United States Constitutional Convention microfilm collection, 1787-1791 (inclusive), [microform].

Brown, John, 1757-1837

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John Brown (September 12, 1757 – August 29, 1837) was an American lawyer and statesman who participated in the development and formation of the State of Kentucky after the American Revolutionary War. Brown represented Virginia in the Continental Congress from 1787 to 1788 and the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 to 1792. While in Congress, he introduced the bill granting Statehood to Kentucky. Once that was accomplished, he was elected by the new state legislature as a U.S. Senator for Ke...

Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793

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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman and lawyer, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, and also signed the 1774 Petition to the King. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut despit...

Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell, 1877-1934

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Ulrich B. Phillips was a history professor in Madison, Wisconsin. Robert Preston Brooks was a 1904 Rhodes scholar and later a professor of economics and dean of the UGA School of Commerce (1920 to 1945). He was the first alumni secretary and founder and editor of the Georgia Alumni Record. From the description of Letters to Dr. Preston Brooks, 1907-1908. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 262845476 Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1877-1934) was an author and historian who...

Knollenberg, Bernhard, 1892-1973

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Bernhard Knollenberg was a lawyer, public official, and historian. He was born on November 26, 1892, in Richmond, Indiana. He received the degree of A.B. from Earlham College in 1912. He then moved to Harvard University where he received an A.M. In 1914 and LL.B. in 1916. Knollenberg practiced law in Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, and New York before retiring from it in 1938. For the following six years, he was librarian of Yale University. Between 1943 and 1944, he was senior deputy administra...

Webster family.

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Smith, John Cotton, 1765-1845

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Lawyer, governor, and U.S. Representative from Connecticut; resident of Sharon, Conn. From the description of John Cotton Smith letter drafts, 1823-1824. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 664374530 Governor of Connecticut, 1813-1817. From the description of Letter from John Cotton Smith to Brig.-Gen. T. H. Cushing, 1814 Aug. 21. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 174142882 John Cotton Smith, a lawyer, was born ...

Betts, Samuel Rossiter, 1854-1931.

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Admitted to New York Bar, 1877; practiced law in New York, 1877-1926. From the description of Samuel Rossiter Betts autograph collection, 1704-1928 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166960 Born November 5, 1854, in New York City. Died December 13, 1930, in New York City. Father, George Frederic Betts (B.A. Williams 1844); studied at Harvard Law School; trustee of New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb; ...

Pendleton family.

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Cogswell family.

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Lane, William Griswold, 1824-1877

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William Griswold Lane practiced law in Ohio from 1847-1873. In 1873 he became Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. From the description of William Griswold Lane memorial collection, 1670-1947 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702204672 ...

Hotchkiss, Frederick William, 1762-1844

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Frederick Willliam Hotchkiss might have been born in the early 1760s. He graduated from Yale College in 1778, teaching in local schools and studying theology after graduation. He was licensed to preach in October 1782 and was ordained in Saybrook, Connecticut, on September 24, 1783. He remained as pastor of the Saybrook church until his death on March 31, 1844. He was married to Amelia Hart Ely, with whom he had two daughters. Frederick William Hotchkiss, the fifth of se...

Daggett, David, 1764-1851

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David Daggett: Connecticut lawyer, jurist, politician; U.S. Senator, 1813-1819; Kent Professor of Law, Yale University, 1826-1848. From the description of David Daggett papers, 1781-1851 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168609 American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Josiah Williams, merchant in Middletown, 1809 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525969 From the description of Autograph letter...

United States. Constitutional Convention 1787

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Gibbs family.

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Morse family.

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Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807

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Samuel Blachley Webb was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut on December 15, 1753. His mother later married Silas Deane, whom Webb served as private secretary. In 1775 Webb was appointed aide to General Israel Putnam and in 1776 was made aide-de-camp to General George Washington, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He wrote the order making public the Declaration of Independence, was a prisoner of the British for three years (1777-1781), served as grand marshall at Washington's inauguration, and ...

Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958

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Anson Phelps Stokes was born on April 13, 1874, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He received degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1896) and the Episcopal Theological School (B.D., 1900). He served as Secretary of Yale University (1899-1921) and was active on several University committees and organizations. Phelps also served as Canon of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C. (1924-1939) and was active on a variety of educational commissions and as a trustee of the Phel...

Hook family.

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Trumbull, John, 1756-1843

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American painter of historical subjects. From the description of ALS : New York, to James Madison, 1823 Oct. 20. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580911 Painter; New York City. From the description of John Trumbull papers, 1787-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557315 John Trumbull (1756-1843) was an American painter and diplomat. From the guide to the John Trumbull papers, 1780-1840, (The New York Public Library...

Rogers, William, 1751-1824

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Baldwin family.

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Brown, Preston, 1872-1948

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Preston Brown (b. Jan. 2, 1872, Lexington, Kentucky-d. June 30, 1948), Major General in the U.S. Army, a Yale University graduate, began his military career as a private in the 5th Artillery, received a commission in 1897. During World War I, he served as chief of staff, 4th Army Corps; commanding general of the 3rd Division; and assistant chief of staff, American Expeditionary Forces, in occupied German territory. He was the recipient of a Distinguished Service Medal. Following the War, among o...