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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life 2 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition. 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sun-worshippers. (search)
,854148,355170,209 Nevada598683,3424,210 New Hampshire6106,20057,60063,800 New Jersey2,32940,552516,650357,202 New Mexico905924,9005,492 New York8,696125,7251,238,7231,364,448 North Carolina5,90546,897392,706439,603 North Dakota6945,37642,71948,095 Ohio7,66497,042679,788776,830 Oklahoma Territory8936,64434,32240,966 Oregon1,22311,86380,01791,880 Pennsylvania9,209140,5581,224,5711,365,129 Rhode Island3616,3274,93255,859 South Carolina4,70342,080340,303382,383 South Dakota8006,00048,37854,378 Tennessee4,47535,919239,416275,325 Texas3,85229,796240,993270,789 Utah1358008,5009,300 Vermont7787,90054,75562,655 Virginia4,20148,531293,336341,867 Washington8827,00053,00060,000 West Virginia2,02420,545152,945173,490 Wisconsin6,76822,880447,617470,497 Wyoming954558,4808,935 Total137,2931,399,71111,327,85812,727, 5696 Superior, Lake, discovery of. See Joliet, Louis; Marquette, Jacques; Allouez, Claude Jean; Dablon, Claude; Nicolet, Jean. Supreme Court, United States
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Supreme Court, United States (search)
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island. Second—Connecticut, New York, Vermont. Third— Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Fourth—Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. Fifth—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas. Sixth—Kentucky. Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee. Seventh—Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin. Eighth—Arkansas, Colorado, Indian and Oklahoma Territories, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming. Ninth—Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. On the following page is given a complete list of the justices of the United States Supreme Court, the names of the chief-justices being in italics. While United States minister to England, the Hon. E. J. Phelps wrote an essay on the Constitution of the United States, in which the Supreme Court of the United States is described as follows: The judicial power of the United States government is
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Susquehanna settlers. (search)
as granted, and the company sent agents to the convention at Albany in 1754, who succeeded in obtaining from representatives of the Six Nations the cession of a tract of land on the eastern branch of the Susquehanna River—the beautiful valley of Wyoming. The proprietaries of Pennsylvania claimed that this land was within the limits of their charter. Prior occupancy by the Dutch and the settlement of boundaries had created an exception in favor of New York and New Jersey; but all the country wnd attached it to Litchfield county, Conn. This desultory strife continued with loss of life and much suffering until the struggle was suspended by the war of the Revolution. These were the settlers that were killed and scattered in the fearful Wyoming massacre by the Tories and Indians in 1778. In 1779 and 1780 they again returned and occupied the valley. In the meanwhile the titles of the Penns had passed to the State, and although the struggle was kept up after the Revolution, negotiation
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treaties,
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ix Nations, who regarded the Delawares as their vassals; but he conducted himself admirably, maintained his position finely, and resisted the wiles of Colonel Croghan and the governor. This great council continued eighteen days. The land question was thoroughly discussed. All causes for misunderstanding between the English and the Indians were removed, and a treaty for a general peace was concluded Oct. 26, 1758. There was another council held at Easton in 1761, concerning settlements at Wyoming, in which Teedyuscung took an active and eloquent part. See Susquehanna settlers. A treaty signed in New York, Aug. 7, 1790, by Gen. Henry Knox for the United States, and Alexander McGillivray and twenty-three other Creek chiefs, provided for the relinquishment of Georgia to claims of an immense tract of land belonging to the Creeks south and west of the Oconee River; the acknowledgment of the Creeks being under the protection of the United States; the resignation of the Creeks of all p
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ton1845TumwaterAmericans188969,180 43Idaho1834Fort HallAmericans189084,800 44Wyoming1834Fort LaramieAmericans189097,890 45Utah1847Salt Lake CityAmericans189684,92ional cemetery at Antietam dedicated......Sept. 17, 1867 Gold discovered in Wyoming, and South Pass City established......October, 1867 Elias Howe, inventor, b National Colored Labor Convention meets in Washington......Dec. 10, 1869 Wyoming gives women the right to vote and hold office......Dec. 10, 1869 George Pean B. Fisk, born 1828, dies at New York City......July 9, 1890 Act admitting Wyoming as a State (the forty-fourth)......July 10, 1890 Act authorizing a bridge oibition of import of American pork......Sept. 8, 1891 Forest reservation in Wyoming, adjoining Yellowstone National Park, set apart by proclamation of President Hay 1 to July 31......Aug. 15, 1893 Legislatures of Montana, Washington, and Wyoming adjourning without electing Senators for six years, beginning March 4, 1893, t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colorado, (search)
Colorado, One of the United States, lying between lat. 37° and 41° N. and between long. 102° and 109° W. The name is derived from the Spanish verb colorar, and was first given to the river and later to the State. Wyoming and Nebraska lie on the north, Nebraska and Kansas on the east, New Mexico and the Indian Territory on the south, and Utah on the west. It extends east and west about 380 miles; north and south, 280 miles. Area, 103,925 square miles, in fifty-five counties. Population, 1890, 412.198; 1900, 539,700. Capital, Denver. Expedition of Vasquez Coronado from Mexico, supposed to have entered this region......1541 Padre Francisco Escalanto, of New Mexico, makes an expedition into this territory......1776 Lieut. Zebulon Montgomery Pike, with twenty-three soldiers, explores it and discovers Pike's Peak......Nov. 15, 1806 He was born in New Jersey, Jan. 5, 1779; killed at the taking of York, now Toronto, Canada......1812 Maj. Stephen H. Long visits this reg
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
Idaho (Indian, Edah hoe), one of the States of the northwestern division of the Union. Its name signifies light on the mountains. It lies between lat. 42° and 49° N., and long. 111° and 117° W. The Dominion of Canada bounds it on the north, Montana and Wyoming on the east, Utah and Nevada on the south, and Oregon and Washington on the west. Area, 84,800 square miles, in eighteen counties;. population, 1890, 84,385; 1900, 161,772; capital, Boise City. First white men in Idaho, Lewis and Clarke's exploring expedition......1805-6 First settlement at Fort Hall, by N. J. Wyeth......1834 Coeur d'alene mission established......1842 Gold discovered on the Oro Fino Creek, followed by a large immigration. 1858-60 Idaho created a Territory.......March 3, 1863 General school law passed......Jan. 12, 1877 Test-oaths abjuring polygamy and plural and celestial marriages required of all county and precinct officers......1884-85 New capitol completed at Boise City......1887
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, (search)
n with the representatives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, at Lancaster, Pa., whereby, in consideration of the payment of £ 300, the Indians agree to relinquish all claims to territory within the boundary of Maryland......1744 Town of Frederick laid out by Patrick Dulany......September, 1745 Assembly votes £ 4,500 to raise a body of men for an expedition against Canada, June 26, and an additional appropriation of £ 1,100......November, 1746 Nanticoke Indians emigrate from Maryland to Wyoming, carrying the bones of their dead with them......May, 1748 Frederick Calvert becomes sixth Lord Baltimore by the death of Charles Calvert......April 24, 1751 Lord Baltimore directs Governor Sharpe to investigate as to which branch of the Potomac is the source, Virginia claiming the north branch and Maryland the south......1753 Maryland frontier being subjected to incursions of the French and Indians from Fort Duquesne (Pittsburg, Pa.), the General Assembly convenes at Annapolis an
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montana, (search)
Montana, A northwestern frontier State of the United States, is included almost wholly between lat. 45° and 49° N., and long. 104° and 116° W. It is bounded on the north by British America, east by North Dakota and South Dakota, south by Wyoming, the Yellowstone National Park, and Idaho, and west by Idaho. Originally part of New France, ceded to Spain, 1763; receded to France, 1801; ceded to the United States, 1805; successively part of the Territory of Louisiana, 1805; Missouri, 1812; Mis 1869, reaches the Yellowstone May 6, and ascends that river to Powder River, a distance of 245 miles......1869 Congress sets apart a tract near the headwaters of the Yellowstone as a public park; a small portion lies in Montana, bordering on Wyoming......March 1, 1872 Expedition under Thomas P. Roberts explores the upper Missouri from the three forks down to Fort Benton......1872 Seat of government removed from Virginia City to Helena......1875 General Forsythe, under orders from G
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nebraska, (search)
Nebraska, The thirty-seventh State of the Union in the order of admission, borders upon the Missouri River between lat. 40° and 43° N., from which river it extends west from long. 95° 23′ for a distance of about 420 miles to long. 104°. It is bounded north by South Dakota, east by Iowa and Missouri, south by Kansas and Colorado, which cuts off a square from the southwestern part of the State, and on the west by Colorado and Wyoming. Area, 76,855 square miles in ninety counties. Population, 1890, 1,058,910; 1900, 1,066,300. Capital, Lincoln. Emanuel Lisa founds a trading-post at Bellevue......1805 American Fur Company founds a fort at Bellevue, 1810, where Col. Peter A. Sarpy locates as their representative......1824 Fort Kearney, on the Platte, established for the protection of the Oregon......1848 Most of the present Nebraska, and much more on the north, was acquired from France by treaty ceding Louisiana in 1803. It became a portion of the Territory of Louisiana<
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