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TAYLOR, George, Congress, PA (1716-1781)
TAYLOR, George, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Ireland in 1716; pursued academic studies; immigrated to the United States in 1736 and settled at Warwick Furnace and later at Coventry Forge…Loménie de Brienne, Étienne Charles
(Encyclopedia) Loménie de Brienne, Étienne CharlesLoménie de Brienne, Étienne Charlesātyĕnˈ shärl lōmānēˈ də brēĕnˈ [key], 1727–94, French statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was…Dupleix, Joseph François
(Encyclopedia) Dupleix, Joseph FrançoisDupleix, Joseph Françoiszhôzĕfˈ fräNswäˈ düplĕksˈ [key], 1697–1763, French colonial administrator in India. He went to India in 1721 as an officer of the French…Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden, 1714–94, British jurist. Appointed (1761) chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, he earned wide popularity as a result of his ruling in Entick v.…Moreau, Jean Victor
(Encyclopedia) Moreau, Jean VictorMoreau, Jean VictorzhäN vēktôrˈ [key]Moreau, Jean Victor môrōˈ [key], 1763–1813, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars. Despite his successes on the Rhine…Natchez, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Natchez, city (1990 pop. 19,460), seat of Adams co., SW Miss., on bluffs above the Mississippi River; settled 1716, inc. 1803. It is the trade, shipping, and processing center for a…Vincennes, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) VincennesVincennesvĭnsĕnzˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 19,859), seat of Knox co., SW Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1814. The city is the center of an extensive farm area. Its many…Greene, Evarts Boutell
(Encyclopedia) Greene, Evarts BoutellGreene, Evarts Boutellĕvˈərts, b&oomacr;tĕlˈ [key], 1870–1947, American historian, b. Kobe, Japan, where his parents were missionaries, grad. Harvard (B.A.,…New Hampshire Grants
(Encyclopedia) New Hampshire Grants, early name (1749–77) for Vermont, given because most of the early settlers came in under land grants from Benning Wentworth, the colonial governor of New…Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
(Encyclopedia) Lessing, Gotthold EphraimLessing, Gotthold Ephraimgôtˈhôlt āˈfräĭm [key], 1729–81, German philosopher, dramatist, and critic, one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment.…Trending
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