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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 2 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), River and Harbor bills. (search)
River and Harbor bills. The first bill for harbor improvements in the United States was passed March 3, 1823. Polk in 1846 and Pierce in 1854 vetoed such bills. In 1870 a $2,000,000 appropriation was made, the largest amount up to that time.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ional appropriations for internal improvements......May 4, 1822 First session adjourns......May 8, 1822 Second session convenes......Dec. 2, 1822 A petition to Congress asks that Capt. John Cleves Symmes's theory be verified by a voyage to the north, and that Captain Symmes be intrusted with the conduct of the expedition......Jan. 27, 1823 Stephen F. Austin obtains from Mexico a grant of land in Texas for colonization......February, 1823 Seventeenth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1823 Eighteenth Congress, first session, convenes......Dec. 1, 1823 President Monroe, in his message, proclaims the Monroe doctrine ......Dec. 2, 1823 A resolution authorizing an embassy to Greece offered in the House by Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts......Dec. 8, 1823 [This resolution was defeated Jan. 26, 1824, although ably supported by Clay, Webster, and others. John Randolph opposed it in speeches full of sense and sarcasm.] Tariff (protective) bill brought before the H
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Michigan, (search)
t of Detroit, north to Thunder Bay......1819 Expedition under Governor Cass starts out in bark canoes to explore the northwestern lake coast of Michigan......May 24, 1820 Treaty with the Indians perfected through Governor Cass; all country within the boundaries of Michigan south of Grand River not before ceded is granted to the United States......1821 Congress establishes a legislative council of nine members, appointed by the President out of eighteen elected by the people......March 3, 1823 Detroit incorporated as a city......1824 First legislative council at the council house in Detroit......June 7, 1824 Congress grants the governor and council power to divide the Territory into townships and incorporate the same, and increases the legislative council to thirteen......1825 Right of electing members of the legislative council granted to the electors of the Territory......Jan. 29, 1827 Pontiac and Detroit Railroad chartered......July 31, 1830 Governor Cass