The Rhea Letter was an American political scandal. On January the 6th, 1818, Andrew Jackson, then department commander in the South-west, wrote to President Monroe regarding the Seminole troubles in Florida and advising the prompt seizure of East Florida, which he declared could be done 'without implicating the Government'. He offered to accomplish the seizure himself within sixty days, if. it should be indicated to him that it were desirable. John Rhea, a Congressman from Tennessee, was the secret channel through which he hoped Monroe's assent might be signified. It was not. In 1831, during Andrew Jackson's administration, in the height of his quarrel with Calhoun, which turned in part upon the Seminole affair, John Rhea wrote to Monroe, hoping to elicit from him something that would implicate him as approving Andrew Jackson's plan. Monroe, on his death-bed in New York, denounced John Rhea's insinuations as utterly false. Research Rhea Letter
The Cursores, or Runners, are an order of birds, which includes the ostrich, rhea, emu, cassowary, and apteryx. The birds of this order are distinguished by their remarkable velocity in running, the rudimentary character of their wings, which are too short to be of use for flight, and by the length and strength of their legs. The breast-bone is destitute of the ridge or keel which it possesses in most birds, hence the name Ratitoe (from the Latin ratis, a raft). Research Cursores
The rhea is a South American bird resembling a small ostrich. It is about 120 centimetres tall. It is incapable of flight, but has strong legs and can run very fast. Research Rhea
Clark Gable was an American actor. He was born in 1901 at Cadiz, Ohio and died in 1960. The son of an oil field worker. Gable left school at 14 and held a number of jobs, including tyre factory worker and lumberjack, but his first love was acting. Friend Lionel Barrymore arranged a screen test for Clark Gable at MGM, which he failed. However, after Clark Gable made an impressive film debut in The Painted Desert, the studio changed its mind and signed him to a contract. A series of successful films followed; in fact, he made eight movies in 1931 alone, but it was in 1934, when on loan to Columbia, that he scored a great triumph in Frank Capra's It Happened One Night, for which he received the Oscar as best actor.
Clark Gable separated from his second wife, socialite Rhea Langham, in 1935 and married actressCarole Lombard in 1939, while he was in the midst of playing Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind. In 1942, Carole Lombard was killed in a plane crash, and shortly thereafter Clark Gable joined the US Army Air Force and flew several bombing missions over Germany during the Second World War. After the war, Clark Gable returned to Hollywood and made more films. Finally, in the 1950s, age caught up with Clark Gable and his popularity began to wane. Research Clark Gable
In Greek mythology, Cronos (Crunus) was a son of Uranus and Gaea. He succeeded to the throne of the gods when he castrated - with a flintsickle given him by his mother - and deposed Uranus at his mother's request. He married his sister Rhea. Research Cronos
In Greek mythology the Curetes were attendants of Rhea. They were supposed to have saved the infantZeus from his father Cronos and then to have become a sort of bodyguard of the god. Research Curetes
Demeter was a Greek goddess of the earth. She is also called Ceres. She was the nourishing mother, bringing forth fruits. She was a daughter of Cronos and Rhea. Research Demeter
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