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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): 67725 Housing Units (2000): 27328 Land area (2000): 851.150236 sq. miles (2204.468897 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.144664 sq. miles (5.554653 sq. km) Total area (2000): 853.294900 sq. miles (2210.023550 sq. km) Located within: Virginia ...
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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.