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  • Ellicot to assist in surveying the District of Columbia. ... ===Participation in Surveying of the District of Columbia=== ...
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  • Galena is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide. It is one of the ... Galena deposits often contain significant amounts (up to one percent ...
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  • abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and the passage of ... the slave auctions in the District of Columbia, and enacting a harsh ...
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  • the Oregon question) arose as a result of competing British and American ... with Russia and Spain. By Article III of the Anglo-American Convention ...
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  • The Minaret of Jam is located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province ... , had been built entirely of baked-bricks. Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic ...
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  • He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first Superintendent ... ideas to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and local landholders ...
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  • Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. "D.C." is an abbreviation for the District of Columbia, the federal ...
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  • Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, the westernmost ... added to its reputation as the "City of Gardens." ...
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  • | District of Columbia || align="right" | 4 ... | District of Columbia || align="right" | 4 ...
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  • trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery ... *Abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia. Each measure ...
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  • as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia by President John ... of justice of the peace in the District of Columbia. Justices of the peace ...
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  • society, abuse is possible when the motives of those involved in the political ... saloon in the West Bottoms neighborhood of Kansas City. Here, his older ...
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  • At the end of 1971, forty-five states and the District of Columbia ... from 44 states and the District of Columbia, was named the Streamlined ...
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  • United States, 86 miles (138 km) west of the state capitol of Columbia ... and is called the Birthplace and Deathbed of the Confederacy, because it ...
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  • The Snake River is the largest tributary of the Columbia River in ... and its tributaries, mainly for purposes of providing irrigation water ...
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  • The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... Part of a submerged mountain chain, the archipelago has more than ...
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  • Confederate States, border states, District of Columbia, and Indian Territory ... The bureau was put into effect to protect the best interests of former ...
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  • He thus sought to establish the school of journalism at Columbia University ... His father was a wealthy grain merchant of Magyar-Jewish descent and his ...
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  • the three electors allocated to the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C. ... three electors itself. Even if the District of Columbia were a state, its ...
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  • ) are a Christian group of Russian origin. The Doukhobors were one of the sects—later defined as a religious ...
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