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State of the Union Address: John Quincy Adams (December 2, 1828)
John Quincy Adams (December 2, 1828) Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: If the enjoyment in profusion of the bounties of Providence forms a suitable subject of mutual…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: George W. Bush: Inaugural Address (2001)
Bill Clinton George W. Bush George W. Bush Inaugural Address Saturday, January 20, 2001 President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of…Flatland: Of Recognition by Sight
by Edwin A. Abbott Of our Methods of Recognizing ...Concerning Irregular FiguresOf Recognition by Sight I am about to appear very inconsistent. In the previous sections I have said that…Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st ViscountSnowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscountsnōˈdən [key], 1864–1937, British statesman. Born to poverty, he was a civil service clerk until crippled by a…Shubert Brothers
(Encyclopedia) Shubert BrothersShubert Brotherssh&oomacr;ˈbərt [key], theatrical managers and producers. The brothers were Lee (1871–1953), Sam S. (1878–1905), and Jacob J. (1880–1963).…Santa Fe Railroad
(Encyclopedia) Santa Fe Railroad, former U.S. railroad, chartered in 1863 as the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe RR; opened to traffic in 1864. Construction continued, and in 1880 it reached Santa Fe…Salton Sea
(Encyclopedia) Salton SeaSalton Seasôlˈtən [key], saline lake, 370 sq mi (958 sq km), northern part of the Imperial Valley, SE Calif.; 232 ft (71 m) below sea level. The area was anciently the…Fredericksburg, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Fredericksburg, battle of, in the Civil War, fought Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. In Nov., 1862, the Union general Ambrose Burnside moved his three “grand divisions” under W. B…Belém
(Encyclopedia) Belém Belém bəlāNˈ [key] or Pará Pará pəräˈ…Union party
(Encyclopedia) Union party, in American history. 1 Coalition of Republicans and War Democrats in the election of 1864. Abraham Lincoln was renominated for President with Andrew Johnson, the…Trending
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