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Tercentenary activities of various Jewish organizations
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State and Local Tercentenary Activities (District of Columbia-Massachusetts)
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Minutes and reports of Tercentenary Committee on Research and Publications
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Tercentenary activities of various Jewish organizations
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Materials published for local observance of Tercentenary [by the American Jewish Tercentenary Committee]
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Office of Historical Information: Reports and Correspondence
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Solomon Andrews Airship of 1863
This 1864 lithograph shows Dr. Solomon Andrews airship, The Aereon, as it cruised on a famous trip of 30 miles in 14 and half minutes.Solomon Andrews built his first "Aereon" that flew over Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on June 1, 1863. Andrew's airship had three 80-foot cigar-shaped balloons, with a rudder and gondola. Buoyancy was controlled by jettisoning sand ballast or releasing hydrogen lift gas