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Ann, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Ann, Cape, NE Mass., N of Massachusetts Bay. It includes Gloucester and Rockport with their fishing fleets, resorts, and artists' colonies. The cape was the epicenter of the 1755…Davis ELKINS, Congress, WV (1876-1959)
Senate Years of Service: 1911-1911; 1919-1925 Party: Republican; Republican ELKINS Davis , a Senator from West Virginia; born in Washington, D.C., January 24, 1876; attended the Lawrenceville (N.J…Brewer's: B.'s
Four B.'s essential for social success. Blood, brains, brass, brads (money). (American.) Beware of the B.'s, i.e. the British. A Carlow caution. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Davis, Raymond, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Raymond, Jr., 1914–2006, American astrochemist, Ph.D. Yale Univ. 1942. Davis, who served in the Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946, was a researcher at Monsanto Chemical Company…Hill, Benjamin Harvey
(Encyclopedia) Hill, Benjamin Harvey, 1823–82, American statesman, b. Jasper co., Ga. A highly successful lawyer and Whig politician, he supported the Whig-Democratic alliance that carried Georgia in…Corea, Chick
(Encyclopedia) Corea, Chick (Armando Anthony), 1941-2021, American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, b. Chelsea, Ma. Corea’s father was a…Rhett, Robert Barnwell
(Encyclopedia) Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800–1876, American politician, b. Beaufort, S.C. His family changed its name from Smith to Rhett (after a colonial ancestor) in 1837. A lawyer, he was a state…Proceedings of the Trial of Susan B. Anthony: Second.
First. Second. No offense is stated in the indictment. The first count in the indictment is for knowingly and wilfully registering as a voter, Susan B. Anthony. This count is under…Davis, Sir Colin Rex
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Sir Colin Rex, 1927–2013, English conductor. Davis began his musical career as a clarinetist, and was a self-taught conductor. After serving with the Sadler's Wells Opera, he…Davis, John
(Encyclopedia) Davis or Davys, John, 1550?–1605, English navigator. He made his first voyage in search of the Northwest Passage in 1585, continuing the work of Martin Frobisher. On this voyage he…Trending
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