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Johnson, Edward

Johnson, Edward

(1598–1672) historian; probably born in Canterbury, England. He was trained as a joiner, then emigrated to Boston (1630). He traded with the Indians and settled in Charlestown, Mass. (1636). A founder of Woburn, Mass. (1640), he worked at a variety of civic positions. He is best known for his work extolling the attractions of the colonies in America, The Wonder-Working Providence of Sion's Savior in New England (1653), published in England in 1654 as A History of New England.
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Bronze winners: Joseph Botham, Zoe Bromage, Bethany Dean, Matthew Garbett, Louise Hanson, Joshua Johnson, Edward Kimberley, Stuart Missen, Paul Nutting, Kimberley Parker, Sameer Shaikh, David Sharpe, Drew Smillie-Blake, Ryan Suart, Adam Taylorson, Jamie Urquhart, Emily Vine, David Vorajee, Michael Wellington and Harry Williams.
Hard-working James Banks earned grafter award and Jack Johnson, Edward Kaye and William Clough made good metres, while Seb Hanson, Ryan Hellawell and Shane Boltwood made crucial tackles.
At a Westminster press conference, Mr Price said that so far just three Tory MPs -- Boris Johnson, Edward Garnier and Nigel Evans -- had said they would back the move along with the nine Scottish and Welsh nationalists.
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As the second half started there were good ball handling skills from Shane Boltwood, Jack Johnson, Edward Kaye and notably James Banks (Man of the Match) and William Clough (Grafter) who both worked solidly for the full 40 minutes.
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