Which is alphabetically first of the Seven Sisters colleges?

It was a small flowing body of water before it became a continuous transfer of data. What is it? What was novelist Henry Miller's middle name, though he wasn't born on February 14 and was certainly no saint? Which city was officially made the capital of a kingdom 109 years before it became a state capital? What is a device, such as a bandage twisted around a limb, used to stop the flow of blood? Which word means background music, as well as a line drawn beneath something for emphasis? Which state's highest point is 5,344-foot Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks? It's not an Italian white wine, but a cute Italian mouse puppet often seen on "The Ed Sullivan Show". Who is it? It's said a Baptist minister living in Yokohama invented which popular vehicle in 1869, which was quickly copied?