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unusual facts about Crocker & Brewster


Uriel Crocker

Uriel Crocker (September 12, 1796 – July 19, 1887) was a public-spirited Boston citizen, head of the Crocker & Brewster publishing house during its 58-year existence (1818-1876), and actively involved in other enterprises including railroads.


Benjamin Brewster

Benjamin H. Brewster (1816–1888), United States Attorney General, 1881–1885

Benjamin H. Brewster

:For other people of this name, see Benjamin Brewster.

John's sister, Jane Slidell, was married to Matthew C. Perry, who was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.

Crocker Mountain

Hills and mountains named Crocker include

David P. Brewster

Elected as a Democrat, Brewster was United States Representative for the seventeenth district of New York during the Twenty-sixth as well as the Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1839 to March 3, 1843.

Excelsior Brigade

Following the Battle of Chancellorsville, Col. William R. Brewster of the 73rd New York assumed command of the Excelsior Brigade, which was then in the division of Brig. Gen Andrew A. Humphreys.

Henry C. Brewster

Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, Brewster was United States Representative for the thirty-first district of New York from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1899.

James C. Brewster

On December 31, 1850, Brewster and some his followers are listed in the 1850 United States Census at Socorro, New Mexico Territory.

J. Gordon Melton (1996, 5th ed.) Encyclopedia of American Religions (Detroit, Mich.: Gale) pp.

He applied for a Federal disability pension in 1880 and eventually was admitted to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Northwestern Branch, at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin where he died at the age of 82 years.

John Connor

In the film, John crosses paths with Katherine "Kate" Brewster (Claire Danes), a former classmate from when he was living with his foster parents.

Peter C. Shannon

In 1883 Shannon was appointed to investigate charges of drunkenness and improper behavior against Everton Conger, a judge in Montana Territory; although his report was somewhat sympathetic, it led to Attorney-General Benjamin H. Brewster recommending his removal.

Rudi M. Brewster

Rudi M. Brewster (1932-2012) was a United States Federal Judge, best known for 2006 ruling in a patent infringements suit against Microsoft tied to the licensing of the MP3 format.

William Brewster

William K. Brewster (born 1941), Democratic politician and a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma


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