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This is volume 5 (of 10 volumes). Covers names HABB-IZARD.
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The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Volume 5 Rossiter Johnson,John Howard Brown No preview available - 1968 |
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Page 14 - Administration shall be subject to review, on appeal, by such administrator. "SEC. 3. All property the title of which now stands in the name of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is hereby transferred to and the title thereof vested in the United States.
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Page 10 - He was one of the first members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and he contributed by his pen to the stock of useful materials for their respective publications.
Page 25 - He was appointed by the President a member of the board of visitors to the US Military academy, West Point, in 1885, and to the US Naval academy, Annapolis, in 1896.
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Page 11 - He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the American Philosophical Society...