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...hat Indian army sepoys had revolted in Meerut, killed their officers and British civilians in the town and were marching on Delhi to rally behind th... ... and Gavin brought the good news to his wife who knew many of the British families living in that town. ‘Our half-starved friends are now safe, than...

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...Samuel Drowne's Testimony on the Boston Massacre (March 16, 1770). In Anonymous, (Boston: Printed by Order of the Town of Boston by Gill, 1770), pp. 54-55....

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...outes of ancient civilizations, the routes used to transport people, knowledge and goods, ensuring cultural, scientific and economic exchange between towns and settlements of the inhabited part of the planet. Roads attained even greater importance in the times of the Roman Empire, being the key elements of its military expansion. The Roman roads were inherited by medieval ...

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...ed by the need to conserve water. Constant anticipation of storms or encounters with nomads—nobody knew which of the two was worse. Finally, sporadic towns and oases where the odds of finding a hearty welcome were much lower than those of facing tolls and charges. The Great Silk Road was never a single highway, but rather a system which incorporated multiple branches of c...

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... Roads and Railway (h) Ports and Shipping Facilities CHAPTER II.—The People (a) Numbers, Density of Population, Civil Condition, Sex and Age (b) Towns, Villages, Dwellings and Rural Organization (c) The Language, Literature, and State of Education (d) Caste and Occupations (e) Manners, Customs, etc. (f )Religion: Hindus, Muhammadans, Christians (g) Famine, D...

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...that of an infant, taken from the centre of a new-grown potato, in a field near town. The formation is so perfect that the smallest fibres and ligame... ...people in fifteen years. As many were banished form that country; so that whole towns were on the point of becoming desolate. In 1524, a thousand pe... ...rfolk, and dug under an apple tree in a certain garden on the north side of the town I should find a box of money; but I have something else to do th... ...liance upon the injunction which she conceived to relate to a lottery (then the town talk), the niece resolved to try her luck, especially as the ti... ...—It is reported that in the Mountain Carpatusan, Hill of Pannonia, at a certain town called Smolinitum, there is a lake, in which our three channels... ...eak in the young woman and to utter horrid railings against the minister of the town, but without harm to his character, as the people would not bel... ... about the same time, a Quaker at Portsmouth, withheld from an old woman of his town, a lot of land which she claimed as her own; and stones soon beg...

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...Baliwag, a not so small town in the Philippines that shared much to World History. The less known role it played on the lives of people from the stone age, Spanish conquest, The Spanish-American War, The Pilipino-American War, World War 2. This comp...

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...iod page 45 5. The Founding Families of Baliwag page 50 6. Tsinoys page 129 7. Dr. Rizal’s Chinese Ancestors page 165 8. Año 1733 The Making of a Town page 170 9. Let us learn about the Agustinian Friars page 189 10. Añ0 1800 What Transpired page 219 11. Año 1850 The Natives Got Their Family Name page 226 12. The Short Lived First Asian Republic page 317 13. The...

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...Baliwag, a not so small town in the Philippines that shared much to World History. The less known role it played on the lives of people from the stone age, Spanish conquest, The Spanish-American War, The Pilipino-American War, World War 2. This comp...

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...iod page 45 5. The Founding Families of Baliwag page 50 6. Tsinoys page 129 7. Dr. Rizal’s Chinese Ancestors page 165 8. Año 1733 The Making of a Town page 170 9. Let us learn about the Agustinian Friars page 189 10. Añ0 1800 What Transpired page 219 11. Año 1850 The Natives Got Their Family Name page 226 12. The Short Lived First Asian Republic page 317 13. The...

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...Baliwag, a not so small town in the Philippines that shared much to World History. The less known role it played on the lives of people from the stone age, Spanish conquest, The Spanish-American War, The Pilipino-American War, World War 2. This comp...

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...iod page 45 5. The Founding Families of Baliwag page 50 6. Tsinoys page 129 7. Dr. Rizal’s Chinese Ancestors page 165 8. Año 1733 The Making of a Town page 170 9. Let us learn about the Agustinian Friars page 189 10. Añ0 1800 What Transpired page 219 11. Año 1850 The Natives Got Their Family Name page 226 12. The Short Lived First Asian Republic page 317 13. The...

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...Baliwag, a not so small town in the Philippines that shared much to World History. The less known role it played on the lives of people from the stone age, Spanish conquest, The Spanish-American War, The Pilipino-American War, World War 2. This comp...

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...iod page 45 5. The Founding Families of Baliwag page 50 6. Tsinoys page 129 7. Dr. Rizal’s Chinese Ancestors page 165 8. Año 1733 The Making of a Town page 170 9. Let us learn about the Agustinian Friars page 189 10. Añ0 1800 What Transpired page 219 11. Año 1850 The Natives Got Their Family Name page 226 12. The Short Lived First Asian Republic page 317 13. The...

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...Baliwag, a not so small town in the Philippines that shared much to World History. The less known role it played on the lives of people from the stone age, Spanish conquest, The Spanish-American War, The Pilipino-American War, World War 2. This comp...

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...iod page 45 5. The Founding Families of Baliwag page 50 6. Tsinoys page 129 7. Dr. Rizal’s Chinese Ancestors page 165 8. Año 1733 The Making of a Town page 170 9. Let us learn about the Agustinian Friars page 189 10. Añ0 1800 What Transpired page 219 11. Año 1850 The Natives Got Their Family Name page 226 12. The Short Lived First Asian Republic page 317 13. The...

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...'s Ferry in West Virginia, hoping to use its massive arsenal in the struggle to forcibly end slavery. Captured and brought to trial at nearby Charles Town, Brown was found guilty of treason. One month before his execution, John Brown addressed a courtroom in Charlestown, West Virginia, defending his role in the action at Harper's Ferry. Henry David Thoreau, although himsel...

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...to Años or Years, in clusters of a 50 year span for each chapter, actual written records started from the year or Año 1733, the founding year for our town. You can actually view the references and footnotes by placing your mouse cursor at the blue highlighted references and footnotes, press Ctrl, then left click on your mouse, that will bring you to the actual reference or...

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... page 129 7. Dr. Rizal’s Chinese Ancestors page 164 8. Año 1733 The Making of a Town page 169 9. Let us learn about the Agustinian Friars page 188 10. Añ0 1800 What Transpired page 218 11. Año 1850 The Natives Go...

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...The Bakersfield Californian objected to the barren site, and also to the twisting path from town - there were nearer and better camping places. Besides, it wrote, the “hot bend in the river" was no place to spend $20,000 of tax money. The Californian rallied the public to oppose the purchase, but the rival Bakersfi...

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The history of a small town in central Virginia (1700s to 1900s) with bibliography and photographs

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...he very small community I grew up in. My memory isn't as good as it shouold be so I wrote it all down. When I wanted to find our more about my home town, there was nothing written. so I set out to see if what she told me was true. The 50 year investigation (part time of course) and interviews with residents was intriguing. My family loves to tell stories. The stories ...

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...ctions in Romania that are in strong connection with the personality of Prince Vlad Ţepeş. There is about churches, monasteries, fortresses, castles, towns that he built, consolidated or had things in common during his life. I put all of them together as I never found elsewhere, describing both according to the particularly information and my personal experience in visitin...

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...ad Ţepeş; his third reign in November – December 1476 Chapter III: THE TRACES OF VLAD ŢEPEŞ IN ROMANIA 3.1 Christian buildings, fortresses and towns related to Vlad Ţepeş’s life 3.1.1 The church of Târgşor 3.1.2 Comana Monastery 3.1.3 Snagov Monastery 3.1.4 Bucharest Fortress 3.1.5 Poienari Fortress 3.1.6 Târgovişte Fortress 3.1.7 Sighişoara Town 3.1.8 Bran ...

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...er, in 1778. Between then and the mid-19th century, visitors to HawaiI produced a rich assortment of charts and maps depicting the shores, harbors, towns, and volcanoes of the various islands. This volume traces the story of the mapping of HawaiI during the pivotal years in which the indigenous society was radically transformed by the peoples and ideas imported from th...

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...The vibrations of one's name are part of his/her personality and are very important in the case of a political figure. The same applies to names of towns and states. Repeated planetary influences (including the 60 years period of the Chinese horoscope and the 18.5 years revolution period of the Lunar Nodes whose definition is recalled) stimulate periodical repetition of ...

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...ieve it. Our island will be here long after I have gone, and so will our town, my dear Mytilene, so wrong, so right. Alcaeus would revel in this g... ...ho lived in an abyss. As days passed, defeat was all that we heard in our town, not outright defeat, but capitulation—retreat combined with truce, t... ...rprise its oracle. P I am criticized for my simple dress, my tastes. The townspeople say I should not be aloof. They say I am too aristocratic. The... ...l craft beached, no gulls anywhere, a sense of abandonment throughout our town, people scurrying to get indoors. SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 45 Only in ... ... an imposing figure, even majestic. Leaning on his cane, staring over the townsmen who crowd the forum, he looks a pillar, his head shaggy, beard gl... ... all morning, flying toward the mainland. I watched them from a bridge in town, leaning against the cool stone rail, Anak- toria watching with me, pe... ...bird faltered. What directed them? Not a sound, as they flew. Some of the townsmen gathered to stare, dead silent. In tens and twenties, they flew o... ...d, apparently at the same speed. Twice the flocks covered the sun and our town darkened, tiled roofs turning grey. SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 55 There... ... servants to bring Theodorus, another doctor. As the news spread through town, people gathered in the street in front of Alcaeus’ house, angry town...

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...ieve it. Our island will be here long after I have gone, and so will our town, my dear Mytilene, so wrong, so right. Alcaeus would revel in this g... ...ho lived in an abyss. As days passed, defeat was all that we heard in our town, not outright defeat, but capitulation—retreat combined with truce, t... ...rprise its oracle. P I am criticized for my simple dress, my tastes. The townspeople say I should not be aloof. They say I am too aristocratic. The... ...l craft beached, no gulls anywhere, a sense of abandonment throughout our town, people scurrying to get indoors. SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 41 Only in ... ... an imposing figure, even majestic. Leaning on his cane, staring over the townsmen who crowd the forum, he looks a pillar, his head shaggy, beard gl... ... all morning, flying toward the mainland. I watched them from a bridge in town, leaning against the cool stone rail, Anak- toria watching with me, pe... ...bird faltered. What directed them? Not a sound, as they flew. Some of the townsmen gathered to stare, dead silent. In tens and twenties, they flew o... ...d, apparently at the same speed. Twice the flocks covered the sun and our town darkened, tiled roofs turning grey. SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 51 There... ... servants to bring Theodorus, another doctor. As the news spread through town, people gathered in the street in front of Alcaeus’ house, angry town...