Letter Opens Path to Freedom for Captives in Canada
In 1636 a letter from Peggy Weld seeks Father LeJeune's help for Robert Heathers and Amos, missing travelers near Fort Orange. Jean de Brebeuf aids the captives as Algonquins clash, while Madame Hebert offers aid and hospitality. The march toward New Amsterdam continues as Brebeuf warns against Strong Water trade.
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Father LeJeune
Robert
Fort Orange
Lake of the Iroquois
Paris
Robert Heathers
Boston
van Brocklin
New Amsterdam
Peggy Weld
Catherine de Brebeuf
Brebeuf
Normandy
Pere Utile
Jean de Brebeuf
Amos
Madame Hebert
Monsieur Couillard
Canada
Madame
le Bon Pere Utile
Bess
Rosewell
Gal
Kebee
Holland
Robertn
Peggy
Father Brebeuf
Long Lake
Satan
Father Brebeaf
Father Cauvet
Canadian
Achawat
John Smith
Turk
Cap
John
Smith
Remarkable 64-Foot Pedal Note From Australian Organ
A Sydney town hall organ features a 64 foot pedal stop, the lowest C, bent inside the instrument. The reed stop, a contra posaune, emits a cavernous growl that startles visitors when sounded. The low C vibrations resemble the basso profundo’s delayed audible effect.
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Sydney Town Hall
Australia
Siam’s Chrysanthemum National Flower Adorns Royal Crests
The chrysanthemum, regal in Siam and Japan, is described as Siam’s national flower and a symbol of imperial prestige in Japan. The 16 petaled bloom decorates the emperor’s crest and the Imperial Order’s star and collar, a rare honor for royalty.
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Oriental Gardens
Japan
China
Korea
Siam
Pathfinder of the Seas Maury Honored in Hall of Fame
Matthew Fontaine Maury, famed navigator and founder of nautical science, is unveiled among four American luminaries in the Hall of Fame at New York University. The story traces his early life, ground breaking Wind and Current charts, role in the U S Naval Observatory, and Civil War era exile before his death in 1873.
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Elmo Scott Watson
New York University
United States
James Monroe
Walt Whitman
James Abbott MacNeil Whistler
Matthew Fontaine Maury
United States Navy
Maury
Richmond
Hydrographic Office
Tennessee
Mean
Old Dominion
Tenessee
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Charlottesville
Washington
U.S. S. Brandywine
France
Lafayette
David Glasgow Farragut
South America
Vincennes
Ann Herndon
Bowditch
Annapolis
Naval Academy
United States Naval Observatory
Falmouth
North Atlantic
Brussels
Belgium
America
Mau
New York
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Gulf Stream
Humboldt
Cyrus W. Field
Field
England
Confederate States
Confederacy
Maximilian
Mexico
Rio Grande
Imperial Observatory
Paris
Napoleon II
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Goshen Pass
North Ann River
Hollywood Cemetery
Matthew Voapibe Maury
The
F. William Sievers
Richmond, Va
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New England
Irving Bacheller
Siam’s National
Udiion