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Definition of Galveston
1. Noun. A town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island.
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Literary usage of Galveston
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1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Galveston channel is 30 feet dcep and 1200 feet wide from the outer end more than
four miles westward to 51st street in Galveston, which is to be extended, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In 1847 the pope erected the state into a bishopric with Galveston as its ...
During his incumbency of the See of Galveston he increased the number of ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"This is on the main land, and from it a bridge two miles in length crosses
Galveston Bay to Galveston Island, being about five miles distant from the city. ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"These cars were leased to the Galveston, Houston, & Henderson Railroad Company,
at $600 per month. About the 1st of May, 1865, the Real and Personal Estate ..."
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