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Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] [a] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.
In 1739, when both Allen and Hamilton retired from the House, the opposition Quaker Party, unhappy with the Proprietors' paper money policies and the governor's support for war with Spain, regained control for the next seventeen years. Allen lost his bid for a seat in 1740, and in 1742, the Quakers accused him of inciting sailors to riot during ...
Allen Welsh Dulles (/ ... Between his stints of government service, ... the first new director since the Council's founding in 1921. He was the Council's secretary ...
Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) [1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders.In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States.
Allen was a founding member of Atlanta's influential Commerce Club, which he chaired until his death in 2003. [3] He became president of the city Chamber of Commerce in 1961 and during this same year ran for mayor, defeating the staunch segregationist, Lester Maddox .
Ira Allen (April 21, 1751 – January 7, 1814) was one of the founders of the U.S. state of Vermont and a leader of the Green Mountain Boys during the American colonial period. He was the younger brother of Ethan Allen .
Larry Allen, who possibly overcame more as child to become one of the most decorated players in Dallas Cowboys history than anyone cared to know, died on Sunday.. The Cowboys announced the death ...
Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790) was an American Founding Father, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. [1] Hall County is named after him.