12) Thames, battle of the. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thames, battle of the, engagement fought on the Thames River near Chatham, Ont. (Oct. 5, 1813), in the War of 1812. Gen. William H. Harrison led an American force...

13) Gillingham. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..., city (1991 pop. 92,531) and district, Kent, SE England, on the Medway River. Some of the Chatham dockyards (repair and supply facilities) are in Gillingham. Naval...

14) Thames, river, Canada. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...mi (260 km) long, rising NW of Woodstock, S Ont., Canada, and flowing SW past London and Chatham to Lake St. Clair. It is navigable to Chatham, near which was fought...

15) Lynn Canal. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...inlet, c.90 mi (145 km) long, 7-12 mi (11-19 km) wide, SE Alaska. It connects in the S with Chatham Strait and Stephens Passage and thrusts north between mountains...

16) Pitt, William, 1759-1806, British statesman. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...British statesman, 1759-1806, British statesman; 2d son of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham. Trained as a lawyer, he entered Parliament in 1781 and in 1782 at the...

17) Townshend, Charles. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...for his marked instability, he held relatively minor offices until the 1st earl of Chatham made him chancellor of the exchequer in 1766. Because of Chatham's illness...

18) Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...elder brother of George Grenville and brother-in-law of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham. He succeeded to his mother's peerage in 1752. He was closer to Pitt than...

19) Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3d duke of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...serving as a secretary of state (1765-66), he became first lord of the treasury in Lord Chatham's administration (1766-68) and, because of Chatham's illness, effective...

20) Dickens, Charles. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Life and WorksThe son of a naval clerk, Dickens spent his early childhood in London and in Chatham. When he was 12 his father was imprisoned for debt, and Charles...