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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik 34 0 Browse Search
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Debates of Lincoln and Douglas: Carefully Prepared by the Reporters of Each Party at the times of their Delivery. 23 1 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 16 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 9 5 Browse Search
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography 6 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 29, 1863., [Electronic resource] 6 0 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History 4 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1861., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis, David, 1815- (search)
Davis, David, 1815- Jurist; born in Cecil county, Md., March 9, 1815; graduated at Kenyon College, O., 1832; admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1835; elected to the State legislature in 1834; and appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862. He resigned this post to take his seat in the United States Senate on March 4, 1877, having been elected to succeed John A. Logan (q. v.). In 1872 he was nominated for President by the Labor Reform party, but declined to run after the regular Democratic and Republican nominations had been made. He resigned in 1883 and retired to Bloomington, Ill., where he died June 26, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Giles Alexander 1829-1876 (search)
ith, Giles Alexander 1829-1876 Military officer; born in Jefferson county, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1829; engaged in the dry goods business in Cincinnati, O., and Bloomington, Ill.; entered the Civil War as captain in the 8th Missouri Volunteers in 1861; becoming lieutenant-colonel and colonel in 1862; brevetted brigadier-general, Uniteal, United States volunteers in 1863; and was later transferred to the 25th Army Corps, and became major-general of volunteers in 1865: resigned in 1866 and settled in Bloomington, Ill.; was second assistant postmastergeneral in 1869-72; and founded the Society of the Army of Tennessee. He died in Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 8, 1876.al, United States volunteers in 1863; and was later transferred to the 25th Army Corps, and became major-general of volunteers in 1865: resigned in 1866 and settled in Bloomington, Ill.; was second assistant postmastergeneral in 1869-72; and founded the Society of the Army of Tennessee. He died in Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 8, 1876.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
urder......May 27, 1886 President Cleveland married to Frances Folsom at the White House, Washington, D. C.......June 2, 1886 Johann Most, anarchist, sentenced in New York City to one year's imprisonment and $500 fine for inciting to murder,......June 2, 1886 General tie-up of New York City street-car lines by Knights of Labor......June 5, 1886 Morrison tariff bill defeated in House of Representatives by 157 to 140......June 17, 1886 Judge David Davis, born 1815, dies at Bloomington, Ill.......June 26, 1886 Franking privilege granted to the widow of Gen. U. S. Grant by act of Congress......June 28, 1886 Act to legalize incorporation of national trade unions, headquarters in District of Columbia......June 29, 1886 Act restoring Gen. Fitz John Porter to the army, approved......July 1, 1886 Paul Hamiltons, Hayne, the Southern poet, born 1831, dies near Augusta, Ga.......July 7, 1886 Order of President Cleveland warning office-holders and subordinates against
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
free, who comes into the State and remains ten days may be fined $50 or sold into slavery until the fine is worked out......Feb. 12, 1853 Act passed incorporating the State Agricultural Society......1853 Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, chartered and opened......1853 Hon. N. W. Edwards appointed State superintendent of common schools......March 15, 1854 Attempt of Senator Stephen A. Douglas to address the people of Chicago from an open balcony in defence of the Kansas-ember, 1891 Alien land law pronounced unconstitutional......Dec. 23, 1891 Train of twenty-eight cars containing 12,000 bushels of shelled corn, the contribution of residents of McLean county to the Russian famine sufferers, is made up at Bloomington......March 10, 1892 Eighty square miles of territory inundated by the breaking of a levee on the Mississippi......1892 Democratic National Convention meets at Chicago......June 21, 1892 University of Chicago opens, without formal ce