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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 | 2 | 0 | 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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Calendar.
Our present calendar is the creation of Julius Caesar, based on a slight error which in the course of 1,600 years amounted to ten days. Pope Gregory XIII.
rectified the calendar in 1582.
The Gregorian calendar was accepted ultimately by all civilized nations, with the exception of Russia, which still continues the use of the Julian Calendar.
Calhoun, John Caldwell
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Calhoun , John Caldwell 1782 -1850 (search)
Calhoun, John Caldwell 1782-1850
Statesman; born in Abbeville District, S. C., March 18, 1782.
His father was a native of Ireland; his mother, formerly Miss Caldwell, was of Scotch-Irish descent.
The son was graduated, with all the honors, at Yale College, in 1804, and studied law in the famous law-school in Litchfield, Conn. In 1807 he began the practice of the profession in his native district.
Thoughtful, ardent, and persevering, he soon took high rank in his profession, and gained a very lucrative practice.
Fond of politics, he early entered its arena, and in 1808-10 was a member of the State legislature.
He was sent to Congress in 1811, where he remained, by successive elections, until 1817. Mr. Calhoun was very influential in pressing Madison to make a declaration of war with Great Britain in 1812. President Monroe called him to his cabinet as Secretary of War (Dec. 16, 1817), and he served as such during the President's double term of office.
In 1824 he was chosen Vi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield , James Abram 1831 -1881 (search)