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Nicholas MULLER, Congress, NY (1836-1917)

MULLER Nicholas , A Representative from New York; born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg November 15, 1836; attended the common schools in the city of Metz and afterward the Luxemburg Athenaeum;…

Nicholas SICKLES, Congress, NY (1801-1845)

SICKLES Nicholas , a Representative from New York; born in Kinderhook, Ulster County, N.Y., September 11, 1801; attended private schools and Kinderhook Academy; studied law; was admitted to the…

Nicholas WARE, Congress, GA (1769-1824)

Senate Years of Service: 1821-1823; 1823-1824 Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican WARE Nicholas , a Senator from Georgia; born in Caroline County, Va., February 16, 1776; moved with…

Nicholas GILMAN, Congress, NH (1755-1814)

Senate Years of Service: 1805-1814 Party: Democratic Republican GILMAN Nicholas , a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., August 3…

Muhammad I, Ottoman sultan

(Encyclopedia) Muhammad I or Mehmet IMehmet Imĕmĕtˈ [key] (Muhammad the Restorer), 1389?–1421, Ottoman sultan (1413–21), son of Beyazid I. By defeating his brothers he reunited most of his father's…

duma

(Encyclopedia) dumadumad&oomacr;ˈmä [key], Russian name for a representative body, particularly applied to the Imperial Duma established as a result of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The…

Meriden

(Encyclopedia) MeridenMeridenmĕrˈĭdən [key], city (1990 pop. 59,479), New Haven co., S central Conn.; settled 1661, inc. as a town 1806, as a city 1867, town and city consolidated 1922. Silverware…

miniature painting

(Encyclopedia) miniature painting [Ital.,=artwork, especially manuscript initial letters, done with the red lead pigment minium; the word originally had no implication as to size]. In a general sense…

Kampen

(Encyclopedia) KampenKampenkämˈpən [key], town (1994 pop. 32,550), Overijssel prov., central Netherlands, on the IJssel River, near the Ketelmeer. It is a trade and industrial center. Kampen was…

Stuart, James

(Encyclopedia) Stuart, James, 1713–88, English architect, archaeologist, and painter. After working his way to Rome in 1742, Stuart accompanied Nicholas Revett on an archaeological expedition to…