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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 is a nonfiction book about the history of the United States written by historian Daniel Walker Howe. Published in 2007 as part of the Oxford History of the United States series, the book offers a synthesis history of ...
Daniel Walker Howe (born January 10, 1937) is an American historian who specializes in the early national period of U.S. history, with a particular interest in its intellectual and religious dimensions. He was Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University in England (from 1992 to 2002 then Emeritus) [1] and Professor of History ...
The Oxford History of the United States is an ongoing multivolume narrative history of the United States published by Oxford University Press. Conceived in the 1950s and launched in 1961 under the co-editorship of historians Richard Hofstadter and C. Vann Woodward, the series has been edited by David M. Kennedy since 1999.
The chief justice of the Cape Colony was the most senior judge in the British Cape colony and the head of its Supreme Court.The office was created by the 1827 Charter of Justice, by which the colonial government overhauled the administration of justice at the Cape, and ceased to exist in 1910 upon the creation of the Union of South Africa.
John Buchanan (died 1769) was a colonial Virginia landowner, magistrate, colonel in the Virginia Militia, deputy surveyor under Thomas Lewis, and Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia. As a surveyor, Buchanan was able to locate and purchase some of the most desirable plots of land in western Virginia and quickly became wealthy and politically ...
Sherman Adams (1899–1986), American politician (elected to U.S. Congress and as governor of New Hampshire) [10][6] Samuel Adams (1805–1850), third governor of Arkansas. Junior Warden pro-tem of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas in 1844. [10] Wilbur L. Adams (1884–1937), American lawyer and politician from Delaware.
Dublin, Ireland. Occupation. Church of Scotland medical missionary. Known for. missionary in Jamaica and Nigeria. Spouse. Jessie Simpson. Reverend Hope Masterton Waddell (14 November 1804 – 18 April 1895) was an Irish medical missionary in Jamaica and Calabar, Nigeria. The Hope Waddell Training Institution is named after him.
1. Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975) [ 1 ] is an American actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate. She is best known for playing Winnie Cooper in the television series The Wonder Years. McKellar has appeared in various television films for the Hallmark Channel. She has also done voice acting, including Frieda Goren in ...