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Anson Jones ( January 20, 1798 – January 9, 1858 ) was a doctor, businessman, congressman, and the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas, sometimes called the " Architect of Annexation.
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The 1844 presidential election split dramatically, with the newer western regions of the Republic preferring the nationalist candidate Edward Burleson, while the cotton country, particularly east of the Trinity River, went for Anson Jones.
* February 1 – Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, signs the charter officially creating Baylor University.
Both the county and its county seat are named for Anson Jones, the fifth president of the Republic of Texas.
Parts of northern Cockrell Hill are served by Anson Jones Elementary School, Quintanilla Middle School, and Sunset High School.
Originally named Jones City, the town was renamed Anson in 1882 in honor of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas.
The first president of the organization in 1891 was Mary Smith Jones, widow of the Republic's last president Anson Jones.
He was a Presidential candidate in the Texas Presidential Election of 1844, but was defeated by Anson Jones.
Not long afterward, Andrew Jackson Donelson, the American chargé d ' affaires in Texas and the nephew of former president Andrew Jackson, presented the American resolution to President Anson Jones of Texas.
Statue of Anson Jones at Jones County, Texas | Jones County Courthouse in Anson, Texas | Anson, Texas
Anson and January
Originally published as a serial in Astounding Science Fiction ( January, February, March 1941, as by Anson MacDonald ) it was published in hardcover in 1949.
Smith was born in Brooklyn on January 21, 1938, the younger of two children of Anson Weston Smith, an Episcopal Sunday school teacher, writer, editor, and executive vice president of the Financial World ; and Rosamond Small.
The city and post office name was changed from Council City to Burlingame on January 30, 1858, in honor of Anson Burlingame.
The township was formed on January 1, 2001, through the amalgamation of the townships of Lutterworth, Snowdon, and Anson Hindon & Minden.
Cheung fled to China in January 1998 after failing to kidnap Chief Secretary for Administration Anson Chan, in retaliation for the jailing of his associate, Yip Kai-foon.
Anson and 20
On March 20, 1845, North Anson was set off as a separate town, although on March 13, 1855, it reunited with Anson.
Her younger brother, Alvin Anson ( born October 20, 1962 ; Manila ) was also a lead actor and model.
Guy Anson Maunsell ( born September 1, 1884-June 20, 1961 ) was the British civil engineer responsible for the design of the World War II Naval Sea Forts and Army Forts used by the United Kingdom for the defence of the Thames and Mersey estuaries.
The star of the team was Cap Anson, who hit. 325 for the Forest Citys and would go on to become the player-manager of the Chicago White Stockings for over 20 seasons.
On June 20, 2012, Anson Chi was arrested by federal authorities for allegedly trying to blow up a natural gas pipe line in a residential area of Plano, Texas.
His 20 seasons ( 1934 – 1953 ) played for the Cubs is the second-most in franchise history, behind Cap Anson.
* No. 23 Squadron RAAF: 1939-1942 ( CAC Wirraway, Avro Anson, Lockheed Hudson ), 1947-1955 ( CA-17 Mustang 20, Vampire )
Anson and 1798
Anson was the biggest frigate in the Navy, cut down ( razeed ) from a ship of the line to oppose large French frigates, and in her fought numerous actions, especially at the Battle of Donegal in October 1798.
Anson and –
* 1891 17 March – America-bound steamer Utopia slammed in heavy weather into the iron-plated British battleship HMS Anson and sank in the Bay of Gibraltar ; 576 people died.
* John Anson Ford ( 1883 – 1983 ), American local-level legislator who served on Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 24 years ( 1934 – 58 ); Democratic nominee for U. S. Senator ( 1940 )
* 1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
It was mainly by scurvy that George Anson, in his celebrated voyage of 1740 – 2, lost within the first ten months nearly two-thirds of his crew ( 1300 out of 2000 ).
* March 17 – The British steamship SS Utopia, carrying Italian migrants to New York, sinks in the inner harbor of Gibraltar after collision with the battleship HMS Anson, killing 564.
* February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Mecklenburg County from the western portion of Anson County.
* John Adair, ( 1757 – 1840 ), born in Chester County ( although at the time it was believed to be part of Anson County, North Carolina ), would become a member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and governor of Kentucky
* James Holland, ( 1754 – 1823 ), born in Anson County, United States Congressman from North Carolina.
In The Golden Ocean and The Unknown Shore, based on events of the Anson circumnavigation of 1740 – 1743, they can be clearly seen in the characters of Jack Byron and Tobias Barrow.
In about 1693 his grandson William Anson ( 1656 – 1720 ) demolished the old house and created a new mansion.
This lamp example is depicted below in the typical circuit used to describe the Pearson – Anson effect.
Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield ( 25 April 1939 – 11 November 2005 ) was an English photographer.
He was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson ( 1913 – 1958 ), the eldest son and heir apparent of Thomas Edward Anson, 4th Earl of Lichfield ( 1883 – 1960 ).
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