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Karle Wilson Baker: Good Company

Good CompanyKarle Wilson BakerTo-day I have grown taller from walking with the trees, The seven sister-poplars who go softly in a line; And I think my heart is whiter for its parley with a…

Geometry: Two's Company, Three's a Triangle

Two's Company, Three's a TriangleGeometryTwo's Company, Three's a TriangleA Formal IntroductionSize Matters, So Let's Measure As long as there are three of anything, there will be triangles. You…

Muscovy Company

(Encyclopedia) Muscovy CompanyMuscovy Companymŭsˈkəvē [key] or Russia Company, first major English joint-stock trading company. It began in 1553 as a group supporting exploration of a possible…

London Company

(Encyclopedia) London Company, corporation composed of stockholders residing in and about London, which, together with the Plymouth Company (see Virginia Company), was granted (1606) a charter by…

Ohio Company

(Encyclopedia) Ohio Company, organization formed (1747) to extend settlements of Virginia westward. The members were mostly Virginia planters interested in land speculation and the fur trade. A royal…

Virginia Company

(Encyclopedia) Virginia Company, name of two English colonizing companies, chartered by King James I in 1606. By the terms of the charter, the Virginia Company of London (see London Company) was…

Susquehanna Company

(Encyclopedia) Susquehanna Company, land company formed (1753) in Connecticut for the purpose of developing the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. A tract of land was purchased from the Native Americans…