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Charter Oak, white oak tree that until 1856 stood in Hartford, Conn., and was thought to be 1,000 years old. There is a tradition that when Sir Edmund Andros Andros, Sir Edmund (ăn`drŏs), 1637–1714, British colonial governor in America, b. Guernsey. ..... Click the link for more information. , as governor-general of New England, demanded (1687) that the charter of Connecticut be surrendered by the colonists at Hartford, the document was hidden in a hollow of the tree. Charter Oak ancient white oak where the Connecticut charter was secreted in 1687 to avoid its seizure by the royal governor. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 515] See : Trees |
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Roach, from superintendent, Charter Oak Unified Schools, Covina, Calif. Despite the scoring drought, Carlson was able to find the net twice in the fourth period Thursday to spark Harvard-Westlake to a 9-3 victory over visiting Charter Oak of Covina in a Southern Section Div. The second tree was presented by AMERICAN FORESTS Executive Director Deborah Gangloff and Taylor Guitars cofounder Bob Taylor in a ceremony under the spreading limbs of a huge descendant of Hartford's legendary Charter Oak. |
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