The Historical Register ... Illustrated with Portrait PlatesE.C. Hill, 1922 |
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... Father just before George Washing- ton was born . Jacobus I. Roosevelt was a commissary to the Continental Army during the Revolution . Theo- dore Roosevelt's father was an alderman , an assembly- man , a representative , and a Supreme ...
... Father just before George Washing- ton was born . Jacobus I. Roosevelt was a commissary to the Continental Army during the Revolution . Theo- dore Roosevelt's father was an alderman , an assembly- man , a representative , and a Supreme ...
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... father had been a member . Mr. Waitt had obtained several patents covering railway mechanical devices , and was the author of numer- ous papers on technical matters pertaining to railroad mechanical subjects and was the author of the ...
... father had been a member . Mr. Waitt had obtained several patents covering railway mechanical devices , and was the author of numer- ous papers on technical matters pertaining to railroad mechanical subjects and was the author of the ...
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... father , a prominent builder , was born in Manchester , England , February 18th , 1836 , and came to this country with his parents , Joseph and Ann Townley Bailey , in 1848 . Joseph Bailey was educated in his native town , and at the ...
... father , a prominent builder , was born in Manchester , England , February 18th , 1836 , and came to this country with his parents , Joseph and Ann Townley Bailey , in 1848 . Joseph Bailey was educated in his native town , and at the ...
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Joseph Levering Jones OSEPH LEVERING JONES was born at his father's colonial residence on the Old Second Street Pike in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , July 26th , 1851 ; the fifth and youngest son of Brigadier - General John Sidney Jones ...
Joseph Levering Jones OSEPH LEVERING JONES was born at his father's colonial residence on the Old Second Street Pike in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , July 26th , 1851 ; the fifth and youngest son of Brigadier - General John Sidney Jones ...
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... father's home on the Old Second Street Pike ) Mr. Jones had one of the finest general libraries in Philadelphia . His love for books he inherited from his grandfather , Isaac Roberts Jones , who also had a very large library at his ...
... father's home on the Old Second Street Pike ) Mr. Jones had one of the finest general libraries in Philadelphia . His love for books he inherited from his grandfather , Isaac Roberts Jones , who also had a very large library at his ...
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