The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ...: Comprising a Calendar for the Year; Astronomical Information; Miscellaneous Directions, Hints, and Remarks; and Statistical and Other Particulars Respecting Foreign Countries andGray and Bowen, 1838 - Almanacs, American |
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... Lord , D. D. 1770 Burlington , Vt . Middlebury , do . Norwich , do . John Wheeler , D. D. Joshua Bates , D. D. Alden Partridge , A. M. 1791 1800 1834 Cambridge , Williamstown , do . Amherst , do . Providence , R. I. Mass . Josiah Quincy ...
... Lord , D. D. 1770 Burlington , Vt . Middlebury , do . Norwich , do . John Wheeler , D. D. Joshua Bates , D. D. Alden Partridge , A. M. 1791 1800 1834 Cambridge , Williamstown , do . Amherst , do . Providence , R. I. Mass . Josiah Quincy ...
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... Lord , Jr. , 1,500 280 Elijah Alvord , 460 280 Justice Willard , 460 280 Samuel F. Lyman , 460 800 Isaac Fiske , 1,500 Nantucket , Isaac Coffin , 200 George Cobb , 300 Norfolk , Sherman Leland , 500 Jonathan H. Cobb , 700 Plymouth ...
... Lord , Jr. , 1,500 280 Elijah Alvord , 460 280 Justice Willard , 460 280 Samuel F. Lyman , 460 800 Isaac Fiske , 1,500 Nantucket , Isaac Coffin , 200 George Cobb , 300 Norfolk , Sherman Leland , 500 Jonathan H. Cobb , 700 Plymouth ...
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... Lord Glenelg , the British Colonial Secretary , recently stated in parliament , that " when the House should meet again , he had no doubt that the complete and unqualified termination of ap- prenticeship would take place . " No. of ...
... Lord Glenelg , the British Colonial Secretary , recently stated in parliament , that " when the House should meet again , he had no doubt that the complete and unqualified termination of ap- prenticeship would take place . " No. of ...
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... lords & commons , Absolute monarchy , do . * Hesse - Darmstadt , Gr . Duchy , Limited sovereignty ; * Hesse - Homburg , Langraviate , Absolute sovereignty , * Hohenzollern - Hechingen , Pr . Limited , -one chamber , * Hohenzoll ...
... lords & commons , Absolute monarchy , do . * Hesse - Darmstadt , Gr . Duchy , Limited sovereignty ; * Hesse - Homburg , Langraviate , Absolute sovereignty , * Hohenzollern - Hechingen , Pr . Limited , -one chamber , * Hohenzoll ...
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... Lord Melbourne was reinstated in office . For a view of the succession of the several ministries for the preceding 27 years , see the American Almanac for 1834 , page 294 . Viscount Melbourne , Lord Cottenham , Marquis of Lansdowne ...
... Lord Melbourne was reinstated in office . For a view of the succession of the several ministries for the preceding 27 years , see the American Almanac for 1834 , page 294 . Viscount Melbourne , Lord Cottenham , Marquis of Lansdowne ...
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