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2. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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   The Works Progress Administration ( WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

3. Battle of Franklin - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864, in Franklin, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin–Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army. Confederate Lieutenant General (LTG) John Bell Hood 's Army of Tennessee conducted numerous frontal assaults against ...

4. Adelicia Acklen - Wikipedia

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   Adelicia Acklen. Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham (March 15, 1817 – May 4, 1887), best known as Adelicia Acklen, became the wealthiest woman in Tennessee and a plantation owner in her own right after the 1846 death of her first husband, Isaac Franklin. As a successful slave trader, he had used his wealth to purchase numerous ...

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6. Carnton - Wikipedia

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   Carnton. / 35.90309; -86.85834. Carnton is a historic plantation home built in 1826 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The property, comprising 1,420 acres (5.7 km 2 ), played an important role during and immediately after the Battle of Franklin during the American Civil War. [2] Carnton was situated less than one mile (1 ...

7. Franklin (class) - Wikipedia

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   Franklin (class) In the Kingdom of England from the 12th to 15th centuries, a franklin was a member of a certain social class or rank. In the Middle English period, a franklin was simply a freeman; that is, a man who was not a serf. In the feudal system under which people were tied to land which they did not own, serfs were in bondage to a ...