On February 24, 1836, during Santa Anna's siege of the Alamo, Travis wrote a letter addressed "To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World": Fellow citizens & compatriots; I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon ...

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William B. Travis, William B. Travis - Early life, William B. Travis - Texas, William B. Travis - Travis' Famous Letter from the Alamo, William B. Travis - Chance for Help, William B. Travis - Travis's children

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Báb, Báb - The Báb's Life, Báb - Early life, Báb - The Shaykhi Movement, Báb - Proclamation, Báb - Mullá Husayn's Response, Báb - Letters of the Living, Báb - Travels and Imprisonment, Báb - Execution, Báb - Execution Order, Báb - Bábi/Bahá'í Account, Báb - Western Accounts, Báb - Maulana, Báb - Miller, Báb - Successorship, Báb - He Whom God Shall Make Manifest, Báb - Will and Testament of the Báb, Báb - Bahá'u'lláh's Claim, Báb - Subh-i-Azal's Involvement, Báb - Results of Conflicting Claims, Báb - Writings

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B  - The second letter in almost all the alphabets, also the second in the Hebrew. Its symbol is a house, the form of Beth, the letter itself indicating a dwelling, a shed or a shelter. "As a compound of a root, it is constantly used for the purpose of showing that it had to do with stone; when stones at Beth-el are set up, for instance. The Hebrew value as a numeral is two. Joined with its predecessor, it forms the word Ab, the root of ‘father’, Master, one in authority, and it has the Kabalistical distinction of being the first letter in the Sacred Volume of the Law. The divine name connected with this letter is "Bakhour." (R. M. [Cyclop.]

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Siyyid Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad (میرزا علی‌محمد in Persian) (October 20, 1819 - July 9, 1850), was a merchant from Shiraz, Persia, who at the age of 25, claimed to be a new and independent Manifestation of God, and the promised Qá'im, or Mihdi. After his declaration he took on the title of the Báb (باب), meaning "Gate" in Arabic, and 6 years later was shot by a firing squad in Tabriz. His titles include, among others, the "Herald ...

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• Báb - The Báb's Life
• Báb - Early life
• Báb - The Shaykhi Movement
• Báb - Proclamation
• Báb - Mullá Husayn's Response
• Báb - Letters of the Living
• Báb - Travels and Imprisonment
• Báb - Execution
• Báb - Execution Order
• Báb - Bábi/Bahá'í Account
• Báb - Western Accounts
• Báb - Maulana
• Báb - Miller
• Báb - Successorship
• Báb - He Whom God Shall Make Manifest
• Báb - Will and Testament of the Báb
• Báb - Bahá'u'lláh's Claim
• Báb - Subh-i-Azal's Involvement
• Báb - Results of Conflicting Claims
• Báb - Writings

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By Bahá'í/Bábí split is meant the process when most Bábís accepted the Bahá'í Faith as the fulfilment of their religion, leaving a remnant of Bábís who now refer to themselves as Bayanis. This occurred after Bahá'í founder Bahá'u'lláh made his claims public in 1866, leading to expressions of support from the majority of the Bábí community, and opposition from the remainder. The breach was the foundation of several murders, and attempted murders, which both sides claimed the other ordered, and was used against bo ...

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• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Leadership After the Báb's Execution
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Appointment of Subh-i-Azal
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Revelation in the Siyah-Chal
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Public Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Confrontations
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Dayyán
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Poisoning of Bahá'u'lláh
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Siyyid Muhammad
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Doctrinal Disputes
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - The completion of the Persian Bayan
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Year of Revelation
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Bahá'í Views of the Split
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Taherzadeh
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - John Walbridge
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Qazvini
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - Letter to Subh-i-Azal
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - A Contrary Point of View of Bahá'u'llah's Claim
• Bahá'í/Bábí split - After the Split

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Beta (upper case Β, lower case β) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Beth . In Modern Greek, it is pronounced [v], but in Ancient Greek, it was pronounced [b]. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 2. Beta should not be confused with esszet (ß), a similar-looking ...

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A Business Letter is a letter written in a formal language, usually used by writing to a corporation or a large organization. The business letter usually follows the block format. Business letter - The Rules for a good Layout. Business letters are subject to more rules than personal letters: Business letter - Addresses. Your own address should always be in the top right-hand corner of the first page. The address of the person or company you are writing to should go ...

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• Business letter - The Rules for a good Layout
• Business letter - Addresses
• Business letter - Dates
• Business letter - Names
• Business letter - Greetings and endings
• Business letter - Headings
• Business letter - Example

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The letter B is the second letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is bee. B - History. The letter B probably started as a pictogram of the floorplan of a house in Egyptian hieroglyphs or the Proto-semitic alphabet. By 1500 BC, the Phoenician alphabet's letter had a linear form that served as the basis for all later forms, which appeared in both the angular and more rounded forms. Its name must have corresponded closely to the Hebrew beth. When the Ancient Greeks adopte ...

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• B - History
• B - Typography
• B - Usage
• B - Alternative representations
• B - Computing
• B - Meanings for B

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Nion is the Irish name of the fifth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚅ, probably meaning "fork". In Old Irish, the letter name was Nin, a name which is notable for referring both to a specific letter, and to any of the Ogham letters in general. The Bríatharogaim have: costud síde "establishing of peace" bág ban "boast of women" bág maise "boast of beauty" The glossators of the Ogam Tract and the Auraicept na n-Éces s ...

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Ve (В, в) is the third letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the sound [v]. It looks exactly as Latin letter B but is pronounced differently. This letter and б are derived from Greek beta (Β, β), which was, evidently, already pronounced [v] in Greek by the time the Cyrillic alphabet was created. The old name for вIncluding:

• Ve Cyrillic - Code positions

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Beth or Bet is the second letter of many Semetic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, and Aramaic. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Beta, Latin B, the Cyrillic equivalent, the Paleo-Hebrew equivalent, and the Aramaic equivalent, which gave rise to the Hebrew equivalent. Other related archivesAramaic, B, Beta, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Phoenician, Semetic alphabets, letter

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Be (Б, б) is the second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It represents /b/, a voiced bilabial plosive similar to the English pronunciation of b. In the Russian language, б may also be devoiced to /p/ word-finally or before a voiceless consonant, and pronounced as [bʲ] before a palatalizing vowel. It looks approximately like a figure 6, and should not ...

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• Be Cyrillic - Code positions

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The letter D is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is dee. D - History. The Semitic letter Dâlet probably developed from the logogram for a fish or a door. In Semitic, Ancient Greek (Modern Greek /ð/) and Latin the letter was pronounced /d/, in the Etruscan alphabet the letter was superfluous but still maintained (see letter B). Greek letter: Δ (capital) or δ (small) (Delta). The minuscule (lower-case) form of D, consisting of a loop and a tall vertical stroke, de ...

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• D - History
• D - Usage
• D - Alternative representations
• D - Computing
• D - Meanings for D

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Capital letters or majuscules (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. Capital letters (also simply called capitals or caps) are also known as upper case; manual typesetters kept them in the upper drawers of a desk, keeping the more frequent minuscule letters on the lower shelf. This practice may date back to Johann Gutenberg. Some languages make no distinction between capital and lowercase letters. Latin, for one, was originally written usi ...

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• Capital letters - Usage
• Capital letters - Other meanings
• Capital letters - External link

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An abecedarium is an inscription consisting of the letters of the alphabet in order. Typically, abecedaria are practice exercises. Some abecedaria include obsolete letters which are not otherwise attested in inscriptions. For example, abecedaria in the Etruscan alphabet from Marsiliana include the letters B, D, and O, which indicate sounds not present in the Etruscan language and are therefore not found in Etruscan inscriptions. At, or near, the beginning of the Christian era, the Latin alphabet had already undergone its ...

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BE (B.E. or Be or be) may stand for: The verb to be, see Indo-European copula. Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) BE (album), an album by Swedish band Pain of Salvation. Be (album), an album by rapper Common. Be (band), a band that existed in 1997. The Buddhist Era of the Thai solar calendar In linguistics: Be (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. British English Black English, see African American Vernacular English. Belarusi ...

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Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b-rune ᛒ, meaning "birch". In the Younger Futhark it is called bjarken in Icelandic and bjarkan in Norse. As a rune of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, it is called beorc ("birch" or "poplar"). The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌱 b, named bairkan. See also. Elder Futhark Rune poem ...

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Alpha (uppercase Α, lowercase α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. It derives from the Phoenician letter 'Aleph. Letters that arose from Alpha include the Latin A and the Cyrillic letter A. Plutarch in Moralia presents a discussion on the question of why the letter alpha stands first in the alphabet. Plutarch's speaker suggests that Cadmus, the Phoenician who reputedly have settled in Thebes and introduced the alphabet to Greece, "placed alpha first b ...

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Báb, Báb - The Báb's Life, Báb - Early life, Báb - The Shaykhi Movement, Báb - Proclamation, Báb - Mullá Husayn's Response, Báb - Letters of the Living, Báb - Travels and Imprisonment, Báb - Execution, Báb - Execution Order, Báb - Bábi/Bahá'í Account, Báb - Western Accounts, Báb - Maulana, Báb - Miller, Báb - Successorship, Báb - He Whom God Shall Make Manifest, Báb - Will and Testament of the Báb, Báb - Bahá'u'lláh's Claim, Báb - Subh-i-Azal's Involvement, Báb - Results of Conflicting Claims, Báb - Writings

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Open e (majuscule: Ɛ, minuscule: ɛ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel. Ɛ - Unicode. In Unicode, the majuscule Ɛ is encoded in the Latin Extended-B block at U+0190 and the minuscule ɛ is encoded at U+025B. ...

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• Ɛ - Unicode

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