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...proud of his family. The Pitts had been mountain men in the Ramapos since Revolutionary War days, and they claimed to be direct descendants of famed William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. "This Lord Pitt," they liked to boast, "he was lord of all England." The Pitts and the Starrs and the Conklins were the aristocrats of the hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: 55 Minutes from Broadway | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

JOSIAH G. CHATHAM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 17, 1947 | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Trafalgar Traveler (June). In Chatham, England, midwatch sentries at ancient St. Mary's Naval Barracks complained of being bothered nightly by a one-legged mariner of Lord Nelson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 6, 1947 | 1/6/1947 | See Source »

...impersonality, Churchill identified himself with his imperial cause. In a peculiarly Churchillian passage he said: "I have always followed [Burma] affairs with attention because it was my father* who was responsible for the annexation of Burma. ... It was said in the [18th Century] days of the great administrator, Lord Chatham, that you had to be up very early in the morning in order not to miss some acquisition of territory. . . . The present Government is distinguished for the opposite set of experiences . . . the decline and fall of the British Empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURMA: Decline & Fall? | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

...peace in the labor-management strife. Some 55,000 key workers in Canadian industry were on strike, or were ready to walk out. In steel, 15,000 steelworkers were negotiating for a 19½ raise, with another 10,000 steel-fabricating workers waiting on the outcome. In Windsor and Chatham 3,500 Chrysler Corp. workers struck last week for a $2-a-day raise. Some 6,000 General Motors workers may follow them out this week. To all unions, the 15? boost for the lumbermen was the minimum they wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: The Ships Are Seized | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

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