by Robert Burns The Bonie Lass Of AlbanyBlythe Was SheOn Scaring Some Water-Fowl In Loch-Turit A wild scene among the Hills of Oughtertyre. "This was the production of a solitary…
BAY William Van Ness , a Representative from Missouri; born in Hudson, N.Y., November 23, 1818;
attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar; moved to Union, Franklin…
VAN NESS John Peter , a Representative from New York; born in Ghent (formerly Claverly),
Columbia County, N.Y., November 4, 1769; completed preparatory studies and
attended Columbia College in New…
BRADLEY Frederick Van Ness , a Representative from Michigan; born in Chicago, Ill., April 12, 1898; moved to
Rogers City, Mich., in 1910; attended the public schools, Rogers City (Mich.) High…
(Encyclopedia) KintyreKintyrekĭntīrˈ [key], peninsula, 42 mi (68 km) long and 10 mi (16 km) wide, Argyll and Bute, W Scotland, joined to the mainland at the isthmus of Tarbert between East Loch…
(Encyclopedia) KinrossKinrosskĭnrôsˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 3,459), Perth and Kinross, E Scotland, on Loch Leven. Kinross is an agricultural hub, with some woolen and linen manufacturing. Mary Queen…
(Encyclopedia) RahabRahabrāˈhăb [key], in the Bible. 1 Prostitute of Jericho whose protection of Joshua's two spies saved her and her family from destruction. She may be the same woman mentioned in…
(Encyclopedia) C, third letter of the alphabet. In position and form, but not in meaning, it corresponds to Greek gamma (see G). In English it is pronounced variously, e.g., in can, cent, church, and…
