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Triborough Bridge

(Encyclopedia) Triborough Bridge, New York City: see Robert F. Kennedy Bridge.

Custis-Lee Mansion

(Encyclopedia) Custis-Lee Mansion, Va.: see Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.

Robert Roberts HITT, Congress, IL (1834-1906)

HITT Robert Roberts , a Representative from Illinois; born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, January 16, 1834; moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1837 with his parents, who settled in Mount Morris…

Robert Whyte ROBERTS, Congress, MS (1784-1865)

ROBERTS Robert Whyte , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Kent County, Del., November 28, 1784; received a liberal education; studied law; was admitted to the bar; shortly after…

Cockerell, Charles Robert

(Encyclopedia) Cockerell, Charles RobertCockerell, Charles Robertkŏkˈərəl [key], 1788–1863, English architect, archaeologist, and writer. While excavating at Bassae, Aegina, and other sites in Italy…

Heilbroner, Robert Louis

(Encyclopedia) Heilbroner, Robert LouisHeilbroner, Robert Louishīlˈbrōˌnər [key], 1919–2005, American economist, b. New York City, grad. Harvard, 1940, Ph.D., New School for Social Research, 1963. A…

Jenkins's Ear, War of

(Encyclopedia) Jenkins's Ear, War of, 1739–41, struggle between England and Spain. It grew out of the commercial rivalry of the two powers and led to involvement in the larger War of the Austrian…

Dumfries, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Dumfries Dumfries dəmfrēsˈ [key], town, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland, on the Nith River. The…