Richard Porson Paddison Papers, 1791-1945

Peace Institute (Raleigh, N.C.)

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University of Colorado Chorus

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Fred Hellems, who compiled the two-page list of admission and graduation requirements of U.S. universities, was a Canadian who came to the University of Colorado as a Latin professor in 1898. He served as Dean of Arts and Sciences from 1899 until his death in 1929, and also was acting President in 1927-1928. [Source: A Guide to Manuscript Collections, Western Historical Collections, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2nd ed., c1982, p. 43.]. From the description of Records and correspo...

McCallie School (Chattanooga, Tenn.)

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Rockledge (Steamboat)

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Salem Female Academy and College (Salem, Winston-Salem, N.C.)

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Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

Paddison, Richard Porson.

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George Paddison, originally from England, settled in North Carolina in 1856. His son, Richard Porson Paddison, resided in Point Caswell, Pender County, N.C., where he operated steamboats on the Black and Cape Fear rivers. His daughter Annie married Joel Cook Pretlow and lived at Point Caswell and at Wilmington, N.C. They had two sons, Joel Cook Pretlow, Jr. and James Paddison Pretlow. From the description of Richard Porson Paddison papers, 1791-1945 [manuscript]. (East Carolina Unive...

Cleveland, Frances Folsom, 1864-1947

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Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland became the youngest First Lady at age 21 as the first woman to marry a president in the White House. She served as the 23rd and 25th First Lady of the United States while married to President Grover Cleveland. “I detest him so much that I don’t even think his wife is beautiful.” So spoke one of President Grover Cleveland’s political foes–the only person, it seems, to deny the loveliness of this notable First Lady, first bride of a President to be married in the ...

Pretlow family.

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Paddison family.

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