Annual Report of the American Historical AssociationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... England and New England . The second paper of Saturday morning's session was " A Catechism of Political Reaction , " by ex - President Andrew D. White . In his preface to this paper Mr. White called atten- tion to the fact that while ...
... England and New England . The second paper of Saturday morning's session was " A Catechism of Political Reaction , " by ex - President Andrew D. White . In his preface to this paper Mr. White called atten- tion to the fact that while ...
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... England was at least her equal , inasmuch as her repre- sentative had seen the mainland of the Western Continent be- fore any Spaniard . England advanced also this theory as long as it answered her purpose , then turned to another , viz ...
... England was at least her equal , inasmuch as her repre- sentative had seen the mainland of the Western Continent be- fore any Spaniard . England advanced also this theory as long as it answered her purpose , then turned to another , viz ...
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... England and the West . This feature of grouping contributions by large subjects , such as European History ... England , 1620-1789 , " by William B. Weeden , of Providence . New England communities were founded on freehold land tenure ...
... England and the West . This feature of grouping contributions by large subjects , such as European History ... England , 1620-1789 , " by William B. Weeden , of Providence . New England communities were founded on freehold land tenure ...
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... England settlers profited by trade with the Indians through wampum . These beads were both jewelry and currency . As currency they were redeemable in beaver . When immigration was checked in 1640 , the colonists built ships and bartered ...
... England settlers profited by trade with the Indians through wampum . These beads were both jewelry and currency . As currency they were redeemable in beaver . When immigration was checked in 1640 , the colonists built ships and bartered ...
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... England . Dr. H. B. Adams emphasized Mr. Trent's idea of the importance of an annual report of the work done by State Historical Societies to the Secretary of the Smithso- nian Institution through the medium of the American Historical ...
... England . Dr. H. B. Adams emphasized Mr. Trent's idea of the importance of an annual report of the work done by State Historical Societies to the Secretary of the Smithso- nian Institution through the medium of the American Historical ...
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Page 148 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 147 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 148 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act, shall provide, within five years, at least, not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease, and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be void.
Page 149 - Territory established, or which may hereafter be established, in accordance with the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agricultural and the mechanic arts...
Page 146 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 54 - A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America.
Page 147 - If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever...
Page 129 - American revolution with those of the late American war. The American war is over : but this is far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed.
Page 149 - ... the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial...
Page 73 - Go, wretch, resign the presidential chair, Disclose thy secret measures, foul or fair. Go, search with curious eye, for horned frogs, Mid the wild wastes of Louisianian bogs; Or, where Ohio rolls his turbid stream, Dig for huge bones, thy glory and thy theme.