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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "American Memory" (url) #123035 02/16/2004 9:16 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Googling "Henry Knox" led me to a collection of letters at the Library of Congress. The collection, in turn, is part of a larger collection of historical documents of different kinds. I thought some of you might be intersested. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "American Memory" (url) #123036 02/16/2004 9:42 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont oh, that is fabulous!! I found nearly 500 references to my great, great, great, something-or-other(uncle, I think) Galusha Grow who was a (edit:) Representative and Speaker of the House during Abraham Lincoln's Presidency. fascinating stuff! thanks! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "American Memory" (url) #123037 02/16/2004 10:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear etaoin: Didn't you have a famous relative in the Mexican War? Green Grow.....? So famous the Hispanics still talk about him? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gringo... #123038 02/16/2004 10:55 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont ha! now if you had mentioned Green Grow the Rushes-o... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "American Memory" (url) #123039 02/17/2004 1:57 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! Washington, April 20, 1866. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Joel Grizzard to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Windsor, in the State of North Carolina, to fill a vacancy. MONDAY, March 7, 1870. By Mr. Clinton S. Cobb: A bill (H. R. 1420) removing the political disabilities of James M. Grizzard, of Halifax County, North Carolina, to the Committee on Reconstruction. These guys have to be ancestors of mine! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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