BROWN, JOHN
\bɹˈa͡ʊn], \bɹˈaʊn], \b_ɹ_ˈaʊ_n]\
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(1736-1803), of Providence, RI., a rich merchant, led the party which destroyed the " Gaspee " in 1772. He was a delegate from Rhode Island to Congress from 1799 to 1801.
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(1744-1780), of Massachusetts, aided in the capture of Ticonderoga and took Fort Chambly in 1775. He served under Montgomery at Quebec. In 1777 he captured Ticonderoga together with large supplies.
By John Franklin Jameson
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).