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3 days ago · Posted in Churches of the Austen family, Clergy, Jane Austen's family, Jane Austen's letters, Jane Austen's religion, Jane Austen's World, tagged Deane, George Austen's churches, James Austen, John Harwood, Martha and Mary Lloyd, Wither Bramston on May 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
4 days ago · George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War [1] and the American Indian Wars.
5 days ago · It will be noted that one of them attended Mrs. George Austen in the illness mentioned in the earlier letters, and it was one of the same family who was Jane Austen's doctor in her last illness at Winchester.
3 days ago · If the popularity of an author were to be based on how frequently their work has been adapted, Jane Austen would certainly be among the most prominent. New adaptations often prompt me to return to the source material, and so I return to the last of Austen’s novels, finished in 1816.
4 days ago · George Armstrong Custer, U.S. cavalry officer who distinguished himself in the Civil War but led his men to death in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His image changed over the years. He is now viewed as neither a spotless hero nor a villain. Learn more about Custer in this article.
- George Armstrong Custer was a Union cavalry officer in the American Civil War (1861–65) and a U.S. commander in wars against Native Americans over...
- George Armstrong Custer was married to Elizabeth (Libbie) Bacon Custer in her hometown of Monroe, Michigan. They wed on February 9, 1864.
- George Armstrong Custer was found with two bullet wounds—one in his chest and one in front of his left temple—either of which could have killed him...
- Although George Armstrong Custer was considered a hero by many Americans after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, his image changed in the latter ha...
5 days ago · Eliza de Feullide, nee Hancock, was born in Calcutta, India, in the year 1761. Her mother Philadelphia had been George Austen’s older sister, and thus Jane Austen’s aunt. One can say Eliza had been raising eyebrows in polite society since her birth, because that was when the rumours of her illegitimacy started. There were people….
5 days ago · Jane Austen — ‘The I examined my own heart. And there you were. Never, I fear, to be removed.’
