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See also:PINKNEY, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1764–1822) , See also:American lawyer. and statesman, was See also:born in See also:Annapolis, See also:Maryland, on the 17th of See also:March 1764. He was admitted to the See also:bar in 1786, and in 1788–1792 practised in Harford See also:county. In 1788 he was a member of the See also:state See also:convention which ratified the Federal constitution for Maryland, in 1788–1792 and in 1795 of the See also:House of Delegates (where in 1788 and 1789 he defended the right of slave-owners to manumit their slaves), and in 1792–1795 of the state executive See also:council. In 1796–1804 he was a See also:commissioner under See also:article 7 of See also:Jay's Treaty of 1794 to determine the claims of American merchants for damage through " irregular or illegal captures
or condemnations," and during this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time adjusted on behalf of Maryland a claim of the state to stock in the See also:Bank of See also:England. In May 18o6, with See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Monroe, then See also:minister at See also:London, he was commissioned to treat with the See also:British See also:government concerning the See also:capture of neutral See also:ships in time of See also:war; in 1807–1811, after Monroe's return to See also:America, he was See also:resident minister in London. He was elected to the Maryland See also:senate in See also:September 181r, and from See also:December 1811 to See also:January 1814 was See also:attorney-See also:general of the See also:United States. In See also:August 1814 he was wounded at Bladensburg. He served in the See also:National House of Representatives in January–See also:April 1816, and in 1816–1818 was minister plenipotentiary to See also:Russia and See also:special minister to See also:Naples, where he attempted to secure See also:indemnity for the losses to American merchants by seizure and See also:confiscation during the See also:rule of See also:Murat in 1809. From 1820 until his See also:death, at See also:Washington, on the 25th of See also:February 1822, he was a member of the United States Senate. He was a member of the See also:conference See also:committee on the See also:bill for the See also:admission of See also:Maine and See also:Missouri, which in its final See also:form embodied what is known as the Missouri See also:Compromise. Pinkney was a remarkably able lawyer and an orator of the old school.
See The See also:Life of William Pinkney (New See also:York, 1853) by his See also:nephew, William Pinkney (1810–1883), who was See also:Protestant Episcopal See also:bishop of See also:Virginia in 1879–1883; and See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Wheaton, Some See also:Account of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of William Pinkney (New York, 1828).
End of Article: PINKNEY, WILLIAM (1764–1822)
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