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English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)
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rockingham
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Rockingham (1830 – c. 1842) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1833. After finishing fourth on his only appearance as a two-year-old, the colt was undefeated in three starts in 1833, winning ...
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Population (2000): 91928 Housing Units (2000): 40208 Land area (2000): 566.435329 sq. miles (1467.060704 sq. km) Water area (2000): 5.897295 sq. miles (15.273924 sq. km) Total area (2000): 572.332624 sq. miles (1482.334628 sq. km) Located within: North ...
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At the turn of the century, South Rockingham was all ranchland, flat fields planted to beans and walnuts, harvested by itinerant crews who traveled with steam engines, cookhouses, and bedroll wagons.
To ensure enough votes for the repeal, the Rockingham administration had felt obliged to precede it with a Declaratory Act, which reasserted the imperial right of taxation anywhere in the empire and affirmed the legislative supremacy of Parliament “to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and vitality to bind the colonies and people of America.
We crossed State at the intersection and headed into a residential area called South Rockingham.
The tea things were piled haphazard on a tray - white utility cups mixed with the remnants of what had been Rockingham and Spode tea services.