RICHARDS Matthias , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born near Pottstown, New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pa., on February 26, 1758;
completed preparatory studies under private…
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by Miss Agnes M. Manning Needlework as Taught in StockholmHomer and His PoemsComplete Freedom for Women Miss Agnes M. Manning is principal of the Webster School, San Francisco, Cal. She has…
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(Encyclopedia) Sarton, May, 1912–95, American poet and novelist, b. Wondelgem, Belgium. Her father was the science historian George Sarton; the family moved to the United States in 1916. Although…
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