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(Encyclopedia) Charleston.
1 City (2020 pop. 17,286), seat of Coles co., E Ill.; inc.
1835. Charleston is an industrial, rail, and trade center located in an
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(Encyclopedia) Platt, Orville Hitchcock, 1827–1905, U.S. Senator (1879–1905), b. Washington, Litchfield co., Conn. Platt held many public offices in Connecticut before he served in the U.S. Senate. He helped fra...
(Encyclopedia) Franklin, State of, government (1784–88) formed by the inhabitants of Washington, Sullivan, and Greene counties in present-day E Tennessee after North Carolina ceded (June, 1784) its western lands t...
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Supreme Court, United States, highest court of the United States, established by Article 3 of the Constitution of the United States.
With the emergence of a working conservative majority,...
(Encyclopedia) United States Government Printing Office: see Government Publishing Office, United States.
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(Encyclopedia) Government Printing Office, United States: see Government Publishing Office, United States.
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(Encyclopedia) Housing and Urban Development, United States Department of (HUD), established 1965 to coordinate and administer programs that provide assistance for housing and community development. The department a...
(Encyclopedia) Annapolis
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[key], city (2020 pop. 40,812), state capital and seat of Anne Arundel co., central Md., on
the south bank of the Severn River. Annapolis is a por...
(Encyclopedia) Cambridge.
1 City (2020 pop. 13,096), seat of Dorchester co., E Md.,
Eastern Shore, a port of entry on the Choptank River at its mouth on
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