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Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903) acted as first lady of the United States during the administration of her uncle, lifelong bachelor president James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. She has been described as the first of the modern first ladies, being a notably charming and diplomatic hostess, whose dress-styles were ...
Plans of Harriet Lane. Harriet Lane measured 177.5 feet long, 30.5 feet wide and 12 feet from the bottom of the hull to the main deck. [1] Her propulsion was a double-right-angled marine engine with two side paddles, supported by two masts; the entire ship was sheathed and fastened with copper.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is a digital collection of books published in Great Britain during the 18th century. [1] [2]Gale, an education publishing company in the United States, assembled the collection by digitally scanning microfilm reproductions of 136,291 titles.
Harriet Lane completed a 15 month, $21 million Service Life Extension Program at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore on 3 August 2023. Among other work, a 25mm Mk 38 Mod 3 gun was installed. [ 2 ] In mid-December 2023, Harriet Lane arrived in her new home port of Honolulu , Hawai'i to begin work as part of U.S. Coast Guard District 14 .
William Lane (1746 – 1814) was an English publisher and bookseller in London, best known now for his founding of the wildly successful Minerva Press. [1] Career
With Season 2 in production, Herbig-Matten teased what the future holds for James and Ruby.Following the tragic cliffhanger in the Season 1 finale, fans are desperate to know if the star-crossed ...
Henry Wainwright (12 July 1832 – 21 December 1875) was an English murderer, dubbed the "Whitechapel murderer". [1]Wainwright was a brushmaker who murdered his mistress Harriet Louisa Lane in September 1874 and buried her body in a warehouse he owned.
The 'stock and horn' of Burns's armorial bearing is placed on the frontispiece of the second volume. [4] Burns went to considerable efforts to get the first volume returned after Robert Riddell's death on 20 April 1794 and added extra material once it was back in his hands. The second volume had not been ready in time to be presented to Riddell.