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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 1 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
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admits the facts, and is fined $300......July 8, 1856 Preston S. Brooks challenges to a duel Anson Burlingame, member from Massachusetts. Mr. Burlingame in reply agrees to meet him at the Clifton House, Niagara Falls, on July 26, at noon, when differences between them can be adjusted. Burlingame leaves Washington for the rendezvous; Brooks declines to pursue the matter further......July 21, 1856 Preston S. Brooks and L. M. Keitt are returned to Congress from South Carolina......July 28, 1856 First session adjourns......Aug. 18, 1856 Army appropriation bill failing to pass, owing to a proviso that the army be not used to aid the pro-slavery legislature of Kansas, an extra session of Congress is called for Aug. 21......Aug. 19, 1856 Second session (extra) convenes......Aug. 21, 1856 Governor of Kansas proclaims the Territory in insurrection......Aug. 25, 1856 Army appropriation bill passes without the proviso......Aug. 30, 1856 Second session (ten days) adjou