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The sites listed in this category are centered around individuals who have been, in some way, notable with regard to the history of the United States.

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Resources in This Category

• Beaumont, William - Family and Genealogy

  http://www.james.com/beaumont
  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.

• Corbett, Boston

  http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln32.html
  The story of Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth.

• Eastman, George

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/
  The story of George Eastman, and the transformation of photography.

• Fisher, Carl

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/miami/
  How the vision of entrepreneur Carl Fisher created America's premier vacation destination - Miami Beach.

• Freeman, Elizabeth 'Mumbet'

  http://mumbet.com/
  One of the first black women slaves to be set free in the USA.

• Green, Hetty

  http://www.brfwitness.org/the-witch-of-wall-street/
  All about the Witch of Wall Street, who died the world's most famous miser.

• Murrow, Edward R.

  http://www.evesmag.com/murrow.htm
  Portrait of Edward R. Murrow, a journalist who dared to uphold freedom of thought in a time of McCarthyism.

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