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Claude Lorrain
(Encyclopedia) Claude LorrainClaude Lorrainklōd lôrăNˈ [key], whose original name was Claude Gelée or GelléeClaude Lorrainzhəlāˈ [key], 1600–1682, French painter, b. Lorraine. Claude was the foremost…Sac and Fox
(Encyclopedia) Sac and Fox, closely related Native Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Sac and Fox culture was of the…Independence
(Encyclopedia) Independence. 1 City (2020 pop. 6,064), seat of Buchanan co., NE Iowa; founded 1847. Located on the Wapsipinicon River, the town's grist…Missouri Compromise
(Encyclopedia) Missouri Compromise, 1820–21, measures passed by the U.S. Congress to end the first of a series of crises concerning the extension of slavery. By 1818, Missouri Territory had gained…Sulzberger, Arthur Hays
(Encyclopedia) Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891–1968, American newspaper publisher, b. New York City. He joined the New York Times in 1918 and assisted his father-in-law, the publisher Adolph S. Ochs,…Know-Nothing movement
(Encyclopedia) Know-Nothing movement, in U.S. history. The increasing rate of immigration in the 1840s encouraged nativism. In Eastern cities where Roman Catholic immigrants especially had…Stuart, James Ewell Brown
(Encyclopedia) Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Jeb Stuart), 1833–64, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War, b. Patrick co., Va. Most of his U.S. army service was with the 1st Cavalry in…Santa Fe Trail
(Encyclopedia) Santa Fe Trail, important caravan route of the W United States, extending c.780 mi (1,260 km) from Independence, Mo., SW to Santa Fe, N.Mex. Independence and Westport, Mo., were the…Pawnee
(Encyclopedia) PawneePawneepônēˈ [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). At one time the…Ottawa, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) OttawaOttawaŏtˈəwə [key] or OdawaOdawaōdäˈwə [key], Native Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American…Trending
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