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The battleship that helped to precipitate the Spanish-American War Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition Copyright © 1993, Columbia University Press. The Maine (Source/…Maine
Maine State Information Capital: Augusta Official Name: State of Maine Organized as a territory/republic: 1820 Entered Union (rank): March 15, 1820 (23) Present constitution adopted: 1820…Maine, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Maine, largest of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire (W), the Canadian provinces of Quebec (NW) and New Brunswick (NE), the Bay of…Maine de Biran
(Encyclopedia) Maine de BiranMaine de Biranmĕn də bēräNˈ [key], 1766–1824, French philosopher, member of the Council of Five Hundred (1797), and councilor of state (1816). His real name was Marie…Maine, University of
(Encyclopedia) Maine, University of, main campus at Orono; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1865 as Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, opened 1868,…Collins, Susan Margaret
(Encyclopedia) Collins, Susan Margaret, , 1952- , American politician, b. Caribou, Me., St. Lawrence University (BA, 1975). Both of Collins’s parents…Dingley, Nelson
(Encyclopedia) Dingley, NelsonDingley, Nelsondĭngˈlē [key], 1832–99, U.S. congressman (1881–99), b. Durham, Maine. For many years the editor of the Lewiston (Maine) Journal, he was also a state…Chase, Mary Ellen
(Encyclopedia) Chase, Mary Ellen, 1887–1973, American educator and writer, b. Blue Hill, Maine, grad. Univ. of Maine, 1909. Her works, set in Maine and excellent in their regional fidelity, include a…Dow, Neal
(Encyclopedia) Dow, Neal, 1804–97, American prohibitionist, b. Portland, Maine. He helped organize the Maine Temperance Union in 1838 and prepared (1851) the famous “Maine Law,” which superseded the…Maine, ship
(Encyclopedia) Maine, U.S. battleship destroyed (Feb. 15, 1898) in Havana harbor by an explosion that killed 260 men. The incident helped precipitate the Spanish-American War (Apr., 1898). Commanded…Trending
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