(Encyclopedia) Dumas, Alexandre, known as Dumas filsDumas filsälĕksäNˈdrə dümäˈ, [key]Dumas filsfēs [key], 1824–95, French dramatist and novelist, illegitimate son of Alexandre Dumas (1802–70, Dumas…
slept twenty years in the Kaatskill mountains. (See Winkle.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RipailleRip A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…
(Encyclopedia) KinderhookKinderhookkĭnˈdərh&oobreve;kˌ [key], village (1990 pop. 1,293), Columbia co., SE N.Y.; settled before the Revolution, inc. 1838. Richard Upjohn designed St. Paul's Church…
(Encyclopedia) Memling or Memlinc, HansMemling or Memlinc, Hanshäns mĕmˈlĭng, –lĭngk [key], c.1430–1494, Flemish religious and portrait painter, b. Germany. He may have studied with Roger van der…
VAN RENSSELAER Killian Killian , a Representative from New York; born in Greenbush, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., June 9, 1763; completed preparatory studies and attended Yale
College; studied law; was…
VAN HOUTEN Isaac B. , a Representative from New York;
born in Clarkstown (now New City), Rockland County, N.Y., June 4, 1776;
attended the common schools;
engaged in milling and agricultural…
VAN WYCK William William , a Representative from New York;
born near Fishkill, Dutchess County, N.Y., August 9, 1777;
attended the public schools and Fishkill Academy;
engaged in agricultural…
VAN ALEN John Evert , a Representative from New York; born in Kinderhook, Columbia County,
N.Y., in 1749; completed preparatory studies; served in the Revolutionary War
as a private in the 7th…
VAN ALSTYNE Thomas Jefferson , a Representative from New York; born in Richmondville, Schoharie County, N.Y.,
July 25, 1827; attended the common schools, Moravia (N.Y.) Academy, and Hartwick (N.Y…
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