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Powell was born on December 28, 1947, in Salem, Oregon.He was baptized at Saint Paul's Church in Salem, Oregon on November 28, 1948. Powell studied at Claremont Men's College from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1970.
The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century. Descended from the 4th Lord Livingston, [1] its members included signers of the United States Declaration of Independence (Philip Livingston) and the United States Constitution (William Livingston).
An agent for the Underground Railroad before the Civil War, Mr. Carpenter incorporated his concern for the rights of African Americans into his requirement that the library "be maintained for the free use of all persons who may desire to consult it." This definition of a "public" library was a daring social experiment in the latter half of the ...
The O'Clery Book of Genealogies, also known as Royal Irish Academy Ms. 23 D 17, was written by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, one of the Four Masters, who was transported in the 1650s to Ballyacroy, County Mayo, "under the guidance of Rory O'Donnell, son of Col. Manus O'Donnell, slain at Benburb, 1646."