Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909: Based Upon the Plan of Benson John Lossing...Harper, 1905 |
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... Boston , seller and publisher ; and later opened a Mass . , April 14 , 1877 . similar establishment of his own and pub- Sabine Cross - roads , BATTLE AT . The lished The XXXIX Articles of the Church Confederates made a stand at Sabine ...
... Boston , seller and publisher ; and later opened a Mass . , April 14 , 1877 . similar establishment of his own and pub- Sabine Cross - roads , BATTLE AT . The lished The XXXIX Articles of the Church Confederates made a stand at Sabine ...
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... Boston , a half - sister of Governor Bowdoin ; resigned his commission in 1762 , and in 1764 settled in Ligonier Valley , Pa . , where he established mills and built a fine dwell- ing - house . Having held , by appointment , several ...
... Boston , a half - sister of Governor Bowdoin ; resigned his commission in 1762 , and in 1764 settled in Ligonier Valley , Pa . , where he established mills and built a fine dwell- ing - house . Having held , by appointment , several ...
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... Boston for more than a year when the massacre of 1770 oc- Row , Whitechapel ... ...... July 5 , 1865 curred , in which CRISPUS ATTUCKS ( see Work of the Christian Mission first in- troduced temporarily in the United States , at ...
... Boston for more than a year when the massacre of 1770 oc- Row , Whitechapel ... ...... July 5 , 1865 curred , in which CRISPUS ATTUCKS ( see Work of the Christian Mission first in- troduced temporarily in the United States , at ...
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... Boston . He died in Wash- ington , D. C. , May 6 , 1902. See SCHLEY , W. S .; SANTIAGO , BATTLE OF . Samuels , SAMUEL , seaman ; born in Philadelphia , Pa . , March 14 , 1823 ; went to sea when eleven years old as cabin - boy , and ...
... Boston . He died in Wash- ington , D. C. , May 6 , 1902. See SCHLEY , W. S .; SANTIAGO , BATTLE OF . Samuels , SAMUEL , seaman ; born in Philadelphia , Pa . , March 14 , 1823 ; went to sea when eleven years old as cabin - boy , and ...
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... Boston Commonwealth , Spring- field Republican , and Journal of Social Science in 1876-97 , and author of Life of Thoreau ; Life and Letters of John Brown , etc. Sand Lots , the local popular name of a part of San Francisco , California ...
... Boston Commonwealth , Spring- field Republican , and Journal of Social Science in 1876-97 , and author of Life of Thoreau ; Life and Letters of John Brown , etc. Sand Lots , the local popular name of a part of San Francisco , California ...
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Page 181 - The Chief Signal Officer is charged with the supervision of all military signal duties, and of books, papers, and devices connected therewith, including telegraph and telephone apparatus and the necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges and other military uses; the construction, repair, and operation of military telegraph lines and cables, and the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise, and all other duties usually pertaining to...
Page 290 - Criminal actions pending on the date mentioned before the Supreme Court of Spain against citizens of the territory which by this treaty ceases to be Spanish shall continue under its jurisdiction until final judgment ; but, such judgment having been rendered, the execution thereof shall be committed to the competent authority of the place in which the case arose.
Page 337 - ... that, in the opinion of this House, the precedent established by Washington and other Presidents of the United States, in retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become, by universal concurrence, a part of our republican system of government, and that any departure from this time-honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions.
Page 445 - during my administration shall appeal, I will make him a foot shorter, and send the pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way.
Page 362 - President, with the duties appertaining to correspondence with the public ministers and the consuls of the United States, and with the representatives of foreign powers accredited to the United States; and to negotiations of whatever character relating to the foreign affairs of the United States.
Page 344 - For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper...
Page 336 - We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
Page 215 - State in which the arrest is made, it shall be the duty of the officer making the arrest to retain such fugitive in his custody, and to remove him to the State whence he fled, and there to deliver him to said claimant, his agent or attorney. And to this end, the officei aforesaid is hereby authorized and required to employ so many persons as he may deem necessary to overcome such force, and to retain them in his service so long as circumstances may require.
Page 377 - That the powers of government may be reassumed by the people whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness...
Page 301 - ... consultation with him this morning. He is coming to the front to see me. I have been unable to be out during the heat of the day for four days, but am retaining the command. General Garcia reported he holds the railroad from Santiago to San Luis, and has burned a bridge and removed some rails; also that General Pando has arrived at Palma, and that the French consul with about four hundred French citizens came into his lines yesterday from Santiago. Have directed him to treat them with every courtesy...