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(Encyclopedia) Cornplanter, c.1740–1836, chief of the Seneca. The son of a Native American mother and a white father, he acquired great influence among the Seneca and in the American Revolution led…William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
(Encyclopedia) William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, philanthropic organization founded in 1966 by engineer and entrepeneur William R. Hewlett (1913–2001), co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, his wife,…Black Friday
(Encyclopedia) Black Friday, Sept. 24, 1869, in U.S. history, day of financial panic. In 1869 a small group of American financial speculators, including Jay Gould and James Fisk, sought the support…National Historic Sites
Name and location Total acreageAbraham Lincoln Birthplace (Ky.) 344.50Allegheny Portage Railroad (Pa.) 1,249.20Andersonville (Ga.) 494.61Andrew Johnson (Tenn.) 16.68Bent's Old Fort (Colo.)…The Confederate States of America
Top of Page Source: iStockFollowing the election of Abraham Lincoln on an anti-slavery platform, 11 US states broke away from the union to form a republic that has become known as the Confederacy.…Bloomsday
Joyce's Ulysses unfolds over a single day in Dublin James Joyce Related Links Encyclopedia: James Joyce Quiz: Irish Literature and Folklore Notable Irish Writers Ulysses for…The Iliad of Homer: The Embassy to Achilles
The Second Battle, and the Dis... The Night-Adventure of Diomed ... The Embassy to Achilles. Agamemnon, after the last day's defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene III
Scene IIIThe Grecian camp. Before Achilles' tentEnter Thersites, solusThersitesHow now, Thersites! what lost in the labyrinth of thy fury! Shall the elephant Ajax carry it thus? He beats me,…William Shakespeare: I grant thou wert not married to my Muse
I grant thou wert not married to my MuseI grant thou wert not married to my Muse, And therefore mayst without attaint o'erlook The dedicated words which writers use Of their fair subject,…James Grant O'HARA, Congress, MI (1925-1989)
O'HARA James Grant , a Representative from Michigan; born in Washington, D.C., November 8, 1925; moved with his parents to Michigan, in 1939; graduated from University of Detroit High School in…Trending
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