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Rowson, Susanna Haswell

(Encyclopedia) Rowson, Susanna HaswellRowson, Susanna Haswellrouˈsən [key], 1762–1824, American author and actress, b. England. She was brought to America as a young child, but after the Revolution,…

Graham Island

(Encyclopedia) Graham Island, 2,485 sq mi (6,436 sq km), off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, northernmost and largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

Beacon Street Girls Jigsaw Puzzles

  Jigsaw Puzzles for Each Beacon Street Girl Maeve's Jigsaw PuzzleKatani's Jigsaw PuzzleAvery's Jigsaw PuzzleIsabel's Jigsaw PuzzleCharlotte's Jigsaw Puzzle More Fun Stuff from…

Georgia, Strait of

(Encyclopedia) Georgia, Strait of, channel, c.150 mi (240 km) long, between the mainland of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Canada, between Puget Sound and Queen Charlotte Sound. It forms part…

Caen

(Encyclopedia) Caen Caen käN [key], city, capital of Calvados dept., N France, in Normandy, on the Orne…

Thomas Tyler BOULDIN, Congress, VA (1781-1834)

BOULDIN, Thomas Tyler, (brother of James Wood Bouldin), a Representative from Virginia; born near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Va., in 1781; attended the country schools; studied…

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

(Encyclopedia) Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), sometimes called Campbellites, a Protestant religious body founded early in the 19th cent. in the United States. Its primary thesis is that the…

church, aggregation of Christian believers

(Encyclopedia) church [probably Gr.,=divine], aggregation of Christian believers. The traditional belief has the church the community of believers, living and dead, headed by Jesus, who founded it in…

church, building for Christian worship

(Encyclopedia) church [Gr. kuriakon=belonging to the Lord], in architecture, a building for Christian worship. The earliest churches date from the late 3d cent.; before then Christians, because of…