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Oliver Hazard Perry Throck MORTON, Congress, IN (1823-1877)
Senate Years of Service: 1867-1877 Party: Republican MORTON Oliver Hazard Perry Throck , a Senator from Indiana; born in Salisbury, Wayne County, Ind., August 4, 1823; attended a private school in…Khalkidhikí
(Encyclopedia) KhalkidhikíKhalkidhikíkhälkēᵺēkēˈ [key] or ChalcidiceChalcidicekălsĭdˈĭsē [key], peninsula (1991 pop. 92,117), NE Greece, projecting into the Aegean Sea from SE Macedonia. Its southern…Lucca
(Encyclopedia) LuccaLuccal&oomacr;kˈkä [key], city (1991 pop. 87,100), capital of Lucca prov., Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center and an…Pátrai
(Encyclopedia) PátraiPátraipäˈtrā [key] or PatrasPatraspəträsˈ, pătˈrəs [key], Lat. Patrae, city (1991 pop. 153,344), capital of Akhaía prefecture, central Greece, in the Peloponnesus. It is a port…Solon, Athenian statesman
(Encyclopedia) SolonSolonsōˈlən [key], c.639–c.559 b.c., Athenian statesman, lawgiver, and reformer. He was also a poet, and some of his patriotic verse in the Ionic dialect is extant. At some time (…English sparrow
(Encyclopedia) English sparrow or house sparrow, small bird, Passer domesticus, common throughout most of the world. English sparrows are 4 to 7 in. (10–18 cm) long, with short, stout bills. The male…tektite
(Encyclopedia) tektitetektitetĕktīt [key], naturally occurring, silica-rich (65%–80% SiO2) glass resembling obsidian and sometimes shale, and is normally jet black to olive green. They appear as…woodcreeper
(Encyclopedia) woodcreeper or woodhewer, common names for woodpeckerlike birds of tropical forest and brush, constituting about 50 species in the family Dendrocolaptidae. Supported by their stiff…The True George Washington: Education
EducationFormal EducationThe father of Washington received his education at Appleby School in England, and, true to his alma mater, he sent his two elder sons to the same school. His death…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: December 29, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark December 28, 1805December 30, 1805December 29, 1805 December 29th Sunday 1805 rained last night as usial, this morning Cloudy without rain a…Trending
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