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    Samuel Eli Cornish (1795 – November 6, 1858) was an American Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, publisher, and journalist. He was a leader in New York...
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    Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet (c. 1715 – 30 October 1770) was a British naval commander who fought in the Seven Years' War and conquered Manila on 6...
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    superseded in 1829 by The Rights of All, published between 1829 and 1830 by Samuel Cornish, the former senior editor of the Journal. The View covered it as part...
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    incorporated in 1765 by colonial governor Benning Wentworth and named for Sir Samuel Cornish, a distinguished admiral of the Royal Navy. Since the 1827 partition...
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  • Cornish (Standard Written Form: Kernewek or Kernowek; [kəɾˈnuːək]) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh...
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  • Cornish (1903–1963), controversial American researcher Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet (c. 1715 –1750), British naval commander and MP Samuel Cornish (1795–1858)...
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  • The Cornish people or Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall and a recognised...
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  • Cornish Americans (Cornish: Amerikanyon gernewek) are Americans who describe themselves as having Cornish ancestry, an ethnic group of Brittonic Celts...
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    A 1768 painting of Kempenfelt, along with his fellow mariners Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet and Thomas Parry went on permanent display at Queen's House...
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    from Portland, Maine, to New York City, where he was a founder with Samuel Cornish of the abolitionist newspaper Freedom's Journal, the first paper owned...
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    Pasty (redirect from Cornish pastie)
    but has spread all over the British Isles, and elsewhere through the Cornish diaspora. It is made by placing an uncooked filling, typically meat and...
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    Cornish wrestling (Cornish: Omdowl Kernewek) is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is...
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  • Station, Rear-Admiral Charles Steevens and his successor Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish. Norfolk was decommissioned in 1764, after her return to Portsmouth...
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    in HMS Elizabeth, followed by the remainder under Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet on 1 August. HMS Norfolk (of 74 guns) served as the vice-admiral's...
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    artist Tilly Kettle went on permanent display. The painting depicts Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet, Richard Kempenfelt and Thomas Parry on HMS Norfolk and...
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    the American Anti-Slavery Society, an interracial group that included Samuel Cornish, a Black Presbyterian, and many Congregationalists, and served on its...
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    the finals of the television sports challenge American Ninja Warrior Samuel Cornish (1795–1858), abolitionist and publisher of the first newspaper in the...
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    Lydia Maria Child, Maria Weston Chapman, Nathan Lord, Augustine Clarke, Samuel Cornish, George T. Downing, James Forten, Abby Kelley Foster, Stephen Symonds...
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    publications in the United States serving African American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African American periodical...
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  • 'morals, literature and the mechanical arts'". It was founded in 1833 by Samuel Cornish, Theodore Wright, Peter Williams Jr., and Christopher Rush in New York...
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    British forces led by Brigadier-General William Draper and Rear-Admiral Samuel Cornish invaded and captured Manila, and along with it Fort Santiago. It was...
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    A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, mainly for pumping water from a mine. It is a form of beam engine that uses...
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    slaves. In 1837, he founded The Weekly Advocate newspaper, edited by Samuel Cornish. The paper was later renamed The Colored American and co-owned by Charles...
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    Preceded by The Lord Pollington Sir Samuel Cornish Member of Parliament for New Shoreham 1768–1774 With: Sir Samuel Cornish 1768–1770 John Purling 1770 Thomas...
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  • Cornish surnames are surnames used by Cornish people and often derived from the Cornish language such as Jago, Trelawney or Enys. Others have strong roots...
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    New York City from 1837 to 1842 by Samuel Cornish, Phillip Alexander Bell, and Charles Bennett Ray. When Cornish retired, James McCune Smith joined as...
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  • African-American press, supporting such authors as Charles Bennett Ray and Samuel Cornish. Zedekiah Johnson Purnell was born in about 1813 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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    Creek Presbyterian Church. From 1815 to 1822, he was the mentor of Samuel Cornish who spent his formative years in Philadelphia. He served the First African...
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    established a business making straw hats. Then in 1830 together with Samuel Cornish and William Rock he founded a business of "cardmakers, hot pressers...
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    Manila Bay from Madras.: 9  The expedition, led by William Draper and Samuel Cornish, captured Manila, "the greatest Spanish fortress in the western Pacific"...
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