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Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell)

(Encyclopedia) Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell), 1788–1879, American author, editor, and feminist, b. near Newport, N.H. In 1828 she became editor of the Ladies' Magazine, Boston, and in 1837 of Godey's…

Jewett, Sarah Orne

(Encyclopedia) Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849–1909, American novelist and short-story writer, b. South Berwick, Maine. Her studies of small-town New England life are perceptive, sympathetic, and gently…

Matthiessen, F. O.

(Encyclopedia) Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto Matthiessen)Matthiessen, F. O.măthˈĭsĕn [key], 1902–50, American critic, b. Pasadena, Calif., grad. Yale Univ., 1923, B.Litt., Oxford, 1925, Ph.D.,…

Woodbury, Levi

(Encyclopedia) Woodbury, Levi, 1789–1851, American cabinet officer and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1845–51), b. Hillsboro, co., N.H. Important as a politician and jurist in…

Tom Thumb

(Encyclopedia) Tom Thumb, 1838–83, American entertainer, whose original name was Charles Sherwood Stratton, b. Bridgeport, Conn. His career as General Tom Thumb began in 1842, when the showman P. T.…

Polk County, NC Census Data

North carolina Polk County, North Carolina People QuickFactsPolk CountyNorth CarolinaPopulation, 2005 estimate 19,1348,683,242Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.4%7.9%…

Polk County, MN Census Data

Minnesota Polk County, Minnesota People QuickFactsPolk CountyMinnesotaPopulation, 2005 estimate 31,1335,132,799Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.8%4.3%Population,…

Polk County, NE Census Data

Nebraska Polk County, Nebraska People QuickFactsPolk CountyNebraskaPopulation, 2005 estimate 5,4211,758,787Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -3.9%2.8%Population, 2000 5…

Polk County, MO Census Data

Missouri Polk County, Missouri People QuickFactsPolk CountyMissouriPopulation, 2005 estimate 28,8925,800,310Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 7.0%3.6%Population, 2000…

Polk County, TN Census Data

Tennessee Polk County, Tennessee People QuickFactsPolk CountyTennesseePopulation, 2005 estimate 15,9445,962,959Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.7%4.8%Population,…