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Morton, Levi Parsons
(Encyclopedia) Morton, Levi Parsons, 1824–1920, American banker, Vice President of the United States (1889–93), b. Shoreham, Vt. He engaged in business in Hanover, N.Y., and in Boston before…Clearwater, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Clearwater, residential and resort city (2020 pop. 117,292), seat of Pinellas co., W central Fla., on the Pinellas peninsula, between…Perry, Oliver Hazard
(Encyclopedia) Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785–1819, American naval officer, b. South Kingstown, R.I.; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry. Appointed a midshipman in 1799, he served in the Tripolitan War,…Anna Hempstead Branch: Grieve not, Ladies
Grieve not, LadiesAnna Hempstead BranchOh, grieve not, Ladies, if at night Ye wake to feel your beauty going. It was a web of frail delight, Inconstant as an April snowing.In other eyes, in…Anna Hempstead Branch: Songs for my Mother
Songs for my MotherAnna Hempstead BranchHer HandsMy mother's hands are cool and fair, They can do anything. Delicate mercies hide them there Like flowers in the spring.When I was small and…Anna Georges ESHOO, Congress, CA (1942)
ESHOO Anna Georges , a Representative from California; born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., December 13, 1942; A.A., Canada College, Redwood City, Calif., 1975; Democratic National…Holinshed, Raphael
(Encyclopedia) Holinshed, RaphaelHolinshed, Raphaelhŏlˈĭnz-hĕdˌ, hŏlˈĭn-shĕdˌ [key], d. c.1580, English chronicler. He was a translator who also assisted Reginald Wolfe in the preparation of a…Mudd, Roger Harrison
(Encyclopedia) Mudd, Roger Harrison, 1928-2021, American broadcast journalist, b. Washington, D.C., Washington and Lee Univ. (BA, 1950), Univ. of N.C…Pierpont, Francis Harrison
(Encyclopedia) Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814–99, Union leader in Virginia during the American Civil War, “Father of West Virginia,” b. near Morgantown, Va. (now W.Va.). When Virginia seceded, he…Hartwell, Leland Harrison
(Encyclopedia) Hartwell, Leland Harrison, 1939–, American cell biologist, b. Los Angeles, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964. He is a professor at the Univ. of Washington (1968–) and…Trending
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