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Executive Departments

Find detailed information about each Executive Department, including the department's secretary, role in government, contact information, and history of the department…

illustration

(Encyclopedia) illustration, any type of picture or decoration used in conjunction with a text to embellish its appearance or to clarify its meaning. Illustration is as old as writing, with both…

Australian literature

(Encyclopedia) Australian literature, the literature of Australia. Because the vast majority of early Australian settlers were transported prisoners, the beginnings of Australian literature were oral…

Congregationalism

(Encyclopedia) Congregationalism, type of Protestant church organization in which each congregation, or local church, has free control of its own affairs. The underlying principle is that each local…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 8, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 7, 1806March 9, 1806March 8, 1806 Saturday March 8th 1806. Bratton is much better today, his back gives him but little pain. Collins…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 3, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 2, 1806March 4, 1806March 3, 1806 Monday March 3rd 1806. Two of our perogues have been lately injured very much in consequence of the tide…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 10, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 9, 1806March 11, 1806March 10, 1806 Monday March 10th 1806. About 1 P.M. it became fair and we sent out two parties of hunters on this side…

Amy Lowell: The City of Falling Leaves

The City of Falling LeavesLeaves fall, Brown leaves, Yellow leaves streaked with brown. They fall, Flutter, Fall again. The brown leaves, And the streaked yellow leaves, Loosen on their…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 2, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 1, 1806March 3, 1806March 2, 1806 Sunday March 2cd The diet of the sick is so inferior that they recover their strength but slowly. none of…