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Tlingit

(Encyclopedia) TlingitTlingittlĭngˈgĭt [key], group of related Native North American tribes, speaking a language that forms a branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages).…

RICHARDS, John, Congress, NY (1765-1850)

RICHARDS John , a Representative from New York; born in Wales April 13, 1765; immigrated to the United States and settled in Johnsburg, Warren County, N.Y.; received a limited schooling; member of…

Samuel Milton Jones Biography

Samuel Milton Jonesinventor, manufacturer, reformerBorn: 8/3/1846Birthplace: Carnarvonshire, Wales Jones began working in the oil fields of Ohio and Pennsylvania when he was only 10 years old…

Samuel GRIFFITH, Congress, PA (1816-1893)

GRIFFITH Samuel , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, Great Britain, February 14, 1816; instructed in elementary subjects by a private teacher; was graduated…

Bryan Brown Biography

Bryan BrownactorBorn: 6/23/1947Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia An Australian actor who first gained fame in the critically acclaimed film Breaker Morant (1980), he also garnered…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 4

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 3Federalist No. 5Federalist No. 4 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence) To the…

CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS

(As of Sept. 5, 2006)Weight classWBCWBAHeavyweightOleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)Nicolay Valuev (Russia)CruiserweightO'Neil Bell (U.S.)O'Neil Bell (U.S.)Light heavyweightTomasz Adamek (Poland)…

Brewer's: Public-house Signs

Much of a nation's history, and more of its manners and feelings, may be gleaned from its public-house signs. A very large number of them are selected out of compliment to the lord of the…