Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 16Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1888 - Great Britain |
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... wife , who died on 1 Sept. 1769 , leaving no issue . Draper left England soon after for a tour in the northern provinces of America , which were then beginning to attract travellers . He arrived at Charleston , North Carolina , in Ja ...
... wife , who died on 1 Sept. 1769 , leaving no issue . Draper left England soon after for a tour in the northern provinces of America , which were then beginning to attract travellers . He arrived at Charleston , North Carolina , in Ja ...
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... wife , who left one child , a daughter born in 1773 , who survived her parents , and on 17 March 1790 married John ... wife's fortune in America , and his just claims to the Manilla ransom have all been sacrificed to save the country ...
... wife , who left one child , a daughter born in 1773 , who survived her parents , and on 17 March 1790 married John ... wife's fortune in America , and his just claims to the Manilla ransom have all been sacrificed to save the country ...
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... wife of Sir John Harington . There is also an address to the reader , in which Drayton states that ' Matilda ' had been ' kept from printing ' because the stationer ' meant to join them together in one little volume . ' The statement is ...
... wife of Sir John Harington . There is also an address to the reader , in which Drayton states that ' Matilda ' had been ' kept from printing ' because the stationer ' meant to join them together in one little volume . ' The statement is ...
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... wife's memory in 1622 , with a Latin inscription in prose and verse . By his wife , Bridget Fitzwil- liam of Lincolnshire , he had four sons and three daughters , all of whom survived him . Thomas , his eldest son and heir , was ...
... wife's memory in 1622 , with a Latin inscription in prose and verse . By his wife , Bridget Fitzwil- liam of Lincolnshire , he had four sons and three daughters , all of whom survived him . Thomas , his eldest son and heir , was ...
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... wife , had been settled for some twenty years , who seem to have been his parents . Michael Droeshout , from whose hand there exists a curious allegorical engraving of the Gun- powder Plot , ' married on 17 Aug. 1595 Su- sanna van der ...
... wife , had been settled for some twenty years , who seem to have been his parents . Michael Droeshout , from whose hand there exists a curious allegorical engraving of the Gun- powder Plot , ' married on 17 Aug. 1595 Su- sanna van der ...
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