TWO SICILIES
\tˈuː sˈɪsɪlˌiz], \tˈuː sˈɪsɪlˌiz], \t_ˈuː s_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_l_ˌi_z]\
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A claims convention was concluded in 1832, which provided for the payment of 2,115,000 Neapolitan ducats to the United States for Napoleonic (Muratist) commercial depredations. A commercial treaty was concluded in 1845, and a commercial and extradition treaty in 1855.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.