(Encyclopedia) Petersburg, city (1990 pop. 38,386), politically independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Appomattox River; inc. 1850. A port of entry and an important tobacco market, it has…
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Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only,
A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest,
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(Encyclopedia) Monmouth, battle of, in the American Revolution, fought June 28, 1778, near the village of Monmouth Courthouse (now Freehold, N.J.). Gen. George Washington chose this location to…
LEE, Thomas Sim, (father of John Lee), a Delegate from Maryland; born near Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County, Md., October 29, 1745; completed preparatory studies; held several local…
Senate Years of Service: 1883-1892
Party: Democrat GIBSON Randall Lee , a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born September 10, 1832, at
Spring Hill, near Versailles, Woodford County,…
Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943
Party: Democrat LEE Joshua Bryan , a Representative and a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Childersburg, Talladega
County, Ala., January 23, 1892; moved with…
(Encyclopedia) Betzig, Robert Eric, 1960–, American physicist, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ph.D. Cornell, 1988. Betzig worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1988 to 1996, when he become vice president…
(Encyclopedia) Chancellorsville, battle of, May 2–4, 1863, in the American Civil War. Late in Apr., 1863, Joseph Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, moved against Robert E. Lee, whose…
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