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Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams 1744-1818, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams , b. Weymouth, Mass. She was born Abigail Smith. A lively, intelligent woman, she was the chief figure in the social life of her husband's administration and one of the most distinguished and... Read more |
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Abigail Adams National Bancorp Inc
Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc. 1627 K Street N.W.Washington, District of Columbia 20006U.S.A.(202) 466-4090Web site: http://www.adamsbank.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1977 as The Women Read more |
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William Cranch
CRANCH, WILLIAM William Cranch served as a federal judge for more than five decades, and was also reporter of decisions for the supreme court of the united states from 1801 to 1815. Cranch was born July 17, 1769, in Weymouth, Massachusetts. His father, Richard Cranch, was a member of the... Read more |
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Abigail
Abigail , in the Bible. 1 The wife of Nabal. She persuaded David not to take vengeance on her husband. When Nabal died, she married David. 2 David's stepsister, mother of Amasa.... Read more |
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Weymouth
Weymouth , town (1990 pop. 54,063), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb of Boston on Hingham Bay; settled 1622, inc. 1635. The state's second oldest settlement, it is chiefly residential. Electronic components, fertilizer, and chemicals are made. Weymouth also has a shoe industry which dates back to the... Read more |
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John Adams
John Adams 1735-1826, 2d President of the United States (1797-1801), b. Quincy (then in Braintree), Mass., grad. Harvard, 1755. John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams , founded one of the most distinguished families of the United States; their son, John Quincy Adams , was also President. Early... Read more |
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Abigail Kelley Foster
Abigail Kelley Foster American reformer Abigail Kelley Foster (1810-1887) was a pioneer in the abolitionist movement and contributed to the developing suffragist principles of her time. The daughter of Irish Quakers, Abby Kelley was born in Pelham, Mass., on Jan. 15, 1810. She was raised in... Read more |
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Walter Bradford Cannon
CANNON, WALTER BRADFORD(b. Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 19 October 1871; d. Franklin, New Hampshire, 1 October I945)physiology.Cannon was the only son of Colbert Hanchett Cannon and Sarah Wilma Denio. His father, a railroad worker, and his mother, a schoolteacher, were descendants of early American... Read more |
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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams 1767-1848, 6th President of the United States (1825-29), b. Quincy (then in Braintree), Mass.; son of John Adams and Abigail Adams and father of Charles Francis Adams (1807-86). He accompanied his father on missions to Europe, gaining broad knowledge from study and... Read more |
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Myra Bradwell
Myra Bradwell America's first woman lawyer, Myra Bradwell (1831–1894), never practiced law, yet she became one of the most influential people in the legal profession. Through her publication of the monthly Chicago Legal News, she initiated many legal and social reforms. Bradwell eventually... Read more |
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