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school of Paris

(Encyclopedia) school of Paris. The center of international art until after World War II, Paris was a mecca for artists who flocked there to participate in the most advanced aesthetic currents of…

Civil War Battles

The Question: What state was the site of the most battles during the U.S. Civil War? The Answer: A report by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission…

Osage, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) OsageOsageōˈsāj, ōsājˈ [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In…

Pickering, Timothy

(Encyclopedia) Pickering, Timothy, 1745–1829, American political leader and Revolutionary War army officer, b. Salem, Mass. He was admitted to the bar (1768) and played an active part in pre-…

Treaty of Ghent: Article the Tenth

Article the NinthArticle the EleventhArticle the Tenth Whereas the Traffic in Slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and Justice, and whereas both His Majesty and the…

Treaty of Ghent: Article the Eleventh

Article the TenthArticle the Eleventh This Treaty when the same shall have been ratified on both sides without alteration by either of the contracting parties, and the Ratifications…

Treaty of Ghent: Article the Fourth

Article the ThirdArticle the FifthArticle the Fourth Whereas it was stipulated by the second Article in the Treaty of Peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty three between His…

Treaty of Ghent: Article the Fifth

Article the FourthArticle the SixthArticle the Fifth Whereas neither that point of the Highlands lying due North from the source of the River St Croix, and designated in the former Treaty…

Treaty of Ghent: Article the Sixth

Article the FifthArticle the SeventhArticle the Sixth Whereas by the former Treaty of Peace that portion of the boundary of the United States from the point where the fortyfifth degree of…