CORVEY

ancient Benedictine abbey, on Weser, 1 mile N.E. of Ho6xter, Westphalia, Germany; founded 228; first occupied by monks from Corbie in‘ Picardy. (370-270 B.C.), Rom. general. an American statesman, 6. in Bourbon co., Ky.; admitted to the bar in 1817, Served in the Ohio. Legislature and the National House of Representatives; was governor of Ohio (1840-42), and served in the U.S. Senate. In 1864 he was minister to Mexico. He was chairman (1860) of the Committee of Thirty three to consider measures for reconciling the North and South. i