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Murphy, Philip Dunton
(Encyclopedia)Murphy, Philip Dunton: see New Jersey. ...Meyner, Robert Baumie
(Encyclopedia)Meyner, Robert Baumie: see New Jersey. ...Kean, Thomas Howard
(Encyclopedia)Kean, Thomas Howard: see New Jersey. ...Christie, Christopher James
(Encyclopedia)Christie, Christopher James: see New Jersey. ...Hughes, Richard Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Hughes, Richard Joseph: see New Jersey. ...Whitman, Christine Todd
(Encyclopedia)Whitman, Christine Todd: see New Jersey. ...Byrne, Brendan Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Byrne, Brendan Thomas: see New Jersey. ...Rutherford
(Encyclopedia)Rutherford rŭthˈərfərd [key], borough (1990 pop. 17,790), Bergen co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of the New York City–N New Jersey metropolitan area; inc. 1881. Several pre-Revolutionary hous...bight
(Encyclopedia)bight, broad bend or curve in a coastline, forming a large open bay. The New York bight, for example, is the curve in the coast described by the southern shore of Long Island and the eastern shore of ...Thirteen Colonies, the
(Encyclopedia)Thirteen Colonies, the, term used for the colonies of British North America that joined together in the American Revolution against the mother country, adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776,...Browse by Subject
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