hopper
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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hopper, a
dumb barge or
lighter used in conjunction with old-fashioned
dredgers for receiving the spoil brought up in the buckets, or for the carriage of sewage or similar material for disposal.
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BETSY ROSS TALE GETS NEW STRIPE FRANCIS HOPKINSON THE REAL STAR IN FLAG'S DESIGN, HISTORIANS SAY.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/14/1996; 700+ words
; ...Continental Congress from New Jersey, Francis Hopkinson. ``There is an abundance of circumstantial evidence that Francis Hopkinson did it,'' Washington author...Philadelphia to a design by Francis Hopkinson, a member of the Continental...
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Manuscripts attributed to early composer fake; Francis Hopkinson: They are withdrawn from an auction
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 5/18/2002; ; 511 words
; ...Declaration of Independence signer Francis Hopkinson when it turned up in storage...creating) false expectations." Hopkinson was an artist, poet, lawyer...have been composed long after Hopkinson's death in 1791. Bloom believes...
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Congregational Song in the Protestant Episcopal Church in Early America: Hopkinson, Eckhard, and Loud
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the new American Episcopal Church worked to define and standardize congregational song. Three of these musicians-Francis Hopkinson, Jacob Eckhard, and Thomas Loud-worked during a period of rapidly changing ideas about what constituted appropriate...
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Tiverton maintain away form ; Bobby Hopkinson again proved his ability with a wonderful 20-yard free-kick winner as Tiverton Town got back on track with a 1-0 British Gas Business Southern League Premier Division victory at Hemel Hempstead on Saturday.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 11/17/2008; ; 700+ words
; Bobby Hopkinson again proved his ability with a wonderful 20- yard free-kick winner...recorded their first home win, 2-0 over Radstock Town - with goals by Lee Francis and Ricky Marinaro (penalty) - while basement side Barnstaple Town...
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Food: Small is beautiful They may be petite, but their flavour is perfectly formed. Simon Hopkinson recommends three ways to cook spring chicken. Photographs by Jason Lowe
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/6/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...and remain so, to some. (Twenty-five years on, incidentally, I now find myself dramatically moved by the paintings of Francis Bacon and they excite me deeply, as do the works of Braque, Leger, Mir, Rothko, Nicholson, Frink and Hodgkin - that...
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BLOOMINGTON COUPLE PROMOTES UNKNOWN OLD GLORY DESIGNER
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/17/1991; 700+ words
; ...Betsy Ross, not a man named Francis Hopkinson. But Susan Baker, a Hopkinson...Institution Press book, it was Francis Hopkinson who designed the first Old Glory...anything in my book" about Francis Hopkinson, said fifth-grade teacher...
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Forgery in the Music Library: a cautionary tale.
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Washington (1732-1799) and Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), and the sesquicentennial...for illustrious composers--Francis Hopkinson, Stephen Foster, William Henry...was a group of manuscripts by Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration...
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Sour notes sounded over musical discovery attributed to colonist.
Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 5/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...unknown compositions and verses by Francis Hopkinson (1737-91), a signer of...been definitively attributed to Hopkinson's son, Joseph. But in the...wrongly, according to Keller _ to Francis Hopkinson. The manuscripts also have...
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Sour notes sounded over musical discovery attributed to colonist.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/9/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...unknown compositions and verses by Francis Hopkinson (1737-91), a signer of...been definitively attributed to Hopkinson's son, Joseph. But in the...wrongly, according to Keller _ to Francis Hopkinson. The manuscripts also have...
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Controversy swirled over American flag design.(Neighbor)(Kids ink)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...had met George Washington, but Francis Hopkinson designed the first American flag...an unpaid bill are a part of Hopkinson's story. One of the signers...Declaration of Independence, Hopkinson was involved in the development...
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Francis Hopkinson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Francis Hopkinson Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), the first native American composer, was also a literary satirist, jurist, and inventor. Francis Hopkinson was born on Oct. 2, 1737, in Philadelphia. He studied at the academy there and...
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Smith, Francis Hopkinson
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Smith, Francis Hopkinson (1838–1915),great‐grandson of Francis Hopkinson, was born in Baltimore and became an engineer, with painting...
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Hopkinson, Francis
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Hopkinson, Francis (1737–91), born in Philadelphia...caused her by her worthless son George. Hopkinson also satirized his fellow countrymen...abusive books and maps. During the war, Hopkinson also employed his several talents in...
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Hopkinson, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Hopkinson, Joseph (1770–1842), son of Francis Hopkinson, was a noted lawyer and jurist, served in Congress (1814–19), and was a member of the Tuesday Club of Philadelphia, president of the Academy of Fine Arts...
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Joseph Hopkinson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joseph Hopkinson 1770-1842, American jurist, b. Philadelphia; son of Francis Hopkinson. A successful lawyer, he helped to defend (1804) Justice Samuel Chase in impeachment proceedings and was associated with Daniel Webster in the Dartmouth...
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