Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members from the Foundation of the Government ; with an Appendix |
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... Delaware . This was soon after modified by requir- ing suitable buildings to be also erected near the falls of the Potomac , that the residence of Congress might alternate between those places . But the question was not allowed to rest ...
... Delaware . This was soon after modified by requir- ing suitable buildings to be also erected near the falls of the Potomac , that the residence of Congress might alternate between those places . But the question was not allowed to rest ...
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... Delaware ; and in the mean time Congress assembled alternately at Trenton and Annapolis ; but the representatives of other States were unremitting in exertions for their respective localities . On the 23d of December , 1784 , it was ...
... Delaware ; and in the mean time Congress assembled alternately at Trenton and Annapolis ; but the representatives of other States were unremitting in exertions for their respective localities . On the 23d of December , 1784 , it was ...
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... Delaware for seven years . In 1791 was appoint- ed by Washington judge of the territory south of the Ohio river ; remained in that position until the first Constitution of Tennessee was formed , which he aided in forming in covention ...
... Delaware for seven years . In 1791 was appoint- ed by Washington judge of the territory south of the Ohio river ; remained in that position until the first Constitution of Tennessee was formed , which he aided in forming in covention ...
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... Delaware and Green counties , New York , from 1825 to 1827 . ASHLEY , WILLIAM H. Born in Powhatan County , Va . , and emigrated to Missouri , then Upper Louisiana , in 1808 , and set- tled near the Lead Mines . In 1822 , he projected ...
... Delaware and Green counties , New York , from 1825 to 1827 . ASHLEY , WILLIAM H. Born in Powhatan County , Va . , and emigrated to Missouri , then Upper Louisiana , in 1808 , and set- tled near the Lead Mines . In 1822 , he projected ...
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... Delaware of the Convention which formed the Constitution , and a Senator in Con- gress , from its adoption until 1793 . He was also a justice of the Federal Supreme Court ; Governor of De- laware , from 1798 to 1801 ; and died in ...
... Delaware of the Convention which formed the Constitution , and a Senator in Con- gress , from its adoption until 1793 . He was also a justice of the Federal Supreme Court ; Governor of De- laware , from 1798 to 1801 ; and died in ...
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