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Silliman [sil-uh-muh n] Examples noun
- Benjamin,1779–1864, U.S. scientist and educator.
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Putnam, Silliman, Burr, and others were conspicuous in their exertions.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn
Henry P. Johnston
Silliman was “sometimes in the front, sometimes in the centre, and sometimes in the rear.”
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn
Henry P. Johnston
Then there was the Silliman boy who had married the notorious Kate Cookesley.
Basil King
North Carolina, in 1833, and presented to Professor Silliman.
Eccentricities of the Animal Creation.
John Timbs
“I have given my life to law and politics,” he wrote to Professor Silliman.
The American Spirit in Literature,
Bliss Perry