(Encyclopedia) drift, deposit of mixed clay, gravel, sand, and boulders transported and laid down by glaciers. Stratified, or glaciofluvial, drift is carried by waters flowing from the melting ice of…
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England, on the Parrett River estuary. It is a port for seaborne traffic and
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CROFT Theodore Gaillard , a Representative from South Carolina;
born in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., November 26, 1874;
attended the common schools;
was graduated from Bethel Military Academy,…
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