Word: lexington
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...neat spidery hand which is almost certainly that of John Dickenson of Pennsylvania, it was the final petition to George III by the American Colonies to right their wrongs. Drawn up and signed by 46 members of the Second Continental Congress on July 8, 1775 (after Concord, Lexington, Bunker Hill), it had been confided to the care of Richard Penn who on Sept. 1 presented it to Lord Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Lord Dartmouth presumably made an unsuccessful effort to show it to the King. He reported: "As his majesty did not receive it [the petition...
...Lexington, Ky. 52.4 Charleston...
Sirs: TIME is usually right in what it says: In Dec. 14 issue, you say that Lexington, Ky. is the scene each year of the biggest tobacco auctions in the U. S. This was true ten or 15 years ago, but there are in North Carolina at the present time two or three markets, viz. Wilson, Greenville and Winston-Salem which sell more tobacco than does Lexington. When Lexington was the largest tobacco market in the U. S., Kentucky was producing more tobacco than any other State. Now North Carolina produces more than Kentucky and Virginia, the third State...
...Wisconsin 47,201 Maryland 31,540 Connecticut 29,295 Indiana 16,060 Massachusetts 10,184 Missouri 8,501 Florida 7,598 West Virginia 5,388 Minnesota 2,188 New York 1,170* U. S. Total 1,610,098 (000) In 1930, largest auctions were 1) Wilson, N. C.; 2) Lexington, Ky.; 3) Greenville...
Hialeah racetrack, at Miami, is controlled by immensely rich and patrician Joseph Early Widener of Philadelphia who owns 16 Rembrandts, a cemetery for his deceased racehorses at Elmendorf, near Lexington, Ky., and has Tautz of London come over twice a year to see to his clothes. Vice-chairman of the U. S. Jockey...