Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Lea & Blanchard, 1849 |
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... England , which , by the interest of colonel Scroope , who had married his sister , was granted him . He was also restored to his estate , although now reduced to half its value ; and he fixed his abode at a house he had built near ...
... England , which , by the interest of colonel Scroope , who had married his sister , was granted him . He was also restored to his estate , although now reduced to half its value ; and he fixed his abode at a house he had built near ...
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... England in small quantitics . The butternut ( J. cinerea ) is abundant in the Northern , and especially in the West- ern States . It is a much smaller tree than the preceding , rarely exceeding fifty feet in height , with a trunk ten or ...
... England in small quantitics . The butternut ( J. cinerea ) is abundant in the Northern , and especially in the West- ern States . It is a much smaller tree than the preceding , rarely exceeding fifty feet in height , with a trunk ten or ...
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... England ( 2 vols . , 4to . ) , compiled from the papers of the artist George Ver- tue . Two more volumes were afterwards added ; and the whole forms a valuable collection . In 1764 , his friendship for general Conway drew from him a pam ...
... England ( 2 vols . , 4to . ) , compiled from the papers of the artist George Ver- tue . Two more volumes were afterwards added ; and the whole forms a valuable collection . In 1764 , his friendship for general Conway drew from him a pam ...
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... England , in the county of Stafford , 116 miles from London ; population , 15,066 . By the reform act of 1832 , Walsall was constituted a borough , re- turning one member to parliament . WALSINGHAM , Thomas of , an English chronicler of ...
... England , in the county of Stafford , 116 miles from London ; population , 15,066 . By the reform act of 1832 , Walsall was constituted a borough , re- turning one member to parliament . WALSINGHAM , Thomas of , an English chronicler of ...
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... England , he ap- peared , and took a prominent part . In January , 1775 , he was chosen a meniber of a committee appointed to prepare a pe- tition to the king ; and , in February , 1776 , he was elected one of the Georgia dele- gation ...
... England , he ap- peared , and took a prominent part . In January , 1775 , he was chosen a meniber of a committee appointed to prepare a pe- tition to the king ; and , in February , 1776 , he was elected one of the Georgia dele- gation ...
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