{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"South Carolina Encyclopedia","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce","author_name":"Matthew Simmons","author_url":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/author\/sceditor\/","title":"Converse, Dexter Edgar - South Carolina Encyclopedia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"O139cOCIav\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/converse-dexter-edgar\/\">Converse, Dexter Edgar<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/converse-dexter-edgar\/embed\/#?secret=O139cOCIav\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Converse, Dexter Edgar&#8221; &#8212; South Carolina Encyclopedia\" data-secret=\"O139cOCIav\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":null,"thumbnail_width":null,"thumbnail_height":null,"description":"Industrialist. Converse was born on April 21, 1829, in Swanton, Vermont, the second child of Orlin Converse and Louise Twichell. After his father died in 1833, Converse went to live with his aunt and uncle in Trois Rivieres, Quebec, where he worked in his uncle\u2019s woolen mill until he was twenty-one. In 1850 he went [&hellip;]"}