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... Island , N. Y. , Dec. 28 , 1871 . HACKETT , James Keteltas , actor , was born at Wolfe Island , Ontario , Sept. 6 , 1869 ; son of James Henry and Clara C. ( Morgan ) Hackett . He was educated in the College of the city of New York and ...
... Island , N. Y. , Dec. 28 , 1871 . HACKETT , James Keteltas , actor , was born at Wolfe Island , Ontario , Sept. 6 , 1869 ; son of James Henry and Clara C. ( Morgan ) Hackett . He was educated in the College of the city of New York and ...
Page 1899
... Island , Sept. 23 , 1780 ; and a descendant from Thomas Hale , an English yeoman , who emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Newbury , Mass . Harry Hale was a leading merchant of Windsor , Vt . , a captain of militia , represented ...
... Island , Sept. 23 , 1780 ; and a descendant from Thomas Hale , an English yeoman , who emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Newbury , Mass . Harry Hale was a leading merchant of Windsor , Vt . , a captain of militia , represented ...
Page 1903
... Island disguised as a Tory school - teacher , obtained drawings of the fortifications , and retired across the island to Huntington on the north shore expecting there a boat to ferry him to Norwalk , Conn . , when he was captured ...
... Island disguised as a Tory school - teacher , obtained drawings of the fortifications , and retired across the island to Huntington on the north shore expecting there a boat to ferry him to Norwalk , Conn . , when he was captured ...
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... island , 64 ° N. , 90 ° W. He passed five years with the Esquimaux , obtaining oc- casional supplies from chance whalers , and in May . 1869 , he reached the southeastern coast of King William's Land . His Esquimaux compan- ions refused ...
... island , 64 ° N. , 90 ° W. He passed five years with the Esquimaux , obtaining oc- casional supplies from chance whalers , and in May . 1869 , he reached the southeastern coast of King William's Land . His Esquimaux compan- ions refused ...
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... Island and White Plains . He was commissioned colonel in April , 1777 , and was seriously wounded and incapacitated for further active service . At the close of the war he resumed his practice of the law at Lewes . He was elected ...
... Island and White Plains . He was commissioned colonel in April , 1777 , and was seriously wounded and incapacitated for further active service . At the close of the war he resumed his practice of the law at Lewes . He was elected ...
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