• William Bolts (1738–1808) was a Dutch-born British merchant active in India. He began his career as an employee of the East India Company, and subsequently...
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  • ISBN 9780820350981 – via Google Books. "John William Bolts (1861-1921)". www.gcdigital.org. "For We are Making History": John W. Bolts and Archival Memory in South Carolina"...
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  • William Mouat Bolt (1838 – 29 April 1907) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 15 October 1892 to 15 October 1899; 16 October 1899...
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  • also disagreed with Bolts over the importance of the China market: Proli wanted to concentrate exclusively on that market while Bolts urged the equal importance...
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  • 166–167. Colvin & Stanley 1914, p. 569. Plow bolts, retrieved 2008-12-25. The Meaning of "plow head, plow bolt" at MyWord.info Colvin, Fred Herbert; Stanley...
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    Upon his entry to William Knibb Memorial High School, Bolt continued to focus on other sports, but his cricket coach noticed Bolt's speed on the pitch...
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    construction of Great Zimbabwe is also claimed by the Lemba, as documented by William Bolts in 1777 (to the Austrian Habsburg authorities), and by an A.A. Anderson...
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    malaria, which led to the death of the colonists. Between 1778 and 1783, William Bolts tried to establish an Austrian colony on the Nicobar islands, mistakenly...
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    this has been refuted by historians as a misreading of a report by William Bolts from 1772. The quality, finesse and production volume of Bengali muslin...
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    Bolt-action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by directly manipulating the bolt via a bolt handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand...
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    attempt to found a newspaper of the modern type in South Asia was by William Bolts, a Dutchman in the employ of the British East India Company in September...
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    form the Austrian Asiatic Company of Trieste, with Bolts as the head of the company. Colonel Bolts had previously been under the service of the British...
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    figures of Cook and William Bligh, another officer on Cook's ill-fated third trip. In 1782, George Dixon was engaged by William Bolts. The Wiener Zeitung...
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    Imperial Asiatic Company of Trieste and Antwerp ship, Joseph et Therese, William Bolts sighted Tristan da Cunha, put a landing party ashore on 2 February 1777...
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    1830–1834, and finally from 1848 gradually for good. Between 1778 and 1783, William Bolts attempted to establish an Austrian colony on the islands on the mistaken...
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  • 1966), German cyclist William Bolts (1740–1808), Dutch merchant, trader and author This page lists people with the surname Bolt. If an internal link intending...
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    been stimulated by a proposal from the Dutch-born merchant adventurer William Bolts, who had earlier tried unsuccessfully to interest Louis's brother-in-law...
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    India had been floated twelve years earlier by the Dutch Adventurer William Bolts, but Hicky was the first to execute the concept. Hicky's newspaper was...
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    to appeals to both Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Joseph II by William Bolts. Bolts had been previously active in the British East India Company but...
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  • However, this is generally considered to be a myth originating from William Bolts' 1772 account, in which he alleges that a number of silk spinners had...
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    for Maritime History) vol.19, no.1, 1997, pp. 1–29. King, Robert J. "William Bolts and the Austrian Origins of the Lapérouse Expedition", Terrae Incognitae...
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    Gazette, the first Canadian newspaper. In 1766, a Dutch adventurer, William Bolts, proposed starting a newspaper for the English audience in Calcutta...
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  • Sta. Lucia franchise to Meralco. The team would be named the Meralco Bolts. The Bolts debuted during the 2010–11 season with a lineup that included Mark...
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    1943 "W. Bolts' forslag till kolonisation af en ö….1786–1790", Rigsarkivet, Handel och Sjöfart, 193; cited in Åke W. Essén, "Wilhelm Bolts und die schwedischen...
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  • Will Bolt (born 1979) is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach at the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He played...
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    Indian textiles. In 1773, William Bolts of the Trieste Company reached the bay and claimed it for the Holy Roman Empire. Bolts and the Austrians were forced...
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    Maria forts. In 1778, an Austrian expedition led by English adventurer William Bolts established a trading factory at Delagoa Bay. The factory, composed...
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  • for France. 1786 – King Gustav III of Sweden makes a contract with William Bolts to establish a colony at the Swan River. 1791 – George Vancouver made...
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    asiatique de Trieste, also known as the Antwerp Company, founded in 1775 by William Bolts and Charles Proli, which was based in Ostend and Trieste and operated...
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    Asia was by William Bolts, a Dutchman in the employ of the British East India Company in September 1768 in Calcutta. The Company deported Bolts back to Europe...
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