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Amos Eaton
Eaton, Amos (b. Chatham, New York, 17 May 1776; d. Troy, New York, 10 May 1842) geology, botany, scientific and applied education. The son of a farmer, Abel Eaton, of old New England stock, Amos was born in eastern New York, just over the border from Massachusetts. He had a conventional education... Read more |
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William Eaton
William Eaton 1764-1811, U.S. army officer, celebrated for his exploit in the Tripolitan War, b. Woodstock, Conn. Captain Eaton was sent to Tunis as consul in 1798 and learned much about the Barbary States . When he returned to the United States in 1804, he had a scheme to win the war against... Read more |
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Eaton
Eaton, a common place-name with two different origins. Most are ‘farmstead or estate on a river’ (probably denoting a settlement which performed a special local function in relation to the river), from OE ēa + tūn, among them: Eaton Ches., near Congleton. Yeiton c.1262.... Read more |
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Eaton Vance Corp
Eaton Vance Corporation 24 Federal StreetBoston, Massachusetts 02110U.S.A.(617) 482-8260Fax: (617)-482-5360 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1981Employees: 369Sales: $1.6 billion (1995)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 6282 Investment Advice The origins of Eaton Vance Corporation date to the activities... Read more |
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Dorman Bridgman Eaton
Dorman Bridgman Eaton Dorman Bridgman Eaton (1823-1899), American lawyer and author, was a strong advocate of civil service reform and wrote the draft on which the Civil Service Act of 1883 was based. Dorman Eaton was born in Hardwick, Vt., on June 27, 1823. After graduation from the... Read more |
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Pugwash Conferences
PUGWASH CONFERENCES PUGWASH CONFERENCES. Summoned by an appeal from Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell to work against the danger of nuclear war, twenty-two of the world's leading scientists attended a Conference on Science and World Affairs at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, in July 1957. Meeting at... Read more |
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John Henry Eaton
John Henry Eaton 1790-1856, U.S. Senator (1818-29) and Secretary of War (1829-31), b. Halifax co., N.C. After being admitted to the bar, he practiced in Franklin, Tenn., and married Myra Lewis, a ward of Andrew Jackson. Eaton remained close to Jackson and completed (1817) the biography of Jackson... Read more |
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Eaton Corp
Eaton Corporation Eaton Center 1111 Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2584 U.S.A. Telephone: (216) 523-5000 Toll Free: (800) 386-1911 Fax: (216) 523-4787 Web site: http://www.eaton.com Public Company Incorporated: 1911 as the Torbensen Gear and Axle Company Employees:... Read more |
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Tripolitan War
Tripolitan War , 1800-1815, conflict between the United States and the Barbary States . Piracy had become a normal source of income in the N African Barbary States long before the United States came into existence. The new republic adopted the common European practice of paying tribute to buy... Read more |
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Kitchen Cabinet
Kitchen Cabinet in U.S. history, popular name for the group of intimate, unofficial advisers of President Jackson . Early in his administration Jackson abandoned official cabinet meetings and used heads of departments solely to execute their departmental duties, while the policies of his... Read more |
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EATON.(Obit)(Obituary)
...Chester, OH; her son, Donald C. Eaton of Norfolk, VA; her granddaughter, Virginia Kathleen Eaton; two nephews, Russell (Susan) Pettibone and David (Kathy) Eaton; two nieces, Carolyn (William) Morris and Sally Eaton. ... |
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THE BLOOM IS ON FOR YELLOW ROSE DEBS OF CENTRAL CITY.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)
...Brock, Megan Jones and Eric Crewes, Sarah McClean and Daniel Feiner, Sarah Martin and Kenneth Thomas, Lindsey Russell and William Eaton, Julia Sayre and Michael Beatty, Jennifer Scholes and Robert Belcher, Kimberly Victor and John Victor, Jennifer... |
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OBITUARIES
...old. Her maiden name was Russell. She graduated from Ridgefield...and two foster sons, Larry Russell and Roy Beebe. Survivors...Prairie; two foster sons, William Russell of Belgium and Wallace Eaton of Susanville, Calif... |
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DEATHS - Sunday, August 5, 2007
...Sepanski, Peggy Staggs, Carolyn Ann Taylor, Alvira Thornton, Sr., William Perkins Walling, Russell Williams, Gaytha Hudson Williams, James B. MISSISSIPPI Eaton, Marguerite McCann Evans, Jr., Walter Clayton ARKANSAS Poinsett, Dalton... |
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Courts
...marijuana, $200. Dennis C. Eaton, 25, Deer Isle, fishing for...shellfish from closed area, $300. Russell K. Eaton, 44, East Orland, violating...transferred to Superior Court. William B. Eaton, 44, Blue Hill, two counts... |
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WILLIAM H. GASSETT, 81 RETIRED BOSTON BROKERAGE OFFICER
...m. today in Lydon-Russell Funeral Home, Quincy, for William H. Gassett of North...president and director of Eaton & Howard, a Boston brokerage...academy. Before joining Eaton & Howard, Mr. Gassett worked for Russell, Berg Co. of Boston... |
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DEEDS.(Neighbors Madison)
...5967 Rocks Road, Eaton, $0; Anne Berry...Ronald Hinshaw to William Russell. Chestnut Ridge Road...Financial. Route 20, Eaton, $21.576; Robert...St./East St., Eaton, $0; Clairese Russell to Thomas Szewczyk... |
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Soldier Dies of Embolism in Iraq
...line of military men, including William Eaton, who helped reinstate the deposed...American captives in the early 1800s. William Eaton's story is being made into a movie called "Tripoli" starring Russell Crowe. Image Caption: This is... |
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REAL ESTATE.(Neighbors Madison)
...6161 Brown Road, Eaton, $45,000; Russell McMullen to Karl...Joan Cummings to William Cummings. 5902 Brooklyn St., Eaton, $70,967; Luke...Stacie Santillo. 217 William St., Oneida...5868 Brooklin St., Eaton, $22,000; Almont... |
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Prince William Public Schools
...Lindsay Pitts Emily Russell Kevin Stammetti Elsy...Kimberley Thoresen GRADE 10 William Burnette Lauren Eaton GRADE 11 Karen Bunch...Brown IV Joseph Carneiro William Dame Rebecca King Sarah...Compston Brittany Gurgle William Hackeman Audra ... |