You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Excerpt from Miles Merwin, 1623-1697: And One Branch of His Decendants In the early part of the year 1630, in the town of Plymouth in England, there was a solemn ceremony, of the organization of a church composed entirely of those who were about leaving, or had already left their homes, and were coming together, members of one church family, to make new homes in the new world of America. Rev. John Warham, a man of excellent education and ability, a graduate of Oxford University, was installed pastor, and Mr. John Branker was ruling elder and school master. There were one hundred and forty persons in this company, some of them little children, and among them was one boy named Miles Merwin, su...
"Miles Merwin, 1772-1859 : his ancestors and descendants; published in memory of Mrs. Phebe Camp Merwin White" was compiled mainly by Elizabeth Maddock Noble and Sarah Baldwin Newton and published in 1903 in a History of Middlesex County.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
In Echoes of Purple and Gold, Jack Keefe stacks local history like cordwood, telling forgotten tales and making odd connections that people no longer suspect. What school kid hasn't heard--or heard about--the story of Ichabod Crane in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? He was both fictional and real. The fictional Crane is the one everyone knows about. But there were also two real ones. One was a military man in the nineteenth century; the other had a lot of influence on central Illinois. How many times has anyone ever heard the surname Magoun? The name is all but gone now from the city he called home. But he was once a household name until his bank went under. Arguably, it killed him. What abou...
A three-volume guide to the early art and artists of Ohio. It includes coverage of fine art, photography, ornamental penmanship, tombstone carving, china painting, illustrating, cartooning and the execution of panoramas and theatrical scenery.