Potomac
ARMY OF lateral, or nearly terminal; achenes, many, minute, on a small, dry receptacle. Chiefly from the N. temperate and Arctic zones. Known species, 120.
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Potomac
ARMY OF THE, a division of the United States army during the Civil War, which operated in the E. section of the country. It was organized
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Potomac
SOCIETY OF by Gen. George B. McClellan in 1861, and served under him in the Peninsular campaign and later in that of Antietam. General Burnside took command in 1862, and General Hooker in 1863. General Meade was in command when the victory at Gettysburg was won, in July, 1863, and continued in charge during General Grant's operations in 1864-1865.
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Potomac
SOCIETY OF THE 1 ARMY OF THE, a military organization founded in New York, July 5, 1869, and has held annual reunions since that date. All officers and soldiers who served in the Army of the Potomac and in the 10th and 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, are eligible to membership. The officers are a president, one vice-president from each army corps, and from the general staff; a treasurer, recording secretary, and corresponding secretary. POTOSÍ, a city and capital of a department of same name; pop. abt. 30,000 (dept. 45,031 sq. m.; pop. abt. 550,000); one of the most famous mining towns of Bolivia. It is built on the side of the Cerro de Potosí (15,381 feet), at an elevation of 13,000 feet above the sea, and is thus one of the loftiest inhabited places on the globe. The public buildings include a handsome cathedral and a mint. The streets are steep and narrow, and there are no wagons or carriages, but only llamas and mules. The climate is very trying; all the four seasons may be experienced in one day, but usually it is bitterly cold, owing to the elevation. England and French manufactures are imported; and, as the country in the vicinity produces little or nothing, all supplies have to be brought from a distance. The industry of the place is limited to silver mining. The National Bank of Bolivia is situated here.
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Potomac (River of the United States)
a river of the United States, formed by two branches which rise in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, and unite 15 miles S. E. of Cumberland, Md., from which point the river flows in a generally S. E. course holding the same relation to electricity 400 miles, and falls into Chesapeake Bay, after forming an estuary nearly 100 miles long, and from 2½ to 7 miles wide. The largest ships can ascend to Washington. A few miles above Washington the river forms a cataract 35 feet high; and between there and Westport it falls more than 1,000 feet. The scenery in this portion of its course is wild and beautiful, especially where it breaks through the Blue Ridge at Harper's Ferry. Its principal affluents are the Shenandoah, Cacapon, and Monocacy. The Potomac forms the greater part of the boundary between Virginia and Maryland.
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Potosi
po-to'si, a city of Bolivia. It is situated in the province of the same name about 100 miles southwest of the capital, Sucre. Like Butte and Virginia, it is preeminently a mining city. It is situated at an elevation of 13,000 feet above the sea, being one of the highest inhabited places known. Silver mines were opened as early as 1545. The Spanish crown opened a royal mint for the convenience of the miners. Silver to the value of $3,000,000,000 has been mined here. A hundred years after the opening of the mines the population was estimated at 150,000. The mines are now less productive than formerly and the town has a deserted appearance. At present there are less than 20,000. The mint, the cathedral, several convents, churches, and other public buildings attest the former importance of the city.
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Potsdam Sandstone
an American sandstone of Cambrian age, containing trilobites, Lingula antiqua, etc.
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Pottawattamies
a American Indians, belonging to the Algonquian stock. The early French settlers established a mission among them at Green Bay, and to this day many of them are Roman Catholics. They sided with the English during the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812, and afterward settled in Kansas. They now number about 1,200.
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Potter
PAUL, a Dutch painter; born in Enkhuisen, Netherlands, Nov. 20, 1625; settled at The Hague, and painted cattle and landscapes, but was particularly successful in the former. One of his most celebrated pictures is "The Bull," at The Hague. He died in Amsterdam, Jan. 27, 1654.
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Potter
HENRY CODMAN, an American clergyman; born in Schenectady, N. Y., May 25, 1835. Educated in theology in Virginia, he became rector of Grace Church, New York City, in 1868; and was consecrated Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York in 1887. His works include: "Gates of the East: A Winter in Egypt and Syria" (1876); "Sermons of the City" (1881); etc. He died July 21, 1908.
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Potter (PAUL M an American dramatist)
PAUL M., an American dramatist; born in Brighton, England, June 3, 1852; entered journalism and was foreign editor of the New York hard " Herald " in 1876-1883. Subsequently other he turned his attention to the drama. paste is His best - known works are " Our Country glaze Cousins" (1893), a dramatization of 1895); and "Under Two "Trilby" ( Flags" (1901). He was the American representative at the Congress of Dramatic Art at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
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Pottstown
a borough in Montgomery co., Pa.; on the Schuylkill river, the Schuylkill canal, and the Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads; 40 miles N. W. of Philadelphia. It is the trade center of a large agricultural region. Here are a high school, public hospita hospital, Hill School, street railroad and electric light plants, National bank, and daily and weekly newspapers. The borough has rolling mills, furnaces, foundries, railroad repair shops, and manufactories of iron castings, steel wheels, metallic axles, car riages, nails, boilers, agricultural implements, cigars, etc. Pop. (1910) 15,599; (1920) 17,431.
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Pottsville
a borough and countyseat of Schuylkill co., Pa.; on the Schuylkill river, and on the Philadelphia and Reading, the People's, the Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley railroads; 93 miles N. W. of Philadelphia. Here are the court house and county jail, high school, public hospital, parks, street railroads, electric lights, waterworks, National and State banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The industries include important anthracite coal mines, large steel works, planing mills, a silk mill, and the shops of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. Pop. (1910) 20,236; (1920) 21,876.
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