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• Beaumont, William - Family and Genealogy - Dr. William Beaumont (1785-1853) was the U.S. Army surgeon who researched the physiology of human digestion, working with a patient who had a hole in his stomach.
• Biographical Directory of American History - Links to a large collection of textbook-style biographies of prominent people in US history.
• Corbett, Boston - The story of Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth.
• Eastman, George - The story of George Eastman, and the transformation of photography.
• Fisher, Carl - How the vision of entrepreneur Carl Fisher created America's premier vacation destination - Miami Beach.
• Freeman, Elizabeth 'Mumbet' - One of the first black women slaves to be set free in the USA.
• Green, Hetty - All about the Witch of Wall Street, who died the world's most famous miser.
• Hershey, Milton - A biographical site about the founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company. Timeline, short biography, and links.
• Murrow, Edward R. - Portrait of Edward R. Murrow, a journalist who dared to uphold freedom of thought in a time of McCarthyism.
• Spotlight Biography: Elections and Voting - Article on three people who changed the electoral landscape in America: Andrew Jackson, Lucretia Coffin Mott, and Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Tilden, Samuel J. - Forgotten U.S. President - Free teleplay about the US Presidential election of 1876 and Samuel Tilden, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote.
• Uncle Sam Image Gallery - Pictures and historical information about Uncle Sam, an American legend based on an actual person.
• Walker, Madam C.J. - An account of the life of an entrepreneur, who rose from the cotton fields of the South to become a successful self-made American businesswoman. [Created by her great-great-granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles.]

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