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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 7, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 6, 1806August 8, 1806August 7, 1806 Thursday August 7th 1806. It began to rain about midnight and continued with but little intermission…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 28, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 27, 1805June 29, 1805June 28, 1805 Friday June 28th 1805. Set Drewyer to shaving the Elk skins, Fields to make the cross stays for the boat…

Lewis, Lennox

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Lennox (Lennox Claudis Lewis), 1965–, British-Canadian boxer. Born in London, England, to Jamaican parents, Lewis had a troubled childhood and followed his mother to Canada at…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 29, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 28, 1805June 30, 1805June 29, 1805 Saturday June 29th 1805. This morning we experienced a heavy shower of rain for about an hour after…

Catlett, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915–2012, American-Mexican sculptor, painter, and printmaker, considered one of the foremost African-American artists of her era, b. Washington, D.C., grad. Howard…

Dante Alighieri

(Encyclopedia) Dante AlighieriDante Alighieridănˈtē, Ital. dänˈtā älēgyĕˈrē [key], 1265–1321, Italian poet, b. Florence. Dante was the author of the Divine Comedy, one of the greatest of literary…

Van Dine, S. S.

(Encyclopedia) Van Dine, S. S.: see Wright, Willard Huntington.