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Memoirs of Captain Carleton
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Michael (Bible)
Michael in the Bible. 1 Father of Sethur the spy. 2 Chief of Issachar. 3 One of David's captains at Ziklag. 4 Jehoshaphat's murdered son.... Read more |
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Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter 1615-91, English nonconformist clergyman. Ordained in 1638, he began his ministry at Kidderminster in 1641. He sided with Parliament when the civil war broke out and served (1645-47) as a chaplain in Cromwell's army, where he urged moderation in both religious and political opinions.... Read more |
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Captain Jack
Captain Jack Kintpuash, son of a Modoc chief, was commonly known as "Captain Jack" because of his penchant for wearing a blue military jacket with brass buttons. Captain Jack (ca 1837-1873) was a major figure in the Modoc War of 1872-1873. Protesting unsuitable conditions on the Klamath... Read more |
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Naaman
Naaman . In the Bible, Syrian captain whom Elisha cured miraculously of leprosy.... Read more |
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commodore
commodore, in the Royal Navy an intermediate rank between captain and rear admiral, often held by a senior captain when appointed to certain commands or posts of extra responsibility. It is not a step in the ladder of promotion—a captain is normally promoted direct to rear admiral—but... Read more |
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Gisborne
Gisborne , city (1996 pop. 32,608), East Coast North Island, New Zealand, on Poverty Bay. It is a resort and a port, exporting wool, frozen meat, timber, and fish. Captain Cook made his first New Zealand landing there in 1769.... Read more |
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Walter Chauncey Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp 1859-1925, American athlete, football coach, administrator, b. New Britain, Conn. In his three years as captain at Yale Univ. in the 1880s, Camp shaped the rules that transformed rugby football into American football, including playing with 11 men, using a line of scrimmage, a... Read more |
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Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg (1817–73) Union army officer, born in Piatt's Landing, Kentucky. He fought in the Seminole War (1840–42), the Mexican War (1846–48), and the Mormon rebellion (1847–48). In the Civil War, Canby commanded Union forces in New Mexico, turning... Read more |
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