveling through most of the American colonies , as well as visiting England . He died October 24th , 1721 . Edward Andrew Deeds DWARD ANDREW DEEDS was born March 12th.
... his remaining years in the service of the Society of Friends , traveling through most of the American colonies , as well as visiting England . He died October 24th , 1721 . Edward Andrew Deeds DWARD ANDREW DEEDS was born March 12th.
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Page 104 - Alabama, began the study of medicine and graduated from the medical department of the University of Louisville in April, 1869.
Page 65 - League since 1882; also he was a life member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and Valley Forge Historical Society.
Page 106 - the best essay on any subject connected with surgery or surgical pathology," his subject being "Amputation at the Ankle-joint." In 1878 he received the first prize of the American Medical Association for an essay on "The Surgical Anatomy and Surgery of the Carotid Arteries...