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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Internal improvements. (search)
grant having been for a canal. July 2, 1836, an act granted the right of way through such portions of the public lands as remained unsold—not to exceed 80 feet in width—to the New Orleans and Nashville Railroad Company. This road was never completed. Next came a grant to East Florida and other railroads which were never constructed. March 3, 1837, a grant was made to the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company, in Louisiana, similar to that to the New Orleans and Nashville Railroad. Aug. 8, 1846, an act granted lands in aid of improvements of the Des Moines River, in Iowa, and the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in Wisconsin. These rivers, when improved, were to remain highways for the United States government forever, free from toll. The grant to the then Territory of Iowa for the improvement of the Des Moines River led to long discussions as to the extent of the grant, and to many legal decisions. Finally, on March 22, 1858, the consent of Congress was given to apply a portion
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
t of Columbia......July 9, 1846 Tariff of 1842 repealed, and a revenue tariff passed (in the Senate by the casting vote of Vice-President George M. Dallas)......approved July 30, 1846 Warehouse system established by Congress......Aug. 6, 1846 Independent treasury system re-enacted......Aug. 6, 1846 Wisconsin authorized to form a constitution and State government......Aug. 6, 1846 Bill with the Wilmot proviso attached passes the House by 85 to 79 (no vote in the Senate)......Aug. 8, 1846 Act establishing the Smithsonian Institution approved......Aug. 10, 1846 First session adjourns......Aug. 10, 1846 Brigadier-General Kearny takes peaceable possession of Santa Fe......Aug. 18, 1846 Gen. Zachary Taylor captures Monterey, Mexico, after a three days battle or siege......Sept. 24, 1846 Second session assembles......Dec. 7, 1846 Iowa admitted as the twenty-ninth State......Dec. 28, 1846 Battle of San Gabriel, Cal., fought......Jan. 8, 1847 Congress auth
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veto (search)
16, 1841Incorporating Fiscal Bank. 23Sept. 9, 1841Incorporating Fiscal Corporation. 24June 29, 1842First Whig Tariff. 25Aug. 9, 1842Second Whig Tariff. 26Dec. 14, 1842Proceeds of Public Land SalesPocketed. 27Dec. 14, 1842Testimony in Contested ElectionsPocketed. 28Dec. 18, 1842Payment of Cherokee CertificatesPocketed. 29June 11, 1844River and Harbor. 30Feb. 20, 1845Revenue-cutters and Steamers for DefencePassed over the veto, the first. Polk, 3 31Aug. 3, 1846River and Harbor. 32Aug. 8, 1846French Spoliation Claims. 33Dec. 15, 1847Internal ImprovementsPocketed. Pierce, 9 34May 3, 1854Land Grant for Indigent Insane. 35Aug. 4, 1854Internal Improvements. 36Feb. 17, 1855French Spoliation Claims. 37March 3. 1855Subsidy for Ocean Mails. 38May 19, 1856Internal Improvements, MississippiPassed over veto. 39May 19, 1856Internal Improvements, St. Clair Flats, Mich.Passed over veto. 40May 22, 1856Internal Improvements, St. Mary's River, Mich.Passed over veto. 41Aug. 11, 1856Int