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unusual facts about Ethan A. Hitchcock



Committee on Department Methods

The Commission's members were Charles H. Keep, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Commission, James R. Garfield, Gifford Pinchot, Frank H. Hitchcock and Lawrence O. Murray.

Frère León

After Baker left Cuba, León corresponded extensively with Nathaniel Lord Britton at the New York Botanical Garden, grass specialists A. S. Hitchcock and Mary Agnes Chase at the United States Department of Agriculture, and fern specialist William Ralph Maxon at the United States National Museum.

George Hitchcock

George B. Hitchcock (1812–1872), American involved in housing slaves on their way to freedom

Hitchcock County, Sequoyah

The county was named in honor of Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835-1909), the federal Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, formerly the American minister (ambassador) to the Russian Empire.

In the Courts of the Conqueror

It covers other major cases, including Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) (the tribe lacked standing to contest Georgia's violation of treaty rights); Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903) (the U.S. had the right to unilaterally confiscate Indian lands despite treaty provisions); and Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States (1955) (discovery and conquest doctrines applied even when the Alaskan natives had separate dealings with Russia).

Thomas R. Williams

He became principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's on May 1, 2008, following the in-term resignation of Karen Hitchcock.


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