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Parry Islands

(Encyclopedia) Parry Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada.

Sylva, Carmen

(Encyclopedia) Sylva, Carmen: see Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

Carmen Sylva

(Encyclopedia) Carmen Sylva: see Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of

(Encyclopedia) Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of…

Louisiana Purchase

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Louisiana Purchase (1803) Louisiana Purchase, 1803, American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana. Jefferson instructed Livingston to attempt…

Bess of Hardwick

(Encyclopedia) Bess of Hardwick: see Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of.

Robert McCLELLAND, Congress, MI (1807-1880)

McCLELLAND, Robert, a Representative from Michigan; born in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., August 1, 1807; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1829; engaged in teaching…

Archibald Bard DARRAGH, Congress, MI (1840-1927)

DARRAGH, Archibald Bard, a Representative from Michigan; born in La Salle Township, Monroe County, Mich., December 23, 1840; attended the common schools and a private academy in Monroe, Mich…

Elizabeth, empress of Austria and queen of Hungary

(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth, 1837–98, empress of Austria and queen of Hungary. A Bavarian princess, she was married (1854) to her cousin, Emperor Francis Joseph. Despite her exceptional beauty,…

Charlottesville

(Encyclopedia) Charlottesville Charlottesville shärˈlətsvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 46,553), seat of Albemarle co.,…