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Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, John Russell, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Russell, 1st earl of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Arnim, Mary Annette (Beauchamp), Countess von

(Encyclopedia)Arnim, Mary Annette (Beauchamp), Countess von: see Russell, Mary Annette (Beauchamp) Russell, Countess. ...

Russell, William, 5th earl and 1st duke of Bedford

(Encyclopedia)Russell, William, 5th earl and 1st duke of Bedford: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, William Russell, 5th earl and 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, William Russell, 5th earl and 1st duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Bill of Rights, in British history

(Encyclopedia)Bill of Rights, 1689, in British history, one of the fundamental instruments of constitutional law. It registered in statutory form the outcome of the long 17th-century struggle between the Stuart kin...

Bill of Rights, in U.S. history

(Encyclopedia)Bill of Rights, in U.S. history: see Constitution of the United States. ...

Wilmot Proviso

(Encyclopedia)Wilmot Proviso, 1846, amendment to a bill put before the U.S. House of Representatives during the Mexican War; it provided an appropriation of $2 million to enable President Polk to negotiate a territ...