Speeches, 1922-1953.

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company

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The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance (MBLI) Company, based in Newark, N.J., was chartered in 1845. In July 1991, the Company was seized by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance after losses in an overheated real estate market, and was liquidated and dissolved in June 2001. The Mutual Benefit's collapse was the largest ever of an American insurer. From the description of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. records, 1845-2001. (Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library). WorldCat r...

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...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (Frederick Theodore), 1817-1885

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Lawyer, U.S. secretary of state, and U.S. senator from New Jersey. From the description of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen papers, 1882-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79194297 New Jersey statesman and U. S. Senator. From the description of Letter : Newark, New Jersey, to Marston Niles, 1874 Aug 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122290163 From the description of Letter : Newark, New Jersey, to Marston Niles, 1874 Aug 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Banting, Frederick Grant, sir, 1891-1941

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Frederick Banting was a Canadian physician and medical researcher who was best-known as the co-discoverer of insulin. He was also an artist. From the description of Frederick Banting papers. 1908-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 221505129 ...

Mapes, James J. (James Jay), 1806-1886.

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Ward, William Rankin, Dr., 1870-1955.

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Over 100 speeches on Newark events, as well as national and world events. Speeches reflect his concern for welfare, democracy, partriotism, world politics, and U.S. history. Lecture topics include: Newark history, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Prohibition, race relations, the Armistice, Soviet Russia, and moral rearmament. Dr. Ward also spoke of historic figures, including Frederick Frelinghuysen, Dr. F.G. Banting (insulin), James Mapes (agricultural...