Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, Volume 1B.F. Bowen, 1912 |
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acres Adamson Alto township April August Bank Baxter born Buena Vista township building cashier chapter Charles church citizens Civil civil township Colfax Company daughter David death died district early east eight elected Elk Creek township engaged erected Fairview township farm farmer father February four George Henry honored hundred Illinois Indian Infantry Iowa James January Jasper county John Joseph Judge June Kellogg known land later lives located lodge Lynn Grove Lynnville March married Mary Methodist Episcopal miles mill Moines Monroe mother Mound Prairie Mound Prairie township native Newton Newton township Ohio organized Oskaloosa parents Penquite pioneer platted Poweshiek practice of law Prairie City present quarter of section railroad record resides Rock Creek township Rodgers Scott served settlers Skunk river Smith Thomas thousand dollars town Union united in marriage vote Washington township wife William
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Page 204 - I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and existence of our national Union, and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 204 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
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Page 204 - ... combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law : now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to suppress said combinations and to cause the laws to be duly executed.
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Page 223 - For the Recognition of the Independence of the People of Cuba, Demanding that the Government of Spain Relinquish Its Authority and Government in the Island of Cuba, and Withdraw Its Land and Naval Forces from Cuba and Cuban Waters, and Directing the President of the United States to Use the Land and Naval Forces of the United States to Carry These Resolutions into Effect...
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