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  Banks Biddle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Biddle died in Philadelphia and is buried at Christ Church in the family plot.
Biddle was one of four sons of Algernon Biddle, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Francis Biddle was married to the poet Katherine Garrison Chapin.
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 University of Delaware: BIDDLE FAMILY PAPERS
The descendants of William Biddle and Mary Scull comprise the first major branch of the Philadelphia Biddles, and their collected papers are housed in Series I. James Biddle (1731-1797) was the first child of William and Mary Biddle (see genealogical chart 1).
Biddle won the case for the TVA, and in 1940, he was appointed U.S. Solicitor General, as well as the head of Immigration and Naturalization Services.
The Biddle family papers consists of eight linear feet, spanning from 1766 to 1943, and bulking in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
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 James Biddle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After this, he was in command of the (A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow) sloop USS Hornet when she defeated HMS Penguin.
After the war, Biddle performed various duties in the (An arm of the Atlantic south of the United States and east of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico, the (That part of the Atlantic Ocean south of the equator) South Atlantic and the (The largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia) Mediterranean.
In early 1846, Biddle successfully negotiated the first economic treaty between (A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world) China and the United States.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_biddle.htm   (328 words)

  
 James Biddle; a leader in preserving America's past; 75 | The San Diego Union-Tribune
James Biddle, a leader in preserving America's homes and landscapes of historic value, including Andalusia, his family's 19th-century estate near Philadelphia, died at home there March 10.
Biddle was previously a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Biddle's expertise in historical furnishings was sought by first ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson, by President Richard M. Nixon in assembling a team to coordinate the country's bicentennial celebration and by committees in charge of renovating governors' mansions.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050323/news_1m23biddle.html   (510 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - James Biddle (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
James Biddle 1783–1848, U.S. naval officer and diplomat, b.
At the beginning of the War of 1812 he was first lieutenant on the Wasp; he later commanded the sloop Hornet.
In 1846, James Biddle negotiated the first treaty between the United States and China.
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 Hissem_Biddle Family
The Biddle family was one of the most prominent in Philadelphia and had links of friendship and family with the Gibbons, Lardners, and Shepards.
Biddle disposed of over fourteen hundred and seventy-eight acres of land, he being one of the largest landed proprietors in the Province.
Biddle was a merchant engaged in business in Philadelphia until he failed in 1826, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1827.
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 James Biddle
BIDDLE, James, naval officer, born in Philadelphia in 1783; died there, 1 October 1848.
He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1800, was on board the frigate "Philadelphia" when she was wrecked off the coast of Tripoli in 1803, and with the rest of the officers and crew was held in captivity during the war with the Barbary states.
Biddle was promoted master-commandant and placed in charge of a gun-boat flotilla in the Delaware, but was soon transferred to the "Hornet," then blockaded by the British in the port of New London, Connecticut He escaped with his ship, and shortly afterward sailed for Tristan d'Acunha.
www.famousamericans.net /jamesbiddle   (621 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Nation / Obituaries in the news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
James 'Jimmy' Biddle, who was president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for more than a decade, died at the suburban family estate where he was born, his daughter said.
Letitia Biddle described her father as "a sixth-generation Philadelphian" whose ancestors included William Biddle, a friend of William Penn's who came to New Jersey in 1681, and financier Nicholas Biddle, who founded the second bank in the United States.
Biddle was president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1968 to 1980, a time of rapid growth in the scope of the trust's activities.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/03/11/obituaries_in_the_news   (464 words)

  
 Of Note (washingtonpost.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
James Biddle, 75, who was president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for more than a decade, died March 10 at the suburban family estate outside Philadelphia where he was born.
Biddle was a sixth-generation Philadelphian whose ancestors included William Biddle, a friend of William Penn's who came to New Jersey in 1681, and financier Nicholas Biddle, who founded the second bank in the United States.
Biddle studied art and archaeology at Princeton University, served in the Army and, in 1959, married Louisa DuPont Copeland.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A35431-2005Mar14.html   (543 words)

  
 James Stokes Biddle
BIDDLE, James Stokes, naval officer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 January, 1818.
In 1871 he was the Democratic candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, but was not elected.--His kinsman, Craig, jurist, born in Philadelphia, 10 January, 1823, is a son of Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), was graduated at Princeton in 1841, and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia in 1844.
Colonel Biddle was connected with the Fairmount park art association, and, through his counsel, beautiful fountains and groups were placed in the park.
www.famousamericans.net /jamesstokesbiddle   (749 words)

  
 American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
Nicholas Biddle to James Madison, April 26, 1825.
Nicholas Biddle to James Madison, February 9, 1822.
Ninian Edwards to James Madison, December 13, 1813.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/collections/madison_papers/titleN.html   (585 words)

  
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Biddle manuscripts (C) were catalogued fully in the FHL manuscript card catalogue before 1950, and there is a detailed checklist of the correspondence available in the Library.
Biddle Manuscripts were reviewed, reorganized, refoldered, and a revised checklist was prepared in 1988, and the collection was transferred to Record Group 5.
Biddle was involved in the child feeding program and other war relief efforts in Austria and Poland which were based at the Mission in Vienna.
www.swarthmore.edu /library/friends/ead/5177bifa.xml   (2175 words)

  
 Nicholas Biddle Papers (Library of Congress)
The papers of Nicholas Biddle, banker, editor, diplomat, lawyer, and legislator, were deposited in the Library of Congress by his grandsons, Charles and Edward Biddle, 1913-1914.
The papers of Nicholas Biddle were bound in 1916 and the collection was microfilmed in 1965.
The papers pertain primarily to Biddle's career as president of the Bank of the United States, 1822-1839, and cover topics such as the attitude of Congress and the president toward the bank, fiscal operations, and the views of the public regarding the bank.
www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/biddle.html   (572 words)

  
 The Meade Archive: Address by Colonel James C. Biddle
The soldiers of the Union (and let it never be forgotten) fought for the welfare of their brethren in the South as well as for their own interests, and the result of the war is now conceded to have been a blessing by those who were defeated.
At the battle of Spotsylvania Court House General James C. Rice, of New York, was mortally wounded, and as he was being carried from the field of battle on a litter General Meade recognized him, and alighted from his horse to greet the dying soldier.
General Rice earnestly and solemnly charged General Meade to continue the struggle until the Government should be restored; said that he gladly gave his life a sacrifice to the great cause, and that he would give three lives if he could without a murmur.
members.cox.net /jcampi/biddle.htm   (2570 words)

  
 Duke, Angier Biddle --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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James Duke was born on Dec. 23, 1856, near Durham, N.C. At the age of 18 he became a partner in his father's tobacco company in North Carolina.
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 DBLP: James Noble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Pippin Barr, Rilla Khaled, James Noble, Robert Biddle: A Taxonomic Analysis of User-Interface Metaphors in the Microsoft O ce Project Gallery.
Angela Martin, Robert Biddle, James Noble: When XP Met Outsourcing.
Robert Biddle, James Noble, Ewan D. Tempero: Essential Use Cases and Responsibility in Object-Oriented Development.
www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/n/Noble:James.html   (850 words)

  
 The Winchester Star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
James Albert Biddle, 73, of Blue Ridge Terrace, Winchester, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, in Lynn Care Center, Front Royal.
Biddle was born Nov. 17, 1929, in Parkersburg, W.Va., the son of Wilbur and Charlotte Corey Wagner Biddle.
Surviving with his wife, are a son, James Gregory Biddle of Ranson, W.Va.; and two grandchildren.
www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/030430/Obituaries.asp   (708 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Biddle
Edmund Jenings Randolph; son of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances (Robinson) Biddle; married,
Son of Charles Biddle and Hannah (Shepard) Biddle.
Nephew of Edward Biddle; uncle of Charles John Biddle.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/biddle.html   (532 words)

  
 Biddle Family Papers, 1793-1951   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799).
Clement Biddle (1778-1856), a sugar refiner in Philadelphia who was active in Quaker philanthropic work such as helping to establish Friends Asylum in Frankford in 1813 (now Friends Hospital), aligned with the Hicksites following the separation of Philadelphia Quakers in 1827.
Biddle, Clement (1778-1856) to wife Mary Canby Biddle, 16 letters, Includes accounts of visits to New York and Ohio.
www.swarthmore.edu /library/friends/ead/5177bifa.htm   (1895 words)

  
 James Noble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Stuart Marshall and Robert Biddle and James Noble.
James Noble, Stuart Marshall, Stephen Marshall, Robert Biddle.
James Noble and Jan Vitek and Paulo Sergio Almeida.
www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz /~kjx/cv.html   (2467 words)

  
 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Biddle, James @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
BIDDLE, JAMES [Biddle, James] 1783-1848, U.S. naval officer and diplomat, b.
At the beginning of the War of 1812 he was first lieutenant on the Wasp ; he later commanded the sloop Hornet.
Our archive contains millions of documents from thousands of sources and goes back over 23 years.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:BiddleJa&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (155 words)

  
 Press Release - Statement on the Death of former Trust President James Biddle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Statement on the Death of former Trust President James Biddle
Jimmy played a major role in shaping the Trust into today’s highly professional and well-respected leader of the nation’s preservation movement.
He will be greatly missed, but he leaves an enduring legacy.
www.nationaltrust.org /news/docs/20050310_biddle.html   (156 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
References to Biddle's appointment as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (telegram 11/15/1934); the Montgomery Ward case and Sewell Avery* (TLS 6/1/1944); relations between William Bullitt and Franklin D. Roosevelt (TLS 9/14/1948; Biddle's TL carbons 9/14/1948 & 9/15/1948).
Reference to Biddle's autobiography; Moncure Biddle, Agnes Robinson (aunt), Beverley Robinson, Gladys Robinson; and family genealogy, in particular the whereabouts of a portrait of Moncure Robinson (1802-91).
Includes TL carbons from Biddle, and one to Jacqueline Kennedy on the death of her husband (12/2/1963).
gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/biddlef/series1.htm   (11772 words)

  
 Biddle, James - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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Biddle, James, 1783-1848, U.S. naval officer and diplomat, b.
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 James Biddle Jr Profile - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Biddle has been a director of the Company since 2001.
He serves as the Chairman and Treasurer of Mader Construction Co., Inc., and has held that position since 2001.
Biddle serves as the Vice President and Treasurer of Arric Corp., an environmental remediation company.
www.forbes.com /finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=363905   (277 words)

  
 Large image of Captain James Biddle, USN - manuscript - 12 April 1828   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Large image of LS dated 12 April 1828 - Captain James Biddle - page 1.
Large image of LS dated 12 April 1828 - Captain James Biddle - page 2.
Large image of LS dated 12 April 1828 - Captain James Biddle - page 3.
www.history.navy.mil /library/manuscript/biddlel.htm   (121 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife (Frontier Classics): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ellen McGowan Biddle was the wife of James Biddle, a U.S. Army officer who saw wide service on the frontier.
Written by Ellen McGowan Biddle, the wife of U.S. Army officer James Biddle who served on the American frontier during the late 1800's, Reminiscences Of A Soldier's Wife is an engaging and personal memoir which describes the humble day to day events and the tension of life on the American western frontier.
A powerful and captivating primary source Reminisces of A Solider's Wife offers the reader a kind of historical snapshot of just what it was like to live in the frontier military encampments and forts from Macon, Georgia, to Fort Robinson, Nebraska near the turn of the century.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811720586?v=glance   (839 words)

  
 MSCS: References
Authors: Craig Anslow, Stuart Marshall, Robert Biddle, James Noble, and Kirk Jackson.
Authors: Robert Biddle, James Noble, and Ewan Tempero.
Authors: Donald Gordon, Robert Biddle, James Noble and Ewan Tempero.
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 Search Results for Biddle - Encyclopædia Britannica
in U.S. history, the struggle between President Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States, over the continued existence of the only national banking institution...
Audio recording of NPR's Talk of the Nation (Sept. 27, 1995) hosted by Ray Suarez.
Includes a discussion by guests Bruce Biddle and David Berliner (coauthors of The Manufactured Crisis) on the overlooked achievements of public education and on the purposeful distortion of public schools' worth by political interests starting in the 1980s.
www.britannica.com /search?query=Biddle&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (344 words)

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