It is estimated Lawrence received news of his father's plans in late 1741, while at Jamaica, and presumably wrote back instructing his father to call the new home " Mount Vernon " in honor of Captain Lawrence Washington's commanding officer, Vice Admiral Edward Vernon ( then regarded as the greatest military hero of the age in Britain ).

Washington selectively bred sheep and grew various types of crops on the plantation, including flax, hemp, cotton and silk: in 1794 he wrote to the gardener at Mount Vernon advising " ake the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere ".

Abigail Adams, wife of the second President, had visited Mount Vernon two weeks earlier, and wrote: " Many of those who are liberated have married with what are called the dower Negroes, so that they all quit their connections, yet what could she do?

The album was produced by Link Wray, at his brother, Vernon Wray ’ s studio in Tucson, Arizona, and the band wrote all but one of the songs.

He wrote to his friend Vernon Kellogg, " As to the loss of the Sierra Park Valley Hetchy it's hard to bare.

Harburg and Gorney were offered a contract with Paramount: in Hollywood, Harburg worked with composers Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, and Burton Lane, and wrote the lyrics for The Wizard of Oz for which he won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song for Over the Rainbow.

Vernon, then with the Washington Senators, was so impressed with Doby's skills he wrote to Senators owner Clark Griffith, encouraging Griffith to sign Doby should the MLB ever allow integration.

Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn wrote: " Read Vernon God Little not only for its dangerous relevance, but for the coruscating wit and raw vitality of its voice.

He wrote to George Vernon at Clontarf on 12 February 1771, bemoaning Granby's proclivities that had brought him to ruin:

In 1902, Florence Merriam Bailey, wife of well-known zoologist Vernon Bailey wrote a Handbook of Birds of the Western United States which was arranged by taxonomic order and had clear descriptions of species size, distribution, feeding and nesting habits, resembling the modern field guide.

In 1955 she released her first ( and only ) solo album, Songs I Taught My Mother, which featured " silly, sinful, and satirical " songs by Sheldon Harnick, Vernon Duke, John La Touche, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, and Marc Blitzstein ( who reportedly wrote the song " Modest Maid " especially for Rae ), among others.

Braxton Craven also wrote fiction under the pen name of Charlie Vernon.

Many of those composers wrote pieces for him, including Sergei Prokofiev ( Cello Concerto ), Paul Hindemith ( Cello Concerto ), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ( Cello Concerto ), William Walton ( Cello Concerto ), Vernon Duke ( Cello Concerto ), and Igor Stravinsky ( Piatigorsky and Stravinsky collaborated on the arrangement of Stravinsky's " Suite Italienne ", which was extracted from Pulcinella, for cello and piano ; Stravinsky demonstrated an extraordinary method of calculating fifty-fifty royalties ).

Washington wrote the letter near the end of his second term as President, before his retirement to his home Mount Vernon.

Vernon Royle, a member of the English team, wrote in his diary that " It was a most disgraceful affair and took its origin from some of the ' better ' class in the Pavilion ".

Thomas ' obituary in the Times was written by fellow poet and long-time friend, Vernon Watkins.

* Russell Vernon obituary, Daily Telegraph

Source: New York Journal News obituary and his son Vernon Jr., 05 / 08 / 2012.

John Vernon had had all the patronage he cared for -- he had prospered, but he could not retire from horsedom.

Vernon was consummately fond of oysters, and Manning's had been famous for them since the Civil War.

) Vernon, however, held out for plain oyster roast, and plenty of it, unadorned by herbs or any seasoning but salt, though he did fancy a bit of lemon.

Raymond Vernon reports that residents of East St. Louis have been driving across the Mississippi, through the heart of downtown St. Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping, simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town.

* About 50 people in Vernon, Florida collected insurance claims for loss-of-limb accidents in the late 1950s and early 1960s ; this was more than two-thirds of all such claims in the United States during that time.

They then moved to Vernon, then to a house in Giverny in Normandy, where he planted a large garden and where he painted for much of the rest of his life.

After spending two weeks in Vernon, Morris returned to Berkeley and began working on a script for a work of fiction that he called Nub City.

After finishing Vernon, FL, Morris tried unsuccessfully to get funding for a variety of projects.

On September 28, 1922, Cagney married dancer Frances Willard " Billie " Vernon, with whom he remained for the rest of his life.

Hani Hanjour arrived in San Diego in early December 2000, joining Hazmi, but on December 10, they were seen leaving their Mount Vernon address leaving for Phoenix, Arizona where Hanjour could take refresher flight training.

During the 1930s, the illustrator Vernon Grant developed Snap, Crackle and Pop as gnome-like mascots for the Kellogg Company.

In the words of Pentecostal scholar Vernon L. Purdy, " Because sin leads to human suffering, it was only natural for the Early Church to understand the ministry of Christ as the alleviation of human suffering, since he was God's answer to sin ...

The Leader of the Liberal Party since 1946, Vernon Treatt led the Liberal / Country Coalition at the election, which resulted in a hung parliament, with Treatt's Coalition gaining 12 seats and a swing of 6. 7 % for a total of 46 seats.

On its abolition, Morton commented that it was " essential for Sydney's progress " and replaced the City Council with a Commission, headed by another former Liberal leader, Vernon Treatt.

Both of Orbison's parents were unemployed during the Great Depression, so the family moved to Fort Worth for several years to find work, until a polio scare prompted them to return to Vernon.

Defensive back Mark Murphy led the NFL with 9 interceptions, while the other starters in the secondary, Vernon Dean, Anthony Washington and Ken Coffey, along with rookie cornerback Darrell Green, combined for 13 interceptions.

He signs the essay as " The Breakfast Club " and leaves it at the table for Mr. Vernon to read when they leave.

Vernon also played for the " Old Senators ", who became the Minnesota Twins.

** Vernon Jordan is shot and critically injured in an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Joseph Paul Franklin ( the first major news story for CNN ).

The team, made up as Japanese soldiers for a photo shoot, is mistaken for genuine saboteurs by a Nazi ringleader ( Vernon Dent ).

On Christmas Day 1950, a group of four Scottish students ( Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson, and Alan Stuart ) took the Stone from Westminster Abbey for return to Scotland.

* USS Mount Vernon, for several ships in the U. S. Navy

On 20 July, Vice Admiral Edward Vernon and a squadron of warships departed England bound for the West Indies to attack Spanish ships and " possessions ".

In Britain the victory was greeted with much celebration, and in 1740, at a dinner in honour of Vernon in London, the song " Rule Britannia " was performed in public for the first time.