Reference
Simon Cameron (Congressional Biographical Directory)
"Cameron, Simon," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000068.
CAMERON, Simon, (father of James Donald Cameron), a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., March 8, 1799; apprenticed as a printer; newspaper owner and editor; cashier of a bank, president of two railroad companies, and adjutant general of Pennsylvania; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Buchanan, and served from March 13, 1845, to March 3, 1849; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1861, when he resigned, having been appointed Secr
Matthew Calbraith Butler (Congressional Biographical Directory)
Reference
"Butler, Matthew Calbraith," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001184.
BUTLER, Matthew Calbraith, (grandson of William Butler [1759-1821], son of William Butler [1790-1850], and nephew of Andrew Pickens Butler), a Senator from South Carolina; born near Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., March 8, 1836; attended the local academy in Edgefield, S.C., and South Carolina College at Columbia; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Edgefield; elected to the State house of representatives in 1860; entered the Confederate Army as captain in June 1861 and served throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of major genera
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Menger Hotel, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, 1936
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Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 3, 2009.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Original caption
Historic Buildings Survey, Arthur W. Steward, Photographer March 16, 1936 Southwest Elevation
Source citation
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Photographer: Arthur W. Stewart
Shows the section of the hotel originally built in 1859.
Shows the section of the hotel originally built in 1859.
Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway, detail
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New York Public Library
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 3, 2009.
Image type
print
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Humanities and Social Science Library, New York Public Library
Original caption
Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway
Source citation
Historical and Public Figures Collection, NYPL Digital Gallery
Source note
Original image at NYPL Digital Gallery
Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway
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New York Public Library
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 3, 2009.
Image type
print
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Humanities and Social Science Library, New York Public Library
Original caption
Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway
Source citation
Historical and Public Figures Collection, NYPL Digital Gallery
Source note
Original image at NYPL Digital Gallery
Jules Léotard, photograph, full-length
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New York Public Library
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 3, 2009.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Humanities and Social Science Library, New York Public Library
Original caption
Jules Leotard
Source citation
Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Source note
Original image at NYPL Digital Gallery
Jules Léotard, photograph, detail
Scanned by
New York Public Library
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 3, 2009.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Humanities and Social Science Library, New York Public Library
Original caption
Jules Leotard
Source citation
Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Source note
Original image at NYPL Digital Gallery
Abraham Herr Smith (Congressional Biographical Directory)
Reference
"Smith, Abraham Herr," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000509.
SMITH, Abraham Herr, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Millersville, Manor Township, in Lancaster County, Pa., March 7, 1815; attended Professor Beck’s Academy at Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa.; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.; member of the State house of representatives in 1843 and 1844; served in the State senate in 1845; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1
John Bratton (Congressional Biographical Directory)
Reference
"Bratton, John," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000772.
BRATTON, John, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C., March 7, 1831; attended the Academy of Mount Zion Institute in Winnsboro; was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1850 and from South Carolina Medical College at Charleston in 1853; engaged in the practice of medicine in Winnsboro from 1853 to 1861; also engaged as a planter; volunteered in the Confederate Army as a private and served throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of brigadier general; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; served