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The True George Washington: Tastes and Amusements: Horsemanship and Hunting
Horsemanship and HuntingWashington was from boyhood passionately fond of horsemanship, and when but seventeen owned a horse. Humphreys states that "all those who have seen General Washington…Sao Tome and Principe Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Sao Tome and Principe Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Sao Tomean Relations…Jefferson DAVIS, Congress, MS (1808-1889)
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1851; 1857-1861 Party: Democrat; Democrat DAVIS Jefferson , a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in what is now Fairview, Todd County, Ky., June 3,…Greene, Nathanael
(Encyclopedia) Greene, Nathanael, 1742–86, American Revolutionary general, b. Potowomut (now Warwick), R.I. An iron founder, he became active in colonial politics and served (1770–72, 1775) in the…Calhoun, John Caldwell
(Encyclopedia) Calhoun, John CaldwellCalhoun, John Caldwellkălˌh&oomacr;nˈ [key], 1782–1850, American statesman and political philosopher, b. near Abbeville, S.C., grad. Yale, 1804. He was an…The True George Washington: Farmer and Proprietor: Other Properties
Other PropertiesFortunately for the farmer, the Mount Vernon estate was but a small part of his property. His father had left him a plantation of two hundred and eighty acres on the…Antigua and Barbuda Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Antigua and Barbuda Index: History Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Antigua and Barbuda Relations HISTORY Antigua was first inhabited by…Selected Essays in Black History: The Awakening of the Negro
Dave's Neckliss The Story of Uncle Tom's Cabin The Awakening of the Negro by Booker T. Washington When a mere boy, I saw a young colored man, who had spent several years in school…Selected Essays in Black History: Hot-Foot Hannibal
The Case of the Negro A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South Hot-Foot Hannibal by Charles W. Chesnutt "I hate and despise you! I wish never to see you or speak to you again!" "…Martinique
(Encyclopedia) CE5 MauritaniaMauritaniamôrĭtāˈnēə [key], officially Islamic Republic of Mauritania, republic (2015 est. pop. 386,000), 397,953 sq mi (1,030,700 sq km), NW Africa. Fort-de-France is…Trending
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