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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 34 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 30, 1861., [Electronic resource] 32 0 Browse Search
James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 32 0 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 32 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 30 0 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1 30 0 Browse Search
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 30 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 30 0 Browse Search
Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 30 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 28 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hale, Edward Everett 1822- (search)
Hale, Edward Everett 1822- Clergyman; born in Boston, April 3, 1822; graduated at Harvard College in 1839; studied theology and became minister of the Church of the Unity, Worcester, Mass., in Edward Everett Hale. 1846, where he remained till 1856, when he became minister of the South church (Unitarian), Boston. In May, 1899, he resigned his pastorate after a service of forty-three years. He is the author of The man without a country; Ten times One is ten; Margaret Percival in America; In his name; Mr. Tangiers' vacations; Mrs. Merriam's scholars; His level best; Ups and Downs; Fortunes of Rachel; Four and five; Crusoe in New York; Christmas eve and Christmas day; Our Christmas in a Palace; Sketches in Christian history; Kansas and Nebraska; What career? boys' heroes; Sybaris, and other homes; For fifty years; A New England boyhood; Chautauquan history of the United States, etc. See lend-A-hand clubs
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart, Albert Bushnell 1854- (search)
, and most of the newer States have a general system of complete government education, for the State universities have direct relations with the public schools, and are superior in equipment and prestige to the denominational colleges. Two of the greatest and most famous Western universities, Chicago and Michigan, chance to lie just outside the rim of the Mississippi Valley, but the renowned universities of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska, and the steadily enlarging universities of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, show a willingness to provide at the expense of the commonwealth an education of a thoroughness and advancement which cannot be had in any Eastern State except by the payment of considerable fees to endowed universities. Almost every branch of human learning is now taught thoroughly and practically somewhere between the Appalachians and the Rockies. Two important tests of intellectuality, though not the only ones, are art and literature. The Rookw
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hinton, Richard Josiah 1830- (search)
Hinton, Richard Josiah 1830- Author; born in London, England, Nov. 25, 1830; came to the United States in 1851; settled in Kansas in 1856; served in the National army throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of colonel. He engaged in journalism in Washington, New York, and San Francisco. He is the author of Life of Abraham Lincoln; Life of William H. Seward; Handbook of Arizona; Life of Gen. P. H. Sheridan; John Brown; The making of the New West, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Holidays, legal. (search)
tember, any Thanksgiving Day, first Friday in December, Dec. 25. Idaho. Same as Arizona. Also Friday after May 1. Omitting May 30. Illinois. Jan. 1, Feb. 12 and 22, May 30, July 4, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, election day. Indiana. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, public fast, May 30, July 4, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, general election. Iowa. Jan. 1, May 30, July 4, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, general election. Kansas. Jan. 1, Arbor Day, May 30, public fast, July 4, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, general election. Kentucky. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, public fast, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25, general election. Louisiana. Jan. 1 and 8, Feb. 22, Mardi-Gras in New Orleans, Good-Friday, April 6, July 4, All Saints' Day, Dec. 25, general election. Maine. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, public fast, July 4, first Monday in September, Thanksgiving, Dec.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Illinois Indians, (search)
her Marquette and other missionaries, and in 1700 Chicago, their great chief, visited France, where he was much caressed. His son, of the same name, maintained great influence in the tribe until his death, in 1754. When Detroit was besieged by the Foxes, in 1712, the Illinois went to its relief, and in the war that followed they suffered severely. Some of them were with the French at Fort Duquesne; but they refused to join Pontiac in his conspiracy. With the Miamis, they favored the English in the war of the Revolution, and joined in the treaty at Greenville in 1795. By the provision of treaties they ceded their lands, and a greater portion of them went to a country west of the Mississippi, within the present limits of Kansas, where they remained until 1867, when they were removed to a reservation of 72,000 acres southwest of the Quapaws. In 1872 the whole Illinois nation had dwindled to forty souls. This tribe, combined with the Weas and Piankeshaws, numbered only 160 in all.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Imperialism. (search)
Imperialism. The Hon. William A. Peffer, ex-Senator from Kansas, makes the following important contribution to the discussion of this question: The arraignment of the national administration by certain citizens on a charge of imperialism, in the execution of its Philippine policy, brings up for discussion some important questions relating to the powers, duties, and responsibilities of government, among which are three that I propose to consider briefly, namely: First. Whence comes the right to govern? What are its sphere and object? Second. Are we, the people of the United States, a self-governing people? Third. Is our Philippine policy anti-American? I. As to the right to govern—the right to exercise authority over communities, states, and nations, the right to enact, construe, and execute laws—whence it is derived? For what purposes and to what extent may it be properly assumed? In the Declaration of Independence it is asserted that: We hold thes
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indian corn. (search)
annual export was 2,000,000 bushels. But its annual product was not included in the census reports until 1840, when the aggregate yield was nearly 400,000,000 bushels. In the calendar year 1900 the aggregate production was 2,105,102,516 bushels, from 83,320,872 acres, and the total value was $751,220,034. The banner States, in their order and with their production, were: Iowa, 305,859,948 bushels; Illinois, 264,176,226 bushels; Nebraska, 210,430,064 bushels; Missouri, 180,710,404 bushels; Kansas, 103,870,630 bushels; Indiana, 153,200,800 bushels; and Ohio, 106,890,188 bushels— all other States and Territories being below the 100,000,000 mark. See Agriculture. Legend of the Grain.—While Capt. Miles Standish and others of the Pilgrims were seeking a place to land, they found some maize in one of the deserted huts of the Indians. Afterwards Samoset, the friendly Indian, and others, taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the grain, for it was unknown in Europe, and this supply, serving t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indian Territory. (search)
Indian Territory. By act of Congress, June 30, 1834, all that part of the United States west of the Mississippi River, and not within the States of Missouri and Louisiana, or the Territory [now the State] of Arkansas, shall be considered the Indian country. It has been reduced in area by the successive formation of States and Territories, until now it is bounded north by Kansas, east by Missouri and Arkansas, south by Texas, and west by Texas and Oklahoma, and contains an area of 31,000 square miles. The population in 1890 was 180,182; in 1900, 391,960. This aggregate population, however, is only partially Indian, as many squawmen, other whites, and negroes are included therein. In 1900 there were seven reservations in the Territory, and five civilized nations, the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles, and over 97 per cent. of the entire population was in the first four nations. It was estimated that the population of the five nations included 84,750 Indian
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indians, (search)
hoesWyoming, head-waters of Plate. CheyennesWyoming and Nebraska. KansasKansas, west. PoncasDakotas. OmahasNebraska. MandansMontana. AssKansas, west. PoncasDakotas. OmahasNebraska. MandansMontana. AssiniboisMontana and Dakotas. Minnetaries (Gros Ventres）Montana. MissourisLower Missouri. IowasIowa. OsagesKansas, west. CrowsDakotas. KawKansas, west. CrowsDakotas. KawsKansas. PawneesKansas and Nebraska. CaddosRed River and Arkansas. Shoshones or SnakesKansas to Oregon. KiowasKansas, west. UtesUtah and Kansas. PawneesKansas and Nebraska. CaddosRed River and Arkansas. Shoshones or SnakesKansas to Oregon. KiowasKansas, west. UtesUtah and Colorado. ComanchesTexas and New Mexico. ApachesNew Mexico and Arizona. Navajos and MoquisArizona. YumasArizona and California. PueblosNeKansas and Nebraska. CaddosRed River and Arkansas. Shoshones or SnakesKansas to Oregon. KiowasKansas, west. UtesUtah and Colorado. ComanchesTexas and New Mexico. ApachesNew Mexico and Arizona. Navajos and MoquisArizona. YumasArizona and California. PueblosNevada and New Mexico. PimasArizona. BannocksIdaho and Oregon. ModocsNevada and Oregon. Nez PercesNevada and Oregon. FlatheadsCalifornia, OKansas to Oregon. KiowasKansas, west. UtesUtah and Colorado. ComanchesTexas and New Mexico. ApachesNew Mexico and Arizona. Navajos and MoquisArizona. YumasArizona and California. PueblosNevada and New Mexico. PimasArizona. BannocksIdaho and Oregon. ModocsNevada and Oregon. Nez PercesNevada and Oregon. FlatheadsCalifornia, Oregon, and Nevada. KlamathsOregon and N. California. For other details concerning the various tribes, see their respective titles; also reKansas, west. UtesUtah and Colorado. ComanchesTexas and New Mexico. ApachesNew Mexico and Arizona. Navajos and MoquisArizona. YumasArizona and California. PueblosNevada and New Mexico. PimasArizona. BannocksIdaho and Oregon. ModocsNevada and Oregon. Nez PercesNevada and Oregon. FlatheadsCalifornia, Oregon, and Nevada. KlamathsOregon and N. California. For other details concerning the various tribes, see their respective titles; also reservations, India
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Internal improvements. (search)
d) Twenty years in courts of record; in justice's court, 10 years. 105 South Carolina 78 10 6 6 Kansas 6 10 5 5 3 South Dakota 7 12 10 （l) Ten years foreign, 20 years domestic. 6 6 Kentucky 6 6 1same conditions, which became known as the Central Pacific, Central Branch of the Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific, and Sioux City and Pacific. It was a grant of 10 miles of land on each side of the roa, to connect with the Union Pacific road. March 3, 1864, a grant of land was made to the State of Kansas to assist in constructing railroads within its borders, afterwards known as the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe; Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston; and Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroads. In May, 1864, similar grants were made to the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, and others soon followed to Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Kansas. The North Pacific Railroad Company was created July 1, 1864, with grants similar to those of the Union Pacific,
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