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Pierpont Morgan Hartford Connecticut
5,030 wordsJohn Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. He was an industrial genius that is accredited with the founding of many companies including General Electric and AT 038; T. However, Pierpont is looked upon as a saint and demon the same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: Public citizen, patron of literature and art, prince among merchants, who by his skill, wisdom and courage, has twice in times of stress repelle...
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Alexander Graham Bell Bell Labs
3,231 wordsIn the golden summer before World War I, the inventions and discoveries of the late 19 th century transformed North American life. Automobiles shortened (or at least seemed to) the miles; airplanes fulfilled humanity s dream of mechanized flight. Electric light was now commonplace, and the telephone was rapidly building communication networks across the North American continent. But the two inventions that helped shape America as we know it are the telephone and the television. The inhabitants o...
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Uncle Toms Cabin Rest Of Her Life
1,609 wordsHarriet Beecher Stowe The daughter of Lyman and Roxana Beecher, Harriet was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield Connecticut. There were eight children in the Beecher family and Harriet was the youngest of them all. Her mother died in 1816 when Harriet was four, so Catherine, the oldest sibling, raised Harriet for most of her life. Catherine was a big influence in Harriet's life. Catherine was a very smart person. In fact, she had an intellect beyond most people. She married a professor from Yale...
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J P Morgan U S Steel
3,007 wordsJohn Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. He was an industrial genius that is accredited with the founding of many companies including General Electric and AT 038; T. However, Pierpont is looked upon as a saint and demon the same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: Public citizen, patron of literature and art, prince among merchants, who by his skill, wisdom and courage, has twice in times of stress repelle...
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Hartford Connecticut Cary Grant
782 wordsKatharine Hepburn Kathrine Hep, the winner of more acting awards than any other actress in history, is a very dynamic woman. She was born in Hartford Connecticut, on May 12, 1907. She wass the second oldest child of six. Kate, as she was called by her family members, had two sisters, Peg and Marion, and three brothers, Tom, Dick, and Bob. She attended Bryn Mawr college in Connecticut. She majored in acting. During her senior year at Bryn Mawr, Katharine met Ludlow Open Smith. That was 1927. In 1...
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark Twain
1,608 wordsOutline Thesis Statement: An original draft of Mark Twain? s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn exists containing material excluded from the first printing of the book. I. Twain? s biographical information A. Childhood B. Education C. Professional life 1. Jobs 2. Literary works 3. Financial conditions D. Personal life 1. Life style 2. Family life II. Original manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn A. General information 1. Discovery information 2. How the manuscript was lost B. Legal b...
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
1,353 wordsMark Twain and the Lost Manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn On November 30, 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in the town of Florida, Missouri. He had four siblings, three were older than him and one was younger. When Clemens was four, his family moved to the town of Hannibal, Missouri. Hannibal was a town located on the Mississippi river and would later become the setting for most of his stories (Twain). In 1847, when Clemens was twelve his father died. Clemens grew up in an ...
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