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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaines, Myra Clark 1805-1813 (search)
Gaines, Myra Clark 1805-1813 Claimant; wife of Edmund Pendleton Gaines; daughter of Daniel Clark, who was born in Sligo, Ireland, and emigrated to New Orleans, where Myra was born in 1805. Her father inherited a large estate from his uncle in 1799, and died in New Orleans, Aug. 16, 1813, devising all his property to his mother, Mary Clark. Myra married first W. W. Whitney in 1832, and on his death General Gaines in 1839. She claimed the estate of her father, who was reputed a bachelor at the time of his death, and after a litigation of over fifty years she succeeded in establishing her rights. She died in New Orleans, Jan. 9, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navigation acts. (search)
ent to the pernicious policy. In 1885, when Secretary Whitney took control of the Navy Department, the ef- cessary engines, cannon, and armor from them. Secretary Whitney, however, promptly decided that the only artic But one of the earliest and firmest decisions of Mr. Whitney was that our naval vessels, machinery and all, munonymous with Great Britain, and nothing more. Mr. Whitney promptly met this proposition with a protest in tir facilities to meet the national requirements. Mr. Whitney's protest was so vigorous that the proposition dip bill you prick an Englishman. The portion of Mr. Whitney's letter referring to the proposed free-engine clsome time and a little delay. The wisdom of Secretary Whitney's policy needs no eulogy, beyond the history oone suppose they would ever have been built if Secretary Whitney had adopted the policy of buying our naval engrformance even more pitiable. The policy of Secretary Whitney was in fact an echo of the sturdy patriotism t