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Alexander Spotswood: Alexander Spotswood c.1676-1740
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Name: Alexander Spotswood
Birth Date: 1676
Death Date: June 7, 1740
Place of Birth: Tangiers, Morocco
Place of Death: Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: soldier, lieutenant governor

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Biography of Alexander Spotswood
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Alexander Spotswood (1676-1740), a British soldier, became lieutenant governor of the Virginia colony in America. Alexander Spotswood was born in Tangier, Morocco, where his father was an army physician at an English military base. The family had been...


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Alexander Spotswood Information
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Anne Catherine Spotswood (1728 - cir 1802) Dorothea Spotswood (cir 1729 -...


News and Journals
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The Washington Post
Historic Spotswood Site Donated to Va. College
07/21/1990: 1,225 words, approx. 4 pages
The remains of Virginia Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood's 18th century mansion, saved once from a planned residential development, have been donated to Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. The 65-acre colonial plantation site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Spotswood was...
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The Independent - London
Obituary: Marshal of the RAF Sir Denis Spotswood
11/13/2001: 951 words, approx. 3 pages
UNUSUALLY FOR a Chief of Air Staff, Denis Spotswood gained most of his flying experience in maritime air operations, but he is probably best remembered for his contribution to converting the RAF's wartime structure to the one we know today. Born in 1916...
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AP News
Va. Gov. Gives Informal Pardon to Witch
7/11/2006: 470 words, approx. 2 pages
The Witch of Pungo is no longer a witch. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday gave an informal pardon to Grace Sherwood, who 300 years ago became Virginia's only person convicted as a witch tried by water. "I...
 


 

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