Revolutionary Patriots of Maryland, 1775-1783

Revolutionary Patriots of Maryland, 1775-1783
Author: Henry C. Peden (Jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2013-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Soldiers, sailors, privateers, and patriots from every county in Maryland are covered. Also included are many pension abstracts (both accepted and rejected applications) and soldiers from Harford County militia companies whose names have not been published before. As with his other books, "this compilation is more than just a listing of names. Many patriots have genealogical data included with their respective entries and all information is fully documented. Also, all surnames are cross-referenced within the text and thus precludes the need for a separate index."

The Hoffmans of North Carolina Revisited, 1749-1998

The Hoffmans of North Carolina Revisited, 1749-1998
Author: Frances Wellman Hoffman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 1999
Genre: North Carolina
ISBN:

John Christian Hoffman was born in about 1705 in Germany. His parents were Hans Georg Hoffman and Catherina Margaret. He married and had seven children. They emigrated in 1751and settled first in Virginia and then moved on to Orange County, North Carolina. He died in 1780. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

Revolution for the Hell of It

Revolution for the Hell of It
Author: Abbie Hoffman
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2009-04-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0786738987

While the supremely popular Steal This Book is a guide to living outside the establishment, Revolution for the Hell of It is a chronicle of Abbie Hoffman's radical escapades that doubles as a guidebook for today's social and political activist. Hoffman pioneered the use of humor, theater, and shock value to drive home his points, and in Revolution for the Hell of It he gives firsthand accounts of his legendary adventures, from the activism that led to the founding of the Youth International Party—or "Yippies!—to the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests ("a Perfect Mess") that resulted in his conviction as part of the Chicago Seven. Also chronicled are the mass demonstrations he led in which over fifty thousand people attempted to levitate the Pentagon using psychic energy, and the time he threw fistfuls of dollar bills onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and watched the traders scramble. With antiwar sentiment once again in a furor and an incendiary political climate not seen since the book's original printing, Abbie Hoffman's voice is more essential than ever.

Colver Family, 1635-1985

Colver Family, 1635-1985
Author: Elaine Spires Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1985
Genre:
ISBN:

Edward Colver emigrated from the southeastern part of England and settled at Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1635. He married Ann Ellis at Dedham in 1638. They had eight children, 1640-1685, born at Dedham and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and New London, Connecticut. He died at New London in 1685. His great great great grandson, Jacob Colver (1769-1828), of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, was the son of Charles Colver (1741-1817), a Revolutionary War soldier. He and his wife, Susanna Miller, had eleven children, 1803-1821. Descendants listed lived in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and elsewhere.

Stanley

Stanley
Author: Joyce Handsel
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-09-19
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1439657823

The Stanley Creek community, named for a gold prospector, began in the mid-1700s as one of the earliest settlements in Gaston County. Gold was mined in the area until the California Gold Rush. Among the prominent people visiting the area was André Michaux, botanist and adventurer, who discovered the tree he named Magnolia macrophylla. In 1860, the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad came through the area on land owned by the Brevard family. Brevard's train depot was the primary rallying point for soldiers leaving for the Civil War and for sending supplies to troops. Around the end of the 1890s, Stanley Creek Cotton Mills was organized, beginning the textile era, which continued until 2000. Two Stanley men patented a dyeing machine, and Gaston County Dyeing Machine Company was born. Many of Stanley's men went to fight in the nation's wars, some losing their lives. Several athletes went on to major-league baseball, and a nationally recognized sculptor lived in Stanley.

Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence
Author: Elizabeth Hutton Turner
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780295747040

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts."