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  Connecting Capron Cousins - Person Page 180
     Henrietta Aldrich was born on 20 August 1764 in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Henrietta Aldrich died on 8 June 1827 at age 62 in Royalston, Massachusetts.
was born in 1768 in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
home.comcast.net /~desilva/p180.htm   (880 words)

  
 The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island
Henrietta Armband, a New Hyde Park resident for more than 50 years, was chosen as the 2005 Volunteer of the Year� for outstanding services to the House.
Henrietta enjoys an active lifestyle and participates in hobbies such as singing in the two choirs in which she is a member, as well as spending time with her granddaughter when she is not volunteering.
Henrietta, who said the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island is her heart,has been a volunteer at the House for the past 10 years.
www.rmhlongisland.org /press_releases.cfm?id=255   (371 words)

  
 Take Back Our Land -- Let's Take Back Oil-Rich Aalskan Territory Illegally Given Away to Russia !!! [Free Republic]
Henrietta Island was discovered on May 24, 1881, and formally taken possession of on June 3, 1881, during this same voyage.
Bennett; island, in the Arctic ocean, north of the New Siberian islands.
Henrietta; island, in the Arctic ocean, north of the New Siberian islands.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3888fba46737.htm   (15421 words)

  
 Recreation And Parks Museum Division Research Center - Henrietta Maria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Casually naming islands, rivers, and mountains as they unfolded resulted in the early explorers becoming hard pressed to continue supplying original names.
The influence of religion on the adventures’ daily lives is revealed in the names that were given to prominent islands and rivers on the trail from England to the colonies in America.
Although Henrietta Maria was a Catholic, she was allowed to marry Charles as a result of a prenuptial agreement through the representative of both countries.
www.co.saint-marys.md.us /recreate/museums/henriettamaria.asp   (1816 words)

  
 Henrietta And Bell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The crew of four assigned to Holland Island Bar Light Station, just 15 miles west of Crisfield, Maryland, managed to hide two females from the Coast Guard authorities who periodically inspected the chain of lighthouses which dotted Chesapeake Bay.
Now, Henrietta was the name given our 25-foot motor launch, which she was affectionately called right up until the day I was reassigned to the CGC Westwind, which resembled a pregnant white whale, and called “icebeaker.” The other “female” was called Bell(e), who hardly ever worked or was called upon to work.
She sat idly by during the two years I managed to serve aboard that isolated building which was mounted on seven spider-like legs.
www.jacksjoint.com /henrietta_and_bell.htm   (439 words)

  
 The Middle Passage - A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie. Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
After securing her cargo, the Henrietta Marie would have brought food and water aboard for the long voyage to the West Indies known as the Middle Passage.
The Henrietta Marie may have stopped for yams, as they were thought to be the most suitable food for people from the Calabar region.
John Taylor, the captain of the Henrietta Marie's second voyage, was not spared the threat of disease and was ill or dying before the ship left Africa.
www.melfisher.org /henriettamarie/middlepassage.htm   (935 words)

  
 Shearer Cottage - Family owned and operated with pride since 1903
Henrietta was also a school teacher in Virginia.
She hired several Island women and specialized in the fancywork of fluting the elaborate petticoats worn in that era.
We believe that Charles and Henrietta Shearer exhibited keen wisdom and foresight when they bought their property overlooking the Baptist Temple Park in 1903, and later established Shearer Cottage as a guesthouse.
www.shearercottage.com /history.php   (1167 words)

  
 Mo Molinar, Discoverer of Henrietta Marie - Slave Ship
The Henrietta Marie anchored somewhere near the infamous old drinking establishment on the Wapping pier in East London in the spring of 1697, as it waited for favorable winds to set sail for the coast of West Africa.
Given the connection between Fuller and the Henrietta Marie, it was possible that some of the enslaved Africans aboard the ship ended up working on one of his plantations -- as payment for the cannons he supplied or just as outright purchases.
As I descended over it, I could tell that the Henrietta Marie was buried in the sand all around me. I remembered the prior dive, how I had unearthed soggy planks of the Henrietta Marie's wood from three inches under the sand, and how splinters from her savaged hull had pierced my fingers.
www.hrd1715.com /HenriettaMarie.html   (4555 words)

  
 Slavery - A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie. Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum in Key ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Henrietta Marie was typical of the numerous small merchant ships and West Indian traders active in the Atlantic at the turn of the 18th century.
It was during her return voyage that she foundered and sank on New Ground Reef near the island of Key West in 1700.
Between 1492 and 1520, the Spaniards explored and conquered the islands of the West Indies as well as large parts of Central and South America.
www.melfisher.org /henriettamarie/slavery.htm   (803 words)

  
 New Siberian Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Siberian Islands (Russian: Новосиби́рские острова) are an archipelago, located to the North of the East Siberian coast between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea north of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.
The surface of the islands is covered with arctic tundra vegetation and numerous lakes.
The first news about the existence of the New Siberian Islands was brought by a Cossack Yakov Permyakov in the beginning of the 18th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Siberian_Islands   (332 words)

  
 US Senate Exec Rept 102-13: Agreement with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary
The status of the five Arctic islands -- the three islands in the DeLong group and the Wrangel and Herald group -- which the United States had taken possession of during the last century also was of concern to this Senator.
The DeLong Islands were discovered and taken possession of in behalf of the United States during a congressionally authorized and financed expedition to discover the location of the North Pole.
Herald Island was discovered in 1849 by Captain Kellett of the British ship Herald but in 1924 a group of Americans visited the island, found it unoccupied, and raised the American flag claiming the island in behalf of the United States.
www.shaps.hawaii.edu /fp/us/102-13.html   (4496 words)

  
 Bill Henrietta Photos
I remained on Treasure Island and was appointed Master At Arms at a transfer barracks and remained on shore duty there at Treasure Island for a short time.
I drove on back to Treasure Island and loaded all my loot, which included a little contraband such as a few Navy blankets and other Navy trivia, as well as some Japanese souvenir items like Jap Rifles, which of course were all illegal, the trunk was full.
I could hardly believe it, Bill Henrietta GM 1/c on a heavy cruiser, I was a one very happy swabie.
www.uss-la-ca135.org /1940henrietta.htm   (2200 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dead Man's Island: Books: Carolyn G. Hart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He invites her and all those he suspects of wanting him dead to his private island off the coast of South Carolina, hoping that Henrie will be able to ferret out the identity of his would-be killer.
While a brewing hurricane threatens the island, Henrie faces a full roster of suspects: Chase's young third wife; his second wife's sister; his idealistic sons; a sly secretary; the purported heir-apparent to Chase's empire; his firm's general counsel; and a surly, abusive employee.
With all the suspects on the island, all Henrie has to do is use her reporter background and find the right suspect before he or she succeeds.
www.amazon.com /Dead-Mans-Island-Carolyn-Hart/dp/0553566075   (1975 words)

  
 Henrietta Swan Leavitt pioneer woman in science
Henrietta was an American astronomer, whose research made possible the first accurate determination of extragalactic distances.
Her work helped to prove that galaxies were not part of the milky way but indeed were `` island universes``.
Henrietta was truly a pioneer woman in humankind history, one of the first woman astronomer and scientist.
www.ondespirale.com /ozmoz/henriettaa.htm   (154 words)

  
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The party landed on the island on Thursday, June 2d (Friday, June 3d), hoisted our silk flag, took possession of the island in the name of the Great Jehovah and the United States of America, and, agreeably to my orders, named it Henrietta Island.
Near the island the ice was all alive, and Melville left his boat and supplies, and carrying only a day's provisions and his instruments, at the risk of his life went through the terrible mass, actually dragging the dogs, which from fear refused to follow their human leaders.
If this persistence in landing upon this island, in spite of the superhuman difficulties he encountered, is not reckoned a brave and meritorious action, it will not be from ally failure on my part to make it known.
memory.loc.gov /service/gc/mtfgc/36809/0907.txt   (594 words)

  
 Henrietta, New York NY, town profile (Monroe County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, in the Rochester metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Henrietta was $19,821, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Henrietta, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $643.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=839   (836 words)

  
 Chapter 1.
Never before had so many of the sea-folk been gathered together at one place, and the noise of their tails flapping through the water brought all the little fishes and great sea monsters out, eager to know what was happening.
As soon as it came in sight, Neptune raised himself on a big wave, and when he saw the little island lying before him, like a beautiful gem in the blue water, just as the mermaid had said, he cried out in joy, "This is the island of my love.
So Albion took possession of the little island, which until then had been called Samothea, and he changed its name to Albion, as Neptune had said should be done.
digital.library.upenn.edu /women/marshall/england/england-1.html   (1012 words)

  
 The Fratellis - Henrietta : track review
Glasgow's The Fratellis have only actually been together for just over a year, bagged a major label deal with Island after only a handful of gigs and their rather splendid debut EP Creepin' Up The Backstairs is currently changing hands for silly money over at eBay.
Henrietta is a frantic slice of Britpop-referencing knockabout fun, with the much mentioned comparisons to early Supergrass making perfect sense here.
Yet none of that really matters, as Henrietta is bound to be one of the highlights of the upcoming festival season.
www.musicomh.com /singles/fratellis_0606.htm   (259 words)

  
 Henrietta Dentists & Dental Insurance @ Dental Plans
With the most dentists in combined networks anywhere, several Henrietta dentists and dental plans may be available in your area (find Henrietta dental plans).
Each participating Henrietta dentist charges plan members according to an established "discounted fee schedule." Services include braces, teeth whitening, dentures, gum surgery, implant dentistry, laser dentistry, and many more.
If you are in need of specialty work from Henrietta general dentists, Henrietta cosmetic dentists, Henrietta orthodontists, Henrietta family dentists, holistic dentists, Henrietta oral surgeons, or Henrietta pediatric dentists, participating Henrietta dentists are available for each dental plan.
static.dentalplans.com /northcarolina/henrietta   (423 words)

  
 U.S. State Department "Fact Sheet" on the Giveaway
The islands in contention are Wrangell, Herald, Bennett, Jeannette, and Henrietta in the
island to the Russians, Bering Island, which is to the west of Copper.
Wrangell Island was discovered and annexed into the United States in 1881 by Americans.
www.statedepartmentwatch.org /FactSheet.htm   (1054 words)

  
 Dining in Boston MA | The Charles Hotel Boston Massachusetts
The theme of comfort and luxury extends through the hotel's many innovative offerings ranging from the "Fresh and Honest" cooking of Henrietta's Table to the worldly palate at Rialto, from the decadent nightlife of Noir to the world-famous jazz club, Regattabar.
The menu offers daily and weekly specials, using organic and native ingredients from local producers in and beyond Massachusetts creating an original and simple approach to classic regional cuisine.
Designed to reflect the warm, decadent atmosphere of 1940s nightlife, noir is the ideal place to meet after work, before a show or to wind down from a busy night.
www.charleshotel.com /cuisine.htm   (429 words)

  
 Our Island Story
This children’s history of Britain, from the time of the Romans to the death of Queen Victoria, became an instant classic.
Beautifully written, with the narrative sweep of the best story-tellers, Our Island Story went through many editions and remained one of the most popular one-volume histories of Britain up until its final edition in 1953.
Leading historians of the present day like Lady Antonia Fraser and Andrew Roberts have testified to the effect that this book had on them by igniting a passionate love of history in young minds through its thrilling narrative.
www.civitas.org.uk /islandstory   (329 words)

  
 Henrietta - Comedian - Burbank, CA - Los Angeles County, California
Henrietta - Comedian - Burbank, CA - Los Angeles County, California
Let Henrietta be your choice for the perfect Comedian at your private party, corporate event, or special occasion in Burbank, California.
If you book 'Henrietta' for your event, you'll be charged a 5% booking fee.
www.gigmasters.com /comedian/Henrietta   (329 words)

  
 Jill Henrietta Davis - Artist Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jill Henrietta Davis was born and raised in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
Throughout five years in Seattle, Miss Davis had four solo shows, participated in many group exhibitions, and was active with the Pilchuck Glass School and the Pratt Fine Arts Center, where she was awarded the Jon and Mary Shirley Glass Scholarship for Emerging Artists.
In 1997 Miss Davis returned to the East Coast to attend the Rhode Island School of Design where she earned an MFA in glass in 1999.
www.glass-furniture.com /guide/featured.artistbio.ihtml?c=37   (537 words)

  
 Henrietta Hotels Motels - a travel and top tourism guide to Henrietta NY
Welcome to Henrietta Hotels Motels your travel guide and Henrietta search engine for Henrietta hotels.
Although we are focused primarily on finding you a discount hotel in Henrietta we also recognize the need to find other amenities such as Henrietta dining, Henrietta attractions, transportation to and from Henrietta, as well as what activities there are to do in Henrietta.
These include such things as hiking in Henrietta with all of it's wonderful parks, visiting the Henrietta galleries and museums, or enjoy one of the many Henrietta attractions.
www.henriettahotelsmotels.com   (390 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: Our Island Story, Part 2
LibriVox recording of Our Island Story, by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall.
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic.
Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling montage of kings, queens, barons, knights, explorers, movers and shakers that have played a key role in the history of England.
www.archive.org /details/our_island_story_2_librivox   (514 words)

  
 Mystery Guide - Dead Man's Island by Carolyn G. Hart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Chase and Henrie O were each other's first loves, dating from their days as young reporters together long ago; so when he calls to say someone is trying to kill him and he needs her investigative skills, she can't refuse the media mogul.
She arrives on the island, where Chase has gathered those he considers suspects: his wife, son, stepson, etc. From the nearest and dearest, Henrie O is supposed to pick the most likely to be a murderer -- before Prescott's murder can actually occur.
The plot is neatly arranged, but I found it difficult to keep the suspects straight.
www.mysteryguide.com /bkHartIsland.html   (311 words)

  
 Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1881
The ship entered the ice to the east of Wrangell Island on 6 September and, as expected, was held fast within a few days.
Jeannette remained in the ice as it drifted erratically to the northwest during the rest of 1879, all of 1880 and the first half of 1881.
Resuming the slog, Jeannette's men headed southwards through the New Siberian Islands, reaching Kotelnoi and Simonoski Islands in early September, after which the way was clear to sail to the Lena Delta.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/ev-1880s/jeannett.htm   (1527 words)

  
 Country Inns & Suites - Henrietta New York hotels
For corporate guest there is a 24 hour business center with access to...
Speaking of seafood, Long Island is well known for its raw clam bars and lobster houses.
Our information has been gathered from other sites on the internet, town information from CT and Town sites available.
www.culinarymenus.com /ct_hotels_inns/chain/us-ny-henrietta-chi.html   (490 words)

  
 Chapter 2.
But it would take too long to tell of them, so we must pass on to the time when another great warrior heard of the little lonely island and came to conquer it.
While there, he heard of the little island with white cliffs over the sea.
One fine day he set sail from France and soon came in sight of the island.
digital.library.upenn.edu /women/marshall/england/england-2.html   (1340 words)

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