Birth of a Nation: Lee resolutions and the push for independence
Excerpt from Jim Bishop’s chronicle detailing June 1776 debates in Congress. It covers Richard Henry Lee’s push for independence, Jefferson and Franklin’s roles, Delaware and Maryland shifts, and Washington’s cautions amid threats of British naval moves. The narrative ties colonial grievances to the push for a united, independent state.
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Congress
Pennsylvania Assembly
Continental Congress
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Robert Livingston
New York
John Adams
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Roger Sherman
Livingston
Sherman
Jefferson
State House
Great Britain
Williamsburg
Patrick Henry
Maryland
Annapolis
Samuel Chase
Delaware
McKean
Rodney
Liberty
Read
Caesar Rodney
Philadelphia
South Carolina
Charleston
Charles Thomson
Savannah
Georgia
North Carolina
John Hancock
Franklin
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Hancock
Benjamin Harrison
Washington
United Colonies
Thomson
Britain
England
Adams
Holland
Boston
Independence Hall
Library of Congress
Datebook De Farewell Open House at Methodist Church
An open house marks the farewell of the minister at 7 p.m. at the Methodist Church in New London. A dinner follows the farewell sermon at 10:30 a.m. at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church.
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Methodist Church
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Hospital discharged and admitted names listed in local notices
A long list of patient hospital activities includes numerous residents and their addresses across North Ridgeville Lorain and surrounding towns. Names appear with discharge and admission notes alongside extensive street data and related family members.
Area Buckeye State officials listed at Buckeye Boys State
At Ohio University Athens the 39th annual Buckeye Boys State lists high school delegates and posts including Elyria Catholic Gregory Diederich as mayor Jeff Glover as county auditor and attorney Elyria High Bret Miller as county assistant prosecuting attorney Elyria West John W Moyer as attorney Midview Walter W Rowe state highway patrol Bryan Barber as House member Firelands Roger Bechstein as state highway patrol and city civil service commission South Amherst Matt Hardwick as city treasurer Nearly 1 400 delegates of the American Legion sponsored program will return home tomorrow.
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Buckeye
Ohio University
Athens
Midview High School
Walter W. Rowe
Bryan Barber
House of Representatives
Firelands High School
Roger Bechstein
City Civil Services Commission
South Amherst High School
Matt Hardwick
Divorces Listed By Addresses In Lorain County
A stream of divorce notices lists parties by full names and street addresses across Lorain Amherst Elyria Lorain Avon Lake and nearby towns. Individuals such as Karen A Nichols Joyce Sarah Mae Foster Donna Clyde Wilson Betty L Cassidy James G Pierce Virginia Hazel Hartman Mona Evans Lawrence Dashiell Jr and several others are named along with their residences.
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Karen A. Nichols
Giles Rd
Grafton
Charles T. Robert Beam
Foster Park Ra
Amherst
Joyce
Sarah Mae Foster
Locust St
Donald Clyde
George E. Wilson, Sr
Alexander Ave
Lorain
Betty L
Linda L. Cassidy
Cleveland Blvd
Allen
James G. Pierce
Surrey Lane
Avon Lake
Sandra Lou
Kathleen Eva Mariello
West 22Nd St
Joseph Marton
Inest’ L. Reeves
Meadow Lane
Virginia J
Virginia Hazel Hartman
Augdon Drive
Elyria
Araymond E. Mona Evans
West 18Th St
Lawrence
Thomas Russell Dashiell Sr
Bryant
Columbia Station
Jean T
Bonita Rosenbaum
West Erie
Tommie
Barbara L. Sisson
Avon Belden
Richard
Betty D. Pysell
S. Leavitt Rd
William W. Juanita B. Walls
P.O
Wellington
Noel R. Gary D. Rivers
Nevada Ave
Gina G
Debra L. Birks
South Abbe Rd
Jeffrey S. Emma Frendzel
Pearl Ave
Alan
Mary F. Hearson
Long Ave
Albert L. Margaret Tudor
Fifth St
Henry
Frances Jackson
18Th St
Carl
Linda McIntire
Hall Dr
Sheffield Lake
Dennis
Elyria Artist Hazel Schmitkons Exhibit Opens Monday
Hazel Schmitkons, a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, will display 30 oil and watercolor paintings in a Haran County Community College exhibit. The show runs in the College Center Mall through Friday with a reception tonight at 8 p.m. in the college mall. Schmitkons serves on the Lorain County Arts Council executive committee and has exhibited in Arizona, Florida, and Washington D.C.
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Elyria
Hazel Schmitkons
Haran County Community College
Cleveland Institute of Art
Schmitkons
Arizona
Florida
Washington D.C
College Center Mall
Elyria Man Publishes Novella Veritas The Nirvana From The East
Carlton Press Inc announces the 1972 Elyria High School graduate Leon Newton 22 of 146 Sixteenth St. has a new novella Veritas The Nirvana from the East. The publication blends philosophy and political theory into a provocative narrative.
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Carlton Press, Inc
Elyria
New York City
Leon On Newton
Sixteenth St
Elyria High School
Silk Screening Course Offered at Elyria Center for the Arts
A five week silk screening and relief printing course begins July 8 at Elyria Center for the Arts 336 Ward Street. Instructor Carol Crider Elyria High School Art Education teacher. Course costs 16.50 dollars. For information contact 323 1400 at the center.
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Elyria Center For the Arts
W.ard St
Carol Crider
Elyria
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E. River Rd
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Chase St
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Chestnut St
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Spencer Rd
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Jerrot Ct
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Garford
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Lawrence Phillips
High St
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Oak St
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Georgetown Ave
Alex Scott
Bell Ave
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Pasadena Ave
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Gates Ave
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Fowl Lane
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Jose Oritz
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Caroline Ave
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Elyria West
John W. Moyer
Victor Berlaga Romero
Patricia Ann
Kathleen Janice Casey
Leavitt Rd
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Joseph Knautz
Maple Dr
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