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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
(Encyclopedia) Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).McCarthy, Eugene Joseph
(Encyclopedia) McCarthy, Eugene Joseph, 1916–2005, U.S. political leader, b. Watkins, Minn. He served (1942–46) as a technical assistant for military intelligence during World War II and then taught…Evarts, William Maxwell
(Encyclopedia) Evarts, William MaxwellEvarts, William Maxwellĕvˈərts [key], 1818–1901, American lawyer and statesman, b. Boston; grandson of Roger Sherman. After attending Harvard Law School he began…Savage, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Savage, Richard, 1697?–1743, English poet. The now discredited story of his illegitimate descent from a noble line and of his persecutions, which are set forth in a biography by Samuel…Worthington
(Encyclopedia) WorthingtonWorthingtonwûrˈᵺĭngtən [key], city (1990 pop. 14,869), Franklin co., central Ohio, a suburb of Columbus; settled 1803, inc. 1835. Mainly residential, it has some light…Kennedy, Robert Francis
(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1925–68, American politician, U.S. Attorney General (1961–64), b. Brookline, Mass., younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and son of Joseph P. Kennedy.…Manicouagan
(Encyclopedia) ManicouaganManicouaganmănĭkwägˈən [key], river, 310 mi (499 km) long, rising in E central Que., Canada, and flowing S to the St. Lawrence River near Baie Comeau. The river is an…Ritson, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Ritson, Joseph, 1752–1803, English antiquarian and scholar, b. Stockton-on-Tees. An industrious student of English literature, he attacked Thomas Warton's scholarship in Observations…Seward, Anna
(Encyclopedia) Seward, AnnaSeward, Annasēˈwərd [key], 1742–1809, English poet, called the Swan of Lichfield. A member of the Lichfield literary group, which included Thomas Day and Erasmus Darwin,…Trending
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