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Boston National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Boston National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Boston African American National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Boston African American National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Quincy, Josiah, 1744–75, political leader in the American Revolution
(Encyclopedia)Quincy, Josiah kwĭnˈzē [key], 1744–75, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Boston. An outstanding lawyer, he wrote a series of anonymous articles for the Boston Gazette in which he op...Paine, Robert Treat
(Encyclopedia)Paine, Robert Treat, 1731–1814, political figure in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Boston, Mass. He served briefly as a chaplain in the French and Indian War ...Townshend Acts
(Encyclopedia)Townshend Acts, 1767, originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act. They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in Americ...Cresap, Michael
(Encyclopedia)Cresap, Michael krēˈsăp [key], 1742–75, American frontiersman and soldier, b. Allegany co., Md. A Native American fighter, he was accused by Thomas Jefferson and others of massacring the family o...Bailey, F. Lee
(Encyclopedia) Bailey, F. Lee (Francis Lee Bailey), 1933-2021, American lawyer, b. Waltham, Ma., Boston Univ. Law School (J.D., 1960). Bailey attended Harvard for two...Adams, Samuel
(Encyclopedia)Adams, Samuel, 1722–1803, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Boston, Mass.; second cousin of John Adams. An unsuccessful businessman, he becam...Ha Jin
(Encyclopedia)Ha Jin, pseud. of Jin Xuefei, 1956–, Chinese-American writer, grad. Heilongjiang Univ. (B.A. 1981), Shandong Univ. (M.A., 1984), Brandeis (M.A., Ph.D., 1993). In the early 1980s he came to the Unite...Browse by Subject
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