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unusual facts about E. C. Stearns



E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency

Edward C. Stearns continued to design important components for his bicycle line in much the same manner as he designed tools for his hardware enterprise, E. C. Stearns & Company.

By June 1900, the American Bicycle Company demanded that company founder, Edward C. Stearns, Herbert E. Maslin and Mrs. Avis Van Wagenen, of Syracuse, execute an agreement not to engage in the manufacture of bicycles in competition with A.B.C., who claimed they made an agreement with the Stearns company when their factory was sold to the combination.

Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly

Vinland, a Romanesque "cottage" in Newport, Rhode Island built in 1882 for tobacco heiress Catharine Lorillard Wolfe by Peabody & Stearns, purchased by the Twomblys in 1896 and greatly enlarged.

George M. Stearns

He eventually moved to Springfield himself, where he practiced with E. D. Beach and later with Marcus Perrin Knowlton.

George N. Stearns

He was a member of the Republican party and was an abolitionist, taking an active part in the celebrated Jerry Rescue case in Syracuse, although he always refused to serve in any public office.

She was the daughter of George Taylor and Jane Rite of Millville, Pennsylvania and was born on February 22, 1816.

George Stearns

George N. Stearns (1812–1882), tool designer and founder of the George N. Stearns Company

R. H. Stearns

F.W. Stearns was a close friend of Calvin Coolidge, joining him as an honored guest at the Republican National Convention in California when Coolidge was Vice President.

Richard Stearns

R. H. Stearns (1824–1909), tradesman, philanthropist, and politician from Massachusetts

Stephen C. Stearns

In 1992, Stearns wrote The Evolution of Life Histories, now regarded as one of the key works in Life history theory with over 7700 citations.


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