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Huntington

noun

United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea. Synonym: George Huntington.

American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796). Synonym: Samuel Huntington.

United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900). Synonym: Collis Potter Huntington.

A city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha.

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"Huntington" Quotes from Famous Books

... Drexel, Philadelphia's great banker, complaining that I had robbed him of several hours of sleep. Having begun the book he could not lay it down and retired at two o'clock in the morning after finishing. Several similar letters were received. I remember Mr. Huntington, president of the Central Pacific Railway, meeting me one morning and saying he was going to pay ...

— Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie • Andrew Carnegie

... repairman. "George Hansen. Driving seven passenger touring car, brown, with black streamer and gold striping. He was driving to Indianapolis over the road that goes through Huntington, Marion and Anderson; I heard him talking about it. That's one of the main roads out of here. You ought to be able to overtake him on the way; he's a slow driver and his motor was missing pretty badly. ...

— The Campfire Girls Go Motoring • Hildegard G. Frey

... men, were formed to prosecute the work. The California Company, with Governor Leland Stanford and the indomitable C. P. Huntington at the head, constructed the thousand miles stretching from the Bay of San Francisco to Salt Lake, and a company headed by Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, two Massachusetts men noted for strong business capacity, industry, and integrity, constructed the thousand miles from the Missouri River to the ...

— Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) • James Gillespie Blaine

... development of missionary interest. Three hundred and seventy signed as charter members, and Professor Stratton of the Department of Rhetoric was the first president. The students held most of the offices, but it was not until 1894 that a student president,—Cornelia Huntington of the class of 1895—was elected. Since then, this office has always been held by a student. From its inception the association received the greatest help and inspiration from Mrs. Durant, for many years the President of the Boston Young Women's ...

— The Story of Wellesley • Florence Converse

... Huntington Smith request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Mary Katherine to Mr. James Smartlington on Tuesday the first of November at twelve o'clock at St. John's Church in the ...

— Etiquette • Emily Post