(Encyclopedia) LasalleLasalleləsălˈ [key] or Ville LasalleVille Lasallevēl [key], city (1991 pop. 73,804), S Que., Canada, SW of Montreal on the St. Lawrence River at the head of the Lachine Rapids.…
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Horatio, 1858–1938, Canadian painter, b. Ontario, largely self-taught. Though he lived in Rochester and New York City, he painted chiefly scenes from the simple life of the…
(Encyclopedia) Gaspé Peninsula or GaspésieGaspé Peninsulagäspāzēˈ [key], tongue of land, E Que., Canada, between the estuary of the St. Lawrence River on the north and Chaleur Bay on the south, and…
(Encyclopedia) Northeast Boundary Dispute, controversy between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Maine–New Brunswick boundary. The treaty of 1783 ending the American Revolution had…
RUSSELL, William Augustus, a Representative from Massachusetts; born at Wells River, Orange County, Vt., April 22, 1831; pursued an academic course in Franklin, N.H.; engaged in the…
CAPSTICK, John Henry, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Lawrence, Mass., September 2, 1856; attended the public schools of Lawrence; moved with his parents to Providence, R.I., in 1868…
writer, editor, actorBorn: 3/18/1927Birthplace: New York City Tall professional author and editor who also makes cameo appearances in films. Thoroughly educated, first at Phillips Exeter Academy in…
Senate Years of Service: 1942-1943Party: RepublicanNELSON, Arthur Emanuel, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minn., May 10, 1892; attended the public schools,…
(Encyclopedia) Cousins, SamuelCousins, Samuelkŭzˈənz [key], 1801–87, English mezzotint engraver. He is famous for his interpretations in mezzotint of the work of Sir Thomas Lawrence, but his plates,…
