Excerpt from Encyclopaedia Americana, Vol. 9: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time Momma, James, one of the eflrresidents of the U. States, was born Ap 28 1758 in Westmoreland county, Virginia, on the Potomac, on land of which, a century and a half before, his ancestor, who first tni grated to this coun was the ori nal grantee. He was e treated at Wili ram and M college, and, in 1776, entered the rave outionary army as a mdet. He was soon afier appointed a lieutenant, and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.