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Frank PLUMLEY, Congress, VT (1844-1924)

PLUMLEY Frank , a Representative from Vermont; born in Eden, Lamoille County, Vt., December 17, 1844; attended the public schools and People's Academy; taught school near Morrisville, Vt.;…

Frank D. RIGGS, Congress, CA (1950)

RIGGS Frank D. , a Representative from California; born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., September 5, 1950; B.A., Golden Gate University, San Francisco, Calif., 1980; United States Army,…

Frank Rudolph WOLF, Congress, VA (1939)

WOLF Frank Rudolph , a Representative from Virginia; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 30, 1939; attended the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 1957-1958; B.A.,…

Frank WELCH, Congress, NE (1835-1878)

WELCH Frank , a Representative from Nebraska; born at Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Mass., February 10, 1835, moved with his parents to Boston in early childhood; was graduated from the Boston High…

Flattery, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Flattery, Cape, NW Wash., at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait; discovered in 1778 by Capt. James Cook. A lighthouse and the reservation of the Makah people are on the cape, where…

Erythraean Sea

(Encyclopedia) Erythraean SeaErythraean Seaĕrĭthrēˈən [key], name of unclear origin anciently applied to the Indian Ocean, later to the Arabian Gulf, and finally to the Red Sea.

diary

(Encyclopedia) diary [Lat.,=day], a daily record of events and observations. As distinguished from memoir (an account of events placed in perspective by the author long after they have occurred), the…

Corinto

(Encyclopedia) Corinto Corinto kōrēnˈtō [key], town, NW Nicaragua, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a railroad terminus…

Point Pleasant

(Encyclopedia) Point Pleasant, residential and resort borough (1990 pop. 18,177), Ocean co., E N.J., near the Manasquan Inlet; settled 1850, inc. 1920. The adjoining borough of Point Pleasant Beach (…

Amundsen Sea

(Encyclopedia) Amundsen Sea, arm of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, bordered by Thurston Island and Cape Dart. Off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, the sea was named after Norwegian explorer Roald…