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    Eli Thayer (June 11, 1819 – April 15, 1899) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. He was born in Mendon...
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  • mathematician, author, lawyer and newspaper editor Eli Terry (1772–1852), inventor and clockmaker in Connecticut Eli Thayer (1819–1899), member of the US House of...
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    was a women's college founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1849 by Eli Thayer. Before its closing in 1934, it was one of the oldest institutions of...
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    "Casey at the Bat", and uncle of Scofield Thayer Scofield Thayer (1889–1982), American poet and publisher Eli Thayer (1819–1899), United States Representative...
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    a transportation company founded in Boston, Massachusetts by activist Eli Thayer in the wake of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed the population of...
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    [by] "The New England Emigrant Aid Company" ... The men engaged in it, Eli Thayer [a Republican in the United States House of Representatives], Amos A....
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    American poet, publisher Eli Thayer (1819–1899), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts John A. Thayer (1857–1917), member of the...
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    minister Rev. Edward Everett Hale. The area was already home to Lucy Stone, Eli Thayer, and Samuel May Jr. They were joined in their political activities by...
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  • Harvard Business School Eli Thayer 1840, founder of the Oread Institute and the New England Emigrant Aid Company Webster Thayer 1876, Massachusetts judge...
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    demonstrate the superiority of an economic system not based on slave labor. Eli Thayer, an abolitionist congressman from Massachusetts, believed that bringing...
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    only by a few counties in the east. In 1856 Massachusetts abolitionist Eli Thayer was looking for property in the south where he could establish a working...
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    for this purpose was the New England Emigrant Aid Company, organized by Eli Thayer. Emigration from the free states (including Iowa, Ohio, and other Midwestern...
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  • Senate 1925–1933 Eli Thayer (1819–1899), Kansas politician Ella Cheever Thayer (1849–1925), playwright and novelist Emma Homan Thayer (1842–1908), American...
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    educator Lydia Taft (1712–1778), America's first woman voter (birthplace) Eli Thayer (1819–1899), abolitionist congressman and founder of Oread Institute Armenia...
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    Cabell County were largely divided on the issue secession. The arrival of Eli Thayer and his Ceredo Experiment caused an uproar in the county. After the election...
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    industrial complex on Armory Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1854 Eli Thayer (best known for his abolitionist activities) constructed a stone industrial...
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    Alden Thayer (December 22, 1857 – July 31, 1917) was a Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Eli Thayer...
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  • 1803 – March 4, 1805 Eli Thayer Republican 9th March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 First elected in 1856. [data missing] Harry I. Thayer Republican 8th March...
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    Retrieved 2006-10-06. Thayer, Eli (1889). A History of the Kansas Crusade. Harper & Brothers. p. 31. Retrieved 2010-05-15. eli thayer. Webb, Thomas (July...
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    Ceredo at the invitation of the town's founder, and fellow abolitionist, Eli Thayer. He built a shoe and boot factory, served as a Captain and Quartermaster...
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    built in 1851 by Worcester's famous teacher, inventor and abolitionist Eli Thayer, and followed a previously successful model of factory ownership in which...
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    Massachusetts. Built c. 1873 by Worcester industrialist and developer Eli Thayer, the row of eight units is the largest collection of rowhouse units remaining...
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    Public Expenditures (Chairman: John B. Haskin) Public Lands (Chairman: Eli Thayer) Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: John A. Logan) Revolutionary...
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  • Burlingame (R) Timothy Davis (R) Nathaniel P. Banks (R) Chauncey L. Knapp (R) Eli Thayer (R) Calvin C. Chaffee (R) Henry L. Dawes (R) Daniel W. Gooch (R) 36th...
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  • States Representative from Massachusetts, President of Amherst College) Eli Thayer (United States Representative from Massachusetts) James Wakefield (United...
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  • Bernard Hall of Plymouth (1856–59) Chauncey L. Knapp of Lowell (1856–59) Eli Thayer of Worcester (1857–59) Daniel W. Gooch (1858–65, 1873–75) Charles F. Adams...
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  • Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848, pp 394–399 John A. Haddock and Eli Thayer. 1894. The Growth of a Century: As Illustrated in the History of Jefferson...
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    1853–1863 [data missing] Know Nothing March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 Eli Thayer (Worcester) Republican March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 35th 36th Elected...
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    New York 1855 1857 Williamson R. W. Cobb Democratic Alabama 1857 1859 Eli Thayer Republican Massachusetts 1859 1861 John F. Potter Republican Wisconsin...
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    ▌Daniel W. Gooch (R), from January 31, 1858 ▌8. Chauncey L. Knapp (R) ▌9. Eli Thayer (R) ▌10. Calvin C. Chaffee (R) ▌11. Henry L. Dawes (R) ▌1. William A....
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