Biographical And Genealogical History Of The State Of Delaware Containing Biographical And Genealogical Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens And Many Of The Early Settlers Volume 1

Author : J. M. Runk & Co.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780740472121
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware, Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and Many of the Early Settlers. Volume 1 written by J. M. Runk & Co. and published by . This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard F. Miller
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1611686229
Total Pages : 929 pages
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Download or read book States at War, Volume 4 written by Richard F. Miller and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organizations, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Civil War States and state governments must assemble data from a variety of sources, with many key sources remaining unavailable online. This crucial reference book, the fourth in the States at War series, provides vital information on the organization, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey during the Civil War. Its principal sources include the Official Records, state adjutant-general reports, legislative journals, state and federal legislation, federal and state executive speeches and proclamations, and the general and special orders issued by the military authorities of both governments, North and South. Designed and organized for easy use by professional historians and amateurs, this book can be read in two ways: by individual state, with each chapter offering a stand-alone history of an individual stateÕs war years; or across states, comparing reactions to the same event or solutions to the same problems.

Author : Philip Zimmerman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538182718
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Storied Past: Collections of the Historic Odessa written by Philip Zimmerman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Storied Past: Collections of the Historic Odessa captures the historical character and significance of two important late-18th-century houses, each of which retains a high percentage of original furnishings and locally made objects. Over the past several years, the collections have undergone careful examination and interpretation. One hundred are published along with four interpretive chapters. Relatively few historic sites have received this level of investigative treatment. Additionally, several of the hitherto-unpublished objects relate to others already in the decorative and fine arts lexicon. Using rich archival and genealogical sources, Philip D. Zimmerman brings to light here for the first time an extraordinary array of decorative and fine arts from the collections at the Historic Odessa Foundation. This well-documented group of family objects provides an intimate glimpse into the daily life of members of the Corbit and Wilson families in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and also sheds light on the history of Odessa, Delaware, and the larger region. Particularly strong holdings of furniture made by John Janvier and his talented sons and nephew allow informative contrasts with products made in Delaware, Phil­adelphia, and elsewhere. Needlework and other textiles made by Corbit and Wilson women char­acterize their handiwork. Other objects tell other stories. Some, labeled by their nineteenth-century owners for posterity, document evolving trends in early collecting and historic preservation. The richly illustrated book includes more than 200 photographs, including many details and historic images, along with careful physical descriptions and historical documentation. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, A Storied Past illuminates a wealth of furnishings, works of art, and artifacts with common provenances and interlocking histo­ries and places them into the artistic, social, and historical contexts of their time. The collections documented here furnish the Corbit-Sharp (1774) and Wilson-Warner (1769) houses, built on adjoining lots by a tanner and a merchant and now maintained by the Historic Odessa Foundation. Subsequent generations valued and preserved the two houses and many furnish­ings. The Wilson house opened in 1923 as the first historic house museum in Delaware. The Corbit house remained in family hands until H. Rodney Sharp bought it in 1938 to preserve it. Furniture owned in the family of John Janvier, the noted cabi­netmaker in Odessa, was added in the 1970s, and the Foundation has continued to acquire Corbit and Wilson family furnishings as well as locally made furniture in the years since. Those interested in historic houses and late 18th and early 19th century life, American antique collectors (especially of furniture), and those with local interests will find this book interesting.

Author : Robert B. Slocum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works: Universal biography ; National or area biography written by Robert B. Slocum and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carrie Messick Jennings
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Messick Ancestral File, 1664-1988 written by Carrie Messick Jennings and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusive history of Messick families in states of Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Tennessee and some additional states.

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
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Download or read book Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sutro Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
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Download or read book New Arrivals in American Local History and Genealogy, Quarterly List written by Sutro Library and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Library of Congress
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1322 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress: The West written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rose Arny
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1896 pages
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Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 1896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: