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    Jonathan Young Scammon (July 27, 1812 – March 17, 1890) was an early settler in Chicago, Illinois, arriving in the city in 1835. He went on to become...
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  • Senator Scammon may refer to: J. Young Scammon (1812–1890), Illinois State Senate John Scammon (1865–1940), New Hampshire State Senate Seth Scamman (1811–1894)...
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  • whaleman, naturalist, and author. Eliakim P. Scammon (1816–1894), American Civil War brigadier general J. Young Scammon (1812–1890), American politician, lawyer...
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    moved to Chicago in 1834 where Morris established a law practice with J. Young Scammon. He helped to create the Chicago Lyceum, the city's first literary...
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    is the brother of J. Young Scammon and Eliakim P. Scammon.[citation needed] The village of Scammon Bay, Alaska is named after Scammon, as is a popular...
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  • $250,000 libel lawsuit by another of Chicago's Old Settlers, J. Young Scammon. Scammon was angry because Wentworth had published a cartoon depicting...
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    (1934–2008), second African-American Mayor of Chicago (1987–1989) J. Young Scammon (1812–1890), attorney, banker, newspaper publisher Maud Slye (1879–1954)...
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    Boone's great-grandfather, making Levi Boone Daniel Boone's great-nephew. Young Levi lost his father at the age of 9 when Squire finally succumbed to wounds...
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  • over and her story hardly known". USA Today. Retrieved 2021-02-06. J. Young Scammon; Illinois Supreme Court Reports; V. #4; July term 1841, 70 Abraham...
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    M. on Scammon. Scammon died in New York City. He was buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Long Island City, New York. His brother, J. Young Scammon, became...
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    traffic from their profitable canal works. So Ogden and his partner J. Young Scammon solicited subscriptions from the farmers and small businessmen whose...
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    payments over time to complete the purchase. Two other company directors, J. Young Scammon and Walter Newberry, approached tired farmers who had just driven their...
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    by Cyrenus Beers and Hugh T. Dickey Succeeded by Thomas Church and J. Young Scammon Personal details Born (1810-04-21)April 21, 1810 Bradford, Vermont...
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    collecting new materials, which were stored in a building owned by J. Young Scammon, a prominent lawyer and member of the society. However, the building...
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    Whig nominating convention, Lincoln helped cut a deal that would give John J. Hardin the nomination in 1842, Edward Dickinson Baker the nomination in 1844...
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    Observatory" in honor of Mary Ann Haven Dearborn, the deceased wife of J. Young Scammon, principal benefactor of the project. Construction of the observatory...
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    Lyman Trumbull, John Wentworth, W. F. Coolbaugh, Jonathan Young Scammon (J. Young Scammon), Ezra B. McCagg, John Villiers Farwell, Ira Y. Munn, George...
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    in Chicago, Foster left his property in the care of his attorney, J. Young Scammon, and moved for one or two years to New England. After his return to...
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    College, Waterville, Maine. 1820-1908". 1909. "Guide to the Jonathan Young Scammon Papers 1839-1890". www.lib.uchicago.edu. "Welcome Alumni, Parents and...
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    plank roads. In 1845, proponents of a Chicago-Rockford road, such as J. Young Scammon and Walter Newberry did receive a charter, but none of the proposed...
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  • 2021. "Mrs. Young Wins with 15 votes; Collins Victor". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. December 10, 1914. Retrieved August 1, 2021. "Michael J. Collins...
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    acquainted with J. Young Scammon, who encouraged him to start his own bank. Gridley founded the McLean County Bank in 1853 with Scammon and J. H. Burch, later...
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    lawyer and political activist William B. Ogden, former Mayor of Chicago J. Young Scammon Mark Skinner, former member of the Illinois House of Representatives...
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    constructing this building — later called "Oak Hall" — were largely paid by J. Young Scammon, a member of the university's board of trustees and a wealthy Chicago...
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  • of the network's team working under former Census director Richard M. Scammon and exit-polling pioneer Irwin A. "Bud" Lewis. In 1969–70, he worked as...
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    Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021. Scammon, Richard M.; McGillivray, Alice V.; Cook, Rhodes (2001). America Votes...
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  • Scammon Farm Historic District is a historic area in Stratham, New Hampshire. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October 2023...
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    reducing Lilljeborg's and Gray's names to synonyms. Charles Melville Scammon produced one of the earliest descriptions of living Pacific gray whales...
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    blue whale. The junior synonyms for B. acutorostrata are B. davidsoni (Scammon 1872), B. minimia (Rapp, 1837), and B. rostrata (Fabricius, 1780). There...
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    and Kovler Gymnasium (built in 2000) and students have access to both Scammon Garden and Jackman Field. In September 2013, Lab opened Earl Shapiro Hall...
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