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October 30 – James S. Sherman, 27th vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912 (born 1855) November 25 – Isidor Rayner, U.S. senator from Maryland from 1905 to 1912 (born 1850) November 28 – Walter Benona Sharp, oil pioneer (born 1870) December 18 – Will Carleton, poet (born 1845) December 29 – Philip H. Cooper, admiral ...
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1912 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) 1912 disestablishments in the United States (37 C, 9 P) 1912 establishments in the United States (57 C, 29 P)
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Colonial silver working was pre-industrial in many ways: many pieces made were "bespoke", or uniquely made for each customer, and emphasized artistry as well as functionality. Silver (and other metal) mines were scarcer in North America than in Europe, and colonial craftsmen had no consistent source of materials with which to work. [13]
Over the course of the 19th century, land surveying in America transformed from a prestigious, status-driven endeavor derived from the authority of a royal government and administration that had been inherited from the colonial era, to the more practical, and standardized modern field of public service as it is generally recognized today, which ...