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Chatham, William Pitt, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Chatham, William Pitt, 1st earl ofChatham, William Pitt, 1st earl ofchătˈəm [key], 1708–78, British statesman, known as the Great Commoner. Proud, dramatic, and patriotic, Chatham…

Davis, Jefferson

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Jefferson, 1808–89, American statesman, President of the Southern Confederacy, b. Fairview, near Elkton, Ky. His birthday was June 3. Davis took little part in the secession…

Wright, Frank Lloyd

(Encyclopedia) Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, American architect, b. Richland Center, Wis., as Frank Lincoln Wright; he changed his name to honor his mother's family (the Lloyd Joneses). Wright is…

parlement

(Encyclopedia) parlementparlementpärˈləmənt, Fr. pärləmäNˈ [key], in French history, the chief judicial body under the ancien régime. The parlement consisted of a number of separate chambers: the…

Speaks Out on Child Labor and Woman Suffrage

by FlorenceKelley We have, in this country, two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread. They vary in age from six and seven years (in the cotton…

Brewer's: Seven

(Greek, hepta; Latin, septem; German, sieben; Anglo-Saxon, seofan; etc.). A holy number. There are seven days in creation, seven spirits before the throne of God, seven days in the week,…

2 Kings: 8

2 Kings Chapter 8 1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn:…

Nathaniel Abraham, 2000 News

13, the youngest American child ever to be tried and convicted as an adult for murder, was sentenced in Jan. to seven years in a maximum-security juvenile center. Prosecutors unsuccessfully…

Compromise of 1850

(Encyclopedia) Compromise of 1850. The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the close of the Mexican War (1848) aggravated the…