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Cyclopædia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States
FRELINGHUYSENII.94.1 FRELINGHUYSEN, Theodore, was born at Milltown, N.J., March 28, 1787, and died at New Brunswick, N.J., April 12, 1862. He was graduated at Princeton in 1804, was admitted to the bar in 1808, served as United States senator 1829-33, was chancellor of New York university 1839-50, and president of Rutgers college 1850-62. He was the candidate of the whig party of vice-president in 1844. II.94.2
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The cuneiform inscription in the Liberty Fund logo is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
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