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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 5 5 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dornin, Thomas Aloysius, 1800-1874 (search)
Dornin, Thomas Aloysius, 1800-1874 Naval officer; born in Ireland about 1800; entered the United States navy in 1815; prevented William Walker's expedition from invading Mexico in 1851; later sailed to Mazatlan and secured the release of forty Americans there held as prisoners; afterwards captured two slavers with more than 1,400 slaves, and took them to Liberia; was promoted commodore and retired during the Civil War. He died in Norfolk, Va., April 22, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trials. (search)
quitted......Dec. 24, 1873 David Swing, for heresy before the Chicago Presbytery, April 15 et seq., in twenty-eight specifications by Prof. Francis L. Patton; acquitted after a long trial......1874 [Professor Swing withdrew from the Presbyterian Church and formed an independent congregation.] Theodore Tilton v. Henry Ward Beecher, for adultery, Brooklyn, N. Y.; jury disagree; case ended......July 2, 1875 Jesse Pomeroy, the Boston boy murderer, for killing of Horace W. Millen, April 22, 1874, supposed to be Pomeroy's fourth victim......1875 Gen. O. E. Babcock, private secretary of President Grant, tried at St. Louis for complicity in whiskey frauds; acquitted......Feb. 7, 1876 W. W. Belknap, United States Secretary of War, impeached; acquitted......Aug. 1, 1876 John D. Lee, for the Mountain Meadow massacre, Sept. 15, 1857; convicted and executed......March 23, 1877 Col. Thomas Buford, for killing Judge Elliott at Frankfort, Ky.; acquitted on ground of insanity;
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
874 Charles Sumner, born 1811, dies at Washington, D. C.......March 11, 1874 Bill to inflate the currency, fixing the maximum limit at $400,000,000, passed by Senate, April 6, by 29 to 24; and House, April 14, by 140 to 102, vetoed......April 22, 1874 Condition and status of the fur trade in Alaska to be investigated by special government agent, by act......April 22, 1874 Proclamation of President commanding turbulent and disorderly gatherings in Arkansas to disperse......May 15, 187April 22, 1874 Proclamation of President commanding turbulent and disorderly gatherings in Arkansas to disperse......May 15, 1874 W. A. Richardson, Secretary of the Treasury, resigns......June 1, 1874 President to invite foreign governments to take part in the Centennial Exposition, by act......June 5, 1874 Territorial government for the District of Columbia abolished, and a board of three governing regents provided for, by act......June 20, 1874 Congress appropriates $300 or less to purchase and restore to the family of Lafayette the watch presented him by General Washington, lost during his visit to the Uni
lief. 80Apr. 10, 1872Relief. 81Apr. 15, 1872Pension, Private. 82Apr. 22, 1872Pension. 83May 14, 1872Pension, Mary Ann MontgomeryPassed over veto. 84June 1, 1872Pension. 85June 7, 1872Relief. 86Jan. 6, 1873Relief. 87Jan. 22, 1873New Trial in Court of Claims. 88Jan. 29, 1873Relief of East Tennessee University. 89Feb. 8, 1873Relief. 90Feb. 8, 1873Relief. Bills vetoed by the Presidents—Continued. President.No.Date.Subject of Bill.Remarks. Grant, 43 91Apr. 10, 1874Relief. 92Apr. 22, 1874Inflation of Currency. 93May 12, 1874Relief. 94Jan. 30, 1875Relief. 95Feb. 12, 1875Pension. 96Feb. 3, 1876Custody of Indian Trust Funds. 97March 27, 1876Relief. 98March 31, 1876Relief of G. B. Tyler and E. H. Luckett.Passed over veto. 99Apr. 18, 1876Reduction of President's Salary. 100May 26, 1876Recording in the District of Columbia. 101June 9, 1876Relief. 102June 30, 1876Internal Improvements. 103July 11, 1876Relief of Nelson Tiffany.Passed over veto. 104July 13, 1876Pension
U. S., May 18, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 1st Mass. Infantry, Sept. 3, 1861. Major, Surgeon, 15th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 29, 1862. Mustered out, July 29, 1864. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, May 26, 1867. Resigned, Dec. 31, 1875. Moore, Edwin L. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, May 1, 1867. Mustered out, Feb. 1, 1869. Died, Apr. 22, 1874. Morey, Benjamin F. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 31st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 19, 1862. Captain, Feb. 2, 1864. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 26, 1864. Mustered out, Sept. 19, 1865. Morgan, Edwin Dennison. See General Officers. Morris, Charles. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1861. Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 19th U. S. Infantry, June 23, 1865. Transferred to 37th U. S. Infantry, Sept. 21,