(Encyclopedia) deistsdeistsdēˈĭsts [key], term commonly applied to those thinkers in the 17th and 18th cent. who held that the course of nature sufficiently demonstrates the existence of God. For…
(Encyclopedia) Flynn, Edward Joseph, 1892–1953, American political leader, b. New York City. He practiced law in New York City and served (1917–21) in the New York state legislature. Flynn became…
(Encyclopedia) Ford, Paul LeicesterFord, Paul Leicesterlĕsˈtər [key], 1865–1902, American historian and novelist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. His father, Gordon L. Ford, then possessed probably the best…
(Encyclopedia) Hale, Edward Everett, 1822–1909, American author and Unitarian clergyman, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1839. He was the nephew of Edward Everett. The pastor of a church in Worcester, Mass…
(Encyclopedia) Casablanca Conference, Jan. 14–24, 1943, World War II meeting of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at Casablanca, French Morocco. A…
For the most outstanding juvenile books in the U.S.: one award for outstanding fiction, one for outstanding nonfiction, one for outstanding illustration (since 1976); given by the Boston Globe…
SPENCER, James Bradley, a Representative from New York; born in Salisbury, Conn., April 26, 1781; received a limited education; moved to Franklin County, N.Y., and settled in Fort Covington;…
DAVIS, George Thomas, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Sandwich, Mass., January 12, 1810; was graduated from Harvard University in 1829; studied law at Cambridge and Greenfield,…
MOORE, John, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Berkeley County, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1788; pursued an academic course; moved to Franklin, La.; member of the State house of…
BARLOW, Bradley, a Representative from Vermont; born in Fairfield, Franklin County, Vt., May 12, 1814; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia until 1858,…
