Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1831, the first title-band vignette for The Liberator depicted a slave auction under a horse market sign, a whipping post set up in front of the U.S. Capitol, and an Indian treaty discarded in the mud and forgotten [483] Reuben Ragland, Petersburg, Va. [261] John Rainey, Richmond, Va. and Louisiana [484] John Rath, Smith Co., Tenn. [485]
The W H Stocks Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for mares aged four years old and over, held under weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres held annually in September at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia. [1] The prizemoney is A$300,000.
Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work.
Peacock is located 2 mi (3.2 km) south of U.S. Highway 380 along FM 2211 in west central Stonewall County. The townsite was originally called Alluvia when it was established along the now defunct Stamford and Northwestern Railroad, which stretched from Stamford to Plainview. [3]
Andrew Sharp Peacock AC GCL (13 February 1939 – 16 April 2021) was an Australian politician and diplomat.
Joseph Frederic Linney, chairman, RAF Pilots' and Crews' Fund Committee of the Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Institute. William Guy Luke, Senior Deputy Director of Stores, Admiralty. Alderman Valentine la Touche McEntee, MP, Member of Parliament for Walthamstow West, 1922 and 1923 and since 1929. For political and public services.
He became a director and later, as governor of the East India Company in 1672, he arranged a contract which included a loan of £20,000 and £30,000 worth of saltpetre—also known as potassium nitrate, a primary ingredient in gunpowder—for the King "at the price it shall sell by the candle"—that is by auction—where bidding could continue ...
Sleaford's urban area includes the town centre, focused on the marketplace (fronted by St Denys' Church), where Eastgate, Northgate, Southgate and Westgate meet.Though some parts have been redeveloped in the 20th century, including the Riverside Shopping Precinct and Flaxwell House, the area follows a medieval street layout and is home to many of the town's oldest buildings; it is also the ...