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Weymouth
Weymouth , town (1990 pop. 54,063), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb of Boston on Hingham Bay; settled 1622, inc. 1635. The state's second oldest settlement, it is chiefly residential. Electronic components, fertilizer, and chemicals are made. Weymouth also has a shoe industry which dates back to the... Read more |
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Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston Chapman 1806-85, American abolitionist, b. Weymouth, Mass. In 1834 she became a close associate of William Lloyd Garrison, helped organize the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, and for several years was treasurer of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. She edited (1877) the... Read more |
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Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley
MOSELEY, HENRY GWYN JEFFREYS (b. Weymouth. Dorsetshire, England, 23 November 1887; d. Gelibolu, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, 10 August 1915) physics. Like his friends Julian Huxley and Charles Galton Darwin. Harry Moseley came from a family long distinguished for its contributions to science. His... Read more |
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Gilbert Newton Lewis
Gilbert Newton Lewis 1875-1946, American chemist, b. Weymouth, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1896; Ph.D., 1899). He taught at Harvard and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1907-12) and from 1912 was professor of physical chemistry and dean of the college of chemistry, Univ. of California.... Read more |
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Philip Pullman
PULLMAN, Philip 1946- Personal Born October 19, 1946, in Norwich, England; son of Alfred Outram (an airman) and Audrey (homemaker; maiden name, Merrifield) Pullman; married Judith Speller (a teacher), August 15, 1970; children: James, Thomas. Education: Oxford University, B.A., 1968; Weymouth... Read more |
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Battle of Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury, battle of, 1471. The last and one of the bloodiest battles of the Wars of the Roses. Queen Margaret, still defending the claims of her husband Henry VI, landed at Weymouth the same day that Edward IV defeated Warwick at Barnet. She moved towards Wales and the north-west to collect... Read more |
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Longleat
Longleat near Warminster in Wiltshire was one of the earliest of the great Elizabethan show or prodigy houses, started before Wollaston (1580s) or Hardwick (1590s). It was begun by Sir John Thynne, who had done well out of the dissolution of the monasteries. The advising architect was Robert ... Read more |
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Miles Standish
Miles Standish c.1584-1656, American colonist, b. England. After serving as a soldier for a number of years, Standish accompanied the Pilgrims to America on the Mayflower (1620) and was recognized at once as the military leader of Plymouth Colony . He was probably not a Puritan. He saved the... Read more |
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William Cranch
CRANCH, WILLIAM William Cranch served as a federal judge for more than five decades, and was also reporter of decisions for the supreme court of the united states from 1801 to 1815. Cranch was born July 17, 1769, in Weymouth, Massachusetts. His father, Richard Cranch, was a member of the... Read more |
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Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams 1744-1818, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams , b. Weymouth, Mass. She was born Abigail Smith. A lively, intelligent woman, she was the chief figure in the social life of her husband's administration and one of the most distinguished and... Read more |
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TOWN MEETING APPROVES WEYMOUTH TRASH PLAN
WEYMOUTH - By a 114-98 vote, a special town meeting last night gave...tons of waste daily from Weymouth and surrounding communities...residents: "This is your only chance to stop this...The controversy in Weymouth comes at a time when... |
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WEYMOUTH GETS MAYOR WITH TOWN EXPERIENCE FIRST TO HOLD NEW POST, FIRE CHIEF...
WEYMOUTH - When Fire Chief David...Madden assumes the job of Weymouth mayor eight weeks from...pretty much have to define your own role." Madden, who will be Weymouth's first mayor, has...its 350-year-old town meeting-board of selectmen... |
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Town says no to check cashing firm ; WEYMOUTH; Says it would not fit in with...
...DiGravio approached the town in November with their...store in a vacant shop in Weymouth Landing where people...Neighborhood groups and the Weymouth Town Council denounced...business is not wanted in Weymouth," said Councilor Thomas...stop place; you pay your bills, cash your ... |
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Weymouth race has most of town on the run.
...election for mayor in Weymouth, and it looks like an...grandmother. He wants to throw Weymouth a life preserver and...Junior then, the former town moderator. He's a...School Committee. In Weymouth. His daughter picks...is asked, how old is your father? "I don't... |
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Mayor tried to suppress newspaper ; WEYMOUTH; Article on pay-raise talk...
...Hull, Scituate, and Weymouth - and lost. Angry at...about pay raises for the Weymouth town councilors and mayor...Feb. 9 issue to the Weymouth Senior Center. "The...time; they don't need your protection." The contretemps... |
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Weymouth to step up drug war ; New officer added despite budget; WEYMOUTH
...Registry of Vital Records. Weymouth's rate of hospitalizations...methadone van that comes to Weymouth every day - it goes...of having dinner with your children," she said...ve done my job." Weymouth already has a group...the drug situation in town warrants an increase...If I can show other ... |
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Weymouth to fix crumbling sea wall ; WEYMOUTH; Inland councilor says fix is...
...spit of land in North Weymouth between the Fore River...would benefit the entire town. "The waterfront in Weymouth is an asset," McDonald...coastline to claim as your own. We're not Hingham...should be pitting North Weymouth against South Weymouth...has flared in other towns - ... |
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Mayor has lofty goals, but low funds dash thm ; New Weymouth mayor has lofty...
...and untangle some of Weymouth's traffic problems...mayor, would be happy if Weymouth can just make it through...have a vision for the town, but I'm not able...are stagnant at best, Weymouth has almost nothing in...a great way to start your administration," said... |
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Voter turnouts key in Weymouth, Brockton elections
...George Dowd Jr., former Town Moderator Raymond Jennings, former town Bylaw Review Committee...have been drawn in the town with each electing one...living daylights out of your opponent," Kryzanek...favorites in the scrambled Weymouth mayoral race. All candidates... |
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Post Publisher Acknowledges Mistakes; Weymouth Says Rushed Planning Led to...
...last week, although Weymouth said she was out of town and never saw the language...appeared separately; Weymouth said she did not know...attending. Brauchli, like Weymouth, said the dinner might...find yourself up to your knees in conditions... |
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