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(Encyclopedia) SwampscottSwampscottswŏmpˈskət [key], town (1990 pop. 13,650), Essex co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston, formerly an exclusive summer resort, on Massachusetts Bay; settled…Northfield
(Encyclopedia) Northfield, city (1990 pop. 14,684), Rice co., SE Minn., near Minneapolis–St. Paul, on the Cannon River; inc. 1875. It is the trade center for a dairy and farming region. Manufactures…Cressy, Hugh Paulinus
(Encyclopedia) Cressy, Hugh PaulinusCressy, Hugh Paulinuskrĕˈsē [key], 1605–74, English Benedictine monk. He was educated at Oxford and converted to Roman Catholicism in Rome in 1646. His…Quimby, Phineas Parkhurst
(Encyclopedia) Quimby, Phineas Parkhurst, 1802–66, American mental healer, b. Lebanon, N.H. He became interested in mesmerism and gave exhibitions of that art in New England and New Brunswick. He…Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, c.490,000 sq mi (1,260,000 sq km), central Pacific Ocean; est. 2009. The monument comprises the waters and reefs surrounding seven…Karle Wilson Baker: Good Company
Good CompanyKarle Wilson BakerTo-day I have grown taller from walking with the trees, The seven sister-poplars who go softly in a line; And I think my heart is whiter for its parley with a…Ezra BAKER, Congress, NJ (1765)
BAKER Ezra , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Tuckerton, N.J., in 1765c; moved with his parents to the Province of East Jersey about 1765; educated for the medical profession and…John BAKER, Congress, VA (1823)
BAKER John , a Representative from Virginia; born in Frederick County, Md., birth dates unknown; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., for three years…Constance Baker Motley 2005 Deaths
Constance Baker MotleyAge: 84 attorney who was a pioneer in the civil rights movement. Motley won nine of the ten cases she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the 1962 case in…Norman Buddy Baker 2002 Deaths
Norman “Buddy” BakerAge: 84 composer who scored about 200 films, television shows, and other events for Walt Disney. Died: Sherman Oaks, Calif., July 26, 2002Buck BakerA - FJoaquín Balaguer…Trending
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