The National Hand-book of American Progress: A Non-partisan Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time : Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven |
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... that it seemed they could never pay ; the soldiers went home half - clad and with only paper money in their pockets , which was soon not worth five cents on a dollar ; and to complete their sorrows , not yet AMERICAN PROGRESS . 25.
... that it seemed they could never pay ; the soldiers went home half - clad and with only paper money in their pockets , which was soon not worth five cents on a dollar ; and to complete their sorrows , not yet AMERICAN PROGRESS . 25.
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... cent letter postage went into effect throughout the United States . 1884 , Feb. Great floods ( 66 feet ) in the Ohio Valley . Estimated damage , $ 15,000,000 . Jan. 21. U. S. House of Representatives repeal the Civil War iron - clad ...
... cent letter postage went into effect throughout the United States . 1884 , Feb. Great floods ( 66 feet ) in the Ohio Valley . Estimated damage , $ 15,000,000 . Jan. 21. U. S. House of Representatives repeal the Civil War iron - clad ...
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... cents to thirty - eight thousand dollars . There still remain to be adjudi- cated about six hundred prizes , the most of which will probably bo condemned and the proceeds paid to the captors . UNION VESSELS CAPTURED OR DESTROY ED ...
... cents to thirty - eight thousand dollars . There still remain to be adjudi- cated about six hundred prizes , the most of which will probably bo condemned and the proceeds paid to the captors . UNION VESSELS CAPTURED OR DESTROY ED ...
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... cent .; the average rate in 1888 is 31.03 per cent . With the exception of a few years when An- drew Jackson was President , and the national debt paid off ( 1835 ) the different Congresses , Democratic as well as Republican , have ...
... cent .; the average rate in 1888 is 31.03 per cent . With the exception of a few years when An- drew Jackson was President , and the national debt paid off ( 1835 ) the different Congresses , Democratic as well as Republican , have ...
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... cent . 192,902 10 per cent . 1,925,906 30 per cent . 6,152,825 10c . bushel . 2 736,138 25 per cent . 405,756 35 & 45 pr . ct . 1,156,435 15c . per lb. 557,347 30 per cent . 3,772,927 25 per cent . 1,101,994 20 per cent . 386,140,25 per ...
... cent . 192,902 10 per cent . 1,925,906 30 per cent . 6,152,825 10c . bushel . 2 736,138 25 per cent . 405,756 35 & 45 pr . ct . 1,156,435 15c . per lb. 557,347 30 per cent . 3,772,927 25 per cent . 1,101,994 20 per cent . 386,140,25 per ...
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NATL HAND-BK OF AMER PROGRESS E. O. (Erastus Otis) 1820-1881 Haven,Joseph 1823 Sanderson,T. E. (Thomas Edgar) Willson No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 355 - ... and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 354 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 71 - The committee of the states, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of congress, such of the powers of congress as the united states in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Page 286 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 67 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States...
Page 81 - States ; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Page 83 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 330 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 52 - In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Page 116 - ... indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation. Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.