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Funded by the Colonial Office and organized by Peter Mott, the survey was carried out by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. [1] [2] The expedition was based at Deception Island and utilized the Oluf Sven, two Canso flying-boats, and several helicopters.
His Chase is probably the best performance upon that topic which any country has produced." [ 7 ] But by the time of The Cambridge History of English Literature (1913), the attitude is plainly dismissive: "Much of his verse is poor doggerel in the form of fables and tales, dull and coarse after the usual manner of such productions". [ 8 ]
In 2001, Rhode Island Secretary of State, Edward S. Inman III selected Elizabeth Buffum Chace out of a field of 36 nominees including Anne Hutchinson and Christiana Carteaux Bannister, to be singularly honored with a bronze bust in the Rhode Island State House as "The Conscience of Rhode Island" for her tireless championing of the rights of the ...
Arnold was born November 10, 1845, in Cumberland, Rhode Island. [2] His paternal grandfather Oliver Chace was founder of the Valley Falls textile company, which later became Berkshire Hathaway . His parents Samuel Buffington Chace and Elizabeth Buffum Chace were Quakers and prominent anti-slavery activists. [ 3 ]
from Rhode Island; In office January 20, 1885 – April 9, 1889: Preceded by: William P. Sheffield: Succeeded by: Nathan F. Dixon, III: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd district; In office March 4, 1881 – January 26, 1885: Preceded by: Latimer Whipple Ballou: Succeeded by: Nathan F. Dixon, III: Member of the ...
John Sotheby died in 1807, and on Leigh's death, eight years later, Samuel continued the concern by himself, moving to 3 Wellington Street, Strand, [2] about 1817. Soon afterwards he took his son Samuel Leigh Sotheby into partnership, and in 1826 Messrs. Sotheby & Son printed a Catalogue of the Collections sold by Messrs. Baker, Leigh ...
Malcolm G. Chace IV, his siblings and their children allege that the late Kim Chace was unduly influenced to alter his will just days before his death. One of RI's richest families roiled by new ...
[9] [10] Chace played on various other hockey teams over a decade-long career, including the St. Nicholas Hockey Club in New York. [5] He was one of the financial backers of New York's St. Nicholas Rink. [5] In 1932, Chace rescued the Rhode Island Auditorium, then Providence's professional and amateur hockey arena, from foreclosure. [6]