Gustavus
Americannoun
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The previous sale record for a Carriera painting was £421,250, for a portrait of Irish soldier and politician Gustavus Hamilton sold in New York in 2002, Cheffins said.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
Roy Owen Haynes was born March 13, 1925 in Roxbury, Mass. His parents, Gustavus and Edna Haynes, had moved to the area from Barbados.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
Episodes like these occur too regularly, said Jon Grinnell, associate professor of biology and a bison expert at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Meyer, who still has shrapnel in his thigh that continues to cause him occasional pain, was scheduled to receive it in a ceremony at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
John Joyce worked for Swift & Company, named after its founder, Gustavus Franklin Swift, a man who demanded and respected excellence.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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