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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 3 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 1 (search)
he United States. By the second section, the lieutenant-general so appointed was to be entitled to the pay, allowances, and staff described in the act of twenty-eighth May, 1798 ; also to the allowances described in the sixth section of the act approved August twenty-third, 1842; provided that nothing in the bill should be constru lieutenant-general, appointed as before provided, should be entitled to the pay, allowances, and staff specified in the fifth section of the act approved May twenty-eighth, 1798; and also to the allowances described in the sixth section of the act approved August twenty-third, 1842, granting additional rations to certain officers. lieutenant-general appointed, as before provided, should be entitled to the pay, allowances, and staff specified in the fifth section of the act approved May twenty-eighth, 1798; and also the allowances described in the sixth section of the act approved August twenty-third, 1842, granting additional rations to certain officers: Pr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
y selected as site for a government armory and manufactory......May 4, 1798 Congress authorizes a provisional army, and empowers the President, in case of an actual declaration of war or invasion, to enlist, for three years, 10,000 men......May 28, 1798 Congress authorizes the President to instruct commanders of ships-of-war to seize French armed vessels attacking American merchantmen or hovering about the coast for that purpose......May 28, 1798 Song Hail, Columbia! first sung......MaMay 28, 1798 Song Hail, Columbia! first sung......May, 1798 Imprisonment for debt abolished......June 6, 1798 Commercial intercourse with France suspended......June 12, 1798 Washington accepts appointment as commander-in-chief, with rank of lieutenant-general......June 17, 1798 Uniform rule of naturalization adopted......June 18, 1798 President announces the failure of the commission sent to France to make peace......June 21, 1798 Alien act passed (alien and sedition laws)......June 25, 1798 All French treaties declared void.