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(Encyclopedia) Albany Congress, 1754, meeting at Albany, N.Y., of commissioners representing seven British colonies in North America to treat with the Iroquois, chiefly because war with France…Eanes, António dos Santos Ramalho
(Encyclopedia) Eanes, António dos Santos RamalhoEanes, António dos Santos RamalhoäNtônˈy&oomacr; d&oomacr;s säNˈt&oomacr;z rämälˈy&oomacr; yäˈnēsh [key], 1935–, Portuguese military…Eaton, Theophilus
(Encyclopedia) Eaton, Theophilus, 1590–1658, Puritan leader in Connecticut, one of the founders of New Haven, b. Buckinghamshire, England. A member of the London congregation of John Davenport, he…Douglas, Sir Howard
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Sir Howard, 1776–1861, British general and colonial administrator. He was a distinguished teacher of military strategy and an important authority on military and naval…Antoine, Père
(Encyclopedia) Antoine, PèreAntoine, Pèrepĕr ăntwänˈ [key], 1748–1829, Spanish priest in New Orleans, a Capuchin friar. His family name was Mareno, and the Spanish name given to him by the church was…Hidalgo del Parral
(Encyclopedia) Hidalgo del Parral Hidalgo del Parral ēᵺälˈgō dĕl pärälˈ [key] or…Johnson, Guy
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Guy, c.1740–1788, Loyalist leader in colonial New York, b. Ireland. He emigrated to America as a boy and married (1763) a daughter of Sir William Johnson, whom he succeeded as…rum
(Encyclopedia) rum, spirituous liquor made from fermented sugarcane products. Prepared by fermentation, distillation, and aging, it is made from the molasses and foam that rise to the top of boiled…schooner
(Encyclopedia) schoonerschoonersk&oomacr;ˈnər [key], sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with from two to seven masts. Schooners can lie closer to the wind than square-rigged sailing ships, need…Seventh-Day Baptists
(Encyclopedia) Seventh-Day Baptists, Protestant church holding the same doctrines as other Calvinistic Baptists but observing the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. In the Reformation in England…Trending
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