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Florida

  Florida State Information Capital: Tallahassee Official Name: State of Florida Entered Union (rank): March 3, 1845 (27th state) Present constitution adopted: 1969 State abbreviation/Postal…

Bury St. Edmunds

(Encyclopedia) Bury St. Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds bĕrˌ sənt ĕdˈməndz [key], town, Suffolk, E central England. It is the…

St. Leger, Barry

(Encyclopedia) St. Leger, Barry, 1737–89, British officer in the American Revolution. In the French and Indian Wars he served at Louisburg (1758) and with Gen. James Wolfe at Quebec. He was given (…

Alexander of Hales

(Encyclopedia) Alexander of Hales, d. 1245, English scholastic philosopher, called the Unanswerable Doctor by his fellow scholastics. He was a Franciscan and a lecturer at the Univ. of Paris. His…

Jervis, John, earl of St. Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Jervis, John, earl of St. VincentJervis, John, earl of St. Vincentjärˈvĭs, jûrˈ– [key], 1735–1823, British admiral. His most famous action as commander of the Mediterranean fleet was…

Abijah GILBERT, Congress, FL (1806-1881)

Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875 Party: Republican GILBERT Abijah , a Senator from Florida; born in Gilbertsville, Otsego County, N.Y., June 18, 1806; attended Gilbertsville Academy, and…

Amos TOWNSEND, Congress, OH (1821-1895)

TOWNSEND Amos , a Representative from Ohio; born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., in 1821; attended the common schools of Pittsburgh, Pa.; clerked in a store in Pittsburgh; moved to Mansfield…